Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) BSCA Prospective Payment System Technical Assistance Logical Follow-On (LFO)
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- 260142
- Agency
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 75FCMC19D0092-75FCMC26F0128 Federal contract award
- Awardee
- National Opinion Research Center
- NAICS code
- 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services intends to award a logical follow-on task order valued at $1,292,032 to the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) for continued technical assistance to states participating in the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Demonstration, on a sole-source basis under FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(C).
The justification rests on NORC's unique institutional expertise and continuity of performance. NORC was the incumbent contractor on the initial task order (August 1, 2023–July 31, 2026), which carried a total obligated amount of $3,703,379.46. The Contracting Officer determined that transitioning to a new contractor would create unacceptable service disruptions, knowledge loss, and learning curve delays, particularly given NORC's personnel who originally developed the demonstration's cost reporting framework.
The 12-month follow-on task order will support technical assistance to approximately 10 current demonstration states (55 clinics) and 10 newly added states. Services include fielding state questions, engaging in policy and programmatic discussions with CMS, reviewing cost reports to protect against fraud and abuse, hosting sessions on new state plan options under the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act and managed care implementation, and assisting with content review of revised CMS CCBHC prospective payment system guidance. The award is structured as a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract under the RMADA II Multiple Award IDIQ (75FCMC19D0092), funded through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Authority is cited as section 223(C) of the 2014 Protecting Access to Medicare Act, as extended by section 11001 of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
Notice text
The Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) BSCA Prospective Payment System Technical Assistance Logical Follow-On (LFO ) will provide Technical Assistance (TA) to states participating in the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Demonstration and ensure payments to CCBHCs behavioral health providers are economic and efficient and align with the statutory requirement as outlined under the authorizing section 223 (C) of the 2014 Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) as extended by section 11001 of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
As part of the technical assistance (TA) on sustaining the CCBHC demonstration under Medicaid state plan, the contractor also hosts additional TA sessions in order to provide guidance to CCBHC demonstration states about the new state plan option that is available under the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, provide additional TA for states that implement the demonstration in a managed care environment, and provide additional training for states to review cost reports that will help protect the demonstration against potential fraud and abuse.
The current task order also requires logistical project management support for up to 15 remote technical assistance (TA) sessions in the grantee planning phase of the Demonstration for the 15 Cohort-1 states. The contractor is also required to assist CMS with content review of the revised CMS CCBHC PPS guidance to ensure documentation reflects the required policy refinements.
This Logical Follow-on task order will require an additional 12 months of technical support to CMS and to the states. During these months, NORC will continue to field questions from the states, engage in policy and programmatic discussions with CMS and be on hand to support CMS with any needs that arise. It will also allow NORC to review additional cost reports that will be submitted by states during this period. CMS expects 10 current demonstration states, representing approximately 55 clinics, to submit cost reports between the end of June 2026 and September 2026 and the logical follow on will allow NORC to review and track these cost report submissions on behalf of CMS. NORC will also review and track the cost reports of the additional 10 states that will be added to the demonstration in 2026.
Awarded contract 75FCMC19D0092 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2026-08-01.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| JA Exception to Fair Opportunity_Signed.pdf |
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