Pre_Solicitation_Notice-PSAS.doc

Pre-solicitation Synopsis-Policy and Statistical Analysis This is a PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. Amendment 0002 is being issued to correct the date, remove the incomplete solicitation, and extend the notice.

The solicitation associated with this notice will not be available until APPROXIMATELY 15 DAYS from the date of this notice. Contractors should not contact the contract specialist or contracting officer seeking the solicitation as it will not be available until APPROXIMATELY 15 DAYS after this notice.

Defense Health Agency (DHA) has a requirement for the procurement of support to provide contract provides for services to assist the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), Defense Health Cost Assessment & Program Evaluation (DHCAPE)/TRICARE Management Activity, and TRICARE Regional Offices in the support of TRICARE and military health system (MHS) contracts. This includes (1) budgeting, pricing and financial analyst support; (2) policy support; (3) lifecycle contract management support activities; (4) contract cost adjustment; (5) reimbursement support; (6) cost certification; (7) information systems and data mining; and (8) educational support; associated with the financing and delivery of the MHS using TRICARE.

This acquisition will be solicited using Full & Open competition utilizing Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15, contracting by Negotiation procedures, pursuant to Part 12, Commercial Items. All qualified companies may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency.

The Government’s intent is to award a firm-fixed price contract, with award anticipated no later than September 30, 2014, utilizing a Performance Work Statement (PWS). Policy and Statistical Analysis Service support acquisition provides for a basic contract effort of a base period of twelve months with three additional twelve month option periods. NAICS code for this requirement is 541611 – Administrative and General Management Consulting Services.

Any interested Contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. Any prospective bidder’s SAM registration must include the applicable NAICS code 541611 for this acquisition.

The due date and time for submission of proposals will be specified in the solicitation. The solicitation will be available on or before June 05, 2014. Offerors shall be responsible for monitoring the website for amendments to the solicitation until it closes. The RFP must be retrieved and downloaded from FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov. No hard copies of the RFP will be issued. All amendments will be posted and must be retrieved from this website. No solicitation mailing list will be compiled. Hand-delivered and mailed submissions of proposals will not be accepted. Proposals must be sent electronically via email submission no later than the date and time specified in the solicitation.