SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- - SOURCES SOUGHT / REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - HIG19-1 Healthcare Identity Management Support
- Notice Date
- 11/30/2018
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related 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
- 36C77619Q0017
- Response Due
- 12/10/2018
- Archive Date
- 2/8/2019
- Point of Contact
- Independence OH 44131
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- HIG19-1 Healthcare Identity Management Support (Sources Sought / Request For Information) INTRODUCTION: In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.215-3, Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes This Request for Information (RFI) is for information and planning purposes only at this time and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Although "proposal" and/or "Offeror" may be used in this RFI, any response will be treated as information only. BACKGROUND: The Healthcare Identity Management (HC IdM) Program operates within the Veterans Health Administration s (VHA) Data Quality Program. The HC IdM Program s primary role is to serve as the steward of patient and beneficiary identity data, performing data integrity tasks to maintain and support the Veterans Identity, traits and their subsequent VA system records linked to the identity. The HC IdM Program ensures integrity of patient and beneficiary identity data within the Master Veteran Index (MVI). The MVI is a database that holds over 42 million unique entries and is populated from patient and beneficiary databases at VA facilities nationwide. Veteran patients and beneficiaries are matched within the MVI database through an assigned, unique Integration Control Number (ICN). This number is assigned based on matching of key identity traits. The MVI provides the mechanism for linking the patient or beneficiaries information, enabling an enterprise-wide view of individual and aggregate electronic healthcare records and their other beneficiary records. This ICN allows for the creation of a single longitudinal record, consisting of all the records a Veteran accumulates from the period of service, through post service care and benefits. This record will include any Department of Defense (DoD), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and National Cemetery Administration (NCA) and Veteran Health Information Exchange (VHIE) (formerly known as NwHIN) participant records. Creating and maintaining a correlation between these records and ensuring that they all identify a single individual, relies heavily on the integrity of the data within the MVI. When one or more VA sites, and/or our sharing partners, have a patient identified by the same ICN or matching identity traits, the MVI facilitates the sharing of information, resulting in coordinated and integrated health care for Veterans and a single view of a Veterans total record for VA. SCOPE OF WORK: The Contractor shall identify and resolve data discrepancies, anomalies and exceptions; complete data verification/validation resolution activities; duplicate record resolutions; and daily/monthly HC IdM Contract Workload Metrics Reports containing statistics relating to the HC IdM Program workload. Tasks will originate from the MVI and IdM Toolkit. A Toolkit task is a potential data anomaly identified within the MVI database such as potential duplicate records and identity trait changes that could impact the validity of the data and the correct matching of patient records. The HC IdM Program Office has established policies and procedures for handling exceptions and managing the data within the MVI. The formal policies and procedures for use of the MVI and the IdM Toolkit may be found in Section 2.0, items 1-21. These procedures and guidelines define how to handle the many different exceptions and tasks, and the required documentation with details of their research, verifications, findings and resolution. The contractor shall follow HC IdM standard policies and procedures when operating in this environment. The VA has an established internal training program for this requirement which will be required for all initial contractors after award. In the option years, subsequent contractor staff shall be trained by the contractor supervisor. RESPONSES: It is requested that the above information be provided no later than Monday, December 10th, 2018, 12:00PM EST. Responses should be emailed to both Lamonte Jones at Lamonte.Jones@va.gov and Anthony Wilson at Anthiny.Wilson3@va.gov. All Email Correspondence for this project must reference the Request for Information Number, Project Identifier and Project Title in the subject line of the email. Example: 36C77619Q0017, HIG19-1 Healthcare Identity Management Support. No phone calls will be accepted. RESULTS INFORMATION: RFI responses will not be returned; neither will Respondents be notified of the Government's evaluation of the information received. The Government may incorporate into the final version of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) any information or comment resulting from this request that is determined to be useful. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this Request for Information. Primary Point of Contact: Lamonte Jones, Contract Specialist E-Mail: Lamonte.Jones@va.gov Alternate Contact: Anthony Wilson, Contracting Officer E-Mail: Anthony.Wilson3@va.gov DISCLAIMER This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (30-NOV-2018); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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