R -- PATIENT SAFETY COORDINATING CENTER

Notice Date

May 7, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Division of Contracts Management, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite 601, Rockville, MD, 20852

ZIP Code

20852

Solicitation Number

AHRQ-01-0007

Response Due

May 21, 2001

Point of Contact

Sharon Williams, Contracting Officer, Phone 301 594-7192, Fax 301 443-7523, Email swilliams@ahrq.gov

E-Mail Address

Sharon Williams (swilliams@ahrq.gov)

Description

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is conducting a market survey to seek potential sources from qualified small business firms under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 54161 ($5 million) which have the capability to carry out the development and maintenance of a coordinating center that will serve as a resource and support center linking the components of the Agency_s patient safety initiative to each other, relevant Agency staff, and to some extent, patient safety researchers funded by a limited number of other organizations. This center will support the Agency_s work with AHRQ grantees by providing them with technical assistance as needed in the areas of data collection, scrubbing, and analysis as well as methodology, instrument development and selection, evaluation, and implementation strategies; monitoring AHRQ grantee activity; electronic communication; conferences both in-person and via telephone; development and support of a 15 member steering committee composed of principal investigators from AHRQ_s grantees funded under the patient safety initiative; report writing; and assisting in dissemination of research results in conjunction with AHRQ and its Office of Health Care Information. The coordinating center will produce products (e.g., databases for research) that will facilitate work on patient safety by researchers and policymakers (particularly at the state level). The coordinating center will also help support some of the Agency_s other work related to patient safety, such as the development of relevant patient safety materials for the National Quality Report. As such, the coordinating center shall serve as a resource and support center for the many projects funded under the Agency_s patient safety initiative. Sources must have an understanding of and experience in research in patient safety and medical errors; technical assistance in data collection, scrubbing, and analysis as well as methods and metrics, instrument development and selection, evaluation, and effective dissemination, and implementation strategies; managing large, complex projects; logistical support; site visits; development and support of steering committees and working with principal investigators; and electronic communication including website development, implementation and maintenance. Staff must include a Project Director who shall have, at a minimum, no less than ten (10) years total work experience which includes 1) at least eight (8) years in the specialty services field (e.g. patient safety/medical errors, research methods, instrumentation, and technical assistance to grantees) in progressively responsible positions; and 2) demonstrated skills in organizing and monitoring challenging and complex projects conducted by groups of diverse research professionals. Interested small businesses should submit their capability statements (no more than 10 pages in length) to Sharon Williams, Contracting Officer, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Division of Contracts Management, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite 502, Rockville, Maryland 20852, no later than 3:00 p.m. eastern standard time, on May 21, 2001. Capability statements should be tailored to this request and identify the source_s capabilities to complete this requirement, including information on key staff experience and education, and a description of corporate experience with similar projects. Capability statements should be submitted in an original and two (2) copies.

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010509/RSOL016.HTM (D-127 SN50L3P4)