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This document outlines the requirements for an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract to provide analytic support and technical assistance to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The contractor shall support all aspects of model design, implementation and operations with the exception of information technology work. Additional requirements include conducting programmatic, technical and environmental analyses; assisting with application development and review; monitoring model sites and participants; designing and carrying out surveys and data collection; obtaining and analyzing Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP data as well as private payer data to support model design, operations and evaluations; reporting on formative and summative analyses; providing rapid cycle evaluation feedback; and implementing learning systems to support accelerated learning and improvement and dissemination of best practices. The contract notice was issued by the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on November 20, 2018 for the Research, Measurement, Assessment, Design, and Analysis 2 contract.