SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Opioids Use in Nursing Homes
- Notice Date
- 7/11/2017
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 611310
— Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Acquisition Management Services, 7700 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, Maryland, 20857, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- 17-233-SOL-00644
- Archive Date
- 8/10/2017
- Point of Contact
- David Wilhelm, Phone: 3014924643
- E-Mail Address
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david.wilhelm@psc.hhs.gov
(david.wilhelm@psc.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice of Intent: The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) within the Department of Health and Human Services intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 for the project entitled, "Opioids Use in Nursing Homes" under FAR Part 15 procedures. Opioid pain relievers are commonly used as treatment for people with moderate to severe, acute, or chronic pain. With the increased attention on the opioid epidemic in the general population, this study aims to better understand whether there is a similar trend happening in nursing homes as well. Chronic pain is a common symptom among older people residing in nursing homes, thus, appropriate use of opioid pain relievers are an important public health policy issue. While good management of opioid pain-relieving treatments can improve quality of life for these patients, improper use does carry significant risks of unintended injuries, drug reactions, overdose, and impairment in mental health functioning, especially for this frail population, who has more cognitive and physical impairment than their community-living counterparts. More information on what opioids are being prescribed, whether there is too little or too much prescribing, and how prescribing varies across the different populations within the nursing homes is needed to better assess the current needs and pain management of this population. The proposed mechanism for this study is a sole source contract with Vanderbilt University. The data needed for this project includes privately­ owned data from a national LTC pharmacy (that would need to be collected by the contractor). Pharmacy claims data for skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents are not available in the CMS administrative data as is the case for long-term residents ; therefore, market data would have to be collected by collaborating with a large, nation-wide, long-term care pharmacy provider. For this project, ASPE plans to obtain prescription drug claims from CVS/Omnicare. These data include all pharmacy claims paid by Medicare; Medicaid; and other payers. In the context of examining medication use among Medicare beneficiaries, a key advantage of these data is that they not only include medications reimbursed through Part D, but they also include medications bundled in the Part A SNF and hospice payments, which are not available in the CMS claims. Moreover, CVS/Omnicare currently serves around half of all nursing homes nationwide, making it the single largest repository for nursing home pharmacy claims available. The CVS/Omnicare claims files include a unique resident identification number, resident demographic information (e.g., age, gender), National Drug Code (NDC), drug name, dose, dose units, schedule, quantity, route of administration, the date the prescription was written, and the date the prescription was filled. Vanderbilt University has conducted prior research using the pharmacy data from CVS/Omnicare described above, and is familiar with the data and particular methodologies for merging this data with the CMS administrative data. Vanderbilt University is the only known source that has access to such proprietary data and the expertise needed to conduct comprehensive analyses laid out for this project soon after project award. Vanderbilt University is the only known source with the necessary legal agreements to access these more recent pharmacy claims data and has the support of CVS for the goals outlined for this work. Finally, since the merger of CVS and Omnicare, the company has narrowed Omnicare data sharing to a smaller number of researchers. Vanderbilt University is part of this group of researchers. No other known source has been identified as a potential good source of data nor acquired the relationship with a major, national pharmacy chain likely required to start the work immediately after the contract is awarded. As this topic is time sensitive for current discussion, it is likely that award to any other contractor would result in substantial time added to this project, in terms of finding a national pharmacy provider willing to participate in the study, building a strong and trusting relationship to acquire and use their data, and learning the legal and logistical mechanisms to acquire the data. 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 a capabilities statement. The email subject line must reference "OS199411 - Opioids Use in Nursing Homes". All responses are due by July 26, 2017, 12:00 PM Eastern Time and sent to David Wilhelm at David.Wilhelm@psc.hhs.gov. 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.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Contractor location, United States
- Record
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