SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Healthcare Information Technology Resource Center
- Notice Date
- 4/1/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Contracts Management, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD, 20850
- ZIP Code
- 20850
- Solicitation Number
- AHRQ-04-0016
- Response Due
- 4/12/2004
- Archive Date
- 4/27/2004
- Point of Contact
- Sharon Williams, Contracting Officer, Phone 301 427-1781, Fax 301 427-1740, - Grant Darryl, Contracting Officer, Phone 301 427-1785, Fax 301 427-1740,
- E-Mail Address
-
swilliam@ahrq.gov, dgrant@ahrq.gov
- Description
- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is conducting a market survey to seek potential sources from qualified small business firms under NAICS Code 541611 ($6 million) which have the capability to establish, maintain and serve as the Healthcare Information Technology Resource Center (HITRC). The HITRC will support grantees of the AHRQ Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) patient safety RFAs with a variety of services including: providing technical assistance or consultative support, as appropriate; coordinating the activities of grantees across the HIT RFAs; serving as a repository for best practice assimilation and diffusion; helping develop, maintain and export executable knowledge for clinicians and patients; offering expert HIT support for providers and communities; facilitating communication and sharing of ideas among grantees; performing and sponsoring educational activities; and developing and disseminating tools to help providers and organizations utilize HIT to improve patient safety and quality of care in their communities. The HITRC will serve as a central link among the grantees of HIT patient safety RFAs and the AHRQ. A key role of the HITRC will be to provide grantees with support on: methods of planning and implementing HIT; determining the benefits and value of HIT; specialized expertise in Rural technical issues; collecting and aggregating research data; use of information technology, networks, connectivity, hardware, software, interoperability and standards; Fiscal expertise; sustainability strategies; use and understanding of research methods (including behavioral and social research methods); methods for addressing issues raised by institutional review boards (including protection of the privacy and confidentiality of patient-level research data); compliance with current HIPAA regulations, and methods its organizations can use to assure that HIT research and project findings and lessons learned are translated into practice. The HITRC will identify, from researchers previously funded by AHRQ and other organizations, the availability of expertise and research tools that could assist AHRQ HIT grantees in planning, implementing and determining the value of healthcare information technology to improve patient safety and both quality and cost of healthcare. The HITRC will extend AHRQ?s in-house capacity by: assisting in planning and logistics for and providing periodic conferences that will involve representatives of all of the HIT patient safety grantees; providing information to support the role of AHRQ project officers in monitoring the progress of projects; disseminating information on project activities and results among the HIT grantees; supporting the development of monographs, papers, and resource materials by the Agency?s Office of Communications and Knowledge Transfer; and designing and implementing, in collaboration with AHRQ, evaluative strategies to support institutional reporting requirements (e.g., Government Performance and Results Act [GPRA] measures) and an assessment of the impact of institutional investments in the HIT patient safety initiative. Also, the HITRC shall be responsible for supporting HIT Electronic Health Record (EHR) collaborative efforts among the federally supported Health Centers (HC) and IHS sites that are funded through partnership agreements among HRSA, IHS, AHRQ, and others. In addition, the HITRC shall be responsible for providing AHRQ recommendations, proposals, demonstrations, and solutions in the form of with white papers, seminars, workshops, etc. on new visionary approaches for applying information technology to improve health services research, accelerate the translation of research into practice and policy, and operationalize HIT solutions in different health settings. Sources must have an understanding of and experience in: HIT research for patient safety; clinical, methodological, and management; technical assistance in data collection and analysis as well as methods and metrics; instrument development and selection; performing systematic searches and assessing the quality of scientific literature; effective dissemination and implementation strategies; managing large, complex projects, logistical support, conferences and site visits; development and support of steering committees; working with principal investigators, health professional societies, providers and others; developing and implementing IT standards and solutions appropriate for the healthcare industry; establishing and managing electronic databases and websites and providing user support. Sources must possess, or be able to obtain (in-house or through subcontracting / consulting arrangements) the staff and other resources needed to expeditiously carry out the different types of activities listed. Interested small businesses should submit their capability statements (approximately 10 pages in length) to Sharon Williams, Contracting Officer, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Division of Contracts Management, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850, no later than 3:00 p.m., eastern standard time, on April 12, 2004. Capability statements should be tailored to this request and identify the source's capabilities to complete this requirement, including information on key staff experience and education, and a description of corporate experience with similar projects. Capability statements should be submitted in an original and two (2) copies.
- Record
- SN00558122-W 20040403/040401211809 (fbodaily.com)
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