MARKET SURVEY -- TRICARE HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT REPROCUREMENT. The DoD is in the process of planning for the TRICARE Health Care Technology Assessment reprocurement. For DoD's purposes, technology assessments include: recommendations which identify the clinical advantages and disadvantages of the technology; opinions of the general medical community and national professional organizations and professional practice norms; a synthesis of available scientific data to include well controlled studies of clinically meaningful endpoints, published in referenced medical literature, which assesses the value of the technology, to include comparison of the new and/or existing technology with alternative modalities; identification of populations and appropriate care settings which may or may not benefit from the technology; consideration of the safety and effectiveness of the technology; average cost per procedure; for issues concerning pharmaceutical and/or medical devices, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval date is required, including the FDA specific labeled indications, when appropriate; bibliography and copies of articles referenced in the bibliography. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). This is a Market Survey in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 10. DoD does not intend to award a contract on the basis of the survey submitted in response to the market analysis nor pay for costs associated with responses received. Interested parties may submit a response by e-mail to Ms. Cindy Dahlstrom, Cynthia.Dahlstrom@tma.osd.mil, TRICARE Management Activity, 16401 E. Centretech Parkway, Aurora, CO 80011-9043, or via facsimile to 303-676-3987 no later than 30 days from the date of release of this market survey. Please answer all of the questions presented in this survey and provide a rationale for your comments. To aid in the Government's review of responses submitted, please indicate the specific issue you are addressing by utilizing the respective number in the "Specific Market Survey" portion of this document for each of your responses. Information received in response to this market survey will be considered confidential and will not be disclosed to anyone other than the personnel working on this project. POC: Cindy Dahlstrom, Contract Specialist, 303-676-3516/Laura L. Sells, Contracting Officer, 303-676-3420. CONTENT. The intent is for TRICARE to comply with the DoD Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, for a commercial line of business or to comply with FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, for source selection. Please respond to the following questions about your commercial line of business: (1) Does your organization perform health care technology assessments that contain the above requirements? (2) Does your organization sell health care technology assessments to the private sector or other governmental agencies? (3) Are health care technology assessments ordered by the private sector or other governmental agencies? If so, can the private sector or other governmental agencies suggest a health care technology assessment on a specific topic? (4) Are your health care technology assessment staff members credentialed? If so, in what field? (5) How many years of experience does your company have in performing health care technology assessments? (6) What is your average time frame for completing health care technology assessments? Visit URL http://www.tricare.osd.mil/ to access the market survey. WEB: Market Survey. TRICARE Health Care Technology Assessment., www.tricare.osd.mil. E-MAIL: click here to contact Cynthia.Dahlstrom@tma.osd.mil, Cynthia.Dahlstrom@tma.osd.mil. Posted 04/15/99 (W-SN320778).

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