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INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to negotiate and award on a sole source basis a purchase order to Health Level Seven International, Inc. 3300 ... INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to negotiate and award on a sole source basis a purchase order to Health Level Seven International, Inc. 3300 WASHTENAW AVENUE, SUITE 227, ANN ARBOR MI 48104-4260, to assist CMS with ongoing testing with internal and external stakeholders for the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Implementation Guides (IGs) and Reference Implementations, and to support testing of the HL7® FHIR® specifications included in the Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule (CMS-9119-F) published on May 1, 2020 and future interoperability rulemaking. The event requested by the Health Informatics and Interoperability Group (HIIG) will be the CMS Connectathon event for HL7® FHIR Standards, and will be held July 16-18, 2024, in accordance with the attached Statement of Work. Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 U.S.C. 2304, only one responsible source and no other suppliers or services will satisfy agency requirements. A Justification and approval are currently being processed for this requirement. The estimated period of performance is for February 1, 2024 – August 31, 2024. Responses must be sent electronically in MS Word format to renee.wallaceabney@cms.hhs.gov on or before Wednesday, January 31, 2024, by 1:00 pm EST. NAICS CODES: The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 611710. INTERESTED PARTIES: All Interested parties must be able to affirm no conflicts of interest with parties involved in Medicare claims processing considering the work identified in this Statement of Work. If the vendor/government identifies a conflict, the vendor shall be responsible for providing a mitigation strategy that satisfies the government. If the conflict cannot. resolved, the order cannot be awarded, or existing order may not need to be terminated. Please Note: All contractors must be able to provide service for all items; partial quotes will not be accepted.