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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to HealthCare Cost and Utilization Project for State Databases. The Healthcare Cost Utiliz... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to HealthCare Cost and Utilization Project for State Databases. The Healthcare Cost Utilization Project (HCUP) databases fill needs that other large databases cannot. For example, the National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) is a national probability survey designed to meet the need for information on characteristics of inpatients discharged from non-Federal short stay hospitals in the United States. Additional advantages include 1)Large sample sizes that allow for research on uncommon conditions and procedures 2) Census of hospitals within states allowing for state-level analysis and market area studies 3) Patient charge data allowing for economic studies 4) Other uses including basic enumeration, epidemiology, health services research, planning, marketing, and trend analysis. . This contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (SAP) and 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1).. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received within ten (10) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any quotation/response should be emailed to contract specialist at knn5@cdc.gov by COB 23 June 2021