7 - PR 48717- SSJ - Covid 19 - Premier.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT (OPEN MARKET OR GSA)

UNDER $250,000

Sole source acquisitions may be used on a limited basis and only when the Contracting Officer’s

Representative (COR)/Program Official has provided sufficient justification and the Contracting Officer has determined that the circumstances warrant such action. The content for a justification must contain detailed facts and rationale to justify the sole source acquisition. Soliciting from a single source must be done in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b) or 8.405-6. At a minimum, the following information must be included:

Identification of Program Office, Contracting Activity, and Proposed Requirement, Justification and

Program Office Certification:

A. Program Office:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

COVID-19 Incident Response

Data, Analytics and Modeling Task Force

Innovation, Technology, and Analytics Section

Atlanta GA

B. Contracting Activity:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Office of Acquisition Services (OAS), Branch II

2900 Woodcock Blvd., MS TCU-4

Atlanta GA 30341-4004

C. Identification of Requirement:

1. Nature of Action to be Approved by Contracting Officer:

a. Sole source acquisition of: Comprehensive and Longitudinal Impatient and

Hospital-Based Outpatient Data for the U.S. Government Covid-19 Emergency

Response

b. Procurement Request (PR) Number (if available): 48717

2. Proposed Vendor and Estimated Procurement Amount (if available):

a. Proposed Vendor:

Premier Healthcare Solutions, Inc.

13034 Ballantyne Corporate Place

Charlotte, NC 28277

b. Estimated Procurement Amount: $175,000.00 (includes 1 Option)

3. Is the requirement on GSA Schedule? ☐ Yes ☒ No

If yes, provide schedule number: Click here to enter text.

Rev. 5/14/19

D. Justification:

1. The justification for this non-competitive action is: (NOTE: Must select only ONE of the listed justifications for other than full and open competition and fully support the justification in the following paragraphs. Please delete this note prior to submitting the justification.)

☒ In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), “only one source [is] reasonably available” which states that, “For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. (i)

Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization). (ii)

Where a single source is identified to provide a portion of a purchase because that portion of the purchase specifies a particular brand-name item, the documentation in paragraph

(b)(1)(i) of this section only applies to the portion of the purchase requiring brand-name item. The documentation should state it is covering only the portion of the acquisition which is brand- name.”

☐ Urgency

☐ Exclusive licensing agreements/Proprietary data

☐ Brand name required

☐ Industrial mobilization

☒ Other (e.g., compatibility, space issues, continuity, compatibility, etc.)

☐ In accordance with FAR 8.405-6 “Limiting Sources” which states that, “the only circumstances that may justify the action are – (A) An urgent and compelling need exists, and following the procedures would result in unacceptable delays; (B) Only one source is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized; or (C) In the interest of economy and efficiency, the new work is a logical follow-up to an original Federal

Supply Schedule order provided that the original order was placed in accordance with the applicable Federal Supply Schedule ordering procedures. The original BPA must not have been previously issued under sole-source or limited-sources procedures.”

☐ Urgency

☐ Only One Source

☐ Logical Follow Up

☐ Brand name required

2. Other facts supporting sole source procurement:

a. What can this product/service do that other products/services cannot do?

Premier Healthcare Solutions, Inc. is a healthcare improvement organization with an affiliation that includes over 850 U.S. hospitals and more than 130,000 other provider organizations. Premier has created one of the most comprehensive databases of actionable data, clinical best practices and efficiency improvement strategies. The Premier Healthcare

Database, currently contains data from more than 639 million patient encounters, or one in every five hospital discharges in the nation. Premier has unique experience:

i. Receiving and managing data on COVID-19 patients from approximately 850 geographically diverse and representative hospitals; patients can be tracked longitudinally

(both retrospectively and prospectively) across the inpatient and hospital-based outpatient settings, as well as across visits, with a unique identifier within a single hospital for the entire extract period.

ii. Managing a dynamic healthcare database that is updated on a regular basis (e.g., weekly, biweekly, and monthly) and can be transferred to CDC every two weeks for timely analysis to inform the COVID-19 emergency response.

iii. Operating as a healthcare improvement organization with a large alliance that includes a geographically diverse and representative subset of U.S. hospitals and other provider organizations that submit a log of billed items, including procedures, medications, laboratory test performed, diagnostic and therapeutic services at the individual patient level, patient demographic information, visit costs and charges, discharge information including length of stay and diagnosis codes, and microbiology laboratory results.

iv. Managing healthcare data containing information on a large number of U.S. hospitals that includes information on hospital characteristics such as geographic region, three-digit zip code, bed size, teaching status, and urban or rural designation.

b. What other products/services were considered and why did they not meet the need?

The Premier Healthcare Database is the only known product in the market place which will meet this specific acquisition needs by providing more recent data on

COVID-19 hospital related data.

3. Program Office efforts to seek potential offerors:

From March through May 2020, the Innovation, Technology, and Analytics Task Force of

CDC's COVID-19 response met with nearly 20 external entities with electronic healthcare data and conducted a scan of available data sources that could be used to conduct robust, timely analyses and studies related to COVID-19 to inform CDC's public health response. To meet the agency's COVID-19 response needs, we sought to obtain regular and timely access to comprehensive, individual-level, longitudinal data on COVID-19 patients from a large, geographically diverse subset of U.S. hospitals. After months of review and evaluation, it was determined that no other reasonable alternative data source exists that meets the agency requirements. To confirm the utility and feasibility of the Premier Healthcare Database, CDC data analysts evaluated a data extract of all 2019-2020 patient data and determined that the database will meet the COVID-19 response needs and provide a unique benefit.

E. Program Office Certification:

I have reviewed this sole source justification and certify the justification is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and adequate to support other than full and open competition.

Section COR: Kim Riggle

Certification Date: July 28, 2020

F. Contracting Office Certification:

I have fully relied on the information provided herein and hereby certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief:

Contracting Officer Name: Lauren Peel

Contracting Officer Signature:

Certification Date: July 28, 2020