DHHS/PHS/FDA/Office of Facilities, Acquisitions, And Central Services, Division Of Contracts and Program Management, HFA-511(ITCB), 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857

D -- PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETING INFORMATION SERVICE SOL 223-98-5520 POC Contact, Contract Specialist, Twanda King, (301) 443-1555, Contracting Officer, Melissa Starinsky, (301) 443-1555, fax (301) 827-0966 FDA proposes to negotiate a contract on a sole source basis with IMS America Ltd.. The contract will provide access to and delivery of proprietary pharmaceutical marketing information in electronic and hard copy, such as: National Prescription Audit Plus (NPA Plus); US Pharmaceutical Market -- Retail Perspective (RP); US Pharmaceutical Market -- Provider Perspective (PP); National Disease and Therapeutic Index (NDTI); Integrated Promotion Services (IPS); Dataview On-line Access (NPA, RP, PP, IPS); Dataview and Dataview Lite for CD-ROM/LAN Access; Quota Data (DEA); and Flat File. Contract duration will be one base year plus two option years. Other than full and open competition is justified because only IMS America Ltd. possesses the required copyrights, knowledge, expertise and rights to provide the required proprietary information. All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered. (0328)

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