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It is the intent of the Government to issue a sole source simplified acquisition purchase order for the National Committe of Quality Assurance (NCQA) HEDIS Benchmark Data Sharing Annual Membership for... It is the intent of the Government to issue a sole source simplified acquisition purchase order for the National Committe of Quality Assurance (NCQA) HEDIS Benchmark Data Sharing Annual Membership for 5 years to include a base period of 12-months, and four option periods of 12-months effective as of 30 September 2021. 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. As the Defense Health Agency (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 has the variety of measures with sufficient data to support the health plan performance analysis of DHA. 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. This service requirement will provide compliance with the Secretary of Defense MHS 90 Day Review (May 2014); the DHA Procedural Manual, 6025.13, Volume 6 (August 2019; and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA 2021), Section 744. Clinical Support Division, Medical Affairs requested to obtain a new sole-source award for a 12- month base plus four (4) 12-month option periods to provide benchmarks for health plan measures based on the data submitted to the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). The product is the Commercial Quality Compass® Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) Benchmarks user product. In addition to the first year, the contract will have four (4) option years.