Prevention/Care Management Technical Assistance Center

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) intends to issue a solicitation for An Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity, Cost Reimbursement, multiple-award, type contracts. The solicitation will be available on/about 22 March 2010. The contracts will be for the Prevention/Care Management Technical Assistance Center (PCM-TAC). This opportunity is available to all firms which have the capability to assist in implementing Prevention/Care Management services for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The Prevention/Care Management Technical Assistance Center, is to support AHRQ’s Prevention/Care Management Portfolio in its work to build evidence and facilitate improvements in primary care, clinical preventive services, and care of chronic conditions related to: 1) clinical decision making; and 2) the application of primary care transformation principles, including care coordination, patient activation/self management support, the integration of health information technology in support of the AHRQ goals The types of work to be carried out by the contractor(s) fall into three domains:  Administration & Management;  Research & Project Development;  Communications. It is anticipated that there will be an award of one cost reimbursement contract for a base period of two years. AHRQ anticipates multiple subcontracting opportunities. RFP will be available electronically on or about March 22, 2010