SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Intent to Sole Source - OS176814
- Notice Date
- 8/29/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541720
— Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, 12501 Ardennes Avenue, Suite 400, Rockville, Maryland, 20857, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- OS176814
- Archive Date
- 9/27/2016
- Point of Contact
- Keith Harding,
- E-Mail Address
-
Keith.Harding@psc.hhs.gov
(Keith.Harding@psc.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Pursuant to the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the Contracting Officer may solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source is reasonably available. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Program Support Center (PSC), Acquisition Management Services (AMS) intends to sole source to: Ridge Economic Consulting 8818 Ridge Road Bethesda, MD 2017 The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Program Support Center (PSC), Acquisition Management Services (AMS) intends to sole source to Ridge Economic Consulting for technical consulting services to provide research and analytic support to Office of Health Policy. The support will be comprised of policy research to monitor and evaluate various aspects of Marketplace, designing and executing economic and health services research projects that examine various interactions between Marketplace and Medicaid expansion evaluation approaches to state Medicaid expansion waivers, and programming support for data analysis. Working knowledge of and experience with CMS' Multidimensional Insurance Data Analytics System (MIDAS), Marketplace enrollment data files, and qualified health plan landscape data files are critical for the successful completion of tasks required under this technical assistance contract. Researchers outside of the Department of Health and Human Services currently do not have access to Marketplace enrollment data and MIDAS since neither is publicly available. Ridge Economic Consulting's access to and knowledge of Multidimensional Insurance Data Analytics System (MIDAS) and Marketplace enrollment data puts them in a unique position to conduct the technical services work required under this contract. This is not a solicitation for a competitive proposal. No solicitation document is available. All responsible sources that have determined that they can provide the same supplies/services may submit product information and a capabilities statement addressing their specific abilities regarding this requirement. The email subject line must reference OS176814. All responses are due by September 12, 2016 NOON Eastern Time and can be sent to Keith Harding at keith.harding@psc.hhs.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.
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- Record
- SN04245768-W 20160831/160829235736-420dfa3c1fa6fc0ba0ca5791bd31848d (fbodaily.com)
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