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(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) The solicitation number is AHR147759.

(iii) This solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through

Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-78.

(iv) The corresponding NAICS code is 813212.

(v) List of contract line item number(s) and items, quantities and units of measure:

N/A

(vi) Description of Requirements – The contractor shall provide a database license of the

HIMSS Analytics™ Database and EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM). A database license includes access to all collected data elements for over 5,400 hospitals and over 43,000 care delivery organizations as well as updates throughout the license term.

(vii) Delivery and all services are to be for 12 months from award date.

(viii) The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition

(ix) The Government will award a contract resulting from this synopsis/solicitation to the responsible offeror who provides the lowest price and is technically acceptable (LPTA).

(x) Offerors are to include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror

Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items, with its offer or acknowledge its listing in Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA).

(xi) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

(xii) The clauses at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to

Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Items, Alternate II, applies to this acquisition. The Contracting Officer has indicated the following clauses listed in paragraph (b) as applicable and are hereby incorporated by reference: (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I

(Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 253g and 10 U.S.C. 2402); (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive

Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUL 2013) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31

U.S.C. 6101 note); (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When

Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment.

(AUG 2013) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); (22) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business

Program Rerepresentation (JUL 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)); (25) 52.222-3, Convict

Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755); (26) 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with

Authorities and Remedies (JAN 2014) (E.O. 13126); (27) 52.222-21, Prohibition of

Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999); (26) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007)

(E.O. 11246); (29) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans(JUL 2014) (38 U.S.C.

4212 ; (30) Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793).

(31) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans(JUL 2014) (38 U.S.C. 4212). ; (39)

52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

(AUG 2011) (E.O. 13513). 40) 52.225-1, Buy American Act—Supplies (MAY 2014) (41

U.S.C. chapter 83). (43) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases

(June 2008) (E.O.’s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign

Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury); (49) 52.232-33, Payment by

Electronic Funds Transfer—Central Contractor Registration (Oct 2003)

(31 U.S.C. 3332).

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(xv) Sole Source Justification:

The HIMSS Analytics Database provides access to the Agency for Healthcare Research

& Quality (AHRQ) Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) data to conduct analysis regarding what hospital characteristics relate to health IT adoption, including how differing levels of health IT adoption and use impact on outcomes, and how organizational characteristics relate to or moderate that impact. The data collected by

HIMSS Analytics, LLC are the only data that can provide the detail and level of data regarding health IT adoption at hospitals across the U.S. needed and that can be matched with HCUP data.

The HIMSS EMRAM Adoption Model is an eight-step process that will allow AHRQ to analyze a hospital’s level of EMR adoption, chart accomplishments, and track progress against other healthcare organizations across the country. EMR Adoption Model

(EMRAM) scores are provided via Excel spreadsheets. The database contains granular level IT data incorporating our EMR Adoption Model that no other source tracks. The

HIMSS EMRAM Adoption Model is the only scale of its kind within the industry and is proprietary to HIMSS Analytics, LLC.

(xvi) DPAS – N/A

(xvii) Quotes are due Friday, February 20, 2015, 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, electronically to the Contract Specialist at damani.clark@psc.hhs.gov.

(xviii) Contact Mr. Damani Clark, Contract Specialist, at Damani.clark@psc.hhs.gov regarding the solicitation. Any inquiries must be emailed to the Contract Specialist, with

“AHR147759 – Inquiries” in the subject line, no later than 12:00 PM Eastern Standard

Time on Wednesday, February 18, 2015.