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SOLE-SOURCE DETERMINATION MEMO

FOR SUPPLIES AND SERVICES

Date: August 23, 2021 Sole source number: 5245

To: Kirk N. Rhoades, Designated Procurement Officer DHS Office of Contracts & Procurement

Requestor: Kate Lonborg Agency/division: OHA/ Health Policy and Analytics Division, herein after referred to as “Agency” Program/office: Office of Health Analytics/ Quality Metrics, Surveys and

Evaluations unit Contract specialist: Tammy L Hurst

Agency Sole source rule: Sole source authority:

OHA OAR 137-047-0275 ORS 413.033

Estimated total contract value: $9,000 per year

Description of goods or services: performance data on HEDIS quality measures (national data, updated annually)

1. Background: This sole source justification applies to the purchase of:

a) Annual purchase of HEDIS performance data

b) Quality Compass

c) No other vendor can supply this publication

2. Prospective contractor/vendor:

Legal entity name: National Committee for Quality Assurance

DBA:

Address: 1100 13th St. NW, Third Floor

Washington, D.C. 20005 Contact person: n/a Phone: 888-275-7585 Email: n/a – see order page at https://store.ncqa.org/data-and-reports.html https://store.ncqa.org/data-and-reports.html https://store.ncqa.org/data-and-reports.html

Protests are due by 3:00 PM within seven calendar days after the first date the notice is posted on the OregonBuys. Protests must be sent via mail, carried to the following address, Protests via telephone will not be accepted.

Oregon Department of Human Services Office of Contracts and Procurement ATTN: Tammy L. Hurst Address: 635 Capitol Street NE, Salem, Oregon 97301 Phone: 503-947-5298 Fax: 503-378-4324 Email: Tammy.hurst@state.or.us

Agency reserves the right to purchase additional goods, services to include on-call maintenance, preventative maintenance, repair (unless available on DAS price agreement), or training. Agency also reserves the right to increase time up to 10 years and make adjustments to the rate if there is an acceptable increase. Agency will issue a purchase order to OCHIN, Inc. if no protests are received by the date and time this notice closes.

3. Written findings of fact (market research):

The findings below must include factual information supporting the determination that meet the sole source requirement in statute.

Pursuant to ORS 279B.075, Agency must conduct market research that supports the assertion that there is only one source that can provide the goods or services. Market research includes utilization of the internet, trade journals, agency vendor lists, professional organizations, studies, catalogs/industrial periodicals, vendor sources, yellow pages, etc.

Pursuant to ORS 279B.075 (2)(d): Any other findings that support the conclusion that the goods or services are available from only one source.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) owns the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information (HEDIS) quality measure set. HEDIS measures are widely used nationally by Medicaid and commercial plans. OHA’s legislatively established Health Plan Quality Metrics Committee and Metrics and Scoring Committee have selected some HEDIS measures for use in Oregon quality programs.

NCQA collects performance data on HEDIS measures and annually publishes statistics about performance. OHA uses the NCQA data to compare measure performance within Oregon to performance across the nation and to inform benchmarking decisions. No other source is available to provide this comprehensive, up-to-date data set on national commercial and Medicaid HEDIS performance.

APPROVED:

By:

Signed by DPO electronically via ORPIN Kirk N. Rhoades or acting DPO