Benefits Enrollment and Premium Administration Services for BENEFEDS Program

Closed Solicitation Posted

This opportunity was awarded. See the award notice from .

Solicitation number
24361821R0002
Agency
Office of Personnel Management
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
524292 Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds
PSC
R799 Support- Management: Other
Place of performance
United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Office of Personnel Management seeks proposals to provide benefits enrollment and premium administration services for the BENEFEDS program. Offerors must submit enrollment, premium processing, customer service support, and reconciliation services for FEDVIP, FSAFEDS, and FLTCIP programs. Proposals are due by March 18, 2022 and will be evaluated using a two-phase process applying pass/fail criteria in Phase One and confidence ratings in Phase Two to award a single indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract by June 30, 2022, with a period of performance up to 54 months.

The solicitation has no set-aside designation. The primary NAICS code is 524292 for third party administration of insurance and pension funds, with the predominant PSC code R799 for other support services. The estimated total contract value is over $30 million annually. Performance will be in the United States to provide enrollment and premium administration support for approximately 1.2 million federal employees and annuitants from contract award through December 2027.

Notice text

6 versions

Update #6 · Latest ·

03/16/2022 - Amendment #5

Amendment 5 is issued to provide answers to questions that were asked but omitted from Amendment 3; as
well as answer new questions posed after Amendment 4.

Replacement documents include:

  1. Amended Attachment 2 Quote Schedule; and
  2. Amended Attachment 7 SBPCD Template

Due date for Phase One responses is extended one day, to 2:00 pm eastern, March 18, 2022.

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03/11/2022 - Amendment #4 - NOTICE

If your company's security protocols will not transmit certain numerical data (such as DUNS numbers) because your interpreting bot reads these as "sensitive data", and you will need to use a secure messaging portal for transmission, please contact the Contract Specialist Shireen.Belanger@opm.gov via normal, non-secure email at least 48 hours before the due date for proposal submission.  Please reference "BENEFEDS" in the heading and request that you be added to the safe sender's list for secure messaging portal use.  OPM Cybersecurity must vet all secure messaging portal access requests prior to the CS registering for access.  The solicitation response submission deadlines remain unchanged. 

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03/10/2022 - Amendment #3 -

Amendment 3 is issued to (1) provide answers to questions asked; and (2) provide replacement documents which were updated in response to or prompted by reviews of those documents conducted while developing responses to questions asked. 

Replacement documents include:

  1. Amended Solicitation document (showing tracked changes);
  2. Amended Attachment 1 PWS;
  3. Amended Attachment 1a BENEFEDS Appendices;
  4. Amended Attachment 2 Quote Schedule;
  5. Amended Attachment 3 Clauses;
  6. Amended Attachment 5 Forms;
  7. Amended PPQ template; and
  8. Amended Attachment 7 SBPCD Template.

Due date for Phase One responses remains 2:00 pm eastern, March 17, 2022.

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03/09/2022 - Amendment #2 - Due to delays in publishing the answers to questions asked, the deadline for submission of Phase One responses is hereby extended to 2:00 pm eastern, March 17, 2022.  Answers to questions asked are not yet available, and we will re-examine the due date for Phase One responses again once the answers are ready for publication.

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03/02/2022 - Amendment #1 - Due to delays in publishing the answers to questions asked, the deadline for submission of Phase One responses is hereby extended to 2:00 pm eastern, March 10, 2022.  Answers to questions asked are not yet available, and we will re-examine the due date for Phase One responses again once the answers are ready for publication.

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(ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT)

The Purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals for a Contractor to provide benefits enrollment and premium administration services for the BENEFEDS program, as described in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) attached.

This solicitation is associated to the PreSolicitation notice under the same reference number.

The Government anticipates awarding a single competitive procurement action, open market, unrestricted as to business size. Contract type will be an Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract. OPM will be the only agency authorized to issue orders against this contract.

Anticipated date of award is on or about June 30, 2022.  The contract will have a maximum of 54 months of performance periods available. Anticipated Periods of Performance and Dates are as noted in attached solicitation.

