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REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS

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1. REQUEST NO.

2017-Q-67119

2. DATE ISSUED

07/12/2017

3. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NO.

00HCVJDD-2017-12347

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IMPORTANT: This is a request for information, and quotations furnished are not offers. If you are unable to quote, please so indicate on this form and return it. This request does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation of the submission of this quotation or to contract for supplies or services. Supplies are of domestic origin unless otherwise indicated by quoter. Any representations and/or certifications attached to this Request for Quotations must be completed by the quoter.

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Estimated Period of Performance: 09/30/2017-09/29/2018

Statement of Work

Validation study on ICD-9 or ICD-10 codes for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis

I. Background

Many sexually transmitted disease (STD)-related health service research, cost-effectiveness, and epidemiology studies have been published using insurance claims data. Researchers have undertaken studies to assess the reliability and validity of the claims data. Many validation studies have been published, but none of them have focused on STD.

A validation study on ICD-9 or ICD-10 codes for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis is needed. Rapid tests for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis are either unavailable or not commonly used in the United States. Currently, chlamydia and gonorrhea infections are most often diagnosed from urogenital specimens using nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT). Syphilis infections are diagnosed with reactive treponemal and non-treponemal tests; they can be done in any order. These tests are typically performed in laboratories and take a few days to get the result. In most instances, no test results are available on the day of the initial patient visit to a health care provider. Therefore, although a diagnosis code for chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis may be attached to the initial visit, and the patient may also receive high-intensity behavioral counseling or treatment, the diagnosis will be presumptive. Administrative databases without linked lab results make validation of the diagnosis codes challenging, although there may be evidence of subsequent visits to providers for treatment or prescription drug claims for STD treatments. Even with treatment, in the absence of lab results, the diagnosis codes may not reflect actual infections. Conversely, an initial patient screening visit may receive a code for screening that is not specific to a particular STD.

II. Purpose

To valid ICD-9 or ICD-10 cases for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis diagnoses and to identify the patterns of these codes. More specifically, this study will 1) identify chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis diagnoses by ICD-9 or ICD-10 codes, 2) link these diagnoses with lab data for testing status and testing result, 3) link these diagnoses with prescription data for STD treatment, 4) link these diagnoses with electronic medical records (EMR), and 5) assess the frequency of presumptive treatment for these diagnosis codes and for confirmed cases supported by positive lab test results.

III. Scope of work

The vendor will conduct the study to complete the tasks outlined below. The vendor may require travel or communications with CDC to complete the study and travel to professional conferences to present the study results.

IV. Tasks to be performed

The vendor shall perform the following tasks:

A. Establish conference calls every two weeks during the performance period with relevant study staff and CDC staff to discuss relevant and timely issues related to the study. These calls may be cancelled or rescheduled with advance CDC concurrence if there are scheduling conflicts or insufficient pending items to discuss on a particular call.

B. Review current literature related to STD-related studies using claims data and claims data validation studies using a structured approach with search terms and key words that are approved in advance by CDC

C. Develop a study design and analysis plan that will be used to conduct the validation study

a. Provide detailed information about the datasets that will be used: data requirements are listed in section X below.

b. List ICD-9 / ICD-10 codes that will be used for identifying chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis diagnoses

c. Identify the software that will be used for compiling data and for statistical analysis

d. Provide statistical methods or models that will be used

e. Estimate the number of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis diagnoses (primary, secondary, early latent, late latent, and congenital)

f. Determine the sampling methods and the minimum sample sizes for each infection (chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis [stages above]) for EMR review

g. Provide the approaches that will be used to conduct EMR review

h. Describe the method that will be used to convert the EMR review results into quantitative information in the database

i. Upon approval by CDC of the study design and analysis plan, secure whatever independent review board (IRB) or other human subjects approvals may be required external to CDC. CDC will manage the human subject approvals required by CDC; the contractor will support CDC’s efforts by providing any documentation relevant to study design or population that may be required by CDC in order to approve the project.

