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Department of Health & Human ServiceS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

7500 Security Boulevard, Mail Stop C2-21-15

Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850

Office of Acquisition and Grants Management August 30, 2007

SUBJECT:

Part A and Part B (A/B) Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC)

RFP-CMS-2007-0013 for Jurisdictions 6, 11, 14 and 15 You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the subject Request for Proposal (RFP). CMS anticipates awarding four Cost-Plus-Award-Fee contracts as a result of the RFP.

The A/B MAC Statement of Work (SOW) contains core work, which includes functional requirements and interface requirements. In addition to the core work, CMS has identified requirements for the MACs specific to a jurisdiction. These jurisdiction-specific requirements are listed below:

Jurisdiction-Specific Requirements

I) Medicare Home Health Agency

Provider Enrollment Demonstration

Jurisdiction 6 and 11

II) Low Vision Demonstration

Jurisdiction 11 and 14

III) Medicare Part B Drug Code Crosswalk

Jurisdiction 11 IV) Home Health Third Party Liability

Demonstration Project

Jurisdiction 14

V) Medicare Adult Day Care Demonstration Jurisdiction 11, 14 and 15 You are instructed to review the attached RFP Section L Proposal Instructions for detailed instructions as to the contents and limitations of the proposal and special contract requirements. Offerors must submit a proposal checklist with each proposal in accordance with L.16 Business Proposal Instructions. Awards pursuant to the requirements of this RFP will be made based upon the RFP evaluation criteria prescribed in Section M, Evaluation Criteria.

CMS will enable the Interested Vendors List Module (IVL) on Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) for this solicitation. The IVL Module allows vendors to register their interest in submitting proposals in response to this solicitation. This will allow all vendors to view other interested vendor contact information for teaming and subcontracting purposes.

Offerors shall forward all RFP questions to the following electronic mailbox: MACCycleTwo_J6J11J14J15@cms.hhs.gov (NOTE: This Internet address is case sensitive and must be copied exactly as it appears). Please do not send questions directly to the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer.

The following highlights the critical A/B MAC procurement dates:

RFP Questions Due From Offerors

September 13, 2007 – 5:00PM (Local Prevailing Time)

Post Answers to RFP Questions on FedBizOps:

September 21, 2007

Receive Notice of Intent to Submit Proposals (By jurisdiction):

September 24, 2007 – 5:00PM (Local Prevailing Time)

Technical & Business Proposals Due:

November 1, 2007 – 1:00 PM (Local Prevailing Time)

Contract Award

July 2008 – September 2008 Please be advised that this RFP does not commit the Government to pay any cost for the preparation and submission of a proposal. In addition, the Contracting Officer is the only individual with the legal authority to commit the Government to the expenditures of public funds in connection with the proposed procurement.

For informational purposes only, CMS will be hosting an Information Technology (IT) conference on Thursday, September 13, 2007 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. This conference will be open to all interested contractors contemplating doing business with CMS. An announcement will be posted to FedBizOpps, http://www.fbo.gov, and the Medicare Contracting Reform, http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicarecontractingreform, websites with further details.

Sincerely, /s/ Enclosures

Linda Hook

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