All communications are to be in writing. Phone calls will not be accepted. All communications shall be directed to the attention of: Shireen Belanger, Contract Specialist Shireen.Belanger@opm.gov

Interested parties (offerors and/or their subcontractors) shall not contact anyone at OPM, other than the Contract Specialist noted above for any purpose related this solicitation. Any contact related to this solicitation between any interested party and any OPM personnel other than the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) or Contract Specialist (CS) is prohibited and could be considered grounds for removal from participation in this procurement action.

In determining the most highly rated proposal, the Government will employ a Two-Phase Proposal and Evaluation Process which utilizes both Pass/Fail and Confidence Ratings.  See the attached solicitation for deadlines regarding submission of questions, past performance questionnaires, and each phase of this TWO PHASE SOLICITATION.  The due date noted in this announcement reflects only the deadline for the PHASE ONE submissions.

NOTE:  OPM does expect an updated set of agency specific IT clauses to be released before the solicitation closing date and will AMEND the solicitation to include the updated clauses as soon as they become available.

Update #5 ·

03/11/2022 - Amendment #4 - NOTICE

If your company's security protocols will not transmit certain numerical data (such as DUNS numbers) because your interpreting bot reads these as "sensitive data", and you will need to use a secure messaging portal for transmission, please contact the Contract Specialist Shireen.Belanger@opm.gov via normal, non-secure email at least 48 hours before the due date for proposal submission.  Please reference "BENEFEDS" in the heading and request that you be added to the safe sender's list for secure messaging portal use.  OPM Cybersecurity must vet all secure messaging portal access requests prior to the CS registering for access.  The solicitation response submission deadlines remain unchanged. 

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03/10/2022 - Amendment #3 -

Amendment 3 is issued to (1) provide answers to questions asked; and (2) provide replacement documents which were updated in response to or prompted by reviews of those documents conducted while developing responses to questions asked. 

Replacement documents include:

  1. Amended Solicitation document (showing tracked changes);
  2. Amended Attachment 1 PWS;
  3. Amended Attachment 1a BENEFEDS Appendices;
  4. Amended Attachment 2 Quote Schedule;
  5. Amended Attachment 3 Clauses;
  6. Amended Attachment 5 Forms;
  7. Amended PPQ template; and
  8. Amended Attachment 7 SBPCD Template.

Due date for Phase One responses remains 2:00 pm eastern, March 17, 2022.

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03/09/2022 - Amendment #2 - Due to delays in publishing the answers to questions asked, the deadline for submission of Phase One responses is hereby extended to 2:00 pm eastern, March 17, 2022.  Answers to questions asked are not yet available, and we will re-examine the due date for Phase One responses again once the answers are ready for publication.

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03/02/2022 - Amendment #1 - Due to delays in publishing the answers to questions asked, the deadline for submission of Phase One responses is hereby extended to 2:00 pm eastern, March 10, 2022.  Answers to questions asked are not yet available, and we will re-examine the due date for Phase One responses again once the answers are ready for publication.

******

(ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT)

The Purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals for a Contractor to provide benefits enrollment and premium administration services for the BENEFEDS program, as described in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) attached.

This solicitation is associated to the PreSolicitation notice under the same reference number.

The Government anticipates awarding a single competitive procurement action, open market, unrestricted as to business size. Contract type will be an Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract. OPM will be the only agency authorized to issue orders against this contract.

Anticipated date of award is on or about June 30, 2022.  The contract will have a maximum of 54 months of performance periods available. Anticipated Periods of Performance and Dates are as noted in attached solicitation.

All communications are to be in writing. Phone calls will not be accepted. All communications shall be directed to the attention of: Shireen Belanger, Contract Specialist Shireen.Belanger@opm.gov

Interested parties (offerors and/or their subcontractors) shall not contact anyone at OPM, other than the Contract Specialist noted above for any purpose related this solicitation. Any contact related to this solicitation between any interested party and any OPM personnel other than the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) or Contract Specialist (CS) is prohibited and could be considered grounds for removal from participation in this procurement action.

