SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Health Care Quality Information Systems (HCQIS) Infrastructure and Data Center Support (HIDS) - Draft Statement of Work
- Notice Date
- 4/23/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Acquisition and Grants Management, 7500 Security Blvd., C2-21-15, Baltimore, Maryland, 21244-1850
- ZIP Code
- 21244-1850
- Solicitation Number
- CMS-150209
- Point of Contact
- Ryan Kooy, Phone: 4107866637, Tonya D. Anderson, Phone: 4107684087
- E-Mail Address
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ryan.kooy@cms.hhs.gov, tonya.anderson@cms.hhs.gov
(ryan.kooy@cms.hhs.gov, tonya.anderson@cms.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Competitive 8(a)
- Description
- HIDS SOW 4-21-2014 THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTIFICATION IS FOR AN ACQUISITION SET ASIDE FOR 8(a) VENDORS ONLY. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. In accordance with FAR 5.203(a), this synopsis provides at least 15 days notification that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to issue a solicitation to obtain Health Care Quality Information Systems (HCQIS) Infrastructure and Data Center Support (HIDS) services. The requirement is set aside for offerors expressly certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for participation in SBA's 8(a) Program. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) web site in May 2014. The Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) mission is to improve healthcare outcomes, beneficiary experience of care, and population health while reducing health care costs. Within CCSQ, the Information Systems Group (ISG) mission is to architect, build and support innovative health care IT systems that focus on optimizing CCSQ quality programs. The purpose of this requirement is to obtain the products and services required to manage and operate the Healthcare Quality Information Systems (HCQIS) infrastructure and Data Center supporting CMS' quality improvement programs run by the CCSQ. HCQIS is comprised of a central data center currently located in Warrenton, VA and a data network supporting servers and desktop systems located throughout the U.S. at Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO), End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Networks, and a Clinical Data Abstraction Center (CDAC). The HCQIS infrastructure and network support major application environments to collect clinical data and measure quality of care for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. The primary programs and applications include, but are not limited to: •Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) and the Clinical Data Abstraction Center (CDAC); •Quality Reporting and Value Based Purchasing(VBP) for Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR), Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient quality reporting; •Ambulatory Surgical Centers, Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities, and Cancer Hospital Reporting; •Consolidated Renal Operations in a Web-Enabled Network (CROWNWeb), ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP) and Renal Management Information System (REMIS); •Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (QIES) for Long Term Care and Post-Acute Care Provider assessments and CMS and State surveyors. In general, the services fall into the following categories of work: •HCQIS support for Engineering and Architecture to support the above applications; •Build-out and configuration of all hardware, operating systems, middleware and tools within HCQIS; •Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of the infrastructure and systems supporting the above applications; •Help Desk support for end-users of the above applications; •Production control support for the above applications; •Help Desk, File/Print and e-mail services, systems administration and desktop support for both ESRD and QIO contractor facilities; •IT Security, Information Assurance, and Identity Management for all HCQIS systems. Additionally, the HCQIS infrastructure contractor is expected to closely collaborate with ISG's other primary contractors to provide seamless IT services to CCSQ business owners and users. These other contractors are described below: •Program Management Business Requirements (PMBR). PMBR is responsible for program management, project management, day-to-day project oversight, business process modelling and business requirements and user story development. •Application Development Organizations (ADO). ADOs are responsible for designing and developing software products that meet CMS technical and security standards, satisfy requirements, and perform efficiently. Additionally, ADOs are responsible for the performance of their products, unit testing, and Quality Assurance (QA) testing. •Reporting and Analytics (R&A). R&A provides ad hoc reporting and complex data analytic services to ISG and CCSQ programs. •Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (QIES). (QIES) is CMS' key tracking, analysis, and data repository system for Medicare, Medicaid, and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) provider quality of care. •Testing Services Contract (TSC). TSC provides end-to-end oversight of testing throughout the development lifecycle and performs Independent Validation and Verification (IV&V) testing services. CCSQ's data center operates on a combination of Oracle (formerly Sun) and HP Wintel platforms. These systems run Solaris, Red Hat Linux, and Windows operating systems using UNIX and Windows virtualization technologies. Most applications are developed using an Oracle stack incorporating WebLogic, Oracle Service Bus, and Oracle development tools to access Oracle databases. Network communications is provided by Cisco equipment and primary storage uses EMC's VMAX storage area network (SAN) technology. The entire suite of products, platforms, and tools used in the data center to support HCQIS is outlined in detail in Appendices' C.A, C.B, C.C, and C.E. All IT assets are Government Owned assets and will need to be transitioned from outgoing Contractor to the incoming Contractor. A DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW) and deliverable schedule are attached for reference ONLY. The FINAL SOW and deliverable schedule will be issued with the solicitation. CMS intends to award a Cost-Plus-Award-Fee contract to a firm expressly certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for participation in SBA's 8(a) Program. The anticipated period of performance is one (1) twelve (12) month base period and nine (9) twelve (12) month option periods. The solicitation will be available on the FBO website. It is anticipated that the contract will be awarded in early December 2014. Any questions regarding this synopsis should be directed to Ryan Kooy, Contract Specialist, via email at ryan.kooy@cms.hhs.gov, and Tonya D. Anderson, Contracting Officer, via email at tonya.anderson@cms.hhs.gov
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