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Bemidji MN 56601 2225 Cooperative Ct NW, Rm 200 Indian Health Service

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MARY SIMON

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Utilization Management Review System for the Red Lake Service Unit and the Cass Lake Service Unit IAW attached Scope of Work

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75H70526Q00026

UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT REVIEW

SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

Contract Administration: All contract administration matters will be handled by the following individuals:

CONTRACTOR NAME AND ADDRESS:

EIN/TIN#____________

UIE SAMS#__________

CAGE#______________

NAME:______________

TELEPHONE:________

EMAIL: _____________

DELIVERY ADDRESS:

Red Lake Service Unit Cass Lake Service Unit 24760 Hospital Drive 425 7TH Street NW

RED LAKE, MN 56671 CASS LAKE, MN 56633

CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION: All required information must be in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov.

GOVERNMENT:

Mary Simon Indian Health Service 2225 Cooperative Ct NW, Rm 202 Bemidji, MN 56601 mary.simon2@IHS.Gov

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code: 513210 Software Publisher PSC: DH10 IT and Telecom-Platform as a Service

CONTRACT TYPE: Firm-Fixed Price

INVOICES: In accordance with the Prompt Payment Act, payment will be due 15 days after receipt of services or receipt of a proper invoice, whichever is later.

INVOICE INSTRUCTIONS:

mailto:mary.simon2@IHS.Gov

Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP).

"Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice:

- A copy of the Contractor's invoice shall be included with the IPP invoice. If no invoice is attached, the Invoice will be rejected;

- Contractor's Invoice shall contain:

* Contract number

* SAM's Registration - Unique Identity Number (UEI Number)

* EIN or Tax ID Number

* List of deliverables;

- Timesheets if applicable - Number of hours worked with corresponding labor category and rate

HHSAR 352.232-71 Electronic Submission of Invoice Payment Requests (Feb 2022)

(a) Definitions.

Payment request means a bill, voucher, invoice, or request for contract financing payment with associated supporting documentation. The payment request must comply with the requirements identified in FAR 32.905(b), "Content of Invoices" and the applicable Payment clause included in this contract.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this clause, the Contractor shall submit payment requests electronically using the Department of Treasury Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) or successor system. Information regarding IPP, including IPP Customer Support contact information, is available at www.ipp.gov or any successor site.

(c) The Contractor may submit payment requests using other than IPP only when the Contracting Officer authorizes alternate procedures in writing in accordance with HHS procedures.

(d) If alternate payment procedures are authorized, the Contractor shall include a copy of the Contracting Officer's written authorization with each payment request.

Unless otherwise agreed to by the contracting officer per HHSAR 352.232-71(c), the use of IPP shall take precedence over previously established invoicing procedures.

Improperly prepared invoices or statements shall be returned to the contractor and may delay payment.

BID SCHEDULE: BASE PLUS 2 OPTION YEARS

BASE YEAR:

ITEM NO. PRODUCT BASIS TYPE BASIS COUNT MONTHLY

FEE BASED

ON 12

MONTHS OF

SERVICE

TOTAL

ANNUAL

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0001 Utilization Management Review Systems for the

RLSU

Beds at the

RLSU

8 beds

0002 Utilization Management Review Systems for the

CLSU

Beds at the

CLSU

8 beds

OPTION YEAR ONE:

ITEM NO. PRODUCT BASIS TYPE BASIS COUNT MONTHLY

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ON 12

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SERVICE

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0003 Utilization Management Review Systems for the

RLSU

Beds at the

RLSU

8 beds

0004 Utilization Management Review Systems for the

CLSU

Beds at the

CLSU

8 beds

OPTION YEAR TWO:

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SERVICE

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0005 Utilization Management Review Systems for the

RLSU

Beds at the

RLSU

8 beds

0006 Utilization Management Review Systems for the

CLSU

Beds at the

CLSU

8 beds

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Option Year 1: $ Option Year 2: $

TOTAL: $

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

Indian Health Service Bemidji Area

Utilization Management Review

1. BACKGROUND

The Cass Lake Indian Health Service Unit and Red Lake Hospital are part of the Bemidji Area Indian Health Service (BEM-IHS), which provides health care to American Indian and Alaska Native people across Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. These service units play a critical role in advancing the mission of the Indian Health Service by delivering comprehensive, accessible, and culturally responsive health care to the communities they serve.

Cass Lake Indian Health Service Unit (CLIHS) The Cass Lake Indian Health Service Unit is certified by the Minnesota Department of Health as a Level 3 Health Care Home, reflecting its commitment to patient and family centered care, rigorous quality standards, and team-based primary care. The Service Unit operates a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) with a 10-bed inpatient unit, 24/7 Emergency Care, and an Outpatient Ambulatory Care Clinic offering Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Laboratory, Radiology, Rehabilitation, Audiology, Podiatry, and Optometry services. This CAH Community Needs Assessment indicates potential expansion for Skilled-Nursing (SNF), swing-bed, or hospice-like services.

