Emergency Notice- Hospital Report Card - PDB

This emergency contract opportunity is being issued by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) to continue operating the Illinois Hospital Report Card/Consumer Guide to Health System website. The current contract with the vendor, the Island Peer Review Organization (IPRO), expires on June 30, 2021, and IDPH needs to maintain the website without interruption to fulfill mandates of the Illinois Hospital Report Card Act and the Illinois Health Finance Reform Act. IPRO will provide services such as data transfer and management, technical and quality analytics expertise, software upgrades, data backup, quality measure reporting, and data exchange capabilities. The emergency contract term is expected to run from July 1, 2021, to September 28, 2021, at an estimated cost of $55,014. IDPH selected IPRO as the sole source vendor because IPRO owns the source code for the system and has been the incumbent vendor for over 8 years, providing the service without incident. IDPH is developing a new competitive solicitation to enhance and expand the current website but needs this emergency contract to bridge the gap until the new contract is in place.

The funding for this emergency contract will come from state appropriated funds. There are no set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond, as IPRO has been selected as the sole source vendor due to their expertise and existing infrastructure. IDPH is the incumbent vendor, having provided these services for over 8 years, and the total estimated value of the emergency contract is $55,014.