BFCC-QIO_Amendment_1_Summary_of_Changes_.docx

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard, Mail Stop B3-30-03 Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850

Request for Proposal Number HHSM-500-2014-RFP-BFCC-QIO Amendment Number 1

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

December 24, 2013

Section B is amended as follows:

Section B.10 Contract Limitations The chart is revised for “QIO Program Contractor – Value Incentives and Quality Reporting Centers (VIQRC) – Purpose VIQRC: Appeals” under column “Contract Limitations” to read as follows:

“Ineligible for award of the following QIO Program contracts:

· Any QIN-QIO Area

· Any BFCC-QIO Area

· QIN NCC

· BFCC NCC

· PCC

· IEC

· VIQRC (any Other)

Section C is amended as follows:

Section C.4.3 Infrastructure Operations Support and Data Management The language is revised to reflect responses to industry questions.

Section C.4.3.1 Hardware/Software The language is revised to reflect responses to industry questions.

Section C.7.4 Task 11: Patient and Family Engagement This Task is revised to reflect responses to Industry questions.

Section C.5.5.9 Outreach Costs The reference to Section C.7.9 Glossary and Acronyms is replaced with “Section J, Attachment J-1 Glossary and Attachment J-2 Acronyms.” In addition, the reference “QIN-QIO” has been replaced with “BFCC-QIO.”

Section C.5.6 Continuity of Operations and Contingency Plan Added language to the list of support operations for the COOP and CP plans.

Section F is amended as follows:

Section F.3 Items to be Furnished and Deliver Schedule Deliverables D.4 and D.5 are renamed to reflect responses to Industry questions.

Section G is amended as follows:

Section G.27 Security Clause – Background Investigations for Contractor Personnel The following statement is revised to reflect a “moderate risk.”

“This contract/order will entail the following position sensitivity level(s): Moderate risk in accordance with current FISMA security protocols.”

Section H is amended as follows:

Section H.11.A Conflict of Interest Deleted the last sentence in first paragraph.

Section H.11.D.3 Identification of Conflict Revised language to remove a 3.a and replace the reference to “FAR 19.101” with “H.11.C.4.”

Section H.11.D.7 Conflict of Interest (OCI) evaluation Revised first (1st) sentence to encompass reference through (l).

Section L is amended as follows:

Section L.12.I Intent to Submit a Proposal Instructions requesting Offerors to submit an “Intent to Submit a Proposal” is added.

Section L.14.D Volume 2 Business Proposal Organization and Content First bullet of third (3rd) paragraph is revised to reflect responses to Industry questions.

Section L.14.D Volume 2 Business Proposal Organization and Content Prior to the paragraph entitled, “Estimated Review Volumes,” the BFCC-QIO RFP now included an additional paragraph entitled “Estimated Level of Effort” providing Section J, Attachment J-23 (BFCC-QIO Estimated Level of Effort per Case).

Section L.14.E Volume 3 Conflict of Interest, Compliance and Governance Program The Tab titles have been corrected throughout this section to correspond with the Tab titles in the first chart.

Section L.16 General Proposal Instructions Revised language in third (3rd) paragraph to replace the term “quote” with “proposal.”

Section J is amended as follows:

Section J, Attachment J-7 Information Systems Library The attachment is now included to the BFCC-QIO RFP.

Section J, Attachment J-10 Annual and 54th Month Evaluation Criteria Measures Table The attachment is revised to reflect both complaints and appeals that are to be included in the denominator for the complainant agrees to survey measure.

Section J, Attachment J-16 Past Performance Questionnaire The Past Performance Questionnaire is revised to replace the email address: “QINmailbox@cms.hhs.gov” with “BFCCmailbox@cms.hhs.gov.”

Section J, Attachment J-18A and J-18 B Business Proposal Instructions and Forms Attachments are revised to reflect responses to Industry questions.

Section J, Attachment J-19 BFCC-QIO Pass Thru Costs To correspond with Section B.9 BFCC-QIO Areas chart, the attachment is revised to reflect the Virgin Islands are included in Area 1.

Section J, Attachment J-23 BFCC-QIO Estimated Level of Effort per Case The attachment is added to the BFCC-QIO RFP.

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