Red Lake Indian Health Service Unit (RLIHS) The Red Lake Hospital, located in northern Minnesota, is an acute care facility that operates a 15-bed inpatient unit, a robust emergency department, and a wide range of ambulatory care services, including Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, OB/GYN, Optometry, Physical Therapy, Behavioral Health, Dental, Pharmacy, Laboratory and Radiology. Specialty care is also available in areas such as Nephrology, foot care, and surgery, helping patients access services closer to home. Red Lake Hospital also operates one satellite clinic, the Ponemah Health Center, which extends primary and specialty care to additional communities within its service area.

Both Red Lake Hospital and Cass Lake Hospital are accredited by The Joint Commission, demonstrating their shared commitment to delivering safe, high-quality care to the Native communities they serve.

2. PURPOSE

The contract will consist of a base year and two option years on a firm-fixed-price basis. The contractor will provide the Cass Lake Indian Health Service (CLIHS) and Red Lake Indian Health Service (RLIHS) with software platform that supports data collection for utilization management, enhancing patient safety in hospital inpatient units, and defining admission criteria and length-of-stay standards. The contract will provide access via web for inpatient and post-surgical care (recovery), ambulatory care, chronic care, patient information, multiple condition management, for case management standalone admission support as well as transitions of care. The admission criteria (medical necessity, level of care, anticipated length of stay, readmission risk, etc) are necessary to help the Utilization staff and BEM-IHS clinical staff ensure that inpatient admissions meet the appropriate requirements. A standardized utilization management review process must be implemented across CLIHS and RLIHS for continuity of care. With this contract, there will be improved safety, quality of care, evidence-based information and consistent clinical decisions, proactive care management and discharge planning, and best practices for patients with multiple morbidities and extended stays. This project emphasizes utilization management software as a clinical decision support tool.

3. REQUIREMENTS/TASKS

A. Admission and Length-of-Stay Standards: The contractor shall provide adaptive software as a system solution that provides individualized case-based patient determination to elicit specific admission criteria (medical necessity, level of care, anticipated length of stay, readmission risk, etc) and anticipated length-of-stay to support compliance with Medicare and Medicaid billing requirements.

System should be interactive, iterative, and support a concurrent review workflow.

B. Web-Based Services: The contractor shall provide secure, web-based services accessible to authorized users at CLIHS and RLIHS.

C. Medical Necessity Documentation: The contractor shall provide an intuitive, easy-to-learn workflow that enables care managers to document care decisions efficiently using the latest clinical evidence, thereby establishing medical necessity. Workflows include prospective, concurrent, and retrospective utilization reviews.

D. Readmission Reduction: The contractor shall include evidence-based tools and functionality for readmission risk assessment, automated alerts, and reporting to identify and reduce preventable readmissions.

E. Length-of-Stay Optimization: The contractor shall identify risk factors contributing to extended stays and shall provide analytics and tools to address avoidable variances from optimal care pathways as outlined in applicable clinical guidelines.

F. Case Manager Productivity: The contractor shall enhance case manager productivity by facilitating rapid documentation within the medical record and enabling prioritization of patients based on risk level and other defined criteria.

G. The software platform shall allow users to evaluate clinical criteria for the following:

• Inpatient and surgical care

• General recovery patient care

• Medicare compliance and standards

• Evaluation of discharge planning

• Evaluate ambulatory surgical services for appropriateness of setting

• Determine appropriate transition of care to rehabilitation care services, subacute services, and skilled nursing services.

• Evaluate substance use disorders and appropriate transition of care.

• Retrospective evaluation of risk management and quality care delivery evaluation.

H. The criteria must utilize evidence-based clinical criteria as the foundation of establishing “medical necessity,” must include the source documentation in the criteria, and must incorporate standards of care in the recommended treatment modalities.

I. The software platform shall produce various utilization review reports to include:

• Variance days

• Medical necessity met

• Observation

• Others consistent with UR conditions of participation

• Admission and continued stay review

• LOS management

• Drill-down reports for by requested age groups (geriatrics, pediatrics, etc) to meet specified key performance indicators

J. The contractor shall provide a non-transferable software platform for CLIHS and RLIHS, simultaneously, to use in the utilization review software platform. This will be used to determine the medical necessity of inpatient admissions, continued inpatient stays, evaluation of the discharge plan, to determine observation status and to evaluate the appropriateness of ambulatory surgical procedures through standard report options, not custom queries.

K. The contractor shall ensure CLIHS & RLIHS are provided with the most current and up-to-date evidence-based clinical criteria software platform as it becomes available throughout the life of the contract.

L. The contractor shall provide a length-of-stay application and reports with the software platform for CLIHS & RLIHS’s utilization review programs.

M. The contractor shall provide initial onsite training and additional other training courses that are designed to familiarize end-users with the use utilization management review system platform.

Ideally, these training modules shall be self-paced to accommodate the end-users' schedules.

N. To utilize the software platform the user shall be able to enter diagnosis and/or procedure codes to obtain functionality of software platform.

O. The contractor will not access, manage or control Protected Health Information (PHI) or other Personally Identifiable Information (PII). No PHI/PII shall be required to utilize the software platform features.

4. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum system uptime/availability.

• Each user shall be required to have a username and password to access the system.

