Data Reaserch License

Solicitation # HHSNIHOPCSS -19-013262
Closing Date July 25, 2019

Office of Purchasing and Contract (OPC) intends to award a sole source Purchase Order to Children's National Medical Center. The primary purpose of this announcement is to identify all potential sources regardless of organization, type and size classification and determine their capabilities to fulfill a potential Government requirement. Order will result in a firm fixed price Order, 12 months for Premier Healthcare Solutions to provide a license to a certain data extract for select patients for the purpose of conducting secondary data research. This data are updated on a regular basis and are currently available from Jan 2000 through May 2109. The Premier database contains data from standard hospital discharge files, including patients demographic and disease contains data discharge files. The requirement is to solicit and negotiate with only one sole source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. The Government will not be responsible for any cost incurred in preparation of statements, proposal or quotations. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No solicitation or additional information will be made available with regards to this sole source notice.

This acquisition is being conducted using policies of Commercial Items prescribed in FAR Part 12, in conjunction with the policies and procedures for the competition requirement of Part 6. All responsible sources may submit a response if they are capable to meet the needs of this requirement. Written responses to this notice shall contain sufficient documentation to establish bona-fide capability and compatibility to fulfill the requirement.

The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industry Classification System Code 518210. The requirement is being processed in accordance with the simplified acquisition procedures as stated in FAR 13.106-(b)(1).
CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME) DETERMINATION

The intended sole source is the only known source to meet the technical needs of the scientific equipment/supplies. The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted as prescribed in FAR Part 10-Market Research.

CLOSING STATEMENT
This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include a technical proposal, a cost-price proposal, the period of performance, the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offeror's must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement.
All responses must be received by July 25, 2015 at 11:00 AM Eastern time and must reference solicitation number 19-013262. Responses may be submitted electronically to Priscilla Abalos, Contracting Specialist at Priscilla.abalos@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted.
"All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency.

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