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Sole Source Procurement for HL7 FHIR Standards Development and Maintenance Services

This opportunity is a sole source procurement by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for specialized standards development services. - Agency: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Program Support Center Acquisition Management Service - Purpose: Support development, maintenance, and implementation of a federally aligned quality standard based on QI-Core and CMS quality measures - Scope of Work: - Standards governance and lifecycle management - Stakeholder outreach and coordination - Development, testing, balloting, publication, and maintenance of HL7 FHIR Implementation Guide - Implementation support and activities to promote a sustainable standard - Vendor: Health Level Seven International (HL7) - HL7 is the sole source due to exclusive authority and intellectual property rights for FHIR standards - No specific products or part numbers listed; procurement is for specialized services - Commercial opportunity is limited to HL7 due to ANSI-accredited SDO status - No competing vendors identified - No explicit contract value or period of performance provided

Description

The effort will support development and implementation of a federally aligned quality standard derived from the existing QI-Core standard and updated to align with CMS quality measures and other applicable quality measurement requirements. Services include standards governance and lifecycle management; stakeholder outreach and coordination; development, testing, balloting, publication, and maintenance of the applicable HL7 FHIR Implementation Guide; implementation support; and activities necessary to promote a sustainable and high-performing standard.

The requirement is specific to standards under HL7 governance. HL7 is the ANSI-accredited Standards Developing Organization (SDO) responsible for FHIR and is the only SDOnauthorized to ballot and publish a FHIR standard.

The Contracting Officer has determined that only one source is reasonably available. Health Level Seven International (HL7) is the exclusive Standards Developing Organization (SDO) with the authority and intellectual property rights necessary to develop, ballot, publish, and maintain the FHIR standard required under this acquisition.

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