SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Visual Performance Suite (VPS)
- Notice Date
- 12/2/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Contracts Management, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland, 20850
- ZIP Code
- 20850
- Solicitation Number
- AHRQ-09-10010
- Point of Contact
- Jessica Alderton, Phone: 301 427-1783
- E-Mail Address
-
jessica.alderton@ahrq.hhs.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with the Plexus Scientific Corporation, 4501 Ford Avenue, Suite 1200, Alexandria, VA 22302. The purpose of this contract is to: 1) provide software maintenance, 2) provide software development services, 3) provide software configuration services, and 4) provide operational support. Contractor statement of work (SOW) shall include: 1) installing the VPS software, provide update and upgrade services for the core VPS software products, 2) customizing VPS software development services for features requested by the AHRQ, 3) planning, designing, and modifying the VPS configuration based on AHRQ requirements, and 4) Plexus providing a single point of contact, with backup personnel when necessary, to facilitate direct support of the installed application and continued development activities. The estimated period of performance is one year with four one year options. Plexus has delivered to VPS to AHRQ to structure the Agency's strategic plan and to handle its reporting requirements mandated by HHS and OMB. The system was configured to collect a custom set of textual and numeric information that was required for the porting. The system was also customized with a number of different reports that are generated in a Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel formats. Data is collected using three different modules of the system: one module collects the information that defines each element in the strategic plan; another module collects annual performance results; and a third module collects multidimensional data used for PART reporting. In addition, the system was integrated with AHRQ's budget data (FDSS) so that funding information related to grants, contracts, and interagency agreements can e used for reporting and analysis. The Plexus Corporation has previously worked with AHRQ to develop a Visual Performance Suite (VPS) IT structure for displaying the Agency's strategic plan and for handling the reporting requirements mandated by HHS and OMB. VPS is proprietary software that was developed by the Plexus Corporation. Plexus owns the underlying source codes, and only Plexus engineers have access to these codes. No one outside of the company has the capability of providing the operational support for the system. The system was customized to produce a number of different performance and budget reports. Data is collected using three different modules of the system: one module collects the information that defines each element in the strategic plan; another module collects the information that defines each element in the performance and budget reports; and a third module collects multidimensional data used for PART reporting that supports OMB reporting requirements. Interested parties should email their capabilities statement to Jessica Alderton, Contracting Officer at jessica.alderton@ahrq.hhs.gov no later than 12:00 PM ET on December 16, 2008. All responses will be considered by AHRQ. Telephone requests will not be honored. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government.
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