Optum Labsview on SAM.gov

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Overdose Prevention, Health Systems and Research Branch intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order to Optum Labs Topaz, Inc., 11000 Optum Cir., Eden Praire, MN 55344-2503. Under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The overarching project objective is to study changes in opioid prescribing rate across the U.S. for various diagnoses and procedures, i.e., pain indications, to study patterns of utilization of medications for OUD. Independently, and not as an agent of the Government, the contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel and services, and otherwise do all the things necessary for the performance of the work as described in the performance work statement. SECTION 4 – TASKS TO BE PERFORMED Task 1: Set-up OptumLabs Data Warehouse (OLDW) Research Sandbox for CDC/Researchers The contractor shall provide access for according to the contractor's regular policies and procedures. The contractor shall provide two researchers from CDC access to and use of one Research Sandbox containing the Unified View. This de-identified OLDW research view shall contain commercial claims data including Medicare Advantage and EMR data. Software. The software licensed by the contractor to CDC in accordance with this Task 1 shall include any software tools incorporated into or accompanying a Research Sandbox, including updates made from time to time by OptumLabs in its sole discretion (the “Software”). OptumLabs shall host the Software in the Research Sandbox for use as permitted herein. To the extent OptumLabs provides maintenance Services for the software, such Services shall be included with the use of the Software, unless otherwise stated herein, at no charge. The Research Sandbox shall utilize a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) which is loaded with these non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, limited licenses to: Internet Explorer Chrome DbVisualizer Microsoft Office Microsoft Notepad ++ The Research Sandbox shall also include certain software from Stata and SAS, pending current license numbers to be provided from CDC that is licensed to be used in the Research Sandbox VDI. CDC shall maintain valid licenses for Stata and SAS and grant the required licenses to OptumLabs. CDC shall use the Stata and SAS in the Research Sandbox consistent with the terms and conditions of its licenses with Stata and SAS Institute, Inc. The Research Sandbox shall also include a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, limited license to access and use the OptumLabs Library of Artifacts. Access to the Research Sandbox is only to be obtained through secure access from locations in the Territory. The contractor shall provide usernames and passwords for the three approved users to ac…