End stage renal disease program

OCSQ-393-2013-0509

This is 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 (CMS) intends to award on a competitive basis, under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13 (Dollar Threshold of $150,000). A firm fixed price award for "Technical Clinical and Coverage Consultation for the End Stage Renewal Disease (ESRD) Program, Survey and Certification, in Relationship to the New ESRD Core Survey Process" The purpose of this request is to purchase services from a contractor to assist in providing technical consultation in the clinical-psychosocial areas and the coverage-dependent areas of the new regulations related to the ESRD Program in order to implement regulatory program changes and to monitor the impact of that implementation on Medicare beneficiaries. This contract will include assistance with the ongoing analysis and interpretation of technical areas of the new ESRD regulations, including the psychosocial areas and coverage-dependent areas; development and implementation of the ESRD Core Survey Process and related survey protocols and tools; development and implementation of ESRD training programs with associated expertise in converting training materials so that they are both 508 compliant and Web site accessible; consultation on issues related to psychosocial clinical practices in dialysis facilities; and assistance with updating a revised automated ESRD survey system, i.e., the Surveyor Technical Assistant for Renal Disease (STAR) software program. The Statement of Work and Technical Evaluation Criteria are attached. Responses shall be no more than 10 pages and shall include the following: 1) Technical Understand and Approach, and 2) Price - fully loaded labor rate and anticipated hours. The award will be made on the basis of lowest price technically acceptable meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors. All responsible sources must be registered @ www.sam.gov. The period of performance is July 5, 2013 - July 4, 2014. The NAICS code is 621399. Responses must be sent electronically in MS Word Format to Lucille.Lee@cms.hhs.gov no later than 11:00am on July 3, 2013. ALL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY BY 11:00AM ON TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013. QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE ANSWERED BY TELEPHONE.

OCSQ-393-2013-0509

This is 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 (CMS) intends to award on a competitive basis, under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13 (Dollar Threshold of $150,000). A firm fixed price award for "Technical Clinical and Coverage Consultation for the End Stage Renewal Disease (ESRD) Program, Survey and Certification, in Relationship to the New ESRD Core Survey Process" The purpose of this request is to purchase services from a contractor to assist in providing technical consultation in the clinical-psychosocial areas and the coverage-dependent areas of the new regulations related to the ESRD Program in order to implement regulatory program changes and to monitor the impact of that implementation on Medicare beneficiaries. This contract will include assistance with the ongoing analysis and interpretation of technical areas of the new ESRD regulations, including the psychosocial areas and coverage-dependent areas; development and implementation of the ESRD Core Survey Process and related survey protocols and tools; development and implementation of ESRD training programs with associated expertise in converting training materials so that they are both 508 compliant and Web site accessible; consultation on issues related to psychosocial clinical practices in dialysis facilities; and assistance with updating a revised automated ESRD survey system, i.e., the Surveyor Technical Assistant for Renal Disease (STAR) software program. The Statement of Work and Technical Evaluation Criteria are attached. Responses shall be no more than 10 pages and shall include the following: 1) Technical Understand and Approach, and 2) Price - fully loaded labor rate and anticipated hours. The award will be made on the basis of lowest price technically acceptable meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors. All responsible sources must be registered @ www.sam.gov. The period of performance is July 5, 2013 - July 4, 2014. The NAICS code is 621399. Responses must be sent electronically in MS Word Format to Lucille.Lee@cms.hhs.gov no later than 11:00am on July 3, 2013. ALL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY BY 11:00AM ON TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2013. QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE ANSWERED BY TELEPHONE.