Addendum 5 Questions.pdf
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- Solicitation number
- 2025-AMB-001
- Issued by
- Lincoln County, Colorado
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This document is an Addendum containing questions submitted by Net Gain Marketing Inc to Logan County regarding the EMS Ambulance Service Billing and Debt Recovery Services procurement. The current contract with Wakefield & Associates, which has been in place since 2011, is expiring, and the county is seeking a new service provider. The procurement timeline indicates proposals will be opened on 4/15/2025, with an anticipated award date within a month and a contract start date 60-90 days following the award. The proposal due date is 04/11/2025.
The incumbent, Wakefield & Associates, currently operates 4 transport vehicles and provides advanced life support transports, with 738 such transports in the last 12 months. Their financial metrics show annual gross charges of $2,374,286 and total adjustments of $1,550,399, with an average per-trip billing of $1,433 and actual receipt of $520. The payer remit mix is 8.25%, and their primary patient destination is Sterling Regional Medical Center. The solicitation allows bidders flexibility in creating pricing categories and references paragraph 8 of the General Instructions for expectations around subcontracting with minority-owned, women-owned, or disadvantaged businesses.
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| File | Type | Posted |
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| Q&A Document 2.pdf | ||
| Q&A Document 1.pdf | ||
| AMB LCEMS RFP 2025 .pdf | ||
| AMB LCEMS RFP 2025(amended) .pdf |
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Received 03/25/2025 from Doc Mirino, Net Gain Marketing Inc–
We’d like to submit the following questions related to the solicitation. We realize some questions are easier to answer than others and not every question may have an answer immediately available, or even any answer at all. Please do your best, and THANK YOU in advance for your assistance. (And, if you don’t mind, please respond “received” to this email so we know you have it and will be answering what can be answered.)
Has the current contract gone full term? Yes
Have all options to extend the current contract been exercised? Yes
Who is the incumbent, and how long has the incumbent been providing the requested services? Wakefield & Associates, 2011
How are fees currently being billed by any incumbent(s), by category, and at what rates?
Rates are included in the RFP
What estimated or actual dollars were paid last year, last month, or last quarter to any incumbent(s)? $70,339
What were your annual gross charges last year or for the last 12 months? $2,374,286
What were your annual total adjustments for last year or for the last 12 months?
$1,550,399
What are your specialty care transport charges? We do not provide specialty care transport currently.
What is your average per-trip charge? Billed $1433/received $520
When were the last changes to your transport rates, and are you considering raising any of the rates currently charged? 01/01/2025, No
What percentage of your patients are residents versus non-residents, and do you charge the two groups differently? We do not track this.
Do you operate any shared services agreements with any other municipal or county governments in the region and, if so, with whom? No
What were your transports per year for advanced life support for last year or for the last 12 months? 738
What were your transports per year for specialty care transport for last year or for the last
12 months? n/a
What is your payer remit mix expressed as percentages of 100% of what you typically receive? 8.25%
How many total transport vehicles do you now operate? 4
What is your average loaded miles per trip? Data not available
Do you have a lockbox provider and, if so, which provider? No
If you have a lockbox provider, will that provider remain in place as a result of this procurement? n/a
Do you have a collection agency provider and, if so, which provider? Wakefield & Associates
Which local hospitals or care facilities typically receive most of your patients? Sterling
Regional Medical Center
Please reconfirm the due date for this procurement by providing it in response to answers to questions. 04/11/2025
What is the date by which you will answer these questions? 3 days from receipt
If there was a previous solicitation for these services, what was its title, number, release date, and due date? n/a
When is the anticipated contract start date? 60-90 days following award
When is the anticipated award date? Proposals will be opened 4/15/2025 with anticipated award date within a month
Can you please provide greater explanation of your expectations related to any required subcontracting to minority-owned, women-owned, or other types or categories of small or disadvantaged businesses? For example, what is required with the proposal, and what is required to comply during the term of the contract? Refer to paragraph 8 of the General
Instructions to Responders.
Are bidders permitted to deviate in any way from any manner of quoting fees you may be expecting? For example, if there is a pricing page in the RFP, can bidders submit an alternate fee structure? If there is no pricing page in the RFP, do you have any preference for how bidders should quote fees or can bidders create their own pricing categories?
Responders should refer to section 3.03, paragraph 4 of the RFP but are free to create their own pricing categories.
Please describe your level of satisfaction with your current or recent vendor(s) for the same purchasing activity, if applicable. We respectfully decline to comment.
Please let us know whether you have received this email, and when and how answers will be provided.
Sincerely, Doc Mirino
Net Gain Marketing, Inc.
P: 877-533-1680 x700
F: 866-848-9162
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