Master Drug Database

Pursuant to the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the Contracting Officer may solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contact action deem only one source is reasonably available. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), intends to issue a sole source to: UptoDate 230 3rd Ave STE 1000 Waltham, MA 02451 Purpose: The requirement will provide necessary data to enable the MEPS staff to complete editing, imputation and matching of the MEPS Prescription Drug data obtained from the Household Component (HC) and Pharmacy Component (PC) of the MEPS. These activities prepare the data so that it can be used to produce MEPS public use files (PUFs) including the Prescribed Medicines file, the Full Year Consolidated File, and the Condition-Event Link File. The period of performance is 1 base period and 3 option periods. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government as to whether or not to compete this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested parties regarding this sole source action may contact the contract specialist, Alyssa Tornatore, [email protected] no later than the time and date specified in the posting.