HRSA Ambulatory Health Center Accreditation Services (TJC)

The Health Resources and Services Administration(HRSA) intends to negotiate, on a sole-source basis, under the authority of FAR6.302-1, with the Joint Commission(TJC), located at 1 Renaissance Boulevard, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181. for accreditation services for ambulatory healthcare, Behavioral health, laboratory services, and for Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition. A Justification & Approval(J&A) is on file and will be posted 14 days after contract award.

Health centers choose their preferred accreditation organization, the government does not mandate accreditation through a specific organization. The health centers evaluate the accrediting organization vs standards and approach to reviewing compliance with standards, to determine the TJC uniquely qualified to meet their needs.

The TJC has their own accreditation and certification processes that include pre-established requirements and regulations through which health centers are accredited certified and or re-accredited re-certified.

Because of the varying requirements among the accrediting organizations, once a health facility achieves accreditation and or certification status through one accrediting organization, it is impractical, costly and unarguably inefficient to Transfer to another accrediting organization to gain re-accreditation/re-certification.

It takes a minimum of 6-12 months to achieve accreditation certification status; for some organizations the accreditation certification designation is valid three(3) year(the time frame may vary from one accrediting organization to another) until renewal is required. Based on these facts, there would be a substantial duplication of cost to the Government and health centers if the flexibility for health centers to choose the TJC were to be eliminated.

Therefore, a sole-source single award IDIQ contract with TJC provides the flexibility to quickly and effectively respond to both known and unknown HHS-wide accreditation/certification requirements. Furthermore, this would support the governments needs to seamlessly provide accreditation/certification services to health centers. The North American Industry Classification System !

NAICS" code for this requirement is 621399, This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. There will be no solicitation available for competitive quotes. Interested persons may identify their interest by responding to the requirement within 15 days after the date of publication of this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is soIeIy within the discretion of the Government.

Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. No solicitation is available. For further information, please contact Nancy Lee at Nlee@hrsa.gov, 5600 Fishers Lane, 14W26A, Rockville, MD 20857.