SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Consulting for Expanded Annual CMS Report to Congress - Statement of Work
- Notice Date
- 3/18/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Acquisition and Grants Management, 7500 Security Blvd., C2-21-15, Baltimore, Maryland, 21244-1850
- ZIP Code
- 21244-1850
- Solicitation Number
- 221-9-3086-02
- Archive Date
- 4/17/2009
- Point of Contact
- Phillip Harrell,, Phone: 410-786-8635, Louis P. Anderson,, Phone: 410-786-5564
- E-Mail Address
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phillip.harrell@cms.hhs.gov, Louis.Anderson@cms.hhs.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Technical Evaluation Criteria for Consulting on Expanded Annual CMS Report to Congress Statement of Work for Expanded Annual CMS Report to Congress Consulting for Expanded Annual CMS Report to Congress Reference# 221-9-3086-02 This is a Request for Quotation prepared in accordance with FAR Part 13, as supplemented with additional information included with this notice. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; A SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services intends to award using Simplified Acquisition Procedures, a fixed priced purchase order at a fixed labor rate for consulting services to assist CMS with the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) mandate to expand the annual CMS report to Congress. A purchase order award will be made within (5) business days after the response due date of this notice. The period of performance will be April 13, 2009 thru September 24, 2009. The estimated level of effort for this procurement is 292 hours. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 541690. The labor category is Professional- Senior Analyst. The purpose of this procurement is to acquire the services of a consultant with expertise, knowledge, and experience with public reporting on the performance of health care organizations, analysis and summary of a variety of data sets and performance measures, and the development, writing and editing of complex, high level governmental documents and reports. The work is expected to be completed at the contractor’s worksite unless otherwise specified by CMS. A Statement of Work and Deliverables are attached. This Request for Quotes (RFQ) is being set aside for small business concerns. Responses must be sent electronically in MS Word format to phillip.harrell@cms.hhs.gov and in hard copy no later than 11:00am on April 2, 2009 to Phillip Harrell or Louis Anderson, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Management, Mailstop C2-21-15, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21244. Responses shall be no more than five pages and shall include the following: 1) Contractor’s plan to perform the Statement of Work; 2) Past performance information - relevant experience to perform the required services; and 3) fully loaded labor rate and anticipated hours. All responses will be evaluated on a best value basis using the attached 1) Technical Evaluation Criteria; 2) Past performance; and 3) Price – the amount for the base year. The government intends to award an order to the responsible offeror whose quotation offers the best combination of technical capabilities and proposed price; the best value (considering price and other factors). All responses/quotes submitted shall remain valid for a period of 180 days. For the purpose of establishing timely receipt of a quotation, the time will be established based upon the hard copy submission. Offerors are advised that CMS is a secured facility and therefore, offerors should allow time to obtain the appropriate security clearances (e.g., parking pass, visitor badge, etc…). Vendors are also advised that the CMS mailroom accepts only U.S. Postal Service mail. When utilizing an overnight carrier, you are cautioned that you must allow time for the proposal to be delivered to the exact mail stop noted above by the carrier by the time specified in this RFQ. Interested parties must be able to affirm no conflicts of interest with parties involved in Medicare claims processing in light of the work identified in this Statement of Work. In the event that the vendor/government identifies a conflict or the appearance of a conflict, the vendor shall be responsible for providing a mitigation strategy that satisfies the government. In the event that the conflict cannot be resolved, the order cannot be awarded or an existing order may need to be terminated.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 7500 Security Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland, 21244, United States
- Zip Code: 21244
- Zip Code: 21244
- Record
- SN01772009-W 20090320/090318215946-6df5f864b068ca0e19285954163e5647 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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