Notice ID: 36C24522C0117
“The Veterans Health Administration, hereby formally announces the intent to award a sole source firm fixed price contract on a sole source basis to APEX DATA SOLUTIONS LLC . The proposed contract action is for services for which the VA intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 1901, as implemented by FAR 13.501(a).”
“Description of Supplies/Services Required to Meet the Agency’s Needs: The VA often relies on the services of other third party providers to expedite services to Veterans. These third party providers are part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) National Provider Identifier (NPI) record database. The proposed action is to test and evaluate as part of a post NAII AI Tech Sprint pilot study, an Apex previously developed proprietary technological solution to a critical problem (noted by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a recent VA audits), a problem area of healthcare data interoperability that is out of sync (not kept current). The Apex solution may be scaled to address other enterprise healthcare data interoperability problem areas in VA as well. Specifically, Apex will implement a technical framework, which will enable both the VA and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to more efficiently update and manage the Provider data supporting their respective internal Master Provider Directories…”
“This proposed action will provide the VA with the tools necessary to make this data more consumable by internal VA customers. As part of the proposed action, Apex will ensure that all targeted provider data will be compliant with the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Specification, which is a standard for exchanging healthcare information electronically. The Period of Performance (POP) is 12 months. The total estimated value of the proposed action is $928,000…”