In determining the most highly rated proposal, the Government will employ a Two-Phase Proposal and Evaluation Process which utilizes both Pass/Fail and Confidence Ratings.  See the attached solicitation for deadlines regarding submission of questions, past performance questionnaires, and each phase of this TWO PHASE SOLICITATION.  The due date noted in this announcement reflects only the deadline for the PHASE ONE submissions.

NOTE:  OPM does expect an updated set of agency specific IT clauses to be released before the solicitation closing date and will AMEND the solicitation to include the updated clauses as soon as they become available.

Update #4 ·

03/10/2022 - Amendment #3 -

Amendment 3 is issued to (1) provide answers to questions asked; and (2) provide replacement documents which were updated in response to or prompted by reviews of those documents conducted while developing responses to questions asked. 

Replacement documents include:

  1. Amended Solicitation document (showing tracked changes);
  2. Amended Attachment 1 PWS;
  3. Amended Attachment 1a BENEFEDS Appendices;
  4. Amended Attachment 2 Quote Schedule;
  5. Amended Attachment 3 Clauses;
  6. Amended Attachment 5 Forms;
  7. Amended PPQ template; and
  8. Amended Attachment 7 SBPCD Template.

Due date for Phase One responses remains 2:00 pm eastern, March 17, 2022.

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03/09/2022 - Amendment #2 - Due to delays in publishing the answers to questions asked, the deadline for submission of Phase One responses is hereby extended to 2:00 pm eastern, March 17, 2022.  Answers to questions asked are not yet available, and we will re-examine the due date for Phase One responses again once the answers are ready for publication.

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03/02/2022 - Amendment #1 - Due to delays in publishing the answers to questions asked, the deadline for submission of Phase One responses is hereby extended to 2:00 pm eastern, March 10, 2022.  Answers to questions asked are not yet available, and we will re-examine the due date for Phase One responses again once the answers are ready for publication.

******

(ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT)

The Purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals for a Contractor to provide benefits enrollment and premium administration services for the BENEFEDS program, as described in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) attached.

This solicitation is associated to the PreSolicitation notice under the same reference number.

The Government anticipates awarding a single competitive procurement action, open market, unrestricted as to business size. Contract type will be an Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract. OPM will be the only agency authorized to issue orders against this contract.

Anticipated date of award is on or about June 30, 2022.  The contract will have a maximum of 54 months of performance periods available. Anticipated Periods of Performance and Dates are as noted in attached solicitation.

All communications are to be in writing. Phone calls will not be accepted. All communications shall be directed to the attention of: Shireen Belanger, Contract Specialist Shireen.Belanger@opm.gov

Interested parties (offerors and/or their subcontractors) shall not contact anyone at OPM, other than the Contract Specialist noted above for any purpose related this solicitation. Any contact related to this solicitation between any interested party and any OPM personnel other than the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) or Contract Specialist (CS) is prohibited and could be considered grounds for removal from participation in this procurement action.

In determining the most highly rated proposal, the Government will employ a Two-Phase Proposal and Evaluation Process which utilizes both Pass/Fail and Confidence Ratings.  See the attached solicitation for deadlines regarding submission of questions, past performance questionnaires, and each phase of this TWO PHASE SOLICITATION.  The due date noted in this announcement reflects only the deadline for the PHASE ONE submissions.

NOTE:  OPM does expect an updated set of agency specific IT clauses to be released before the solicitation closing date and will AMEND the solicitation to include the updated clauses as soon as they become available.

Update #3 ·

03/09/2022 - Amendment #2 - Due to delays in publishing the answers to questions asked, the deadline for submission of Phase One responses is hereby extended to 2:00 pm eastern, March 17, 2022.  Answers to questions asked are not yet available, and we will re-examine the due date for Phase One responses again once the answers are ready for publication.