D. Generate analytic database once CDC approves the study design and analysis plan and necessary human subjects approvals are in place

a. Generate de-identified numeric patient IDs that can link all data (claims data, laboratory data, prescription data, and EMR data

b. In addition to the data in IV. D (a) above, the analytic database should include reason for visit, venue information, healthcare provider specialty, and patient demographic information (age or year of birth, sex, and geographic location variable that patient identified information could not be identified) E. Conduct data analysis

a. Generate sufficient tabulations and statistical tests to comprehensively characterize the data set for CDC staff to enable CDC to assess the data available for analysis

b. Conduct data analyses contained in data analysis plan once the plan is approved by CDC

F. Write process reports and manuscripts and give presentations at professional conferences

a. Provide written quarterly reports on time that summarize contractor activities and analysis results developed during the previous quarter (these reports will be due 15 calendar days after the conclusion of the preceding quarter)

b. Take the lead on drafting at least one manuscript summarizing study results before the end of the performance period of this contract. It is expected that the manuscript will have CDC co-authorship and CDC clearance will be required; the clearance process will be managed by CDC staff

c. If time is permitted, take the lead on preparing one or more presentations for abstract-driven professional conferences with CDC co-authorship

V. Government Furnished Materials

N/A

VI. Period of performance

The period of performance shall commence upon award of a purchase order which will be no later than September 30, 2017, and shall continue through the 12 months following the award and be completed no later than September 29, 2018.

VII. Deliverables

The vendor shall provide the following deliverables to the Project Officer by the dates reflected below.

All electronic files should be delivered in MS Word or Excel format and provided via e-mail.

VIII. Payment Terms (note if and how partial payments are allowed).

Payment will be made at the end of the period of peformance

IX. Minimum Vendor Qualifications

1. The vendor shall include an MD or PhD who has experience analyzing insurance claims data, medical chart review, and STD-related issues (experience shall be demonstrated by at least one lead- or senior-authored publication in a peer-reviewed journal on these topics indexed by PubMed).

2. The vendor shall also include a statistician who has experience in study design and sampling methodology (which shall be demonstrated by authorship on at least one publication in a peer-reviewed journal including these analytical elements indexed by PubMed, although the previous analyses need not be in the domain of STD analysis).

3. The vendor shall have access to all needed datasets: insurance claims data, prescription drug claims data, laboratory data including test results, and EMRs.

A. Insurance claims prescription drug claims and laboratory data must be linked for all records.

B. EMRs must be linked to the sample of claims records for which the EMR review is conducted.

C. The sample or study population selected should be represent a broad range of healthcare practices from different venues (including physician offices, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, and urgent care clinics).

D. The insurance claims data should include different types of healthcare providers (including primary care physicians, infectious disease specialists, physician assistants, and certified nurse practitioners or registered nurses).

E. The insurance claims, prescription drug claims, and lab data covering ICD-9s or ICD-10s indicating a diagnosis of chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis should be drawn from a database of claims from an insured population covering at least 250,000 total patients (the number of patients with STD diagnoses will be smaller than 250,000; this minimum total sample size is to ensure that sufficient STD diagnoses will be available in the population for analysis purposes).

F. The patients analyzed for this study should include both male and female patients and patients aged 15 years and older.

G. Databases from multiple sources may be used to assemble the minimum-sized total population (e.g., insurance databases from multiple states can be combined) as long as all required data elements are present in the combined database used for analysis purposes. Final study design parameters will be subject to CDC approval as detailed in section IV above.

Clauses

52.232-39

52.232-40

352.222-70

Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (Jun 2013)

Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Contractors (Dec 2013)

Contractor Cooperation in Equal Employment Opportunity Investigations (Dec 2015)

FAR 52.252-2 -- Clauses Incorporated by Reference. (Feb 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/far1toc.htm http://www.hhs.gov/policies/hhsar/subpart301-1.html (End of Clause)

FAR 52.212-5 -- Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. (Jan 2017)

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

(1) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)).

(2) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015)

(3) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

(4) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Public Laws 108-77, 108-78 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

[Contracting Officer check as appropriate.] ___ (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402).

___ (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Oct 2015) (41 U.S.C. 3509).

___ (3) 52.203-15, Whistleblower Protections under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Jun 2010) (Section 1553 of Pub L. 111-5) (Applies to contracts funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009).

_X__ (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

___ (5) [Reserved]

___ (6) 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C).

___ (7) 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C).

_X__ (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Oct 2015) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

___ (9) 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Jul 2013) (41 U.S.C. 2313).

___ (10) [Reserved]

___ (11) (i) 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 657a).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011) of 52.219-3.

___ (12) (i) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its offer)(15 U.S.C. 657a).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Jan 2011) of 52.219-4.

