Solicitation Number: 36C24520Q0192
“This is a request for information/sources sought notice in order to identify sources that have the resources and capabilities to provide data abstraction and database management services for the Veterans Health Administration Post-Deployment Health Services (PDHS) office.”
“The Department of Defense’s Military Working Dogs Veterinary Service (DODMWDVS) will provide information from the military working dog (MWD) records, to include, but not limited to, clinical encounters, demographics, military service information, laboratory and pathology results, and the Permanent Change of Station/Temporary Duty information for each MWD selected. These records may exist in both electronic and hardcopy, paper form.”
“The Contractor will produce scanned PDFs of all paper records. The Contractor will then abstract specific data from the military working dog records; these data will be: 1) missing data on current dogs in the database and, potentially, 2) data on deceased dogs that are not currently represented in the database. Monthly samples of abstracted data and their corresponding electronic files will be provided to the PDHS/APHC for review of accuracy and validation. Army Public Health Center (APHC) will provide the database that will be populated with the DODMWDVS records data. The Contractor will add abstracted data from the records to the database. The Contractor will also perform updates to the coding of the database to improve functionality and usability as appropriate. The Contractor shall provide the personnel and management necessary to support the transfer of data from the DODMWDVS to APHC via PDHS (who has an active research protocol with DODMWDVS), and subsequent abstraction and management through the use of a Microsoft Access database. APHC will provide equipment, a workstation, and onsite support for both members of the contract team. PDHS will oversee all aspects of the contract and will receive an export of the final database upon completion of the services.”