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03/02/2022 - Amendment #1 - Due to delays in publishing the answers to questions asked, the deadline for submission of Phase One responses is hereby extended to 2:00 pm eastern, March 10, 2022.  Answers to questions asked are not yet available, and we will re-examine the due date for Phase One responses again once the answers are ready for publication.

******

(ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT)

The Purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals for a Contractor to provide benefits enrollment and premium administration services for the BENEFEDS program, as described in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) attached.

This solicitation is associated to the PreSolicitation notice under the same reference number.

The Government anticipates awarding a single competitive procurement action, open market, unrestricted as to business size. Contract type will be an Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract. OPM will be the only agency authorized to issue orders against this contract.

Anticipated date of award is on or about June 30, 2022.  The contract will have a maximum of 54 months of performance periods available. Anticipated Periods of Performance and Dates are as noted in attached solicitation.

All communications are to be in writing. Phone calls will not be accepted. All communications shall be directed to the attention of: Shireen Belanger, Contract Specialist Shireen.Belanger@opm.gov

Interested parties (offerors and/or their subcontractors) shall not contact anyone at OPM, other than the Contract Specialist noted above for any purpose related this solicitation. Any contact related to this solicitation between any interested party and any OPM personnel other than the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) or Contract Specialist (CS) is prohibited and could be considered grounds for removal from participation in this procurement action.

In determining the most highly rated proposal, the Government will employ a Two-Phase Proposal and Evaluation Process which utilizes both Pass/Fail and Confidence Ratings.  See the attached solicitation for deadlines regarding submission of questions, past performance questionnaires, and each phase of this TWO PHASE SOLICITATION.  The due date noted in this announcement reflects only the deadline for the PHASE ONE submissions.

NOTE:  OPM does expect an updated set of agency specific IT clauses to be released before the solicitation closing date and will AMEND the solicitation to include the updated clauses as soon as they become available.

Update #2 ·

03/02/2022 - Amendment #1 - Due to delays in publishing the answers to questions asked, the deadline for submission of Phase One responses is hereby extended to 2:00 pm eastern, March 10, 2022.  Answers to questions asked are not yet available, and we will re-examine the due date for Phase One responses again once the answers are ready for publication.

******

(ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT)

The Purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals for a Contractor to provide benefits enrollment and premium administration services for the BENEFEDS program, as described in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) attached.

This solicitation is associated to the PreSolicitation notice under the same reference number.

The Government anticipates awarding a single competitive procurement action, open market, unrestricted as to business size. Contract type will be an Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract. OPM will be the only agency authorized to issue orders against this contract.

Anticipated date of award is on or about June 30, 2022.  The contract will have a maximum of 54 months of performance periods available. Anticipated Periods of Performance and Dates are as noted in attached solicitation.

All communications are to be in writing. Phone calls will not be accepted. All communications shall be directed to the attention of: Shireen Belanger, Contract Specialist Shireen.Belanger@opm.gov

Interested parties (offerors and/or their subcontractors) shall not contact anyone at OPM, other than the Contract Specialist noted above for any purpose related this solicitation. Any contact related to this solicitation between any interested party and any OPM personnel other than the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) or Contract Specialist (CS) is prohibited and could be considered grounds for removal from participation in this procurement action.

In determining the most highly rated proposal, the Government will employ a Two-Phase Proposal and Evaluation Process which utilizes both Pass/Fail and Confidence Ratings.  See the attached solicitation for deadlines regarding submission of questions, past performance questionnaires, and each phase of this TWO PHASE SOLICITATION.  The due date noted in this announcement reflects only the deadline for the PHASE ONE submissions.

NOTE:  OPM does expect an updated set of agency specific IT clauses to be released before the solicitation closing date and will AMEND the solicitation to include the updated clauses as soon as they become available.

Update #1 ·

The Purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals for a Contractor to provide benefits enrollment and premium administration services for the BENEFEDS program, as described in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) attached.

This solicitation is associated to the PreSolicitation notice under the same reference number.

