AOSEPP IDIQ Anticipated Tasks: This document will inform current and possible future IDIQ holders of future task orders in the pipeline and allow them to plan resources accordingly.

Clinical Engagement

The purpose of the work described in this task order is to produce the knowledge and tools needed to close the collaborative gap between research teams and the clinicians practicing at locations where research is conducted. This task order will also support PCORI in taking a leadership role in preparing both study personnel and clinical personnel for mutually-beneficial engaged research, dissemination strategies, and incorporating research results into clinical practice.

Through this task order, the contractor is expected to:

- Conduct an environmental scan to identify existing materials aimed at helping clinicians partner with clinical researchers
- Compile a list of the different types of healthcare facilities and identify key operational issues relevant to designing and integrating a study
- Gather perspectives of different professional and clinical practice areas as they pertain to the needs for engaged research
- Supply PCORI with a list of recommendations for using these findings.

• Request for Proposal Released: June 11, 2018
• Deadline for Questions: June 21, 2018
• Deadline for Proposals: July 2, 2018
• Projected Award Date: July 16, 2018
• Projected Start Date: July 23, 2018
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Mentor Training Environment Scan

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) envisions a comprehensive environmental scan and literature review that focuses on the following:

- The review and assessment of existing research reviewing training methods, modalities, and outcomes.
- The review and assessment of internal resources used to support the review of scientific research for patients and stakeholders.
- Assessment of current peer-to-peer mentoring models and preparedness for such a role in relation to the support of a research reviewing body.
- Targeted recommendations for the improvement of the Merit Review Mentor Program training including multiple options for training products.

• Request for Proposal Released: April 27, 2018
• Deadline for Questions: May 4, 2018
• Deadline for Proposals: May 18, 2018
• Projected Award Date: June 1, 2018
• Projected Start Date: June 18, 2018
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Pipeline to Proposal (P2P) Awards program

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is seeking contractors to enter into an agreement to provide an analysis of the Pipeline to Proposal (P2P) Awards program. The contractor shall provide the following types of professional services/support:

- Analyze the P2P program portfolio to assess work and progress from a process and outcome perspective.
- Provide standardized, systematic data collection/evaluative measures for programmatic assessment.
- Assess patient/stakeholder engagement within and across the portfolio of projects funded by the P2P program.
- Develop a project coding taxonomy to assist in reporting on the P2P program portfolio.
- Author a final summary describing overall effort and high-level recommendations for concluding the current P2P program and for possibly reconstituting the program in the future.

• Request for Proposal Released: April 9, 2018
• Deadline for Questions: April 16, 2018
• Deadline for Proposals: May 11, 2018
• Projected Award Date: May 30, 2018
• Projected Start Date: June 11, 2018
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• Responses to Questions
  • LEAP Survey Tool
  • LEAP Tier I Cycle 2 Survey
  • LEAP Tier II Participant Survey