Massachusett Dept of Health Data Files

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to award a contract to Massachusetts Dept of Public Health, 250 Washington St., 6th Fl., Boston, MA 02108. The Government intends to contract to expand the linkage project in the state of Massachusetts to include linkage with the birth defects registries and linking both mothers and children to the cancer registry with CDC's ART data files and the hospital vital records data linkage activities. The contract type is anticipated to be fixed price. The period of performance is anticipated to be 24 months. The reason for lack of competition is that Massachusetts Dept. of Health is the only organization will allow CDC to track Massachusetts ART births over time in order to assess trends in the number of infants conceived with ART, the potential adverse ART-associated health risks, and the trends in the impact of ART on adverse maternal and child health outcomes. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however, any firm that believes it is capable of meeting, or exceeding the requirement as stated herein may submit a capabilities statement detailing their capability to include past performance information, which will be considered only if received by response deadline contained in this notice. Email capability statements by the deadline to Priscilla B. Turner [email protected] . A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.