Maintenance of Certification and Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology

INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE. The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Program Support Center (PSC), Strategic Acquisition Service (SAS), Division of Acquisition Management (DAM), intends to negotiate on a sole-source basis with the American Board of Medical Specialties Maintenance of Certification (ABMS MOC), 222 N La Salle Street, Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60601, to work with Member Boards to explore how best to advance the knowledge and skills required to use health IT to improve outcomes. The ABMS shall assist the ONC by working with the Member Boards to work towards setting new expectations regarding the use of health IT to improve clinical care. The ABMS shall explore how best to advance the knowledge and skills required to use health IT to improve outcomes via the MOC programs and develop two knowledge self-assessment modules for Part 2 MOC (knowledge and data management, use of health IT to promote patient safety) and enhance/expand web-based practice improvement modules (PIMs) for Part 4 MOC that incorporate measures that demonstrate Meaningful Use of health IT. In addition, ABMS shall augment Part 2 data management and health IT assessments with a simulation process that shall simulate the development and use of a registry in conducting quality improvement activities that can be used across all specialties. The ABMS shall also retrofit existing web-based tools and build in to future MOC offerings, links to the health information technology resources created and offered by regional extension centers and health information exchange programs. ABMS is a non-profit physician-led umbrella organization for 24 of the 26 approved medical specialty boards in the United States and is the largest voluntary-based physician specialty certification organizations with over 75,000 US physicians having achieved certification by one or more of its 24 medical specialty boards (member boards). ABMS' 24 Member Boards and their understanding of the MOC and meaningful use of health IT and how it appropriately tracks and links with the MOC. The health care IT information in the ABMS is privy to serve as the basis for practice-based learning and how best to advance the knowledge and skills required to use health IT to improve outcomes via the MOC programs. The ABMS' unique expertise and authority over the Member Boards along with the provisions in the Affordable Health Care Act for America of March 23, 2010 makes ABMS uniquely qualified to perform the work required. The statutory authority is 10 USC 2304(c), as set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Interested concerns may identify their interest and submit a capability statement that demonstrates their ability to provide the services required. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE; THEREFORE, REQUEST FOR SUCH DOCUMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED INVALID RESPONSES. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no affirmative responses are received within 10 days from the date of this synopsis, the Contracting Officer will proceed with the contract to ABMS.