Actuarial Consultant Services Departmental Master Agreement RFR - 2023-005

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA), is issuing a Request for Response (RFR) to establish a Departmental Master Agreement for Actuarial Consultant Services (RFR #2023-005). The selected vendor(s) will provide expert actuarial consulting services to assist CHIA and other authorized Commonwealth entities with ad hoc projects, such as cost and efficacy analyses of health benefit mandates, development of data specifications and templates, analysis of aggregated health insurance data, and other actuarial services as needed. The RFR will be posted in mid to late-September 2022, with bids submitted online through COMMBUYS. The initial contract term is expected to be one year, with options to renew for up to four additional one-year terms. Compensation will be either unit/hourly rate based or project based, with pricing submitted by bidders for various job classifications.

The RFR does not specify any set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. The Commonwealth reserves the right to suspend enrollment and limit the number of awards made under this RFR. An incumbent vendor or current contractor is not identified. The Commonwealth has not provided specific award values or budget ranges for this procurement, but interested parties should monitor the COMMBUYS website for any amendments to the announcement and the full RFR posting.