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The Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration's Office of Insurance is seeking sealed competitive bids for decision support and related health care analysis consulting services on behalf of the State & School Employees' Health Insurance Management Board. The procurement involves providing a comprehensive healthcare database and analytical services for the state's self-insured health plan, which covers approximately 190,000 participants. The selected vendor must offer a system that integrates claims data from multiple third-party administrators, including ActiveHealth Management, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi, and Caremark PCS Health, with capabilities for claims expense analysis, utilization tracking, benchmarking, plan evaluation, and benefit design modeling. Bidders must have a minimum of five years of experience in similar services, with proven expertise serving at least one client with 100,000 covered lives and a total of one million covered lives in their portfolio. The Invitation for Bids (IFB) was issued on January 28, 2025, with bids due by February 28, 2025, at 2:00 PM CST, for a five-year contract beginning July 1, 2025. Vendor requirements include maintaining 60 months of online claims data, supporting a minimum of eight designated users, and providing system access for both internal personnel and external actuarial consultants.

The procurement does not specify explicit set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises. The current contract incumbent is Health Data & Management Solutions, Inc., with contract details available on Mississippi's transparency website. Vendors must be registered to do business in Mississippi and must provide a $500,000 implementation bond, professional liability insurance of $3 million, and workers' compensation coverage. The system must accommodate data feeds received monthly from multiple vendors and support various user access levels. While specific budget ranges are not explicitly stated, the bid requires pricing submitted as firm, flat dollar amounts with hourly rates by position and maximum annual project costs for each of the five contract years. Potential bidders can submit bids either in paper format or electronically through the State's MAGIC e-procurement system, with implementation costs prior to July 1, 2025, noted as non-compensable. The comprehensive nature of the contract suggests a significant investment in healthcare data analysis and support services for the state's employee health insurance program.