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Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice Page 4 of 4 Sources Sought Notice *= Required Field Sources Sought Notice Page 1 of 4 Data Abstraction Services for Defense and Veterans Eye Injury and Visi... Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice Page 4 of 4 Sources Sought Notice *= Required Field Sources Sought Notice Page 1 of 4 Data Abstraction Services for Defense and Veterans Eye Injury and Vision Registry (DVEIVR) is conducting this Sources Sought to identify contractors who possess capabilities to provide the services described in the Statement of Work below. As permitted by the FAR Part 10, this is a market research tool being utilized for the informational and planning purposes. Your responses will assist the Government in the development of its acquisition strategy. Response is strictly voluntary it is not mandatory to submit a response to this notice to participate in formal RFQ process that may take place in the future. However, it should be noted that information gathered through this notice may significantly influence our acquisition strategy. All interested parties will be required to respond separately to any solicitation posted as a result of this sources sought notice. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. We appreciate your interest and thank you in advance for responding to the sources sought. This service will be implemented using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541611. If a small business is interested in this procurement, they must provide at least 51 percent of the services rendered. NOTES All Capability Statements/Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall be submitted via email only to craig.armagost@va.gov. Telephone, Fax, or any other form of communication inquiries will not be reviewed or accepted. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice must be received no later than June 13, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). This Sources Sought Notice may or may not assist the VA in determining sources only. A solicitation is not currently available. If a solicitation is issued, it may or may not be announced at a later date, and all interested parties shall respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this Sources Sought Notice. DISCLAIMER This RFI is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked a proprietary will be handled accordingly in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e), RFIs may be used when the Government does not presently intend to award a contract, but wants to obtain price, delivery, other market information, or capabilities for planning purposes. Responses to these notices are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses incurred associated with responding to this RFI. INTERESTED & CAPABLE RESPONSES: NCO 5 is seeking responses from businesses that are interested in this procurement and consider themselves to have the resources, rights, and capabilities necessary to provide these services. Please respond with your: Business name (including Unique Entity ID (SAM.gov), business type, socio-economic status (e.g., Veteran-Owned, Woman-Owned, Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), etc.), person of contact (including telephone number & email address). Capability statement GSA Contract number, if applicable, to include NAICS Brief summary of categories of professional services that your company can provide. Applicable Certification(s)/Licenses STATEMENT OF WORK Scope of Work: This is a requirement for non-personal services to provide data abstraction services. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government. 1.1 Description of Services/Introduction: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services, except for those items specified as government furnished property and services, necessary to perform data abstraction services as defined in this SOW. The Government requires a contractor to provide data abstraction support. This includes the review, identification, and relevancy of medical and related clinical data from medical records and other medical documentation from a variety of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) sources. The relevant data, either handwritten, textual and/or digital is extracted into the Defense and Veterans Eye Injury and Vision Registry (DVEIVR). DVEIVR is a web based ocular care clinical data repository and a joint initiative between the Departments of Defense (DoD) and VA vision care communities. It is used by both DoD and VA's eye care clinical providers, researchers and academia to review and research data collected on eye care diagnosis, surgical intervention, operative procedures, visual acuity, and treatment for service members and Veterans injured in battle. The data from the DVEIVR shall be used to establish mechanisms to identify and longitudinally track data and assess eye related injuries and diseases of service members and Veterans. 1.3 Objectives: The data abstraction services required under this contract includes supporting the Government with the data abstraction of medical records, related training requirements and knowledge transfer, business processes, including drafting Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), and developing business logic/rules associated with the data entry from medical records into digital data values located in DVEIVR. The Government understands that these are iterative processes that may expand over time; however, a well-documented and supported foundation of processes with associated SOP shall ensure successful data abstraction and data integrity. The objective is to provide data abstraction, training, and quality review and monitoring. The conversion of medical records into digital data shall be used to establish mechanisms to longitudinally track eye related injuries and diseases to support the VCE in completing studies and analysis related to readiness, treatment, best practices, and to inform policy.