40DHHS-S3339-RFP Actuarial Services.docx

Nevada State Purchasing Division Department of Administration 515 E Musser St Ste 300 Carson City, NV 89701 purchasing.nv.gov nevadaepro.com

Request for proposals 40DHHS-S3339

Release Date 05/30/2025

Solicitation number 40DHHS-S3339

Single point of contact name Heather Moon

Single point of contact email hmoon@admin.nv.gov

Single point of contact phone 775-531-3309

Soliciting agency Nevada State Purchasing Division

Contracting agency Dept. of Health & Human Services/Division of Health Care Financing and Policy

Solicitation title Actuarial Services

Deadline for submissions 07/08/2025 @ 2:00 P.M. PST

For deaf and hard of hearing, call 711 and ask the relay agency to dial the single point of contact phone number above.

This request for proposals is available at nevadaepro.com as a bid solicitation.

Table of Contents

Applicable regulations governing procurement

Statute and code. All applicable Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) and Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) documentation can be found at: www.leg.state.nv.us/law1.cfm.

Single point of contact. Vendors and their representatives shall only contact the single point of contract or use the electronic procurement system regarding this solicitation until after a notice of award (NOA) has been issued. Failure to observe this restriction may result in disqualification of a response per NAC 333.155(3).

Ethics. Prospective vendors are advised to review Nevada’s ethical standards requirements, including but not limited to NRS 281A, NRS 333.800, and NAC 333.155.

Project overview

The State of Nevada Purchasing Division on behalf of the Department of Health and Human (DHHS), Division of Health Care Financing and Policy (“the State”), solicits proposals from the most qualified vendor(s) to provide actuarial services and technical support for the State, which administers the State’s Medicaid program. As described below, the successful vendor(s) will provide actuarial services to develop and support managed care rate setting and other projects as they arise that require actuarial investigation and/or certification, in addition to technical assistance and support for Medicaid financial services, provider reimbursement methodologies, and applicable program operations.

A qualified vendor will have extensive professional experience and knowledge of actuarial sciences and principles and actuarial and financing expertise in Medicaid. This includes an understanding of Medicaid and the health care environment, specifically Medicaid managed care programs and capitation payments, where a contracted vendor or carrier assumes financial risk for the program. Vendors must demonstrate their qualifications, experience, organizational strengths and capacities and administrative preparedness to respond to the dynamic deliverables of this proposal.

Selected Vendor(s) must have the internal capacity and depth of experience necessary to support the State in managing the costs of its managed care programs and complying with federal requirements for managed care rate setting and actuarial soundness in accordance with Title XIX of the Social Security Act and subsequent regulations and guidance. This includes experience with setting actuarially-sound Medicaid managed care rates in other States with different types of managed care programs, including advising States on setting and enforcing medical loss ratios, risk mitigation strategies for managed care programs, such as risk corridors, risk adjustment, and reinsurance pools.

The State intends to select multiple actuarial services contracts for this RFP. The State reserves the right to limit the scopes of work prior to award, if deemed in the best interest of the State. The state may award each scope based on the highest scoring vendor in an effort to support various and competing actuary needs for actuarial and financial services and expert assistance and support on ad-hoc, specified work projects as assistance is needed and requested.

Selected Vendor(s) shall have the capacity to verify the data received from providers and vendors to ensure it is accurate, complete, and timely; review and analyze annual financial Statements; and prepare reports, both confidential and public, estimating the financial impact and cost benefit of the managed care service delivery models. In addition, as requested by the State staff and management, selected Vendor(s) will be required to:

Participate in communication and planning activities with carriers and stakeholders;

Deliver actuarial and financial consulting services;

Summarize findings in public facing reports for dissemination;

Complete all actuarial investigations and certifications necessary under federal law for managed care rate setting;

Attend meetings with State officials to collaborate and communicate with other State and federal agencies and legislative bodies, as needed;

Advise State officials on appropriate mechanisms for minimizing financial risks to the State with respect to the managed care programs; and Provide expert technical assistance on additional projects, including those related to sustainable financing for these programs.

There will be separate evaluations on the three scopes of work, independent of each other. The highest scoring within each scope will result in three contracts awarded.

All awarded vendors will provide services related to Ad Hoc needs of the agency. The State will seek competitive quotes among qualified vendors for a project, however documented justification for selection of a vendor for a project based on the written Statement of qualifications meets competition requirements or may be selected based on lowest cost for the project.

