JUSTIFICATION FOR AN EXCEPTION TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY - Fee For Service Data Collection System Bridge Contract (FFSDCS Bridge) – Extension Modification
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- 250923J
- 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
- HHSM-500-2016-00028I-75FCMC24F0223 Federal contract award
- NAICS code
- 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services
- Place of performance
- Ellicott City, Maryland, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a Limited / Sole Source Justification Notice for a Fee For Service Data Collection System (FFSDCS) Bridge Contract modification with Data Computer Corporation of America (DCCA). The contract provides IT System Development and Support Services for a comprehensive data collection system that gathers Medicare-related data, including clinical laboratory data, Part B drug information, ambulance provider survey data, and a new module for hospital drug acquisition cost surveys. The modification extends the contract period from September 24, 2024, to June 23, 2026, with an additional three-month transition period, and increases the contract value from $6,137,425 to $12,137,425. The justification is based on the system's critical role in supporting statutory reporting requirements from various legislative acts, including the Protecting Access to Medicare Act and the Bipartisan Budget Act. CMS plans to conduct a competitive procurement for future services, with a tentative award date of June 2026, making this extension a bridge to maintain continuous data collection capabilities.
Notice text
This is a Task Order for one year (with three months of optional transition) of IT System Development and Support Services to create and maintain a large data collection system for several types of Medicare data. The proposed modification will modify the POP to add one additional year. Known as the Fee for Service Data Collection System (FFSDCS), this system collects three types of data; Clinical laboratory data, Part B drug information, and survey data from Ambulance providers. Although each module is independent, they share a common backbone infrastructure. This data collection system currently collects private payer data from Medicare Part B applicable clinical laboratories that manufacture laboratory tests that are paid on the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) as required by The Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) of 2014 (HR4302). This system also currently collects quarterly data from drug manufacturers used to calculate the average sales price (ASP) as required by section 1847A of the Social Security Act needed pay for Medicare Part B drugs. This system collects cost, revenue, and other information from ambulance providers and suppliers as required by section 50203(b) of The Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of 2018. Finally, because of this proposed modification and being a high priority from the Administration, the FFSDCS will need to support the drug acquisition cost survey for hospitals paid under Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). This would create a new and imperative 4th module in the FFSDCS.
Currently, the FFSDCS delivers the following functionality:
▪ Fee for Service manufacturers to submit relevant data to CMS using an online system that allows CMS to receive accurate and timely data
▪ FFS market data to be submitted using a standardized format and the automated validation of the business requirements.
▪ Calculations of the submitted data (i.e. averages, weighted medians, etc) performed using data driven pricing models within the application.
▪ Automated Reporting throughout the system.
▪ Flexibility to reflect ongoing changes resulting policy updates or changes
▪ Integration with CMS shared services
▪ Provisions for helpdesk support
The Period of Performance (POP) is being revised:
FROM:
Base POP: 09/24/24-06/23/25
(Optional) Transition Out: 06/24/25-09/23/25
TO:
Base POP: 09/24/24-06/23/25
Option Period 1/Extension POP: 06/24/25-06/23/26
(Optional) Transition Out: 06/24/26-09/23/26
Awarded contract HHSM-500-2016-00028I to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2025-05-19.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SAM_JA Exception to Fair Opportunity FFSDCS_Final.pdf |
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