___ (13) [Reserved]

___ (14) (i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011).

___ (iii) Alternate II (Nov 2011).

___ (15) (i) 52.219-7, Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside (June 2003) (15 U.S.C. 644).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 1995) of 52.219-7.

___ (iii) Alternate II (Mar 2004) of 52.219-7.

___ (16) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Nov 2016) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)).

___ (17) (i) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Jan 2017) (15 U.S.C. 637 (d)(4)).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2016) of 52.219-9.

___ (iii) Alternate II (Nov 2016) of 52.219-9.

___ (iv) Alternate III (Nov 2016) of 52.219-9.

___ (v) Alternate IV (Nov 2016) of 52.219-9.

___ (18) 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644(r)).

___ (19) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Jan 2017) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(14)).

___ (20) 52.219-16, Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan (Jan 1999) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(F)(i)).

___ (21) 52.219-27, Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 657f).

_X__ (22) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

___ (23) 52.219-29, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Concerns (Dec 2015) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

___ (24) 52.219-30, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program (Dec 2015) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

_X__ (25) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755).

___ (26) 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Oct 2016) (E.O. 13126).

_X__ (27) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015).

_X__ (28) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O. 11246).

___ (29) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

_X__ (30) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793).

___ (31) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Feb 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

___ (32) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496).

_X__ (33) (i) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Mar 2015) of 52.222-50, (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

___ (34) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Oct 2015). (E. O. 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial items as prescribed in 22.1803.)

___ (35) 52.222-59, Compliance with Labor Laws (Executive Order 13673) (Oct 2016). (Applies at $50 million for solicitations and resultant contracts issued from October 25, 2016 through April 24, 2017; applies at $500,000 for solicitations and resultant contracts issued after April 24, 2017).

Note to paragraph (b)(35): By a court order issued on October 24, 2016, 52.222-59 is enjoined indefinitely as of the date of the order. The enjoined paragraph will become effective immediately if the court terminates the injunction. At that time, DoD, GSA, and NASA will publish a document in the Federal Register advising the public of the termination of the injunction.

___ (36) 52.222-60, Paycheck Transparency (Executive Order 13673) (Oct 2016).

___ (37) (i) 52.223-9, Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items (May 2008) (42 U.S.C. 6962(c)(3)(A)(ii)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.)

___ (ii) Alternate I (May 2008) of 52.223-9 (42 U.S.C. 6962(i)(2)(C)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.)

___ (38) 52.223-11, Ozone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons (Jun 2016) (E.O.13693).

___ (39) 52.223-12, Maintenance, Service, Repair, or Disposal of Refrigeration Equipment and Air Conditioners (Jun 2016) (E.O. 13693).

___ (40) (i) 52.223-13, Acquisition of EPEAT® -Registered Imaging Equipment (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514

___ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 2015) of 52.223-13.

___ (41) (i) 52.223-14, Acquisition of EPEAT® -Registered Television (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Jun 2014) of 52.223-14.

___ (42) 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products (Dec 2007) (42 U.S.C. 8259b).

___ (43) (i) 52.223-16, Acquisition of EPEAT® -Registered Personal Computer Products (Oct 2015) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Jun 2014) of 52.223-16.

_X__ (44) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513).

___ (45) 52.223-20, Aerosols (Jun 2016) (E.O. 13693).

___ (46) 52.223-21, Foams (Jun 2016) (E.O. 13696).

___ (47) (i) 52.224-3, Privacy Training (Jan 2017) (5 U.S.C. 552a).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Jan 2017) of 52.224-3.

___ (48) 52.225-1, Buy American--Supplies (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83).

___ (49) (i) 52.225-3, Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83, 19 U.S.C. 3301 note, 19 U.S.C. 2112 note, 19 U.S.C. 3805 note, 19 U.S.C. 4001 note, Pub. L. 103-182, 108-77, 108-78, 108-286, 108-302, 109-53, 109-169, 109-283, 110-138, 112-41, 112-42, and 112-43).

___ (ii) Alternate I (May 2014) of 52.225-3.

___ (iii) Alternate II (May 2014) of 52.225-3.

___ (iv) Alternate III (May 2014) of 52.225-3.

___ (50) 52.225-5, Trade Agreements (Oct 2016) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note).

_X__ (51) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) (E.O.’s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury).

