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D -- QUALITY ASSURANCE DATA SYSTEMS (QADS) THIRD GENERATION POC Marie L. Sunday, Contracting Officer; Marc L. Long, Contract Specialist (301) 443-6550 WEB: Program Support Center, http://procure.psc.dhhs.gov/solicitations. E-MAIL: Program Support Center, qads@psc.dhhs.gov. The Division of Quality Assurance/Health Resource Service Administration/HHS is responsible for the implementation and operation of the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). Title IV of Public Law 99-660, The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, created the NPDB to collect and release certain information related to the professional competence and professional conduct of physicians, dentists, and other health care practitioners. The current contract 213-94-0004, which (re)designed, implemented, operates and maintains the NPDB, was awarded July 1994 and is scheduled to expire June 2000. The Government requests industry to provide comment on the SOW for the next generation contract for support of the NPDB, entitled Quality Assurance Data Systems (QADS) Third Generation. This is not a Request for Proposal. A synopsis similar to this shall be published prior to the release of the RFP. Firms may review the SOW on the Internet at "http://procure.psc.dhhs.gov/solicitations". Firms may submit their comments, on or before July 3, 1998, directly from this website, through electronic mail to "qads@psc.dhhs.gov", by mail to the address above, or by facsimile (301) 443-8488. Please be sure to provide your firm's name, contact person, address, telephone and facsimile numbers with your submission. Questions may be received by electronic mail to "qads@psc.dhhs.gov" or (301) 443-9410. (0163)

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