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R -- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF PAYERID POC Anita Tolliver, Contract Specialist, #703/487-4720 The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) intends to negotiate solely with Peter T. Barry Company to assist in the implementation of the PAYERID system of which the company designed for the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). The authority for this procurement can be found at 41 USC 253(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Satisfy Agency Requirements. The award will be made utilizing simplified acquisition procedures. The design was awarded through small purchase procedures, but the scope of work has been changed to also include implementation which brings the amount of this procurement into the Simplified Acquisition Threshold. The PAYERID will be an online national system for identifying payers of Medicare claims. It will efficiently and securely maintain and distribute associated directory data. NTIS intends to negotiate solely with Peter T. Barry Company based on the following reasons: 1. Knowledge of the PAYERID initiative of HCFA through participation on the HCFA External Working Group on PAYERID and participation in HCFA's National Payer Identification Conference; 2. Knowledge of the HCFA Medicare Transaction System and Provider Identification initiatives and their relationship to the PAYERID initiative including familiarity with the HCFA organizational structure and responsible managers; 3. Understanding of the PAYERID problem as a result of chairing the Working Group on Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) and ANSI ASC X 12 committees for a standard health identification card and from efforts to find an appropriate national registrar for payer/card issuer numbers and to define the underlying infrastructure needed to employ these numbers; 4. Experience as liaison to the WEDI, ANSI ASC X 12, ANSI ASC X3B10, the U.S. Registrataion Committee, and the numerous other organizations with which they have worked on this problem; and 5. Management and technical abilities deriving from thirty-years experience in developing complex information and telecommunications systems. All interested firms have 15 calendar days to submit, in writing, sufficient technical informationto permit agency analysis to establish a bonafide capability to meet the stated requirements. Telephone requests will not be honored. No solicitation package is available. If no affirmative responses are received within 15 calendar days, a purchase order will be placed with Peter T. Barry Company. (0340)

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