CBD<D> PROFICIENCY TESTING DATA ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT

[Commerce Business Daily]

From Commerce Business Daily, June 1, 1998 PSA-2106

PROFICIENCY TESTING DATA ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT

Category : <D> (Automatic Data Processing and Telecommunication Services)
Address : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Procurement &
Grants Office, Program Acquisition Branch, 255 East Paces Ferry
Rd, NE, Rm 500, Atlanta, GA 30305
Sol. no. : 98B172(N)
Contact : Mark S. Federer, Contracting Officer, (404) 842-6789
Due : 27 Jul, 1998

SOL 98B172(N) DUE 072798 POC Mark S. Federer, Contracting Officer, (404)
842-6789 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
contemplates award of a five year contract to provide standardized
Proficiency Testing (PT) data to the CDC in a format and of a quality
that will allow scientists within the Division of Laboratory Systems to
fulfill their DHHS-mandated roles in CLIA implementation, namely:
evaluating collective laboratory performance with PT, and monitoring PT
program provider performance. The CDC believes it is possible to address
the concerns of PT programs and participants while allowing CDC access
to data it requires if the PT data are provided exclusively to the
contractor, which would transmit either grouped data, or linked data that
does not contain laboratory identifiers, to the CDC. This would assure
the PT providers of the confidentiality of their data. Since it will be
necessary to link these data with HCFA databases to obtain demographic
and other information, it will be necessary for the CLIA ID number of
participants to be included in the data delivered to CDC by the
contractor. To facilitate cross-discipline data analyses and to be
compatible with other data systems in the future, it is desirable to have
the data in a standard coding system. The Systematized Nomenclature of
Human and Veterinary Medicine (SNOMED) is the standard coding system used
by College of American Pathologists and other organizations and should be
considered for use because: 1. It is a recognized standard, 2. It is
documented and published, and 3. It has a logic structure that would
prove useful for research queries. Written requests for copies of the
solicitation will be honored if received within 15 days of the RFP issue
date, which will be on or about June 22, 1998. Requests received after
that date will be filled on a first-come-first-served basis until the
supply is exhausted. The date specified for receipt of offers will be
approximately 35 days after the RFP issue date. Requests for copies of
the RFP must cite the RFP Number: 98B172(N). Telephone requests will not
be accepted.This acquisition will be 100 percent set-aside for small
business concerns. The applicable SIC Code is 7375. For purposes of this
acquisition, a business concern is considered "small" if their average
annual receipts (including affiliates) during the three preceding fiscal
years do not exceed $18 Million. All responsible sources may submit a
proposal which shall be considered by the agency. (0148)