Intent to Sole Source: Health Level Seven International (HL7) Benefactor Annual Membership
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Agency
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 813920 Professional Organizations
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia 20201, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration has published a Notice of Intent to Sole Source for a Health Level Seven International (HL7) Benefactor Annual Membership. This Special Notice, posted on December 18, 2025, indicates the agency's intent to award a non-competitive contract to HL7, a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited standards developing organization. The procurement is valued at approximately $15.5 million and is classified under NAICS code 813920 for Professional Organizations. The contracting officer has determined that HL7 is the sole vendor capable of providing the required services for Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and ASTP-led standards projects. Interested parties may submit capability statements by the December 24, 2025 deadline at 12:00 PM EST to Christopher Poulos.
The primary objective of this sole source procurement is to secure HL7 Benefactor-level membership, which the agency considers mission-critical for active participation in standards development projects related to electronic health information exchange and interoperability. The Benefactor membership tier provides maximum voting rights, enabling ONC/ASTP to participate in creating industry standards and policies, access exclusive industry information for strategic decision-making, and obtain discounts on training and conference attendance. HL7's unique position as a global standards development organization with over 1,600 members from 50 countries, including 500+ corporate members, makes it essential for engaging with industry partners including healthcare providers, vendors, payers, and pharmaceutical companies. The membership supports ONC's ability to manage implementation costs, influence future technical and policy environments, and maintain current knowledge of electronic health records standards and technology. While this is classified as a non-competitive procurement, the government has opened a capability statement submission window to allow potential interested parties to demonstrate their capacity to provide equivalent services.
Notice text
HL7 membership at the Benefactor Level is mission critical and necessary to actively participate in ASTP/ONC-led standards projects.
Health Level Seven International (HL7) is a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited standards developing organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive framework and related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery, and evaluation of health services. HL7 is supported by more than 1,600 members from over 50 countries, including 500+ corporate members representing healthcare providers, government stakeholders, payers, pharmaceutical companies, vendors/suppliers, and consulting firms.
HL7 is uniquely positioned to engage critical industry partners to include the vendor community in developing public health information systems. HL7 can help manage implementation costs and speed time to market, learn best practices from industry, and influence the technical and policy environment of the future by voting on standards.
HL7 provides standards for interoperability that improve care delivery, optimize workflow, reduce ambiguity, and enhance knowledge transfer among all of our stakeholders, including healthcare providers, government agencies, the vendor community, fellow Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) and patients. The ability to vote on HL7 standards is one of the most important benefits of membership. Benefactor membership provides maximum voting rights which allows ASTP/ONC to participate in creating standards and policies for the industry. It also allows for exclusive access to industry information which supports effective strategic decision-making. The membership also provides discounts on training and conference fees that are routinely attended by ASTP/ONC staff to keep up and stay abreast with the latest standards and technology in electronic health records.
The membership provides opportunity for ASTP/ONC to leverage the expertise of HL7 and industry partners to develop implementation guidance more efficiently and effectively to meet the needs of our partners in data exchange activities. HL7 is uniquely positioned to engage critical industry partners to include the vendor community in developing public health information systems. HL7 can help manage implementation costs and speed time to market, learn best practices for industry, and influence the technical and policy environment of the future by voting on standards This is an annual membership that allows for 12 voting members.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| NOTICE OF INTENT to Sole Source OS346935.pdf |
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