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National Commission Quality Assurance (NCQA) to provide access to the Quality Compass Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) benchmarks.
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The Defense Health Agency (DHA) plans to award a sole source contract to the National Commission for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for access to the Quality Compass Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) benchmarks. NCQA, a private nonprofit organization established in the 1990s, is the exclusive provider of the national HEDIS benchmark data, which is proprietary and crucial for evaluating health plan performance. The HEDIS benchmarks are widely used across the healthcare industry, with over 90% of health plans utilizing them to compare performance and track trends year-over-year. Within the Military Health System, these benchmarks support the assessment of clinical quality performance in both direct and purchased care environments, requiring substantial technical programming and data analysis. DHA relies on this benchmark data to compare Military Treatment Facilities and external healthcare providers against civilian sector standards, as no other organization offers an equivalent data set with sufficient scope for health plan analysis. Reprogramming the established methodologies would impose significant additional costs on the government. The contract is categorized under NAICS code 813920, with no set-aside designation. Interested parties may express their interest within 15 calendar days from the notice publication date, but this notice does not represent a solicitation and does not invite competitive bids. The agency will consider any responses solely to determine whether competition might be beneficial, retaining full discretion over the decision not to pursue a competitive procurement.
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Falls Church, VA, 22042, USASet-Aside
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This synopsis is in accordance with FAR Part 5, Notice of Intent to award a sole source requirement. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. This is not a solicitation or request for offers. No solicitation package is available, and email requests will not be honored. Only one (1) responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) intends to award a sole source contract to National Commission Quality Assurance (NCQA) to provide access to the NCQA Quality Compass Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) benchmarks. The NCQA is a private, not-for-profit organization founded in the 1990’s dedicated to improving healthcare quality. NCQA is the only organization that can provide the national HEDIS benchmark data because they are the proprietary property of NCQA. No other organization produces this data in the United States.
2. Background
The HEDIS® benchmarks were developed to assist consumers to compare health plan performance with other plans and to national benchmarks. It is also frequently used for trending to track year-to-year performance. It is one of health care’s most widely used performance tools with over 90 percent of health plans using the benchmarks and over 191 million people enrolled in health plans reporting HEDIS results. The Military Health System utilizes the NCQA HEDIS® methodology to develop health plan measures for clinical quality performance evaluation in both the direct and private care systems. This entails significant programming and data analysis to ensure the methodologies are technically correct.
3. Description:
DHA uses the NCQA methodologies for the health plan performance measures, the HEDIS® benchmarks are needed to analyze the data. DHA relies on these civilian sector benchmark data to compare the performance of the Military Treatment Facilities and purchased care providers both internally and externally to the MHS. No other nationally recognized organization offers a variety of measures with sufficient data to support the health plan performance analysis of DHA. Additionally, the cost to reprogram the methodology of the current measures would result in significant cost to the Government.
4. NAICS Code:
The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 813920 with a size standard of $23.5 million. The Federal Supply Code (FSC)/Product Service Code (PSC) for this procurement is R405.
5. Submission Instructions
Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement within 15 calendar days of the publication of this notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No reimbursement for any cost connected with providing capability information will be provided.