SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- Automated Profiling/Screening Tool (Software)
- Notice Date
- 10/25/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Social Security Administration, Office of Budget, Finance, and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1st Floor, Rear Entrance 7111 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD, 21244, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 21244
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-9222-06-1020
- Response Due
- 12/8/2006
- Point of Contact
- Patrice Coleman, Contract Specialist, Phone 410-594-2016, Fax 410-965-9560,
- E-Mail Address
-
patrice.coleman@ssa.gov
- Description
- The purpose of this notice is to advise interested parties that the Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to release a Requests for Proposals (RFP) for the services of a contractor to develop an automated, Section 508 compliant, profiling/screening tool (software) for identifying Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) disability decisions to FedBizOpps and will upload the solicitation document when issued. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a requirement for the services of a contractor to develop an automated, Section 508 compliant*, profiling/screening tool (software) for identifying Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) disability decisions that are likely to be appealed to federal district court and remanded or reversed by the court. The contractor may also recommend the purchase and/or modification of an existing Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software package for the profiling/screening tool if an existing product can be identified. On March 31, 2006, SSA published the final rules establishing a new disability determination and administrative appeals process effective August 1, 2006. Under the new rules SSA is gradually phasing out the Appeals Council?s review of disability claims and replacing it with a review by a Decision Review Board (DRB). The DRB will focus on identifying decision-making errors as well as policies and procedures that will improve decision-making at all levels of the disability determination process. SSA intends to select ALJ decisions for review by the DRB in several different ways, including the use of computer-based predictive screening tools. It is envisioned that a sophisticated computer-based profiling/screening tool could be developed to help identify unfavorable ALJ decisions that contain characteristics associated with federal district court appeals and remands or reversals. The profiling model will be developed using data recorded at the time of the initial level determination, ALJ decision, Appeals Council review, and the court action. This information includes the applicant?s age, education years, primary impairment, reason for the court remand, etc. The methods for selecting cases for DRB review are expected to evolve over time as more data are available and SSA gains more experience and knowledge in the use of computer-based tools. Any software will make use of current SSA databases and systems architecture already available, if applicable. *Note: Any products and/or services the Government intends to acquire must allow the Government to support its obligations under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. See http://www.ssa.gov/oag/acq/oagacq_508.htm for more information. Detailed specifications will be provided in the solicitation document. NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (25-OCT-2006). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 17-JAN-2007, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
-
Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.fbo.gov/spg/SSA/DCFIAM/OAG/Reference-Number-9222-06-1020/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Baltimore, MD
- Zip Code: 21235
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 21235
- Record
- SN01213218-F 20070119/070117222309 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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