The contract is for the provision of an emergency credentialing system to support the registration, credentialing, and deployment of health professionals and volunteers in response to disasters and emergencies. The system must have various features, including the ability to register and credential health professionals, track volunteer activity and movement, and provide real-time priority messaging and notification. The contract has a term of one year, with the option to renew for up to three successive one-year periods. The total order amount is $176,040.00. Key features of the system include:
• Registration and credentialing of health professionals and volunteers
• Tracking of volunteer activity and movement
• Real-time priority messaging and notification
• Ability to add web-based links to features such as FAQs and program materials
• Ability to register actively practicing health professionals, retired health professionals, and non-medical volunteers
• Electronic verification of a health professional's license status
• Ability to generate and export an electronic data file in a secure format
• Ability to provide volunteer information to other entities under the control and authorization of the system administrator
The contract requires the vendor to provide a daily backup of the data and systems, with a minimum of 60 days of data backups maintained. The vendor must also provide a weekly copy of the data and systems backups off-site. In the event of a system failure, the vendor must provide information on how the system will be recovered, including Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).