Medicare Decision Support Research

Past Recompete Updated

Agency
Solicitation expected
Estimated value
$3,000,000 to $7,000,000
Set-aside
Total Small Business

Forecast facts

Incumbent contract
Previous solicitation
Consumer Research and Communications IDIQ Award Notice · HHSM-500-2016-RFP-0029 · Posted Sep 13, 2016
Anticipated award
NAICS code
541910 Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling
Points of contact

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

About this forecast

The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (HHS CMS) is forecasting a Medicare Decision Support Research contract for small businesses. The opportunity requires expertise in qualitative research methodologies, including study design, data collection, and analysis, with a focus on developing guided search/decision support resources for Medicare target audiences. The estimated solicitation release date is February 1, 2025, with an anticipated award date of August 1, 2025.

The contract falls under the Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling NAICS code (541910) and is expected to leverage the skills of small businesses in conducting comprehensive research. While specific award values for this new solicitation are not detailed, the previous contract had a ceiling value of $60,000,000. Points of contact include Jennifer Davis (jennifer.davis@cms.hhs.gov, +14107862460) and Matthew Yuen from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, who can provide additional information about the opportunity.

The forecasted contract is a recompete of the existing Indefinite Delivery Contract HHSM500201700071I, originally awarded to L&M Policy Research, LLC in September 2017. The incumbent contractor has received delivery orders valued at over $21 million to conduct consumer research, data analysis, and develop beneficiary education materials supporting CMS's Medicare outreach and marketplace tools. The original contract, Consumer Research and Communications III, was a multiple-award IDIQ with task orders focused on enhancing consumer understanding of CMS healthcare programs.

Forecast text

Performance of this task order will require expertise in qualitative research methodologies including designing studies, collecting data, and analyzing the data; familiarity with the target audiences mentioned below; experience conducting research to support guided search/decision support resource development; and the ability to quickly recruit various, diverse specific subsets of Medicare target audiences.

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