Specifications include, but are not limited to: managing the opt-out process and building and maintaining a Master Patient Index; performing front-end data collection and aggregation; enhancing the data with value-added elements; producing and securely transmitting fully-processed, analytic-ready extracts to the State Data Center; performing ad hoc queries against RI APCD data as needed; providing analytics in support of RI state initiatives; and assisting RI Ecosystem analysts in loading and mapping the RI APCD and other Health and Human Services Datasets into the RI Ecosystem. For this RFP, EOHHS is particularly interested in bidders that demonstrate the experience and expertise to “hit the ground running” by continuing data collection operations with minimal disruption to data submitters and by providing accurate and timely RI APCD data aggregation, analytic, and RI Ecosystem data loading optimization services.