Division of Strategic Stakeholder Engagement & Operations (DSSEO) Support

Forecast New Requirement Updated

Agency
Solicitation expected
Estimated value
$20,000,000 to $50,000,000
Set-aside
Total Small Business

Forecast facts

Anticipated award
Through
NAICS code
541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
Forecast number
270201
Points of contact

Forecast details come from CMS's procurement forecast. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.

About this forecast

CMS, within the Department of Health and Human Services, forecasts a competitive new requirement for guidance, marketing, and operations support to its Division of Strategic Stakeholder Engagement and Operations (DSSEO), with an estimated solicitation release on November 16, 2026. Scope covers the Federally-facilitated Marketplace (FFM) and its agents and brokers, the State-based Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP), and other DSSEO Marketplace workstreams, including but not limited to direct enrollment (DE) and enhanced direct enrollment (EDE) implementation and agent and broker policy, training, and operations. The requirement is forecast as a Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS 541611 and PSC R499, with an estimated award date of March 1, 2027.

The estimated award value range is $20 million to $50 million, with a five-year period of performance beginning March 15, 2027. The acquisition is a competitive action associated with the GSA MAS Professional Services vehicle, and the current fiscal year value is forecast at at least $2 million and under $5 million. Points of contact are Dawn Wilkins, Contracting Officer, at dawn.wilkins@cms.hhs.gov or +14107864588, and Elliot Klein of HHS.gov at elliot.klein@cms.hhs.gov or +14107860415.

Forecast text

The purpose of this requirement is to provide guidance, marketing and operations support of the Federally-facilitated Marketplace (FFM) and its agents and brokers, State-based Small Business Health Options Program (SHOPs), as well as support the Division of Strategic Stakeholder Engagement and Operations (DSSEO) in its other workstreams related to the Marketplaces including, but not limited to, the implementation of direct enrollment (DE) and enhanced direct enrollment (EDE) and agent and broker policy, training and operations.

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