SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Datapalooza Diamond Sponsorship
- Notice Date
- 8/30/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541720
— Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, 12501 Ardennes Avenue, Suite 400, Rockville, Maryland, 20857, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- OS176753
- Archive Date
- 9/28/2016
- Point of Contact
- Keith Harding,
- E-Mail Address
-
Keith.Harding@psc.hhs.gov
(Keith.Harding@psc.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Pursuant to the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the Contracting Officer may solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source is reasonably available. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Program Support Center (PSC), Acquisition Management Services (AMS) intends to sole source to: Academy Health 1666 K Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006 The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Program Support Center (PSC), Acquisition Management Services (AMS) intends to sole source Academy Health to acquire Health Datapalooza Diamond sponsorship for the Department of Health and Human Services. Since 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been a member of the Health Data Consortium (HDC) that allows collaboration among government, non-profit, and private sector organizations to foster the availability and innovative use of data to improve health and health care. Since that time, HDC and AcademyHealth have partnered together to organize the Health Datapalooza. Academy Health is the only public-private partnership focused on health data. As such, this company is able to convene key stakeholders from the public and private sectors to discuss complex issues affecting the use of health data, which is used to inform public policy decision-making. AcademyHealth is the only company that hosts the Health Datapalooza conference every year, which provides a platform for key government leaders to communicate strategic agendas to the public. AcademyHealth, a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization working to improve health and the performance of the health system, the meeting brings a sharpened focus to the real world, actionable uses of data to drive value, improve care, and help people lead healthier lives. Academy Health provides in-depth expertise when it comes to examining the socioeconomic, cultural, technological, and policy enablers and barriers to effectively using open health data, specifically HHS datasets, and publish papers that provide the private sector perspective on these issues. This is not a solicitation for a competitive proposal. No solicitation document is available. All responsible sources that have determined that they can provide the same supplies/services may submit product information and a capabilities statement addressing their specific abilities regarding this requirement. The email subject line must reference OS176753. All responses are due by September 13, 2016 NOON Eastern Time and can be sent to Keith Harding at keith.harding@psc.hhs.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.
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