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70 -- FURNISH, CUSTOMIZE AND INSTALL A PROTOCOL MAPPING SOFTWARE PROGRAM SOL 263-98-P(LJ)-0038 POC Johnnie L. Rice and Ann Argaman, Contract Specialist, (301) 402-3086; Patrick Williams, Contracting Officer This is a commercial item/services acquisition. The Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health has a requirement for a contractor to furnish customize and install an existing Protocol Mapping Software Program (similar to a clinical or critical pathway) software program to meet the needs of the Clinical Center's Protocol Map process. It will include a method to itemize resources specific to research and patient clinical interventions, track volume resource utilization and report results against the projected versus actual resources throughout the life of the protocol. This software system must be a stand alone system. The contractor will be required to make customizations to their pathway/map software system to ensure that the system to be furnished has the capabilities/functionalities as follows: windows based type program that has a graphical user interface; able to run off the Internet or other acceptable system; Year 2000 compliant; provide consistency checks against erroneous entries; runs diagnostic routines without disrupting the operational system; provide a standard Protocol map template for a specified period of time and a patient specific Protocol Map in electronic and hard copy format; ability to provide reports about patient, resource, and/or protocol variances in electronic and hard copy format; ability to provide access control mechanism and different levels of security; ability for version control for all previously created Protocol Map templates; flexibility to have data reported/inputted in the system or viewed in a variety of ways; ability to individualize decision points within the Map that triggers reminders to clinicans; flexibility in how data gathering tools are created; capability for a graphic representation of timelines that has both calendar timeline and protocol timeline options; ability for a patient to be tracked on more than one Protocol Map at a time; ability to document Clinical Center planned protocol resources and track actual volume resource utilization; ability to track variances within and across protocols. Variances could include: differences between projected and actual resource (volume)utilization per protocol, projected and actual research and/or patient care interventions, projected and actual research and/or patient outcomes. The contractor shall provide technical (trouble- shooting) and training suuport during the six month customization phase of the software system as well as during the "go-live" phase which is anticipated to be another additional six month period. The contractor shall be required to assure that errors in the software are promptly corrected and that other required revisions to such software are obtain. Additionally, the contractor shall be required to ensure that updated versions of the software (new releases) are promptly made available to the Clincal Center. This include systems software, applications software, communications and certain utility software. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued on/or about August 18, 1998. As part of the evaluation process, offerors whose proposals are determined to meet the minimum mandatory specifications will be required to make ORAL PRESENTATIONS to the Government which will necessitate a hands-on demonstration of their current system, using sample documents/report which will be provided to them by the Government in the RFP. Vendors will be required to complete a certificate of nondisclosure in order to revceive the sample documents/reports. Request for copies of the RFP should include a request for the nondisclosure certificate and should be submitted in writing to Johnnie Rice/Ann Argaman at the address noted above. Oral requests for copies of the solicitation are not acceptable and will not be honored. Posted 07/31/98 (W-SN231175). (0212)

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