JA Other Than Full and Open Competition_Redacted.pdf

This document is a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) for a requirement to procure the latest Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) state database files, including State Inpatient Databases (SID), State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD), and State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD).

The purpose is to obtain these HCUP state files, which are the sole comprehensive source of information on hospital utilization at the state level, to enhance current occupational demand for health workforce projection modeling at the state and national level. As NORC at the University of Chicago is the sole proprietor of this data, they are the only source to obtain these files. The solicitation number is RFQ-75R60224Q00185, the Opportunity Type is a Solicitation, and the procuring agency is the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) within the Department of Health and Human Services.