Background

In Nevada, Medicaid covers one in four residents with about 75 percent of enrollees served by a managed care plan. Currently, the State utilizes two managed care structures for delivering services to recipients—a mainstream managed care program for most Medicaid-eligible adults, children, and families with a fully integrated benefit set and dental benefits administrator (DBA) for Medicaid-eligible children only. On January 1, 2026, the State’s mainstream managed care program will be available Statewide to eligible recipients with five contracted managed care vendors—one of which is a new market entrant. All five contracted managed care vendors will be available to recipients in Clark County—the State’s most populous county—with four of the five vendors also be available in Washoe County. Only two of the five vendors will be available Statewide in all 17 counties.

Pending the results of the State’s 2025 legislative session, the State anticipates implementing an expansion of coverage for dental care through its DBA to adults and parents as early as July 1, 2026. The State intends to implement a third managed care program designed specifically for children with serious behavioral health needs and children in the State’s foster care program, as part of the State’s efforts to comply with a new settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to improve compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act for this child population. The goal is to have this new specialty managed care plan available for enrollment no later than January 1, 2027.

In addition to managed care programs, the State contracts with a single vendor that acts as a benefits administrator for non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT). The State NEMT Broker is responsible for Fee-for-Service (FFS) recipients Statewide and in urban Clark County and Washoe County only for Managed Care Organization recipients. In response to a State audit regarding payments to this entity, the State intends to utilize actuarial services via this RFP to also calculate and monitor the soundness of rates paid to this entity for administering NEMT benefits as further described below.

Three Actuarial Services for the Nevada Medicaid program include:

Managed Care Organization (MCO) and DBA Capitation Rate Setting (MCO-DBA)

The first actuarial services contract will be awarded to a selected vendor for the development and certification of actuarially-sound capitation rates pursuant to 42 (CFR) § 438.4 for contracted managed care vendors and the DBA. Actuarially-sound capitation rates are projected to provide for all reasonable, appropriate and attainable costs, have been developed in accordance with the standards described in 42 CFR § 438.5 and generally accepted actuarial principles and practices by actuaries who meet the qualification standards established by the American Academy of Actuaries and follow the practice standards established by the Actuarial Standards Board.

The resulting contract will be set for a contract term of five (5) years, with an option to extend the contract by up to two (2) additional years, if deemed in the best interest of the State. The MCO-DBA actuarial services contract is expected to have a no cost, three (3) month transition period from the current contractor, with actuarial services beginning January 1, 2026, in order to support the development and certification of actuarially-sound capitation rates for Plan Year 2027.

Specialty MCO for Children with Complex Behavioral Health Needs

The second actuarial services contract will be awarded to a selected vendor for the development and certification of actuarially-sound capitation rates subject to 42 (CFR) § 438.4 for the State’s new specialty MCO for children with serious behavioral health care needs and children in the State’s foster care system, with the first plan year beginning January 1, 2027. Actuarially-sound capitation rates are projected to provide for all reasonable, appropriate and attainable costs, have been developed in accordance with the standards described in 42 CFR § 438.5 and generally accepted actuarial principles and practices by actuaries who meet the qualification standards established by the American Academy of Actuaries and follow the practice standards established by the Actuarial Standards Board. MCO capitation rates for this product will be specific to the benefit design of the specialty MCO plan, which will include an integrated medical & behavioral health model with enhanced community-based services and care coordination for this child population.

The resulting contract will be set for a contract term of five (5) years, with an option to extend the contract by up to two (2) additional years, if deemed in the best interest of the State. The specialty MCO actuarial services contract will begin January 1, 2026, in order to support the development and certification of actuarially-sound capitation payment rates for Plan Year 2027.

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Rate Setting

The third actuarial services contract will be awarded to a selected Vendor for its single administrative vendor for NEMT services. To strengthen the State’s delivery system and single vendor model for Statewide FFS and Washoe and Clark Counties in managed care for NEMT services, the Division seeks an expert consultant to provide actuarial support in developing rates for NEMT vendor, review its current contract and services for NEMT, and recommend strategies for improvements in coverage including new technologies and other approaches to delivery NEMT in states with similar challenges as Nevada.

The resulting contract will be set for a contract term of five (5) years, with an option to extend the contract by up to two (2) additional years, if deemed in the best interest of the State. The NEMT actuarial services contract will begin January 1, 2026.

