MODIFICATION
D -- Online Health Promotion with Paper and Online Health Risk Appraisal
- Notice Date
- 12/28/2001
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, Parklawn Building Room 5-101 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- 232-02-0004
- Response Due
- 1/11/2002
- Archive Date
- 1/26/2002
- Point of Contact
- Naomi Haney-Ceresa, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-443-2731, Fax 301-443-2761,
- E-Mail Address
-
nhaney-ceresa@psc.gov
- Description
- Solicitation Number 232-02-0004 Online Health Promotion with Paper and Online Health Risk Appraisal Amendment Number 1 1. The DATE and TIME for submission of responses to this combined synopsis/solicitation is extended to January 11, 2002 at 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 2. This combined synopsis/solicitation (232-02-0004) is amended to add the following language concerning delivery of responses: Because of the increased security at Federal buildings, please allow extra time for your proposal to be delivered to the Contracting Office provided in the combined synopsis/solicitation. Failure to use the specified address could result in your proposal being delivered late. Due to security concerns, hand carried proposal will not be accepted. This prohibition includes courier services. The use of the U.S. Postal Service, United Parcel Service, and Federal Express are acceptable. 3. Offerors responding to this combined synopsis/solicitation (232-02-0004) must acknowledge receipt of this amendment in their response. 4. This amendment transmits the following Industry Questions and Government Responses: Q1. Is there an incumbent on this project? A1. No, not for the entire project. We have multiple providers doing pieces of the work described in the statement of work. Q2. Is this a new project or has this project existed before this solicitation? A2. Refer to the response to Q1, above. This project has existed in several pieces. The goal of this statement of work is to consolidate all the pieces together, and have one contractor provide all services. Q3. Statement Of Work, Purpose, says that "The purpose of this project is to provide health promotion/health information with paper and online HRA service to FOH's customers via the internet. The contractor shall provide a website..."Is it FOH's expectation that a contractor has a pre-existing website that can be customized to meet the proposed specifications of this website, or does FOH expect the contractor to develop this website from scratch and in consultation with FOH staff after award of a contract? A3. This is commercial purchase. The contractor will need to have a pre-existing website which may be customized with FOH logos. Q4. Statement Of Work , Specific Tasks/Duties, Part A.1. says that "The contractor shall provide health information, tools for personal health management, and up-to-date medical news...." Will FOH be providing this "health information...and up-to-date medical news" for display on the website, or is the contractor responsible for researching and providing this information at its discretion? A4. FOH would not be posting information on the website. The contractor would be responsible for posting information and having information verified by qualified medical professionals. Q5. Statement Of Work, Specific Tasks/Duties, Part A.2. says that the contractor shall provide this website from their own server..." Does FOH have an existing website on its server or will the contractor be designing and developing this website? A5. Refer to the response to Q3, above. This is an off the shelf commercial buy, the website should already be available. FOH has a website, but would not host this project. This would be hosted on contractor's website. Q6. Statement of Work, Specific Tasks/Duties, Part B.2. says that "The contractor shall..." but then continues with "All data shall be categorized by the FOH customer...." Can you please clarify this requirement? A6. FOH wants usage results and individual data and subgroups (for example agency customer reports) to be summarized in a report by subgroups, using a coding system for FOH. Q7. Statement of Work, Specific Tasks/Duties, Part C. says that "The contractor's website shall..." Is it FOH's expectation that a contractor already has this type of website in existence, or is this question referring to a website that the contractor shall develop on behalf of FOH? A7. Refer to the responses to Q3 and Q5, above. Q8. Is the concept proposed, particularly in the Background section of the Statement of Work: (1) Clients from FOH customer agencies access the website; (2) Clients fill-out the Health Risk Assessment on-line; (3) Clients are able to print out the HRA; (4) On-line submission of the HRA is sent electronically to a database; (5) FOH nurses will distribute paper-type HRA's, collect the results, and submit them weekly to the contractor; (6) Contractor will process on-line and printed HRA's and returned to the FOH nurses; (7) FOH nurses will discuss the results with individual clients. A8. Yes, this summarizes the process. The Government requires a dual system of collecting data (paper and electronically) to accommodate all FOH customers. The contractor will be required to collect information from both sources and summarize in reports. Q9. Do paper HRA's already exist? If so, are we able to get a copy of one? A9. Yes, paper HRA's exist in the commercial market place. FOH currently uses a paper HRA from Well Source. Q10. How are the current HRA's processed and by whom? A10. FOH is currently utilizing two contractors to complete this project. This process will be merged into one under the new requirement. Currently the paper HRA is processed by an FOH team, and the online program is managed by the contractor. Under this requirement, the contractor will be responsible for both parts. Consideration will be given to other methods of fulfilling the requirement. The best value award criteria, as stated in the combined synopsis/solicitation, will be utilized when evaluating other methods of fulfilling the requirement.
- Record
- SN20011230/00010365-011229090130 (fbodaily.com)
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