SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Market Scan Database Access
- Notice Date
- 3/29/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, 12501 Ardennes Avenue, Suite 400, Rockville, Maryland, 20857, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- 16-233-SOL-00224
- Archive Date
- 4/27/2016
- Point of Contact
- Vincent E. Stephens, Phone: 3014439453, Jennifer Eskandari, Phone: 3014433516
- E-Mail Address
-
Vincent.Stephens@psc.hhs.gov, jennifer.eskandari@psc.hhs.gov
(Vincent.Stephens@psc.hhs.gov, jennifer.eskandari@psc.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Pursuant to the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the Contracting Officer may solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source is reasonably available. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Program Support Center (PSC), Acquisition Management Services (AMS) on behalf of PSC, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) intends to sole source to: Truven Health Analytics 777 East Eisenhower Parkway Ann Arbor, MI 48108 The Government intends on soliciting from Truven Health Analytics (formerly Thompson Reuters) as, pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b) Soliciting from a Single Source, because this firm is the only one source that can supply license agreements to the data needed to satisfy agency requirements. The anticipated contract period will be for one year. This determination is made based on Truven Health Analytics as the sole owner of the MarketScan database which contains very detailed health care cost and use information on approximately 45-47 million commercially insured individuals. It is unique in that it is a very large nationally representative sample of claims that includes in-depth information on a wide variety of health plans, health plan benefits, and individual behavioral risk profiles, which are essential for a wide range of projects ASPE is involved in. The MarketScan data are also recognized as the preeminent source of information for commercially insured individuals. Because of this specific criterion, Truven Health Analytics is found to be the only technically acceptable vendor that is capable of providing this specialized data at the level of quality required. The price of the Truven Health Analytics data is fair and reasonable when compared to other similar databases. Under a prior contract, ASPE has used the 2008-2014 data to conduct a variety of analyses in support of Medicare payment policy and the potential impacts of key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, including the implementation and operation of Affordable Insurance Exchanges (AIEs). It is important that ASPE continues to maintain access to these data and expand this access to include data for 2015 for several reasons such as the large number of covered lives permits reliable examination of issues related to sub-populations or specific types of services. Description: This requirement is to obtain a one year license for 2015 MarketScan Commercial Data as well as extend the license for the 2008-2014 data for another year. This data will allow ASPE to continue to use the data to analyze the differences between Medicare and commercial prices, which is the basis for one of ASPE's legislative proposals on clinical lab services this year. This data will allow additional analyses of the differences between Medicare, Medicaid and commercial payers for physician services. ASPE will be receiving the following: - 2015 MarketScan Commercial Data - Real-world data for healthcare research and analytics, with access to fully integrated, de-identified, individual-level healthcare claims data to understand health economics and outcomes. - 2015 Benefit Design Data which assists customers in making accurate, efficient decisions by quantifying the cost impact of proposed plan design changes, including co-pay, premiums, covered services, and benefit limits on costs to the organization and enrollees. - 2015 MarketScan Health Risk Assessment Data - One year license extension for data already delivered (2008-2014 MarketScan Commercial Data) - Purchase additional Technical Assistance from Truven Health to produce analytic data extracts and provide some basic analyses. This is not a solicitation for competitive proposal. No solicitation document is available. All responsible sources that have determined that they can provide the same services may submit product information and a capabilities statement addressing their specific abilities regarding this requirement. The email subject line must reference OS171639. All responses are due by April 12, 2016, 12:00 PM Eastern Time and can be sent to Vincent Stephens at Vincent.Stephens@psc.hhs.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract base upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.
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