Statewide Operations and Support Services, State Purchasing Office, 200 Piedmont Avenue, S.E., Suite 1308, West Tower, Atlanta, Georgia 30334-9010

D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES SOL F-0460-136-080449-000 POC David M. Candler (404) 656-6602 NOTICE TO: Software System Development Firms. Vendors willing to develop, test, and implement an eligibility system which will interface with State of Georgia's Merit System enrollment system for the Georgia Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The Federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997 created Title XXI of the Social Security Act, which establishes a Children's Health Insurance Program. General information, provided by the federal government, reguarding this program may be found at WWW.HCFA.GOV. The State of Georgia is developing a program (CHIP) that will offer low-cost, subsidized health care coverage to uninsured children from low-income families. To support CHIP, the State of Georgia, in conjunction with the selected vendor, will develop an eligibility system to process applications, determine eligibility for CHIP, and calculate premium amounts. This system will use data from multiple mainframe-based state databases to help determine eligibility and will need to interface with the enrollment system currently under development by the Georgia Merit System. The timetable for this project is extremely critical -- children must begin enrolling by September 1, 1998. However, end-user training will begin as early as July 1, 1998. The purpose of the soon to be released RFP is to award a contract to one vendor who will assume responsibility for the development of the CHIP eligibility system. The RFP will be released on or about January 30, 1998, and a mandatory bidders conference will be held on February 11, 1998. If you would like your firm's capabilities considered, please write or FAX David M. Candler, Manager, State of Georgia Purchasing Office, 200 Piedmont Avenue, SE, Suite 1308 West, Atlanta, Georgia 30334-9010 FAX 404-657-4528 or Internet: "dmcandle@doas.state.ga.us", and provide a no greater than one page Executive Summary stating name of application software, manufacturer and State(s) currently using (if applicable) and Company point(s) of contact (address, phone/fax). You will be added to vendor/bidders mail list for the RFP and may be contacted for technical advice and input for RFP specifications development (0007)

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