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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JANUARY 19, 2013 FBO #4074
DOCUMENT

R -- Insurance Identification and Validation - Attachment

Notice Date

1/17/2013
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

524298 — All Other Insurance Related Activities
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Health Administration Center;3773 Cherry Creek Drive North, Suite 450;Denver CO 80209
 

ZIP Code

80209
 

Solicitation Number

VA74113I0073
 

Response Due

1/24/2013
 

Archive Date

3/25/2013
 

Point of Contact

Diane Chinea
 

E-Mail Address

2.4694<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION VA741-13-I-0073 Introduction: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. This is a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought notice issued in accordance with FAR 15.201(e) to conduct market research. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue a RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is not, at this time, seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested vendor's expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. Any information submitted by respondents to this RFI is strictly voluntary. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned. This announcement is based upon the best information available and is subject to future modification. Overview: VA is performing market research for a potential requirement for Insurance Identification services in order to improve collections through identification and verification of Veterans' third party insurance. Attachment Attached are copies of the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) detailing the scope and requirements for the Insurance Identification. Performance Work Statement (PWS) entitled, "Insurance Ident PWS (1),"(Insurance Ident PWS (1).docx). SPECIFIC RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS: Please submit your RFI response to in accordance with the following: 1) No more than 15 pages (excluding transmittal page). Include the name, email address and phone number of the appropriate representative of your company; 2) Address each of the 7 sections described below; 3) Submit your response via email to diane.chinea@va.gov; 4) Submit your response by 2:00 P.M. MST on January 24, 2013; 5) Mark your response as "Proprietary Information" if the information is considered business sensitive. 6) NO MARKETING MATERIALS ARE ALLOWED AS A PART OF THIS RFI. The Government will not review any other information or attachments included, that are in excess of the 15 page limitation. Information Requested from Industry: In response to the RFI, interested contractors shall submit the following information: 1.Company Information/Socio-Economic Status - a.Provide the company size, the CAGE code, and the POC information (name, email address, telephone, and fax numbers). b.VA has identified the appropriate North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code of 524291, 524292, 524298, "Other Insurance Related Activities" which has a size standard of $7.0 million for this RFI. Please identify and explain any other NAICS code your company believes would better represent the predominate work included in the attached PWS. c.Indicate whether your company, subcontractors, teaming partners, joint ventures have a Federal Socio-Economic status, e.g., Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, Disadvantaged Small Business, and Hub Zone. If Service-Disabled or Veteran Owned Small Business, is your company and/or partners registered in VA's VetBiz repository? 2.Background/Past Experience - Provide the following information on a maximum of three Insurance Identification projects in a healthcare environment completed within the last three years for which the responder was a prime or subcontractor. a.The name, address, and value of each project b.The Prime Contract Type, Firm Fixed-Price, Cost Reimbursement or Time and Material c.The name, telephone and address of the owner of each project d.A description of each project, including difficulties and successes e.Your company's role and services provided for each project. 3.Capabilities/Qualifications - Overview of proposed solution(s). Include a description of the capabilities/qualifications/skills your company possesses for each of the below statements: a.Assessment of capabilities to perform all the requirements noted in the draft PWS. b.Historical data indicates 30 day extracts average 400,000 to 500,000 patients and annual extracts may be well over three million. Historically, on average 25,000 to 30,000 policies were identified monthly. Include in description of qualifications, the vendor's strategy to address potential workload and extensiveness of their access to third party carriers in order to identify the maximum number of Veteran insurance policies (number of data use agreements in place with third party vendors by CPAC area). c.Assessment of the types of changes required to accomplish the goals. d.Approach to be utilized to develop necessary changes to the systems to meet the organizational goals. e.Draft schedule to complete necessary changes. f.Potential contractors must meet all the VA Information Technology and security requirements that will be involved in their process; to include secure connectivity to the VA network and privacy protection requirements. Please describe how you will achieve this requirement. 4.Teaming Arrangements - Description of Teaming Partners, Joint Ventures that your company would consider to perform the work. 5.Price information - Provide your commercial price history and rough order of magnitude for the same or similar products/solutions. 6.Other Market Information - Provide any other relative information, however this information must be included within the 15 page limitation. 7.Other Federal Experience - Identify the federal contract vehicles to which you are party.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/VAHAC741/VAHAC741/VA74113I0073/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA741-13-I-0073 VA741-13-I-0073_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=587985&FileName=VA741-13-I-0073-001.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=587985&FileName=VA741-13-I-0073-001.docx

 

Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
 

Place of Performance

Address: SAO East - PCA Denver;3773 Cherry Creek North Drive;Denver, CO

Zip Code: 80209
 

Record

SN02967434-W 20130119/130117234249-fd20063397301bc77fac7a64f909470a (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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