Resource Pool

Each vendor that receives an award under this solicitation will also receive an award to serve as a qualified vendor eligible for future contracts with the State as part of a resource pool of contracted actuarial and financial vendors that can provide Ad Hoc services to support the State activities with respect to actuarial and financial projects as requested by the State.

All requests for Ad Hoc services for the resource pool will follow the work order process defined by the State. This includes but is not limited to analysis, reports, and services as follows:

Actuarial assistance in support Medicaid financing and budget development, including the Integration of managed care rate setting and identification of industry trends in price, utilization, and management of health care services delivery and developing rates for other special populations which may be integrated into managed care during the contract period;

Technical assistance with any actuarial analysis for other services, included but not limited to waiver service rates and professional service rates;

Assistance with managed care program policies and operations as related to new and continuing state and federal initiatives that benefit the Medicaid program;

Financial and actuarial analysis and modeling needed by the State in designing and developing acute and long-term care initiatives for Medicaid in Nevada, including managed care proposals, program financing, funding strategies, budgetary fiscal analysis, and reimbursement rate setting;

Assisting with federal requests that require actuarial services to integrate and improve the delivery of health care services;

Developing payment mechanism that support actuarially-sound financing for State and providers;

Advising the State on federal and stakeholder communications, including guiding administrative negotiations with CMS, or other federal or State stakeholders on various projects and proposals; and Other actuarial-related services in support of the development and implementation of innovative or value-based financial initiatives.

Proposals submitted in response to this RFP must demonstrate the vendor’s qualifications and experience, organizational strengths and capacities, and administrative preparedness for responding to the described and evolving work requirements. Proposals must indicate the vendor’s readiness to respond successfully by describing the vendor’s organizational capacity, including staff, resources, skillsets, work approaches and problem-solving methods it would use to support work under this RFP. Professional agility, a dedication to high quality services, and cost effectiveness are all necessary characteristics for success in this in this project and will be key components used in the vendor selection process.

This RFP describes the types of services required under these resulting contracts. Through responding cost proposals, each supplier must use its actuarial and financial knowledge and expertise to assess the level of effort each project and/or services will require and offer its organization’s rates or prices accordingly.

The selected vendor(s) will be expected to comply with the rate development and documentation standards outlined in 42 CFR § part 438 for Medicaid managed care and relevant Actuarial Standards of Practice (ASOPs) as part of the obligation to develop rates and certain payment terms in accordance with generally accepted actuarial principles and practices. The Actuarial Standards Board publishes the Actuarial Standards of Practice at: https://www.actuarialstandardsboard.org/standards-of-practice/

All rates developed and documented under this proposal shall conform to the standards and documentation expectations outlined in the most recently available Medicaid Managed Care Rate Development Guide, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) through the duration of the contract period. The 2024-2025 Medicaid Managed Care Rate Development Guide can be found at: https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/managed-care/guidance/rate-review-and-rate-guides

Agency Background

The State of Nevada has a diverse population distribution. Currently, there are two urban counties (Clark and Washoe) and fifteen rural counties. As of April 2024, there were approximately 793,904 Medicaid participants, within the State, with approximately 502,505 enrolled in managed care. In addition, there were approximately 32,761 participants in the CHIP program who are enrolled in managed care.

Starting January 1, 2026, Nevada Medicaid will be expanding its Medicaid managed care program Statewide to all counties for adults, pregnant women, children and parents. The State anticipates that an additional 75,000 Nevadans in rural counties will become eligible for managed care at this time. The State released a notice of award to five health carriers for Clark County with no more than four health carriers in Washoe County. The two highest scoring health carriers on the rural components of the evaluation received contract awards for the rural counties.

The Medicaid aged, blind, and disability populations will remain fee for service in all counties in addition to the State’s home and community-based waiver populations. Children in foster care system will remain fee for service until January 1, 2027, at which time they will be enrolled into the State’s new Children’s Specialty Plan for foster care and children with serious emotional disorder.

Scope of work

See SCOPES OF WORK in Attachments tab of NEVADAePro.

Attachments

Attachments incorporated by reference. To be read and not returned.

Terms and conditions for services

Attachments for review. To be read and not returned (unless redlining).

Standard form contract Insurance schedule BAA Global DHHS August 2024 Caseload Projections with Retros DHCFP Business Continuity Agreement

Attachments for response. To be completed and returned.

