Contract Name: Data Analytics Supporting Healthcare (DASH) Blanket Purchase Agreement

Department/Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Contract Number: 75FCMC22A0007

Contracts General Contact: contracts_mgmt@npss-inc.com

Scope of Work: This $500M, 5-year DASH BPA contract by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to support CMS healthcare quality initiatives for the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ). CCSQ will procure services over 5 years to support their vision and mission for the development and implementation of a cohesive, CMS-wide approach to measuring and promoting healthcare quality across CMS’ strategic programs designed to ensure cost effective, high quality, accessible healthcare for the nation.

Under this contract, Next Phase will perform activities that put patients over paperwork and reduce burden on healthcare providers through the following tasks:

Task Area 1 – Data Management and Governance

  • Centralized Data Repository (CDR) Support
  • CCSQ Cloud-based Analytics Platform (CAP) Support
  • Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) Strategy Support
  • Enterprise Data Architecture Management
  • Data Governance Support

Task Area 2 – Data Reporting and Analytics

  • CCSQ BI Strategy Development & Support
  • CCSQ Business Requirements Analysis & Evaluation Support
  • CCSQ Data Analysis and Reporting Services Support
  • Independent Data Validation Support
  • Text Analytics and Natural Language Processing Support
  • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Support

Task Area 3 – Coaching and Support Services

  • Subject Matter Expertise Support
  • Data and Analytics Coaching Services
  • Electronic or Class-Based Training Program Support
  • Analytic Tool Demonstrations
  • Training & Collaboration Repository Support
  • Data and Analytic Communications Services
  • CCSQ Data and Analytics Community of Practice (COP) Support

Accessible version of the DASH BPA [PDF – 174 KB]