SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Zone Program Integrity Contractor (ZPIC)
- Notice Date
- 9/18/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Acquisition and Grants Management, 7500 Security Blvd. C2-21-15, Baltimore, MD, 21244-1850, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 21244-1850
- Solicitation Number
- RFP-CMS-2007-0027
- Point of Contact
- Gina Romano, Contract Specialist, Phone 410-786-8645, Fax 410-786-9643, - Theresa Schultz, Contracting Officer, Phone 410-786-8496, Fax 410-786-9088,
- E-Mail Address
-
gina.romano@cms.hhs.gov, theresa.schultz@cms.hhs.gov
- Description
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services'(CMS) mission is to ensure health care security to all beneficiaries. In carrying out this mission, CMS is dedicated to the highest integrity of its programs and has contracted with various entities for benefit integrity functions. Originally, program integrity efforts were aligned with CMS' fiscal intermediaries and carriers. The recent enactment of section 911 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) changes CMS' current contracting structure by phasing out the fiscal intermediaries and carriers and phasing in the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) for CMS Medicare claims processing. As a result of the MMA and the adoption of the MAC strategy, a realignment of the program integrity jurisdictions is necessary so that workloads align with the new MACs. In addition, the future intent of these realignments is to have one program integrity contractor be responsible for the detection, deterrence and prevention of fraud, waste, and abuse across all claim types. CMS has established seven (7) jurisdictional zones to deal efficiently with fraud, waste and abuse issues which also align effectively with multiple MAC jurisdictions. CMS will be procuring the seven (7) zones in three (3) separate cycles. CMS anticipates releasing a solicitation for three (3) zones as follows: Zone 4: Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico. Zone 7: Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Zone 5: West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana. It is anticipated that three (3) separate stand alone single IDIQ contracts will be awarded for each zone with a base period plus 4 option years. CMS intends to solicit this requirement as a full and open competition. This announcement is not a request for proposal (RFP). CMS anticipates release of Request for Proposal in early October 2007. The solicitation will be available on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. It is anticipated that this cycle will be awarded before May 31, 2008. CMS will hold a Pre-proposal Conference on October 17, 2007 at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD. More details will be provided with the release of the solicitation. Points of Contact Theresa Schultz, Contracting Officer, Phone 410-786-8496, Fax 410-786-9088, Email theresa.schultz@cms.hhs.gov; Gina Romano, Contract Specialist, Phone 410-786-8645, Fax 410-786-9643, Email gina.romano@cms.hhs.gov NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (18-SEP-2007); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/HCFA/AGG/RFP-CMS-2007-0027/listing.html)
- Record
- SN01410445-F 20070920/070919144206 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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