• Maximum response and resolution times for technical support.

• Performance standards for processing speed or query response times.

• Requirements for customizable reports, dashboards, and exportable data formats (CSV, Excel, PDF).

• Ability to generate compliance reports for CMS audits.

• Define frequency and scope of required utilization review reports beyond the standard ones listed (e.g., monthly summary, quarterly performance metrics).

5. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

Assign a dedicated Project Manager to support implementation.

Require the contractor to provide a detailed implementation schedule (installation, configuration, training, go-live).

Provide role-based training.

6. WORK SCHEDULE

Service/ access availability shall be continuous 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.

7. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, AND PROPERTY

Operating systems and other software and hardware requirements for License of Personal Computer (PC) format:

• The system will be accessible from every computer within CLIHS and RLIHS.

• The system requires the use of Microsoft Windows operating system.

• The contractor does not furnish the operating system under this agreement.

8. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, AND PROPERTY

• The contractor will provide access over the internet.

• The system shall be accessible via a designated site provided by the contractor that is password protected and secured.

• All upgrades will be made available to the government during the term of this agreement at no additional cost.

• The contractor will provide specific information on the system requirements (software application requirements).

• The contractor will provide the specific URL that describes system requirements and verifies system compatibility.

• Contractor shall notify the government within 30 days of any changes made to system.

9. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Cass Lake Service Unit Indian Health Service 425 7th St NW Cass Lake, MN 56633

Red Lake Service Unit

Indian Health Service 24760 Hospital Rd Red Lake, MN 56671

10. QUALITY ASSURANCE

Information Technology will monitor the contractor’s system on a monthly basis and provide feedback to contractor.

11. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS CRITERIA

The contractor shall have the applicable licenses from the appropriate licensing agency to perform the work required.

12. CHARACTER INVESTIGATION FOR CONTRACTORS WHO WILL HAVE CONTACT WITH INDIAN CHILDREN The contractor will not have contact with Native American and Alaska Native children

13. COMPLIANCE WITH IHS RULES AND REGULATIONS

The contractor is required to comply with any Indian Health Service rules and regulations that pertain to the performance of this contract.

14. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

Contractor personnel must contact the government-designated point of contact upon arrival for service calls or deliveries. They are responsible for safeguarding all organizational information and must comply with all facility rules and regulations while on-site.

These include being escorted by a Service Unit official, presenting valid identification, and following safety procedures. CLIHS and RLIHS are tobacco- and smoke-free facilities; use of tobacco products is prohibited during work.

Contractors are strictly prohibited from disclosing or distributing any information related to CLIHS or RLIHS operations. Violations may result in contract termination and legal action.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Contractor Point of Contact: The contractor shall furnish one designated point of contact (POC) to the government’s designated representative for coordination of contract performance.

The contractor shall provide a toll-free telephone number for service calls, which must be answered during at least eight working hours, between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm (CST), Monday through Friday.

BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AGREEMENT CLAUSE

Pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 and its implementing regulation, the Standards of Privacy of Individual Identifiable Health Information at 45 CFR Part 160 and 164, Subpart A and E ("Privacy Rule"), the Indian Health Service is required to enter into an agreement with the Business Associate, pursuant to which the Business Associate shall comply with and appropriately safeguard Protected Health Information ("PHI”) that it will use and disclose when performing functions, activities or services ("Services") for the Indian Health Service. The Business Association by signing the contract shall comply with the following terms in addition to other applicable contract shall comply with the following terms in addition to other applicable contract terms and conditions relating to the safekeeping, use and disclosure of

PHI.

FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference. This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: www.acquisition.gov

52.202-1 Definitions.

52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications.

52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities.

52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services 52.222-90 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving.

52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases.

52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations.

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors.

52.233-3 Protest after Award.

52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim.

52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT (MAR 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 5 years.

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES ACQUISTION REGULATION (HHSAR)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address:

http://www.hhs.gov/policies/hhsar/subpart301-1.html http://www.acquisition.gov/

352.222-70 Contractor Cooperation in Equal Employment Opportunity Investigations.

352.224-70 Privacy Act.

352.226-1 Indian Preference.

352.226-2 Indian Preference Program.

352.237-70 Pro-Children Act.

352.237-74 Non-Discrimination in Service Delivery.

SECTION E: SOLICITATION INSTRUCTIONS

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021)

52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

- Price 60%

- Technical Capability 40%

The Government will evaluate the Offeror’s demonstrated capability to provide a Utilization Management Review System that meets the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Evaluation may include:

• Ability to meet all functional and technical requirements identified in the PWS

• Experience providing utilization management and medical review support systems

• System functionality, usability, and reporting capabilities

• Implementation approach and customer support

• Ability to ensure data security, privacy, and compliance with applicable federal requirements

• Demonstrated ability to meet required timelines and performance standards

• Technical Acceptability

Technical proposals will be evaluated to determine the extent to which the Offeror demonstrates an understanding of the requirement and the capability to successfully perform the work.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). Price – Pricing must reflect all-inclusive hourly rate and follow on option year pricing.

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

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