EHR Data/Privacy Standards and Agile Development Research and Support

The Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) located at Fort Detrick, Maryland has a requirement to 1) identify data integration processes related to patient privacy and identity management, and the techniques and standards available or required to support the development of a joint Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-Department of Defense (DoD) Electronic Health Record (EHR); and 2) to analyze strategies and options for the use of agile software development practices to improve delivery of IT initiatives and promote innovation within the Military Health System (MHS). Solicitation No. W81XWH-12-R-0045 will be issued on or about August 2, 2012 and will close 30 days after the issuance date. This action will be solicited as a 100% Service-disabled, small business set-aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541690 with a small business size standard of $14 million. The Government anticipates a Firm Fixed Price contract. No hard copies of the solicitation will be issued by this contracting office. All interested parties can view, download and print a copy of the solicitation and any resulting amendments at https://www.fbo.gov/ . To be eligible for an award or payment from any DOD activity, offerors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registry at http://www.ccr.gov and have completed the on-line representations and certifications located at http://orca.bpn.gov. POC for this action is Terry Bice at terry.g.bice@amedd.army.mil.