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D -- NATIONAL MEASURES CLEARINGHOUSE SOL AHCPR-99-0003 POC Sharon Williams, Contracting Officer, 301-594-7192; Fax 301-443-7523 The proposed contract is 100% set aside for small business concerns, under SIC Code 7375 ($18 million). The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) of the US Department of Health and Human Services, is soliciting proposals for a three (3) year contract to design, implement, and maintain a National Measures Clearinghouse (NMC). Its purposes are (1) to design, test, implement, and support an Internet-accessible National Measures Clearinghouse that includes a relational database containing standardized information about individual measures -- their development, content, testing and availability; (2) develop an Internet-based users' network or electronic forum that enables users to conduct on-line discussions about aspects of measure development, content, implementation/application, and improvement results; (3) develop, implement and maintain a method to analyze information and statistics about users of the National Measures Clearinghouse and user's netowrk and develop a process (i.e., one that is not a barrier to use) to notify interested users of changes in the NMC and to solicit user (customer) feedback on a periodic basis for the purposes of continuous quality monitoring and improvement. The NMC will also include other materials of interest to the NMC target audiences, such as annotated bibliographies and products from AHCPR-supported Evidence-Based Practice Centers and the National Guideline Clearinghouse. The NMC shall be linked to the Web sites of the NMC partners (i.e., AHA, AHQA, FACCT, JCAHO, NCQA) as well as AHCPR-supported Internet-based projects and the NLM. The measure content of the NMC will build upon the Agency's CONQUEST 2.0 software which is available to the public. Sources must have an understanding of and experience in healthcare quality measures (development, testing, implementation), relational database development, and Internet applications. It is estimated that the solicitation will be issued in early May 1999 and proposals will be due approximately 45 calendar days thereafter. Requests for copies of the solicitation must be submitted in writing only to Contracting Officer, Division of Contracts Management, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite 601, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Faxed requests can be sent to 301-443-7523. Telephone requests will not be honored. Posted 04/13/99 (W-SN318602). (0103)

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