QA - Study of Medical Malpractice Payers -06272022.pdf

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This document contains a federal solicitation for a study of medical malpractice payers along with related questions and answers. The Health Resources and Services Administration is seeking a contractor to examine the relationship between changes in the volume of National Practitioner Data Bank malpractice payment reports and the introduction of various tort reforms. The solicitation is set aside for economically disadvantaged women-owned small businesses and offers approximately 4,500 hours of work per year under a firm-fixed-price contract. Questions were accepted through June 21st and responses extended the proposal due date to July 15th, 2022. The contractor will be provided National Practitioner Data Bank data but no external medical malpractice datasets or payments for such data.

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BHW93 C 4457 Study of Medical Malpractice Payers - PTS-3130 - 75R60222Q00136 Solicitation.

Questions and Answers

Questions – Study of Medical Malpractice Payers RFP

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Government Response (to be provided)

NPDB DataSet: Is there a full NPDB data set that has additional data fields that are exposed in the PUF (Public Use Files) of

NPDB?

Yes, NPDB has additional data than what is available in the PUF.

Additional Data: Will HRSA provide any other/external medical malpractice dataset for this study?

No, HRSA will not provide any external medical malpractice data set for this study.

Will any external data sets by provided by NPDB in order to assist with this study?

No, HRSA will not provide any external medical malpractice data set for this study.

Will HRSA be paying for the external medical malpractice data sets?

No, HRSA will not pay for any external medical malpractice data set.

Are there any barriers in linking external data sets with the HRSA data set?

External data sets will be linked with the HRSA data set if these two data sets have same unique variables (e.g., Names, NPI, license number etc.).

Will NPDB provide access to individual reports to assist with this study?

Individual reports will not be made available for this study; however, NPDB will provide data that contains most of the

Malpractice Payers RFP

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Government Response (to be provided) information that is available in the reports.

Extend Offer Due Date: We will request to extend this due data until the end of July? We are a small organization and will need to invest significant time/resources to get a comprehensive response together to this solicitation.

The solicitation is extended through 5pm July 15, 2022 EST.

Active Vendors: Can the firms that have been previously or currently engaged in the development of maintenance of NPDB bid on this proposal?

This contract opportunity is open to all economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concerns or women-owned small business (WOSB) concerns eligible under the WOSB Program Set-asides (FAR 6.207).

9 What is the estimated level-of-effort for this project?

Approximately 4500 hours per year

10 Can you provide some insight into the level of effort for this project?

Approximately 4500 hours per year

11 Are there any limits on the length of resumes?

No, there is no limit on the length of the resumes; resumes are not part of the technical proposals 25 page limit.

Malpractice Payers RFP

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Requirements around qualification of personnel: Are there any qualification requirements for the team that will be working on this project?

There are no specific personnel requirements for this project.

However, this is a research project and we expect that people will have data and research background.

Short Window: We may not have sufficient time to collect and submit relevant federal or state government but my team does have the relevant HRSA background. Can we possibly mention those relevant experiences in the past experience volume?

Yes

Is a brand new contract OR if there is (was) an incumbent performing these services.

Yes, this is a brand new contract.

15 If not brand new, could you please provide the current / previous contract number?

Not applicable

We ask that you amend the solicitation to allow:

1. at least 10 business days from today for offerors to submit questions, and

No, the period for questions was already extended and due to time constraints, this is planned as an FY22 award, it cannot be extended further.

2. a minimum of three weeks from the day answers are posted as a deadline for proposal submission

The due date for quotes has been extend - see response to question # 7 above.

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