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This document contains a request for proposals for the Research, Measurement, Assessment, Design, and Analysis (RMADA) 2 Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services intends to award IDIQ contracts to provide analytic support and technical assistance for models and demonstration programs created under the Affordable Care Act, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, and other health reform legislation. Services include supporting all aspects of model design, implementation and operations except IT; conducting programmatic, technical and environmental analyses; assisting with application development and review; monitoring model sites' and participants' progress; designing and carrying out data collection; obtaining and analyzing Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP data and private payer data to support models; reporting on formative and summative analyses; providing rapid cycle evaluation feedback; implementing learning systems; and creating summative reports of annual and final program findings. The contract will provide a mechanism for CMS to meet needs and opportunities arising from new health reforms.