Notice ID: 36C26022Q0398
“Description of supplies: The following are salient characteristics needed for Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center requires the procurement of the ONO Transcription Service for the Veterans Rural Health Resource Center, Portland (VRHRC-P) located at the VA Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS), Portland, OR.”
“Scope: Contractor shall provide qualitative data transcription services across the VRHRC-P portfolio. This includes projects led by the VRHRC-P center staff, as well as PI-led projects housed within the center’s portfolio. Projects may be IRB-approved research studies, clinical quality improvement initiatives or administrative efforts. The Contractor could provide qualitative transcription services for up to 20 distinct projects annually.”
“Qualitative data transcription: Contractor shall transcribe up to 6,500 minutes of VRHRC-P qualitative data from audio recordings obtained from: 1-on-1 interviews, groups interviews, group meetings and focus groups, into text-based versions. In some cases, audio files may not be professionally recorded, and audio quality may be subjective. Text-based files shall be returned in MS Word format. Text versions shall be formatted to indicate speaker identification. Data will be submitted to Contractor via a data-secure, encrypted portal and returned via the same portal. All files will be transcribed and returned in forty-eight hours or less.”