99 -- National Prescription Audit Database

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to award a sole source contract to Cognizant Corporation for the procurement of detailed time series data covering the years 2000 and 2001. This data set includes retail method of payment reports, prescription counts broken down by cash, prescription card, and Medicaid payments by state, as well as the corresponding retail dollar amounts financed through these payment methods. Additionally, data from the National Prescription Audit (NPA) will be provided, including the number of new and refill prescriptions, pharmaceutical acquisition dollars, and total retail dollar amounts. This contract is being awarded under Simplified Acquisition Procedures, highlighting the recognized reliability and sophistication of Cognizant’s NPA database, which other government agencies have exclusively used for research purposes due to its advanced data collection design and sampling techniques. The award process specifies a 15-calendar-day period during which no affirmative written responses to the sole source notice must be received before a purchase order is issued. The contract, identified by solicitation number 732-2-400005 and titled “99 -- National Prescription Audit Database,” reflects an effort to obtain comprehensive prescription-related data critical to policy and research functions. The source address for Cognizant Corporation is listed as McLean, Virginia, emphasizing their central role in providing this uniquely detailed pharmaceutical data.