___ (52) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Oct 2016) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

___ (53) 52.226-4, Notice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside (Nov 2007) (42 U.S.C. 5150).

___ (54) 52.226-5, Restrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area (Nov 2007) (42 U.S.C. 5150).

___ (55) 52.232-29, Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Items (Feb 2002) (41 U.S.C. 4505), 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)).

___ (56) 52.232-30, Installment Payments for Commercial Items (Jan 2017) (41 U.S.C. 4505, 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)).

_X__ (57) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer— System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

___ (58) 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Other Than System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

___ (59) 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party (May 2014) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

___ (60) 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards (Aug 1996) (5 U.S.C. 552a).

___ (61) 52.242-5, Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Jan 2017) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(12)).

___ (62) (i) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Apr 2003) of 52.247-64.

(c) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c), applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

[Contracting Officer check as appropriate.]

___ (1) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (May 2014) (E.O. 13495)

___ (2) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67.).

___ (3) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

___ (4) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards -- Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (May 2014) (29 U.S.C.206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

___ (5) 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards -- Price Adjustment (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

___ (6) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

___ (7) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

___ (8) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015) (E.O. 13658).

___ (9) 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2017) (E.O. 13706).

___ (10) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations. (May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792).

___ (11) 52.237-11, Accepting and Dispensing of $1 Coin (Sep 2008) (31 U.S.C. 5112(p)(1)).

(d) Comptroller General Examination of Record The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (d) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records -- Negotiation.

(1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to examine any of the Contractor’s directly pertinent records involving transactions related to this contract.

(2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved.

(3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law.

(e)

(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this clause, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (e)(1) in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause—

(i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Oct 2015) (41 U.S.C. 3509).

(ii) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)).

(iii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Nov 2016) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $700,000 ($1.5 million for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities.

(iv) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (May 2014) (E.O. 13495). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (1) of FAR clause 52.222-17.

(v) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015).

(vi) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O. 11246).

(vii) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(viii) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793).

(ix) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Feb 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(x) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (f) of FAR clause 52.222-40.

(xi) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (May 2014), (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(xii) (A) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

(B) Alternate I (Mar 2015) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 E.O. 13627).

(xiii) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67.)

(xiv) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67)

(xv) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Oct 2015) (E. O. 12989).

(xvi) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015).

(xvii) 52.222-59, Compliance with Labor Laws (Executive Order 13673) (Oct 2016) (Applies at $50 million for solicitations and resultant contracts issued from October 25, 2016 through April 24, 2017; applies at $500,000 for solicitations and resultant contracts issued after April 24, 2017).

Note to paragraph (e)(1)(xvii): By a court order issued on October 24, 2016, 52.222-59 is enjoined indefinitely as of the date of the order. The enjoined paragraph will become effective immediately if the court terminates the injunction. At that time, DoD, GSA, and NASA will publish a document in the Federal Register advising the public of the termination of the injunction.

(xviii) 52.222-60, Paycheck Transparency (Executive Order 13673) (Oct 2016).

(xix) 52.222-62, Paid sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2017) (E.O. 13706).

(xx) (A) 52.224-3, Privacy Training (Jan 2017) (5 U.S.C. 552a).

(B) Alternate I (Jan 2017) of 52.224-3.

(xxi) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Oct 2016) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

(xxii) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations. (May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6.

(xxiii) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately-Owned U.S. Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64.

(2) While not required, the Contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations.

CDCAG001 – Invoice Submission (Mar 2006)

(a) The Contractor shall submit the original contract invoice/voucher to the shown below:

Mail:

CDC Office of the Chief Financial Officer P.O. Box 15580 Atlanta, Ga. 30333

Or – The Contractor may submit the original invoice/voucher via facsimile or email:

Fax: 404-638-5324

Email: FMOAPINV@CDC.GOV NOTE: Submit to only one (1) of the above locations.

(b) The contractor shall submit one (1) copy of the invoice/voucher to the cognizant contracting office previously identified in this contract. These invoices/voucher copies shall be addressed to the attention of the Contracting Officer.

(c) The Contractor is , is not required to submit a copy of each invoice directly to the Project Officer concurrently with submission to the Contracting Officer.

(d) In accordance with 5 CFR part 1315 (Prompt Payment), CDC's Financial Management Office is the designated billing office for the purpose of determining the payment due date under FAR 32.904.

