PUR 7776.pdf

PUR 7776 (Revised 07/2022) Page 1 of 2

Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Agency for Health Care Administration

TITLE: Equifax - Incarceration Intelligence

Short description of the commodity or service desired: Incarceration Intelligence is a proprietary data network offering access to realtime, nationwide and historical incarceration data.

CONTACT

Name: Weston McKain

Address: 2727 Mahan Drive, MS 15, Tallahassee, FL 32308

Telephone: (000)000-0000

Email: solicitation.questions@ahca.myflorida.com

Internal tracking number, if any: AHCA SS 009-24/25

Date posted: 5/1/2025 Last day for receipt of information: 5/21/2025

This description of commodities or contractual services intended for purchase from a single source is posted in accordance with Sections 120.57(3) and 287.057(3), Florida Statutes (F.S.), and will remain posted for a period of at least 15 business days.

Commodity or Contractual Service Required (commodity or United National Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

81112000: Data Services

85101705: Public Health Administration

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

One (1) Year

Requestor (division, bureau, office, individual, as appropriate):

Bureau of Medicaid Data Analytics

Performance and/or Design Requirements (e.g. intended use, function or application, compatibility, requirements; reference to policy, rule, statute or other act of the Legislature, etc., as appropriate):

The Fiscal Year 2024-2025 General Appropriations ACT, HB 5001, is appropriating $994,500 for this service in line item 194, Contracted Services. The purpose of the data is to ensure that

Statewide Medicaid Managed Care is not paying for individuals who are incarcerated in jail settings during Mediciad Recertification. Data will be shared via a Batch Secure File Transer

Protocol (SFTP) process where AHCA will provide a pipe-delimted flat-file via SFTP. The data will be uploaded through a batch process where Equifax will then monitor those inputs for any new bookings and or releases. Those results will then be returned to the SFTP fold for AHCA to retrieve.

PUR 7776 (Revised 07/2022) Page 2 of 2

Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

Intended Single Source:

Equifax Workforce Solutions LLC

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$924,000 Annually

Justification for single source acquisition (what is necessary and unique about the product, service or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

Equifax Workforce Solutions (EWS) is an industry leader in providing important datasets and access to their own unique service. Incarceration Intelligence offers access to the largest near realtime, nationwide and historical incarceration data network with over 2,800 jails and correctional facilities. This is the only real-time network of state and local offender management systems in existence. There is currently no other known source for the comprehensive type of service that Incarceration Intelligence solutions provides.

Approved By (names & titles, as appropriate, e.g., requestor, requestor management, information systems, budget, purchasing):

Alexander Ford, Chief of Medicaid Data Analytics

Matthew Cooper, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Medicaid Finance & Analytics

Brian Meyer, Deputy Secretary for Medicaid

Ashley Balkcom, Purchasing Manager

Trey Collins, Procurement Director

La-Shonna Austin, Budget Director

Lynn Smith, ADS for Medicaid Finance & Analytics

Joseph Helton, Senior Attorney

Will Armstrong, Information Security Manager and HIPPA Privacy Officer

Scott Ward, Director of Information Technology

Stefan Grow, Chief of Staff

Shevaun Harris, Secretary

Prospective vendors are requested to provide information regarding their ability to supply the commodities or contractual services described. If it is determined in writing by the agency, after reviewing any information received from prospective vendors, that the commodities or contractual services are available only from a single source, the agency shall provide notice of its intended decision to enter a single-source purchase contract in the manner specified in Rule 60A-

1.045, Florida Administrative Code, and section 120.57(3), F.S.