The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a $98 million, multiple-award, total small business set-aside Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract called the Consumer Research and Communication IV (CRC IV) to provide consumer research and communication services. The prime contractor, Alan S. Newman Associates, Inc. (doing business as Alan S Newman Associates Inc.), is a full-service market research firm that has received numerous prime contract awards from CMS to conduct qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method research to support CMS's communications, outreach, and education programs targeting Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, providers, and related audiences.
Under the CRC IV IDIQ, CMS has awarded two delivery orders to Alan S. Newman Associates, Inc. The first is a $2,999,721 time and materials contract to conduct research to support communications for a nursing home staffing campaign. The second is a $7.9 million time and materials contract to establish and manage a Medicare beneficiary respondent panel for qualitative and quantitative research over 5 years in North Chesterfield, Virginia. The IDIQ's scope covers audience research, message and material development, website usability testing, and evaluation of communication strategies to support CMS's outreach, education, and communication efforts.
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