Reference questionnaire Cost schedule Certification regarding lobbying

Timeline

Questions. All questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted using the bid Q&A feature at nevadaepro.com.

Timeline. The following represents the proposed timeline for this project.

All times stated are Pacific Time (PT).

These dates represent a tentative schedule of events.

The State reserves the right to modify these dates at any time.

The deadline for submissions is the nevadaepro.com bid opening date and time. Late quotes will not be accepted.

Evaluation

Evaluation and scoring are conducted in accordance with NRS 333.335 and NAC 333.160-333.165.

Responses shall be kept confidential until a contract is awarded.

In the event the solicitation is withdrawn prior to award, responses remain confidential.

The evaluation committee is an independent committee established to evaluate and score qualitative evaluation factors for the solicitation.

The State, at its option, may limit participation in cost scoring, presentations, or both to vendors above a natural break in relative scores.

Financial stability shall be scored on a pass or fail basis.

Responses shall be consistently evaluated and scored based upon the following factors and relative weights.

Cost factor. The cost factor score is based on the following equation, unless the subject solicited requires alternative scoring. The highest proposed cost from any vendor and the lowest proposed cost from any vendor will be added together to generate a combined total. For each vendor, that proposed cost will be subtracted from the previously combined total. This number is then divided by the highest proposed cost. The resulting number is multiplied by the cost factor weight to generate a weighted cost score.

Presentations. The State may require vendors to make a presentation. The State reserves the right to add additional criteria for presentations. The State reserves the right to forego presentations and select vendor(s) based on written responses submitted.

Best and final offers. Pursuant to NAC 333.165, the State reserves the right to permit revised responses or add criteria to obtain the best offers. Vendors are encouraged to submit their best offer at time of initial response.

Mandatory minimum requirements

Pursuant to NRS 333.311 a contract cannot be awarded to a response that does not comply with the requirements listed in this section. Response shall include confirmation of compliance with all mandatory minimum requirements.

Nevada Law and State indemnity. Pursuant to NRS 333.339, any contract that is entered into may not: (1) require the filing of any action or the arbitration of any dispute that arises from the contract to be instituted or heard in another state or nation; or (2) require the State to indemnify another party against liability for damages.

No Boycott of Israel. Pursuant to NRS 333.338, the State of Nevada cannot enter a contract with a company unless that company agrees for the duration of the contract not to engage in a boycott of Israel. By submitting a response, vendor agrees that if it is awarded a contract, it will not engage in a boycott of Israel as defined in NRS 333.338(3)(a).

nevadaepro.com vendor registration. Pursuant to NRS 333.313, vendor must be registered at nevadaepro.com to respond to the solicitation. Vendor information must match Nevada business license and sam.gov entity registration. Vendor information in nevadaepro.com will be used for contract formation. Email address(es) associated with general mailing address or default bid mailing address (if different from general mailing address) in nevadaepro.com will be used for formal notifications. If a vendor has a different contact name and email for negotiations, that should be indicated on the title page(s) of their response.

Nevada business license. Pursuant to NRS 353.007, prior to contract execution awarded vendor must hold a state business license pursuant to NRS chapter 76 unless exempted by NRS 76.100(7)(b). Business license must match nevadaepro.com vendor registration.

System for Award Management (sam.gov) Prior to contract award vendor must hold an active entity registration in sam.gov. Entity registration must match nevadaepro.com vendor registration.

Contract responsibility. Awarded vendor shall be the sole point of contract responsibility. The State shall look solely to the awarded vendor for the performance of all contractual obligations which may result from an award based on this solicitation, and the awarded vendor shall not be relieved for the non-performance of any or all subcontractors.

Data encryption and stateside data. State IT requires that data be encrypted in transit and in rest. State IT requires that State data assets must be maintained in the United States and data will not be held offshore.

Confidentiality and certification of indemnification

Submitted responses, which are marked confidential in their entirety, or those in which a significant portion of the submitted response is marked confidential shall not be accepted. Pursuant to NRS 333.333, only proprietary information may be labeled a trade secret as defined in NRS 600A.030(5). All proposals are confidential until the contract is awarded; at which time, both successful and unsuccessful vendor proposals become public information.

Vendors shall submit proprietary information and confidential business information in separate files, flagged as confidential in nevadaepro.com. The State shall not be responsible for any information contained within a response; responses shall be released as submitted.

