American Hospital Association 2009 Membership

This is a Notice of Intent to award a sole source purchase order to American Hospital Association Inc., 1 North Franklin St. Ste 2800, Chicago Illinois 60606 for an annual membership. The American Hospital Associate membership provides the Clinical Center with critical information, insights and inside perspectives to the ever-changing challenges facing hospital field. The American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. Close to 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 37,000 individual members come together to form the AHA. Through our representation and advocacy activities, AHA ensures that members' perspectives and needs are heard and addressed in national health policy development, legislative and regulatory debates, and judicial matters. Our advocacy efforts include the legislative and executive branches and include the legislative and regulatory arenas. the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. The AHA informs members about policy issues through various newsletter, alerts and Online, via the asssociations members-only Website. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority 6.302-1. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.