Notice ID: 36C24421Q1228
“The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 4, intends to award a sole source, Firm-Fixed-Price Contract to DACIMA SOFTWARE INC for the provision of providing software that allows for multiple studies to adapt the software to meet specific data and project management. The software is proprietary and is currently being utilized by ongoing projects by The Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP) for research and clinical data management at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System…”
Scope of Need: Data Collection, Management and Tracking Software
The contractor will provide a comprehensive, fully-integrated and highly secure on-site web-based platform for standardized data collection, management, tracking, manipulation, project configuration, storage and export of multi-source health services research data for multiple distinct projects across a broad range of content areas and employing a variety of research designs and methods. All services must be integrated to allow for efficiency and seamless work flow. These requirements will enable VAPHS CHERP users to: (1) design data collection tools; (2) collect, enter and manage scientific research data; (3) configure and manage complicated research project work flows; (4) schedule participant visits with a system that automatically projects visits based on the project protocol, connects both calendar based and list-based views directly to project visits and forms and provides tracking of participant and visit status; (5) access real-time data and generate tailored data and tracking reports at various levels; (6) track all changes to project data and providing customizable access restrictions as well as tracking of all user access, actions and sessions; (7) link data from existing clinical and administrative databases to data collected through the contractor’s software and capture project data off line; (8) support data monitoring to ensure the protection of human research subjects and treatment efficacy data while clinical trials are ongoing; (9) support download of data for statistical analysis; (10) store data securely and in line with regulatory requirements…”
