HIMSS Data

Pursuant to the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1) (i), the Contracting Officer may solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source is reasonably available. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Program Support Center (PSC), Acquisition Management Services (AMS), on behalf of PSC, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) intends to sole source to:

HIMSS Foundation
33 W Monroe Street Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60603-5616

The US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) requires data on health IT adoption among hospitals and physicians to help monitor the effectiveness of federal programs and grants related to health information technology. ONC's goal for data collection is to inform key policy decisions, examine the relationship between use of health IT and improvements in the quality of care.

ONC requires complete census data on all 50 states and the District of Columbia that reflects a census of health IT use in non-federal acute care hospitals and representative sample of health IT use in affiliated physician practices. The only company who can provide this type of data is HIMSS Foundation. HIMSS Foundation is the only known source that offers a census data set of this capacity using their pre-packaged product that is available to the general public.

This is not a solicitation for competitive proposal. No solicitation document is available. All responsible sources that have determined that they can provide the same services may submit product information and a capabilities statement addressing their specific abilities regarding this requirement. The email subject line must reference OS148844. All responses are due by March 17, 2015, 11:00 AM Eastern Time and can be sent to Flora Gomes at Flora.Gomes@psc.hhs.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.