(e) The Contractor shall include (as a minimum) the following information on each invoice:

(1) Contractor’s Name & Address

(2) Contractor’s Tax Identification Number (TIN)

(3) Purchase Order/Contract Number and Task Order Number, if Appropriate

(4) Invoice Number

(5) Invoice Date

(6) Contract Line Item Number and Description of Item

(7) Quantity

(8) Unit Price & Extended Amount for each line item

(9) Shipping and Payment Terms

(10) Total Amount of Invoice

(11) Name, title and telephone number of person to be notified in the event of a defective invoice

(12) Payment Address, if different from the information in (c)(1).

(13) DUNS + 4 Number

(End of Clause) Non-Personal Services (April 2013)

(a) Personal services shall not be performed under this contract. Although the Government may provide sporadic or occasional instructions within the scope of the contract, the Contractor is responsible for control and supervision of its employees. If the Contractor (including its employees) believes any Government action or communication has been given that would create a personal services relationship between the Government and any Contractor employee, the Contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer of this communication or action.

(b) The contractor shall comply with, and ensure their employees and subcontractors comply with, CDC Policy titled “Identification of Contractors' Employees and Safeguarding Government Information.” No Contractor employee shall hold him or herself out to be a Government employee, agent, or representative. No Contractor employee shall state orally or in writing at any time that he or she is acting on behalf of the Government. In all communications with third parties in connection with this contract, Contractor employees shall identify themselves as Contractor employees and specify the name of the company for which they work. . The contractor is limited to performing the services identified in the contract statement of work and shall not interpret any communication with anyone as a permissible change in contract scope or as authorization to perform work not described in the contract. All contract changes will be incorporated by a modification signed by the Contracting Officer.

(c) The Contractor shall ensure that all of its employees and subcontractor employees working on this contract are informed of the substance of this clause. The Contractor agrees that this is a non-personal services contract; and that for all the purposes of the contract, the Contractor is not, nor shall it hold itself out to be an agent or partner of, or joint venture with, the Government. The Contractor shall notify its employees that they shall neither supervise nor accept supervision from Government employees. The substance of this clause shall be included in all subcontracts at any tier.

(d) Nothing in this clause shall limit the Government's rights in any way under any other provision of the contract, including those related to the Government's right to inspect and accept or reject the services performed under this contract.

(End of Clause)

SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

This contract incorporates one or more provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

https://www.acquisition.gov/FAR/ http://farsite.hill.af.mil

52.212-2 -- Evaluation -- Commercial Items. (Jan. 1999)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price technically acceptable (LPTA) offer.

Minimum Qualification for Technical Acceptability:

1. The vendor shall include an MD or PhD who has experience analyzing insurance claims data, medical chart review, and STD-related issues (experience shall be demonstrated by at least one lead- or senior-authored publication in a peer-reviewed journal on these topics indexed by PubMed).

2. The vendor shall also include a statistician who has experience in study design and sampling methodology (which shall be demonstrated by authorship on at least one publication in a peer-reviewed journal including these analytical elements indexed by PubMed, although the previous analyses need not be in the domain of STD analysis).

3. The vendor shall have access to all needed datasets: insurance claims data, prescription drug claims data, laboratory data including test results, and EMRs.

H. Insurance claims prescription drug claims and laboratory data must be linked for all records.

I. EMRs must be linked to the sample of claims records for which the EMR review is conducted.

J. The sample or study population selected should be represent a broad range of healthcare practices from different venues (including physician offices, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, and urgent care clinics).

K. The insurance claims data should include different types of healthcare providers (including primary care physicians, infectious disease specialists, physician assistants, and certified nurse practitioners or registered nurses).

L. The insurance claims, prescription drug claims, and lab data covering ICD-9s or ICD-10s indicating a diagnosis of chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis should be drawn from a database of claims from an insured population covering at least 250,000 total patients (the number of patients with STD diagnoses will be smaller than 250,000; this minimum total sample size is to ensure that sufficient STD diagnoses will be available in the population for analysis purposes).

M. The patients analyzed for this study should include both male and female patients and patients aged 15 years and older.

N. Databases from multiple sources may be used to assemble the minimum-sized total population (e.g., insurance databases from multiple states can be combined) as long as all required data elements are present in the combined database used for analysis purposes. Final study design parameters will be subject to CDC approval as detailed in section IV above.

OTHER

(See Schedule)

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DESTINATION

7. DELIVERY