R--Medical Record Data Collection

The Bureau of the Census intends to negotiate and award a sole source purchase order utilizing simplified acquisition procedures (under FAR 13.5) to Solucient LLC for abstract medical records data on magentic tape for 45 hospitals. The discharge data required is uniform hospital discharge data set (UHDDS) data. The 48 hospitals specifically selected by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) staff are located throughout the United States and are clients of Solucient. Because of NCHS confidentiality requirements, the names of the individual hospitals cannot be provided. This is not a request for competitive proposals; however, responses received within 8 days from the posting of this notice will be review and evaluated. Interest sources having the capability to provide the above services should submit their capability statement with cost information to [email protected]. NO TELEPHONE REQUEST WILL BE HONORED. No purchase order will be awarded on the basis of offers received, but offers will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the Census Bureau. If no responses are received a sole source purchase order will be issued to Solucient without further notice.