The Government anticipates awarding a single competitive procurement action, open market, unrestricted as to business size. Contract type will be an Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract. OPM will be the only agency authorized to issue orders against this contract.

Anticipated date of award is on or about June 30, 2022.  The contract will have a maximum of 54 months of performance periods available. Anticipated Periods of Performance and Dates are as noted in attached solicitation.

All communications are to be in writing. Phone calls will not be accepted. All communications shall be directed to the attention of: Shireen Belanger, Contract Specialist Shireen.Belanger@opm.gov

Interested parties (offerors and/or their subcontractors) shall not contact anyone at OPM, other than the Contract Specialist noted above for any purpose related this solicitation. Any contact related to this solicitation between any interested party and any OPM personnel other than the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) or Contract Specialist (CS) is prohibited and could be considered grounds for removal from participation in this procurement action.

In determining the most highly rated proposal, the Government will employ a Two-Phase Proposal and Evaluation Process which utilizes both Pass/Fail and Confidence Ratings.  See the attached solicitation for deadlines regarding submission of questions, past performance questionnaires, and each phase of this TWO PHASE SOLICITATION.  The due date noted in this announcement reflects only the deadline for the PHASE ONE submissions.

NOTE:  OPM does expect an updated set of agency specific IT clauses to be released before the solicitation closing date and will AMEND the solicitation to include the updated clauses as soon as they become available.

Attachments

Files attached to this notice, newest first
File Type Posted
ATT 7_SBPCD Template 3.15.22 clean.docx DOCX document
BENEFEDS QA Amendment 5 3.16.22.pdf PDF
ATT 2_ Quote Schedule 24361821R0002 03.15.2022.xlsx XLSX spreadsheet
ATT 7_SBPCD Template 3.4.22 Amendment 3.pdf PDF
ATT 1_BENEFEDS PWS 3.10.22 Amendment 3.pdf PDF
ATT 2_ Quote Schedule 24361821R0002 03.04.2022.xlsx XLSX spreadsheet
ATT 3_CLAUSES 03.08.2022 Amendment 3.pdf PDF
ATT 5_FORMS -02.25.22 clean.docx DOCX document
BENEFEDS QA Amendment 3_3.10.22.pdf PDF
ATT 5_FORMS -02.25.22 Amendment 3.pdf PDF
ATT 6_PPQ 03.10.22.docx DOCX document
SOLICITATION 32591 BENEFEDS 3.10.22 - Amendment 3.pdf PDF
ATT 1a_BENEFEDS Appendices 3.10.22 Amendment 3.pdf PDF
ATT 7_SBPCD Template 3.4.22 clean.docx DOCX document
SOLICITATION 32591 BENEFEDS released 2.16.22.pdf PDF
ATT 9_SB SubK Plan Template 1.19.22.docx DOCX document
ATT 1_PWS.pdf PDF
ATT 1a_BENEFEDS Appendices 2.3.22.pdf PDF
ATT 1b_RTM final 01.11.2022.xls XLS spreadsheet
ATT 5_FORMS -01.13.2022.docx DOCX document
ATT 7_SBPCD Template 08.25.2021.docx DOCX document
ATT 1c_BENEFEDS QASP 10.6.2021.docx DOCX document
ATT 2_ Quote Schedule 24361821R0002 01.13.21.xlsx XLSX spreadsheet
ATT 4_PROVISIONS 02.03.22.pdf PDF
ATT 6_PPQ.docx DOCX document
ATT 8_BENEFEDS FWA Report Template.xls XLS spreadsheet
ATT 3_CLAUSES 02.16.22.pdf PDF
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Notice history

Notices posted for this opportunity, newest first
Notice Type Posted
AWARD NOTICE: Benefits Enrollment and Premium Administration Services for BENEFEDS Program Award Award Notice
Benefits Enrollment and Premium Administration Services for BENEFEDS Program This notice · Latest solicitation Solicitation
BENEFEDS PreSolicitation Notice Pre-Solicitation
BENEFEDS Request for Information (RFI) Original Pre-Solicitation

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