Metal Sludge Gossip Board

The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Acquisition Management, Contracts and Grants is issuing a Sources Sought to identify industry suggestions and best practices regarding a social media analytic tool.

The Government does not intend to award a contract for any supply or service on the basis of this request or to otherwise pay for this response.

In this role, Fusion utilizes both traditional and non-traditional forms of data collection to inform and enhance situational awareness.

To meet our requirements, products should have the following attributes:
1. Access to full Twitter firehose.
5. Access to multiple account log-ins.
10. Ability to filter out or remove retweets from search return.

Additional attributes that we would find useful (optional):
3. Ability to export full data into excel or another spreadsheet program.

DEMONSTRATION: Scenarios of how we would utilize this tool:
1. In the midst of an event we want to know when hospitals and/or nursing homes are evacuating patients. Please demonstrate how your tool can be used to both find and visualize this kind of information. Focus on the time period of Superstorm Sandy (October 28 - November 4, 2012).
2. We conduct on-going monitoring of certain public health issues. An increase in the level of discussion on social media could indicate a new development or concern related to that issue. Please demonstrate how your tool can continually monitor and send alerts based on user-made search criteria. Focus on MERS or H7N9.