Contracting Officer (90C), VA Medical Center, 40 Industry Drive, West Haven, CT 06516

B -- CREATE TRACER EVENT DATABASE SOL 689-47-97 DUE 011997 POC Mark Phillips, 203-937-3086 The VA Connecticut Healthcare System intends to negotiate a sole source contract for the creation of a Tracer Event Database (TED) with The Medstat Group, 5425 Hollister Avenue, Santa Barbara California under authority of FAR 6.302. The TED is to contain the longitudinal healthcare claims experience for all individuals diagnosed with any Psychiatric ICD-9-CM diagnosis code (codes will be provided by the VA). The database created shall contain the medical/surgical claims for the selected individuals. The experience will be derived from the 1993 and 1994 Market Scan database, and will include the following enhancements: 1. outpatient pharmaceutical claims; 2. positive enrollment data; and 3. plan characteristic data. The enhancements are available for portions of the covered population, so not all patient data will contain information from these files. Files shall be linked by unique patient identification numbers allowing you to longitudinally follow patients across time and treatment settings. The datafiles created shall be delivered on tape cartridges in ASCII format. The data shall be delivered within 6 weeks following award of this contract. The contractor shall have access to a database containing a covered lives population of over 4 million individuals. The database must have enhancements available for medical/surgical claims, outpatient pharmacy claims, enrollment information, and plan characteristics. The database must cover a wide geographical area (preferably all 50 states). Contractor should have at least 4 years experience with the database, and be able to show through past performance that the database has been a viable research and analytical database. Responsible sources may respond with their capability to supply these requirements or submit proposals. All proposals received within fifteen days after publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. SIC code 8732 applies. (0347)

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