Sources_Sought_SNS_Toursolver.pdf

SNS Toursolver Sources Sought Notice

Document Type: Request for Information (RFI)

Release Date: May 17, 2019

Response Date: May 24th, 2019 by 5:00 p.m. EDT via email to

Caleb.Owen@hhs.gov

Description of Services/Supplies: SNS Toursolver Software Licenses

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is conducting market research to identify potential sources that meet the requirements generally described in this notice as well as obtain feedback from industry. The intent of this announcement is to:

(a) Notify potential sources about the SNS Toursolver Software

(b) Help ASPR identify interested vendors, particularly, but not limited to, small businesses,

(c) Obtain feedback from industry to assist ASPR in determining whether or not industry is capable of accomplishing the requirement.

This request is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of ASPR for any future solicitation. No official solicitation exists; therefore, please do not request a copy of a solicitation. If in the future an official solicitation is released, there is no guarantee that sources responding to this will be included on the source list. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted.

Acknowledgement of receipt of responses will not be made, nor will respondents be notified of

ASPR’s view of the information received. Do not send any material that requires a non-disclosure agreement or that may be business sensitive. Responses to this solicitation will not be returned. This is strictly market research. There is no formal question and answer period and the Government may or may not respond to any questions received at its discretion.

I. Information Requested

Vendors interested in this RFI may provide a response (capability briefing) that includes the following information for ASPR internal use and consideration:

1. Company Name and Address

2. DUNS and TIN numbers

3. Point of Contact (Phone and Email)

4. NAICS code, business size, and socioeconomic status (if applicable)

5. Sufficient descriptive literature that unequivocally demonstrates the technically capability of the requested service to determine if the company can meet the requirement

6. Company’s availability via GSA or any other GWAC (if applicable)

7. Informational Pricing

8. Total package should not exceed ten (10) pages

II. Instructions for Submittal

Written responses shall be provided electronically, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on May 24, 2019.

The subject line of the e-mail message shall read: “SNS Sources Sought Response” and shall be addressed to Caleb.Owen@hhs.gov.

ASPR will not accept telephone, facsimile, courier, mail, or hand delivered responses.

mailto:Caleb.Owen@hhs.gov

The page limitation is 10 pages. Further, access by ASPR to information in any files attached to a response is the responsibility of the submitting party. ASPR is not responsible for any failure to access information. Therefore, please ensure that files are easily accessible by ASPR –

Microsoft Word files are preferable, but we will accept .pdf files as long as well.

ASPR will not notify respondents of the results of this market research. Information submitted will not be returned, and will not be accepted after the due date for responses.

Disclaimer and Important Notes. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.

Confidentiality. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).

III. Questionnaire

Please address each of the following questions in your response, in addition to the other information requested in Section V of the notice.

1. Experience with Medicare Claims Processing

a. Please describe your experience in adjudicating Medicare Part A and Part B format claims.

b. Provide details on the daily and total volumes and dollar value of claims processed if applicable.

c. Describe the claims processing software you would utilize in adjudicating Medicare

Part A and Part B claims.

d. Are you comfortable with the requirement to update and test your claims processing software within any changes in Medicare guidelines or reimbursement rates within 30 days?

e. Since ASPR cannot predict the scale and thus the number of Medicare format claims to be processed after a specified public health emergency, please describe how you would plan to scale from a minimum of 1,000 claims processed to a maximum of

100,000 claims processed.

2. Experience with Medicaid Claims Processing

a. Please describe your experience in adjudicating Medicaid format claims and indicate which State(s) were involved.

b. Provide details on the daily and total volumes and dollar value of claims processed if applicable.

c. Describe the claims processing software you would utilize in adjudicating Medicaid format claims.

d. Are you comfortable with the requirement to adjudicate Medicaid format claims potentially for multiple states (bear in mind that the expected volume of Medicaid format claims is relatively small compared to Medicare format claims)?

e. Since ASPR cannot predict which States may be impacted in a public health emergency and the volume of Medicaid format claims to be received, is it a reasonable expectation for a Contractor to be able to adjudicate Medicaid format claims from providers in multiple states using a claims processing system?

3. Payment Processing

a. What concerns would you have about the requirement to reimburse providers first and then seeking reimbursement from ASPR?

b. Since there will be some time delay between the time the Contractor issues payment to a provider and the time the Contractor receives reimbursement from ASPR, what is your estimated maximum amount of payments that your firm would be comfortable in making before reimbursement is received from ASPR?