Attachment 1--Requirement Document.pdf

Requirements Document Indian Health Service

NPIRS IBM Software Subscription and Support

Division of Data Management and Analytics National Patient Information Reporting System

BACKGROUND

NPIRS is the National Patient Information Reporting System that provides support, reporting and a centralized source of data in the National Data Warehouse (NDW) that includes a broad range of patient, visit and clinical information. This information is used to assist managers at all levels of the Indian health system to manage individuals’ health, local facilities, regional and national programs and provide legislatively required reports to the Administration and Congress. NPIRS also provides database support for the following: Department of Epidemiology, Center of Disease Control (CDC), and Behavioral Health Programs. Support also includes work on the Integrated Data Collection System (IDCS) which supports Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and Government Performance Results Modernization Act (GPRAMA) performance reporting.

OBJECTIVE

NPIRS hosts the National Data Warehouse (NDW) and additional data marts for the Indian Health Service (IHS). IBM DB2 is the foundation that the NDW and its marts are built upon. In addition, NPIRS relies on other crucial IBM software products to fulfill its services. NPIRS provides critical reporting systems that are used in Congressional funding determination. In addition, NPIRS provides specialized data marts for numerous IHS program offices. Access to the services provided by the NDW are available to authorized users 24/7. Overall, the services provided rely upon the IBM family of software products.

The IHS Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) Council has identified the National Patient Information Reporting System (NPIRS) as a critical component to the primary functions of the IHS mission, as well as a High Value Asset for the agency. The IBM subscription and support software renewal is required to keep the existing National Patient Information Reporting System (NPIRS) functional and address critical vulnerabilities that have been identified.

Resolving these critical vulnerabilities is required as part of the Conditional Authorization to Operate, in which it states that NPIRS must ensure that vulnerabilities identified are mitigated in a timely manner in accordance with IHS policy in order to ensure acceptable risk levels.

The IBM Subscription and Support is utilized to maintain the NPIRS NDW and Reporting Data Marts (RDM) environments. NPIRS instituted the NDW in 2006. The NDW is an enterprise-wide data warehouse environment for the IHS national data repository. The NDW gathers, stores, reports, and allows easy access to accurate historical data. It is custom designed to meet the administrative and clinical needs of Indian health end users nationwide. It includes a national enterprise-level database that provides a relatively complete, historical repository of patient registration and encounter information dating back to October 2000. The IBM Spectrum Protect software is critical for backup and recovery of the various NDW databases. The IBM Security Guardium software is essential for encryption of data in transit or at rest. The IBM Infosphere software products provide capabilities including data profiling, standardization, probabilistic matching and data enrichment, which is essential for the determination of User Population reporting. The IBM XL C/C++ is a standards-based, high performance C and C++ compiler with advanced optimizing and debugging features used for application development.

Brand Name Product:

IHS already has a significant number of IBM products, both software and hardware. The use of IBM branded servers and storage maintains the significant past development investment. The IBM branded hardware is the only known hardware that is compatible with the existing National Data Warehouse (NDW) and its components. Including the operating system, backup and database software. Significant software based algorithms that rely on the hardware microcode are incorporated in all levels of the NDW applications and reporting. No other hardware will ensure continued operations without a major re‐write of the core NPIRS applications and database. To change to another platform would require significant development process with a loss of service capability.

SCOPE

The contact shall provide software licensing and support of all needed IBM Server products in support of the NDW. The period of performance will be for a base period of 12 months plus one 12 month option period.

REQUIREMENT

The supplier shall provide the IHS with annual licenses for IBM Server Software and Support products.

The supplier shall provide the following software licenses:

Item Part Number Description Qty

1 E042KLL

IBM Security Guardium Database Encryption Expert for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Processor Value Unit (PVU) Annual SW Subscription & Support Renewal

2 E042KLL

2 IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage Designer Concurrent User Annual SW Subscription & Support Renewal

3 E02BSLL

IBM InfoSphere Data Architect Floating User Annual SW Subscription & Support Renewal 1

4 E04PQLL

IBM InfoSphere QualityStage Processor Value Unit (PVU) Annual SW Subscription & Support Renewal 120

5 E1AHNLL

IBM XL C/C++ for AIX Authorized User Annual SW Subscription & Support Renewal 1

6 E0LWGLL

IBM Spectrum Protect Extended Edition 10 Processor Value Units (PVUs) Annual SW Subscription & Support Renewal

Item Part Number Description Qty

7 E0LWBLL

IBM Spectrum Protect for Databases 10 Processor Value Units (PVUs) Annual SW Subscription & Support Renewal E0LWBLL

8 E0LVZLL

IBM Spectrum Protect for SAN 10 Processor Value Units (PVUs) Annual SW Subscription & Support Renewal 22

9 E0LW2LL

IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 10 Processor Value Units (PVUs) Annual SW Subscription & Support

SECURTY

Product Keys are delivered electronically and distributed to authorized IHS Network (D1) access users only.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance will be for a base period of 12 months plus one 12 month option period.

DELIVERY

Electronic Delivery to:

US Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service Attn: Vanessa Weaver – Division of Data Management and Analytics Email vanessa.weaver@ihs.gov Telephone: (301) 443-0131 mailto:vanessa.weaver@ihs.gov