Consulting RFP Bidder Information

Sat, Feb 3, 2007.  LouHIE is seeking a consulting group to develop a business plan reflecting our community's goal to develop a community-wide consumer-driven health record bank. 

To explore this opportunity, you can do this following:  

1.  Review the RFP plus supporting materials (below).

2.  Attend a consultant teleconference this Tuesday 2-6-07 or Wednesday 2-7-07.

3.  Register in the LouHIE Consultant RFP Bidders space.  This will allow us to communicate with all bidders through our collaboration system.  Note:  each individual wishing to receive notifications will need to register separately. If you received an e-mail with the pre-register invite, you can use the key at the bottom of the e-mail to facilitate the process.  Click here to register.

4.  Send a letter of interest (due 2-12-07 via e-mail).  Please provide in your letter:

• Your team's interest, availability and qualifications as a prime contractor.  In your letter you should also describe any current relationships which could represent a conflict of interest, and how you will manage the conflict to maintain objectivity.  An example of a conflict would be involvement with a potential sub-contractor or supplier of e-health or health record banking services or technologies to LouHIE. 
• Your interest in being considered as a sub-contractor on another team's proposal.  Qualified experts living in the Louisville area, or with prior experience working with LouHIE, are encouraged to offer themselves as sub-contractors.  Expression of interest in sub-contracting will not effect LouHIE's consideration of you as a prime contractor.  Names of potential sub-contractors will be shared on 2-13-07 with prime-contractors who LouHIE invites to submit a full proposal. 

Here are documents to review:   

• Consultant RFP
• Supporting Documents
  • LouHIE Overview (vision, mission,  organizational structure, etc.)
  • PowerPoint Presentation of LouHIE Model/Vision. 
  • UofL Research Report on Governance and Management of HIEs.PDF
  • LouHIE Organizational Structure (3-19-06).pdf
  • LouHIE board BYLAWS
  • LouHIE History
  • RFP for Louisville eHealthTrust Operations Feb 2006 (pdf)
  • Documents on health record banking in LouHIE Library
  • WA HCA HII Report on health record banking v2.5.pdf
  • Open Health IT Letter of Shared Opportunity January 23, 2007

Here is a schedule of events: 

Date	Item
Tue 2-6-07	Bidders teleconference 11:00 AM EST.  Dial-in Number: 1-641-297-5900 Participant Access Code: 71083
Wed 2-7-07	Bidders teleconference  11:00 AM EST.   Dial-in Number: 1-641-297-5900 Participant Access Code: 56717
2-9-07	Bidders teleconference  2:00 PM EST.   Dial-in Number: 1-641-297-5900 Participant Access Code: 83563
2-12-07	Letters of interest due from potential consultants.  LouHIE selects potential consultants to submit an RFP.
Mon 2-26-07	Consultant Proposals due
Fri 3-7-07	LouHIE awards contract.
Fri 5-7-07	Final business plan due

Your main point of contact will be Judah Thornewill, LouHIE's Acting Executive Director.   Contact information is provided in the RFP.