National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Contracts Operations Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6100, MSC 7902, Bethesda, MD 20892

70 -- CLINICAL DATA WAREHOUSE SOL NHLBI-PS-2000-578 DUE 033100 POC Livie V. Spearman, III., Contract Specialist, (301) 435-0352; Debra C. Hawkins, Contracting Officer, (301) 435-0367 E-MAIL: hawkinsd@nhlbi.nih.gov, spearmal@nhlbi.nih.gov. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) intends to purchase a Clinical Data Warehouse for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Administrative Management Branch (AMB) Intramural Research Program (IRP), that meets the Biomedical Informatics Section (BIS) goals of safety, security and equitable distribution of data for the NIDA. NHLBI is soliciting proposals from qualified organizations having in-house capability to develop enterprise scale applications to implement and install a clinical data warehouse for automation of various data collection, storage and retrieval processes. The final solution could be a partial or complete custom-built application accessible in a Microsoft NT environment and should provide stringent security measures to prevent unauthorized access to the data. In addition to the core requirements, the application must provide the IRP with a high level of efficiency, reliability and scalability. It must also provide a user-friendly interface and flexibility for future additions and modifications. The system must be compatible with the industry standards for connectivity of data in an open system and allow for necessary flexibility in future incorporation and extraction of data into and from the warehouse. The clinical data warehouse will include modules for entering, storing and retrieval of various information including patient data, clinical notes, physician orders, vital signs, pharmacy and medication data, research protocol data, etc. Additional modules will handle direct communication and incorporation of electronic data received by IRP from outside laboratories and sources. The warehouse will be capable of scoring certain scientific tests and must implement data entry rules to minimize the error rate. An initial requirement analysis of clinical operations and computer systems should be performed by the contractor and a performance plan describing the steps necessary for completion of the data warehouse will be submitted to NIDA, IRP. Prior to final completion of the project, the system should be debugged and function in a satisfactory fashion. Technical assistance and training should be provided to the IRP staff & a system maintenance plan must be provided in addition to a technical support plan. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 7373, the Size Standard of less than $ 18, 000,000.00 Million Dollars in annual receipts will be used for this requirement. This acquisition is a Small Business Set-Aside. Interested parties should request a copy of the Solicitation Number NHLBI-PS-2000-578, from the below address: Attention: Livie V. Spearman, III., U.S. Department Of Health & Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, Division of Extramural Activities, Contracts Operations Branch, Procurement Section, Rockledge II Centre, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6148, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902. Requests for copies of the solicitation must be in writing & may be requested by FAX (301) 480-3345 and will only be accepted if dated & signed by an authorized company representative. The solicitation will be available ten (10) calendar days from the publication date of this synopsis. The solicitation will be released to all offerors who had requested copies. See Numbered Note No. One (1). Posted 03/14/00 (W-SN434154). (0074)

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