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D -- COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF (COTS) PHARMACY INFORMATION TEST SYSTEM SOFTWARE APPLICATION. SOL DASW01-99-Q-0179 DUE 012699 POC JOHN DORSEY at John.Dorsey@ha.osd.mil, Angela Harris at Angela.Harris@ha.osd.mil WEB: Defense Supply Service-Washington, http://www.abc.gov. E-MAIL: Defense Supply Service-Washington, John.Dorsey@ha.osd.mil. COMMERCIAL-OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS) PHARMACY INFORMATION TEST SYSTEM RFQ DASW01-99-Q-0179, Request for RFQ is due no later than January 05, 1999. Request for Quotation (RFQ) for a six-month license for a COTS pharmacy software application residing on a test system platform. The Advanced Technology Information Center (ATIC) laboratory will be used for testing the application's capabilities to support the Pharmacy requirements of the Department of Defense, Military Health System (MHS). The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OASD (HA)), TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) is the principal Health Affairs organization charged with the technical implementation and management of standard, interoperable automated information systems (AIS) for the Military Health System (MHS). In June 1998, the GAO published a study detailing problems in the Pharmacy system and recommended changes that were needed to make the system more comprehensive and cost effective. In response to GAO's concerns, the TMA seeks to acquire a six month license for a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software product to test its capability to support the DoD pharmacy network, which includes approximately 59 million prescriptions written annually in DoD Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs). The software application must support pharmacy requirements for all MHS drug processing, including a single patient profile for all inpatient and outpatient treatments, inpatient order entry, outpatient prescription dispensing, medication profile inquiries, drug-drug interactions as well as inventory and cost control, management reporting, DEA Reporting, and third party claims processing. The vendor software must adhere to all MHS technical standards as defined in the solicitation pursuant to technology refresh, hardware and software standards, security, and Y2K compliance. The configuration offered for test must be capable of supporting the following: 1.76 million patients, 150 pharmacy application users with 20-25 concurrent users, 2000 prescriptions per day on average with a peak capacity of 5000, and 15 -20 management reports per day. Candidates selected to proceed to the demonstration testing stage will be based on the vendor's response and evaluation criteria stated in the RFQ requested from the Contracting Officer. The RFQ contains the requirements, the System Test Plan and the selection methodology that will be used to identify vendors whose products will be accepted for testing in the ATIC. The vendor is asked to price the following CLINs: 1) a six month system test license, 2) engineering support hours to support the test, and 3) the Vendor Plan. This acquisition is unrestricted and open to both small and large business concerns. No telephonic communication will be accepted. The point of contact for this notice is John Dorsey at e-mail: John.Dorsey@ha.osd.mil, or fax: (703) 681-6037. Posted 12/18/98 (W-SN281714). (0352)

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