Intent to Sole Source - American College of Emergency Physicians

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in Hyattsville, MD, intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to the American College of Emergency Physicians. The purpose of the work performed by the American College of Emergency Physicians will be to provide NCHS with 12-months of 2021 final de-duplicated ED data from up to 65 hospitals sampled for the NHCS, or otherwise specified by NCHS, that NCHS will use to supplement data collected for 2021 NHCS. As noted, the ACEP data will be used to supplement the data collected by the NHCS and help allow the NHCS to make reliable national estimates on hospital ED utilization. These ACEP data will also be used in the production of research and public use NHCS data files. No direct identifiers will be included on any public use file that NCHS releases. The ACEP data file will include all selected hospitals’ encounter level data collected for the 2021 calendar year, as agreed upon by NCHS and ACEP, for selected patients, conditions, services, and other clinical data elements. Attachment A provides the requested data elements. The NAICS code for this action is 813920 This contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (SAP) and FAR Part 12, Commercial Items. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received within ten (10) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any quotation/response should be emailed to Cynthia Y. Mitchell at [email protected] by 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on May 15, 2022.