SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Federal Monitoring and Oversight in Long Term Care Facilities
- Notice Date
- 6/3/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration, Acquisition and Grants Group, 7500 Security Blvd. C2-21-15, Central Building, Baltimore, MD, 21244-1850
- ZIP Code
- 21244-1850
- Solicitation Number
- RFP-CMS-03-0009-HLH
- Point of Contact
- Herman Harris, Contract Specialist, Phone 410-786-9104, Fax 410-786-9922, - Carol Sevel, Contracting Officer, Phone 410-786-7437, Fax 410-786-9922,
- E-Mail Address
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HHarris@cms.hhs.gov, CSevel@cms.hhs.gov
- Description
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), has a requirement for Federal Monitoring and Oversight in Long Term Care Facilities. An award resulting from this solicitation will be made on the basis of a cascading evaluation preference approach. It is CMSs intent to award one five (5) year contract under NAICS Code 541618 in fiscal year 2003, on a negotiated competitive basis to an eligible business concern included in one of the following three (3) cascading preference tiers, provided that adequate competition is received and award can be made a fair market price. Adequate competition is defined as: the receipt of at least two (2) competitive proposals in a tier that are qualified, technically acceptable, cost reasonable and responsible business concerns. The solicitation will be available on or about June 18, 2003. The closing date for receipt of offers will be addressed therein. Interest parties shall obtain a copy of the solicitation by accessing the following webpage: www.fedbizopps.gov. This process will be completed in an electronic media only through this fedbizopp publication. Interested parties will need to register in order to be notified of the RPF release and the release of any subsequent amendments. The cascading evaluation preference is to be applied in the following manner: First Tier Competition: This tier is defined by competition among 8(a) (including Hubzone 8(a)) business concerns. It is the desire of CMS to award a contract to an eligible 8(a) or Hubzone business concern provided that adequate competition is received (2 or more eligible entities) and award can be made at a fair market price (see definition at FAR Part 19). Offerors submitting proposals under the First Tier or Second Tier Competitions must be providing 51% or more of the direct labor dollars proposed for the required contract effort. In the event that competitive and price requirements cannot be met under the First Tier Competition and there is only one technically qualified firm offering a fair market price, then the competition for this Tier will stop. However, the one qualified firm from this Tier will become eligible to compete in the Second Tier Competition, as defined below. Second Tier Competition: This Tier is defined by competition among eligible small business concerns that are not included in the First Tier and only becomes effective in the event that the First Tier Competition does not result in an award. Offerors submitting proposals under the First Tier or Second Tier Competitions must be providing 51% or more of the direct labor dollars proposed for the required contract effort. Again, in the event that the First Tier Competition results in only one 8(a) concern determined to be technically qualified and offering a fair market price, then that firm will be considered in the Second Tier Competition. In the event that there are no eligible firms in the Second Tier Competition, then the competition for this Tier will stop. At this point, the one qualified firm from First Tier becomes eligible to compete in the Third Tier Competition, as defined below. Furthermore, if no proposal received for the First Tier Competition is deemed acceptable (technically qualified, reasonable cost), and only one proposal received for the Second Tier Competition is determined to be acceptable, then CMS may consider that the Second Tier proposal for award under the Third Tier Competition. Third Tier Competition: This Tier is defined as an unrestricted, full and open competition with selection of an awardee based upon a best value determination pursuant to FAR 15.3. For evaluation purposes of First Tier and/or Second Tier entitites that are being considered for award with the Third Tier offerors, a price evaluation adjustment for small disadvantaged business concerns and for Hubzone small disadvantaged business concerns may be applied in accordance with FAR Subpart 19.11 and Section 19.1307. Provided below is a brief description of the requirements for this effort: Description: Strengthening federal oversight and monitoring across the 16,800+ long term care facilities that currently exist in the country while taking aggressive action steps to protect individuals who live in long term care facilities through the use of comparative surveys, complaint investigations and special surveys of compliance.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Contractors Site
- Record
- SN00338477-W 20030605/030603213343 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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