Hospital Quality Reporting System (HQR) Bridge Limited Source Justification

The contract involves the procurement of agile software development services to support the Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) system, which is critical for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in managing hospital quality data. The contractor will be responsible for all operations and maintenance of the HQR system, ensuring it adapts to changing user experience demands, integrates relevant data sources effectively, and incorporates updates from quality reporting programs. The system plays a key role in helping CMS fulfill its legal obligations under the Social Security Act to provide accurate and timely payments and penalties to Medicare-participating hospitals across ten separate quality reporting programs. This limited source justification contract, identified by solicitation number OMAS-26-SBCIT1-F-CMS-0001, is issued by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Omas Strategic Buying Center - Information Technology office located in Rockville, Maryland. The contract’s activities will be performed in Owings Mills, Maryland. The relevant NAICS code is 541512, related to computer systems design services. The primary point of contact for the contract is Bryan Dankanich, reachable via email and phone.