Ambulatory surgical centers payment system

Added: Jul 28, 2011 2:58 pm This is a Request for Quotation prepared in accordance with FAR Part 13, as supplemented with additional information included with this notice. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; A SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services intends to award using Simplified Acquisition Procedures, a fixed priced purchase order at a fixed rate for "Analyses, Modeling and programming activity for the 2011 and 2012 Updates to the Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC) Payment System, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Home Health Payment System and Hospice Payment System". The purchase order award will be made within (5-10) business days after the response due date of this notice. It is anticipated that the period of performance will be September 9, 2011 - September 8, 2012. The Statement of Work and Deliverables are attached. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 541511. The Request for Quote (RFQ) is being set aside for a small business. Responses must be sent electronically in MS Word format toLucille.Lee@cms.hhs.gov no later than 11:00am on August16, 2011. Responses shall be no more than ten pages and shall include the following: 1) Contractor's Plan to perform Statement of Work; 2) Past Performance information - relevant experience to perform the required services; and 3) fully loaded labor rate and anticipated hours. All responses will be evaluated on a best value basis using the following Evaluation Criteria: 1) Technical Understanding and Approach; 2) Personnel Qualifications 3) Past performance information- relevance and quality of prior performance; and 4) Price. The Government intends to award an order to the responsible offeror whose quotation offers the best combination of technical capabilities and proposed price; the best value (considering price and other factors). All responses/quotes submitted shall remain valid for a period of 180 days. Interested parties must be able to affirm no conflicts of interest with parties involved in Medicare claims processing in light of the work identified in this Statement of Work. In the event that the vendor/government identifies a conflict, the vendor shall be responsible for providing a mitigation strategy that satisfies the government. In the event that the conflict cannot be resolved, the order cannot be awarded or an existing order may need to be terminated. ALL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY BY 11:00AM ON AUGUST 5, 2011. QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE ANSWERED BY TELEPHONE. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR QUOTES IN WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ONLY.