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Amendment 0010, Solicitation APP 111513, Hospital Engagement Contractor This letter is provided as explanation for the contents included in Amendment 0010 to the solicitation noted above for the Hospital Engagement Contract.

Included as a part of this amendment is the following item for information purposes only—information contained in item (1) below does not alter the RFP.

(1) SF 33, Solicitation, Offer, Award. There is no action required by the vendors at this time for this document. Vendors are advised that Block 14 must be updated, for each subsequent amendment. The SF 33 will be completed and signed by both parties at award

(2) For your information:

For those offerors seeking to be Hospital Engagement Contractors on the HHS Partnership for Patients, the annual QualityNet meeting will be held in downtown Baltimore, MD from December 13-15, 2011. Once the Hospital Engagement Contractors (HEC’s) are awarded this will provide the first opportunity to meet and interact with each other, the National Content Developer (NCD), the Patient and Family Engagement Contractor, the Evaluation Contractor, QIO Partners and others. We call your attention to the QualityNet registration website at http://www.qualitynetonline.com/. Registration for this conference is free.