By submitting a response vendor acknowledges its responsibility to act in protection of labeled information and agrees to defend and indemnify the State of Nevada for honoring such designation. Failure to so act shall constitute a complete waiver, and all submitted information shall become public information; additionally, failure to label any information that is released by the State shall constitute a complete waiver of any and all claims for damages caused by the release of the information.

Vendor certifications

Vendor understands and acknowledges that the representations within their response are material and important and shall be relied on by the State in evaluation of the response. Any vendor misrepresentations shall be treated as fraudulent concealment from the State of the true facts relating to the response.

Any and all prices that may be charged under the terms of the contract do not and shall not violate any existing federal, State, or municipal laws or regulations concerning discrimination or price fixing. Vendor agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold the State harmless from liability for any such violation.

All response terms, including prices, shall remain in effect for a minimum of 180 days after the response due date. In the case of the awarded vendor, all response terms, including prices, shall remain in effect throughout the contract term.

The price(s) and amount of this response have been arrived at independently and without consultation, communication, agreement or disclosure with or to any other contractor, vendor, or potential vendor. No attempt has been made at any time to induce any firm or person to refrain from proposing or to submit a response higher than this response, or to submit any intentionally high or noncompetitive response. All responses shall be made in good faith and without collusion.

The information included in this response has been arrived at independently and without non-public information obtained from State officials, staff, or their agents.

All employees and contractors assigned to the project are authorized to work in this country.

Vendor has a written equal opportunity policy that does not discriminate in employment practices with regard to race, color, national origin, physical condition, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, developmental disability or disability of another nature.

Vendor has a written policy regarding compliance for maintaining a drug-free workplace.

Critical items

In addition to the scope of work and attachments, the items listed in this section are critical to the success of the project. These items will be used in evaluating and scoring responses. Vendor response should address items in this section in enough detail to provide evaluators an accurate understanding of vendor capabilities. Responses that fail to sufficiently respond to these items may be considered non-responsive.

Standard form contract. The State strongly prefers vendors agree to the terms of the attached standard form contract as is. Ability to agree to contract terms is a high priority to the State. Vendors who cannot agree to the contract as is must include a redlined Word version of the attached standard form contract with their response, with comments justifying the benefit to the State for each requested change. To the extent a vendor has prior contractual dealings with the State, no assumption should be made that terms outside those provided herein have any influence on this project.

Indemnification. Required contract terms on Indemnification: "To the fullest extent permitted by law, Contractor shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend, not excluding the State’s right to participate, the State from and against all liability, claims, actions, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, arising out of any breach of the obligations of Contractor under this contract, or any alleged negligent or willful acts or omissions of Contractor, its officers, employees and agents. Contractor’s obligation to indemnify the State shall apply in all cases except for claims arising solely from the State’s own negligence or willful misconduct. Contractor waives any rights of subrogation against the State. Contractor’s duty to defend begins when the State requests defense of any claim arising from this Contract."

Limited liability. Required contract terms on Limited Liability: "The State will not waive and intends to assert available NRS Chapter 41 liability limitations in all cases. Contract liability of both parties shall not be subject to punitive damages. Damages for any State breach shall never exceed the amount of funds appropriated for payment under this Contract, but not yet paid to Contractor, for the Fiscal Year budget in existence at the time of the breach. Contractor’s tort liability shall not be limited."

Insurance schedule. The State strongly prefers vendors agree to the terms of the attached insurance schedule as is. Vendors who cannot agree must explain which areas are causing non-compliance and attach a redline if necessary. Awarded vendor shall maintain, for the duration of the contract, insurance coverages as set forth in the fully executed contract. Work on the contract shall not begin until after the awarded vendor has submitted acceptable evidence of required insurance. Failure to maintain any required insurance coverage or acceptable alternative method of insurance shall be deemed a breach of contract.

Vendor background

Vendor will provide a statement within their response attesting that they do not have any conflicts of interest with the buyer's operations that would cloud their ability to provide unbiased services.

Provide a background, history, and why vendor is qualified to provide the services described in this solicitation. Background should include, at a minimum, the location(s) of the office(s) that would perform the work and the number of employees locally and in total. History should include, at a minimum, the number of years in business and company headquarters location. Provide a brief description of the length of time vendor has been providing services described in this solicitation to the public or private sector. If your company has worked with the State previously, include information about those engagements.

Key personnel. Provide a resume free of photos or overly stylized formatting for proposed key personnel, whether employed directly or through a subcontractor.

