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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 24, 2016 FBO #5388
DOCUMENT

B -- HIPAA Expert Determination - Attachment

Notice Date

8/22/2016
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541690 — Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Program Contracting Activity Central;6150 Oak Tree Blvd, Suite 300;Independence OH 44131
 

ZIP Code

44131
 

Solicitation Number

VA70116Q0166
 

Response Due

9/8/2016
 

Archive Date

11/7/2016
 

Point of Contact

Roberto De Jesus
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE HIPAA Expert Determination (HIG 16-46) INTRODUCTION The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) anticipates soliciting proposals and subsequently awarding a firm-fixed-price (FFP) contract for non-personal services to support the Office of Informatics and Information Governance (OIIG), Health Information Governance (HIG), National Data Systems (NDS) office. Please note this Pre-Solicitation Notice is being issued in connection with Request for Information (RFI)/Source Sought Notice VA701-16-N-0118. BACKGROUND The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is home to the United States' largest integrated health care system consisting of 150 medical centers, nearly 1,400 community-based outpatient clinics, community living centers, Vet Centers and Domiciliaries. Together these health care facilities and the more than 53,000 independent licensed health care practitioners who work within them provide comprehensive care to more than 8.3 million Veterans each year. VHA uses a nationally recognized electronic health record and stores most of its health data in local instances, but most of this health data is available at the national level through either legacy information technology systems, and in particular in the form of SAS data sets, or through its new Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW). VHA receives many Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for data reports. Although most requests are for aggregate data, VHA has received request for patient level data. In 2013, VHA received two record level data requests. VHA argued it could not provide the data, but through a lawsuit (Court case No. 13-cv-12591, Baser v. Department of Veterans Affairs) and subsequent Stipulation for Compromise Settlement, VHA agreed to provide 15 data sets per fiscal year covering fiscal years 2010 - 2015. The data was de-identified according to HIPAA Expert Determination. As part of the continuation of the Stipulation for Settlement, VHA seeks an HIPAA Expert Determination to provide guidance how to properly de-identify health data for additional fiscal years beyond fiscal year 2015, especially with the implementation of International Classification of Disease (ICD) Version 10 on October 1, 2015. SCOPE OF WORK Activities within scope include examination of the current data request and determining if the data may be statistically de-identified, providing to NDS any statistical disclosure limitation requirements, conditions, and steps necessary to implement the recommended statistical de-identified methodology, authoring and providing a final HIPAA Expert Determination of De-Identification of Data Report outlining the de-identification determination of the datasets in compliance with the Expert Determination Method at 45 C.F.R. § 164.514(b)(1)(i-ii), as well as participating in discussions with NDS and the Data Requestor to explain data constraints. ADMINISTRATIVE The solicitation will be issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 and 15. The solicitation will be advertised as a Full and Open Market competitive acquisition. A draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) will be attached to this notice. Please provide technical questions to the Contract Specialist (CS) Roberto De Jesus at Roberto.Dejesus2@va.gov and Contracting Officer (CO) Shon Johnson at Shon.Johnson@va.gov in writing via email no later than Thursday August 26, 2016 at 4:00 PM (Eastern). Oral questions of a technical nature are not acceptable due to the possibility of misunderstanding or misinterpretation. The solicitation will be posted on or about August 26, 2016 and proposals will be due on or about September 8, 2016 at 1:00 PM (Eastern). There will be no extensions to the due date of proposals. As a result of technical questions and responses to questions, the PWS may change. The final PWS will be posted as an attachment to the solicitation. DISCLAIMER **This notice is not a request for competitive offers. Telephone calls will not be accepted. The VA reserves the right to use only Federal Business Opportunities (FBO), via the internet, to provide any notification of amendments to this notice and the subsequent issuance of the solicitation. It is the Contractor's responsibility to view FBO daily for any amendments to this notice and the subsequent issuance of the solicitation. Point of Contact: Roberto De Jesus at Roberto.Dejesus2@va.gov
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/ISC/OISC/VA70116Q0166/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA701-16-Q-0166 VA701-16-Q-0166.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2959859&FileName=VA701-16-Q-0166-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2959859&FileName=VA701-16-Q-0166-000.docx

 

File Name: VA701-16-Q-0166 PreSol Notice Draft Performance Work Statement HIG16-46 HIPAA Expert Determination.pdf (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2959860&FileName=VA701-16-Q-0166-001.pdf)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2959860&FileName=VA701-16-Q-0166-001.pdf

 

Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
 

Record

SN04234268-W 20160824/160822234818-32678c54be1856035a4d12ca4695f1d0 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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