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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Clinical, Economics and Health Services Research Branch, intends to awa... The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Clinical, Economics and Health Services Research Branch, intends to award a sole source purchase order to National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), 1100 13th St NW, Ste 1000, Washington DC, 20005, for the purchase of the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) datasets. The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1) in accordance with FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1) - only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirement. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541990, All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services. The purpose of this acquisition is to purchase the existing HEDIS datasets for specific groups of insurers by calendar year for the purpose of (1) estimating and monitoring chlamydia screening rates for women enrolled in managed care organizations (MCOs), (2) reporting the number of sexually active women for NCQA chlamydia screening measure, and (3) identifying factors that are associated with chlamydia screening rates. NCQA is the only responsible source capable of meeting the Government’s requirement because they are the only agency that collects and makes available data from Commercial and Medicaid insurance plans for the required clinical quality measures. Thus, NCQA, the producer of these data, is the only company that can be used. As a result of this synopsis, no competitive solicitation will be posted on sam.gov. We will issue only one solicitation to NCQA. However, firms that believe they can meet these requirements are encouraged to identify themselves and give written notice by providing a capability statement to the Contracting Officer by July 29, 2022. The Contracting Officer will not respond to verbal request. All requests must be in writing. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action will be based on responses to this notice and are solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiries shall be sent to Liubov Kriel by email at LKriel@cdc.gov and reference solicitation number 75D30122-Q-75298 on the subject line.