HRSA Evaluation Studies 2019

HRSA established a Master IDIQ on September 27, 2019 to provide evaluation studies, information syntheses, policy assessments, performance measurement tools, and evaluation capacity building activities in support of HRSA's bureaus and offices. The vehicle's ordering period closed on September 26, 2020, and no new orders may be placed against it; 59 task orders have been awarded across the vehicle's six-year operational life, with the most recent award in June 2024.

The combined potential value across all 59 task orders is $119.9 million, of which $81.2 million (68%) has been obligated. Award velocity peaked in 2020 with 16 orders and remained steady through 2022 with 17 orders, before declining to 11 in 2023 and 1 in 2024, reflecting the vehicle's transition out of active procurement. All task orders fund HRSA Headquarters exclusively; no other federal agencies use the vehicle.

Scope across awarded orders spans evaluation design and implementation for HRSA program portfolios, including maternal and child health, primary care and HIV services, health workforce, rural health, and cancer screening initiatives. Recent representative orders include a $11.0 million ceiling study on consolidated research and evaluation for primary care programs, a $7.4 million provider resiliency evaluation, and a $7.2 million data systems and analysis support order for HIV programs.

Competition is concentrated among academic research and evaluation firms. Mathematica Inc. holds the largest combined potential value at $25.7 million across 7 orders, followed closely by National Opinion Research Center at $23.5 million across 12 orders. Westat, Inc., JBS International, Inc., and ABT Global LLC each hold between $8.2 million and $8.5 million. These five firms account for approximately 62% of combined potential value; a long tail of 11 smaller firms captures the remaining 38%. Task orders are predominantly unrestricted (95% of awards); 3% are small business set-aside and 2% woman-owned small business sole-source, indicating minimal set-aside activity.

Typical task order values range from under $200,000 to roughly $11 million in ceiling value, with durations spanning one to five years and firm fixed-price pricing across all awards. Geographic scope is not specified in available task order descriptions, suggesting performance occurs at multiple HRSA bureau locations or nationwide.

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded a Master IDIQ to provide to facilitate the production of focused, high-priority, evaluation activities in support of various Bureaus and Offices within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). These activities may include evaluation studies, evaluation and information syntheses, policy and environmental assessments, development, implementation, analyzing the implementation of best practices as a result of a quality improvement project, and assessment of evaluation capacity building activities, and the development and implementation of performance measurement tools and data systems.