Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH, or State) is initiating this Request for Proposal (RFP) to obtain a Contractor to provide design, development, and implementation (DDI) and maintenance and operations (M&O) services (including enhancements) for a Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Data System to support IDOH’s MCH Division and its partners. Although the State prefers a cloud-based system that leverages Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) solutions to the extent possible, the State is open to proposed solutions and recommendations from Respondents to optimally fulfill the State’s needs, as described in this RFP. The State anticipates that an 18-month DDI phase will be necessary to meet the stated requirements of this RFP. The MCH Division is currently using systems that draw data from various sources to track important health information for children and their families. IDOH uses the current systems and the data stored within them to support MCH business practices to meet the core programmatic goals of improving perinatal health and reducing infant mortality. The current systems aim to: • Consume data from multiple existing data sources • Link data sources for the purposes of connecting maternal perinatal health with birth outcomes • Allow for the referral to—and evaluation of: o Resource usage and availability o Community engagement, such as providing educational resources to: families medical students other members of the community The systems are outdated and do not provide actionable data to the MCH Division and its partners in a timely fashion. Moreover, the systems do not support all of the workflows of the MCH Division and its partners, requiring the State to develop multiple stand-alone solutions and manual work-around processes. The State has recognized the need for improvement with the current systems and, as a result, is seeking a new system through this RFP that better supports MCH business practices.
