Data Access to AM Best Financial Suite

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to issue on a fixed price basis a sole source award under Simplified Acquisition Procedures a purchase order to AM Best Company Inc., Ambest Road, Oldwick, NJ  08858.  The purpose is to procure on line access to AM Best L/H Financial Suite 2023 for 12 months.  A detail Statement of Work and Deliverables is attached.  The sole source award will be made under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 235 (C ) ( 1 ) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies and Services. A justification and approval is currently being processed for this requirement.  This requirement is intended as a sole source procurement because AM Best’s work and information is solely available from this entity.  The period of performance will be 09/21/23 to 09/20/24.

CMS REQUIREMENTS: The AM Best Financial Suite L/H file will provide CMS with access to the online databases that contain insurer financial information that capture all the data necessary to perform insurance industry research in total and by State for insurance companies.   

NAICS CODES: The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 513120 (Periodical Publishers).

INTERESTED PARTIES:  All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency.  In order to qualify as a potential contractor for this procurement, the organization must provide valid, reliable ad standardized health care performance measures to support and advance public accountability, quality improvement efforts, increased patient safety, and value based purchasing.  The organization must be able to serve as a national dissemination and implementation conference for health disparities researchers.  To be considered, interested vendors must submit technical literature describing their capability to effectively satisfy this requirement, as well as terms and conditions and a complete price quote within 5 days of this noticed, to the following electronic mail address: Phillip.harrell@cms.hhs.gov.

DISCLAIMER:  This notice is not a Request for Proposals or a Solicitation, nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach.  This notice is not a commitment from the Government.  The Government will not reimburse any bid or proposal costs as a result of this notice.  No solicitation exists and requests for a copy of the solicitation will be disregarded.  However, any future solicitation that will be open to competition will be subsequently issued on www.sam.gov in order to permit firms to respond.