Intent to Sole Source Tracking the Adoption and Use of Health IT among U. S. Hospitals
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Agency
- Not on record
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- PSC
- R499 Support- Professional: Other
- 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 National Coordinator for Health IT issued a sole-source justification on May 21, 2026 for a Firm Fixed Price contract not exceeding $7.5 million to track adoption and use of health information technology among U.S. hospitals, with justification closing May 26, 2026. This acquisition is conducted under FAR Part 12 and FAR Subpart 13.5 as a commercial item exempt from competitive requirements. The proposed contractor is the American Hospital Association (Health Forum, LLC), 155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 400, Chicago, Illinois 60606; contact Ellen Nixon at enixon@aha.org.
The contract requires national-level data collection on interoperability, EHR systems and IT vendors, participation in health information exchange networks, interoperability progress and barriers, and use of advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. Performance runs from September 30, 2026 through September 29, 2031. Market research and the justification establish AHA as sole source based on its 60+ year history conducting the AHA Annual Survey of Hospitals with response rates exceeding 75 percent, a dedicated IT Supplement survey with response rates exceeding 60 percent annually, a proprietary near-census database of over 6,300 U.S. hospitals, and established relationships with approximately 80 percent of non-federal acute care hospitals. The contracting officer determined that using an alternative contractor would require developing a new sampling frame, reduce comparability with historical data, increase respondent burden, and potentially lower response rates. NAICS 541611; PSC R499.
Notice text
This sole source acquisition is being conducted using the procedures of FAR Part 12 and FAR Subpart 13.5 in accordance with 41.U.S.C 1901 for a commercial item not exceeding $7.5 million. Acquisitions conducted under implified acquisition procedures are exempt from the requirements in Part 6. In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b) and FAR 13.501(a) contracting officers may
conduct sole source acquisitions if the need to do so is justified in writing. This sole source justification is prepared using the format at FAR 6.303-2, modified to reflect the procedures in FAR subpart 13.5 were used.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Justification for a Sole Source Acquisition_AHA_2026_1_Redacted.pdf |
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