Current or former employees. If you employ (a) any person who is a current employee of an agency of the State of Nevada, or (b) any person who has been an employee of an agency of the State of Nevada within the past two (2) years, and if such person shall be performing or producing the services which you shall be contracted to provide under this contract, you shall disclose the identity of each such person in your response, and specify the services that each person shall be expected to perform.

Exclusions. All conditions and provisions of this solicitation are deemed to be accepted by the vendor and incorporated by reference in the response, except such conditions and provisions that the vendor expressly excludes in the response. Any exclusion shall be in writing and included in the response at the time of submission.

Subcontractors

Subcontractors are defined as a third party, not directly employed by the contractor, who shall provide services identified in this solicitation. This does not include third parties who provide support or incidental services to the contractor.

Vendor shall disclose all proposed subcontractors. Response should include a vendor information response form for each proposed subcontractor.

Vendor shall not allow any subcontractor to commence work until all insurance required of the subcontractor is provided to the vendor.

Vendor shall certify that subcontractors comply with mandatory minimum requirements except contract responsibility.

Vendor response shall identify specific requirements of the project for which each subcontractor shall perform services.

How the work of any subcontractor(s) shall be supervised How channels of communication shall be maintained How compliance with contracts terms and conditions will be assured Previous experience with subcontractor(s)

Confidential business information

The information requested in this section is designated as confidential business information by the Administrator pursuant to NRS 333.020(5)(b) and is not public information pursuant to NRS 333.333.

This information should be submitted as a separate attachment, flagged as confidential in nevadaepro.com.

Dun and Bradstreet number. Vendor shall provide their Dun and Bradstreet Number.

Disclosure. Vendor shall provide complete disclosure of any alleged significant prior or ongoing contract failures, contract breaches, any civil or criminal litigation or investigations pending which involves the vendor or in which the vendor has been judged guilty or liable.

Conflict of interest. Vendor shall disclose any existing or potential conflict of interest relative to the performance of the contractual services resulting from this solicitation. Any such relationship that might be perceived or represented as a conflict shall be disclosed. By submitting a response in response to this solicitation, vendors affirm that they have not given, nor intend to give at any time hereafter, any economic opportunity, future employment, gift, loan, gratuity, special discount, trip, favor, or service to a public servant or any employee or representative of same, in connection with this procurement. Any attempt to intentionally or unintentionally conceal or obfuscate a conflict of interest shall result in disqualification of a vendor response. An award shall not be made where a conflict of interest exists. The State shall determine whether a conflict of interest exists and whether it may reflect negatively on State vendor selection. The State reserves the right to disqualify any vendor on the grounds of actual or apparent conflict of interest.

Client references

Vendor may be asked to provide reference questionnaire attachment to client references from similar projects performed for private or public sector clients within the last five years.

The single point of contact may receive up to three complete reference questionnaire documents directly from the client references via email, if determined to be required for evaluation of the work solicited.

The purpose of these references is to document relevant experience and aid in the evaluation process.

Reference questionnaire will not be accepted directly from proposing vendors.

Client references are not to be requested from the contracting agency.

The State will not disclose client references, but may confirm the quantity of reference questionnaires received.

The State reserves the right to contact client references during evaluation or negotiations.

Submission checklist

This section identifies documents that vendors shall submit to be considered responsive. Vendors are encouraged to review all requirements to ensure all requested information is included in their response.

This is a general request for most solicitations. There may be additional instructions within the body of the solicitation that require scope specific response documents. Vendors are encouraged to thoroughly review all requirements.

Responses must be submitted as a quote through nevadaepro.com.

Vendors are encouraged to submit a single file attachment per section where possible.

Technical proposal information and cost proposal information shall not be included in the same attachment.

Cost proposal attachment needs to not be flagged as confidential in nevadaepro.com.

Additional attachments may be included, but are discouraged and should be kept to a minimum.

Technical proposal

Title page Table of contents Signed certification regarding lobbying Response to mandatory minimum requirements Response to critical items Response to scope of work Other informational material

Proprietary information. If necessary. Attachment should be flagged confidential in nevadaepro.com.

Title page Table of contents Trade secret information, cross referenced to the technical proposal (alternatively, a redacted technical proposal and a full confidential technical proposal can be submitted)

Cost proposal

Confidential business information. Attachment should be flagged confidential in nevadaepro.com.

Other attachments. If necessary, not recommended.

Client references. Not submitted directly by vendor.

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