SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Patient Safety Database
- Notice Date
- 6/18/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Division of Contracts Management, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite 601, Rockville, MD, 20852
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- AHRQ-02-0015
- Response Due
- 8/9/2002
- Archive Date
- 8/24/2002
- Point of Contact
- Grant Darryl, Contracting Officer, Phone 301 594-7189, Fax 301 443-7523, - Mary Haines, Contracting Officer, Phone 301 594-7193, Fax 301 443-7523,
- E-Mail Address
-
dgrant@ahrq.gov, mhaines@ahrq.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is soliciting proposals on a Total Small Business Set-Aside basis under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541512 - $18 million (formerly used Code 541611 - $5 million for Source Synopsis posted on May 16, 2002) for a two year contract for Phase I of the overall integration of DHHS event reporting and patient safety data systems. It is anticipated that Phases II and III shall be awarded upon the expiration of this contract. The Secretary of DHHS established a Patient Safety Task Force (PSTF) with the mission to integrate existing data collection on medical errors and adverse events, to coordinate research and analysis efforts, and to collaborate on reducing the occurrence of injuries that result from medical errors. PSTF brings together AHRQ, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to integrate and coordinate their activities related to patient safety and the reduction of medical errors. The PSTF contracted with the MEDSTAT Group, Inc. for an implementation planning study which recommended a phased integration process with three distinct phases. This contract shall be for Phase I and shall entail: (1) the development of a web based reporting interface for hospital and institutional-based reporting of events to the CDC and FDA which includes the FDA?s Adverse Events Reporting System (AERS), Biological Product Deviation (BPD), the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), and Manufacturer User Device Experience (MAUDE/MedSun) and the CDC?s National Healthcare Safety Network; (2) the development of a coding structure for reporting, (3) the development of a prototype data warehouse and quarry system of event reports, (4) the development of training materials and user-based software for local institutional use, (5) prototype testing of the reporting system and (6) the development of an integration plan for Phases II and III. Phase II shall be for the development of an integrated data storage (data warehouse) and analysis system for the four reporting components that will allow agency analysis and feedback to individual hospital or institutionally-based users on demand and the integration of other reporting data systems related to patient safety of the DHHS partners including AHRQ and CMS. Phase III shall be for the continued expansion of the system adding additional non-DHHS systems such as state departments of health, accrediting entities such as the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Health Care Organization (JCAHO), the Department of Defense (DoD), Veteran?s Administration (VA) and other national systems including the United Kingdom. The MEDSTAT report shall be provided as an attachment to the solicitation to serve as a guide for the preparation of proposals in response to the solicitation. Sources must have an understanding of and experience in integrating large health care data bases, developing web-based user input formats and managing large data warehouses. Knowledge of the issues and problems associated with the area of patient safety and medical error in health care is also essential. Sources must also possess, or be able to obtain (in-house or through subcontracting arrangements), the staff and other resources needed to expeditiously carry out the different types of activities listed above. The estimated issuance data of solicitation AHRQ-02-0005 is July 5, 2002, with the proposal due approximately 35 days thereafter. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will only be available by downloading from the Internet on AHRQ?s Internet site at http://www.ahrq.gov. It is the offeror?s responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and any subsequent amendments. Since we will not know who is downloading the solicitation, a bidders list will not be available. The response date of August 9, 2002 for receipt of proposals is only an approximation.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Contractor's facility
- Record
- SN00095184-W 20020620/020618213615 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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