Department of Veterans Affairs, Contracting Officer (670 90A), Va Medical Center, 800 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210-2799

R -- THIRD PARTY DEBT COLLECTION SERVICES SOL RFP 670-18-99 DUE 022599 POC Sheila Smith 315-476-7461, x-3601 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, Sheila.Smith3@med.va.gov. This is a solicitation for commercial items under Part 12 of Federal Acquisition Regulations. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 6411 (medical insurance claims, processing of, contract or fee basis) and the Size Standard is $5.0 million. Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) 1, 2 and 4 are soliciting offers for a firm fixed-price, indefinite delivery, requirements contract to implement debt collection for third party health insurance claims that have been in collection status longer than 90 days at any of its VA Medical Centers. VISN-1 consists of VA Medical Centers in New England, VISN-2 is Upstate New York, and VISN-4 is Pennsylvania +. The initial contract term will run through September 30, 1999, with four subsequent option years running from October 1st through September 30th. The price schedule shall be a contingent fee based on a percentage of collections and may be tiered pricing. Only insurance carriers are billed. VA patients shall not be contacted. Claims data will be sent to the contractor electronically. The contractor shall pursue follow-up action with insurance carriers and initiate recovery of insurance claims for which payment is still outstanding through written correspondence, telephone contacts, or other means. Contractor shall direct insurance carriers to pay claims directly to the Agent Cashier of the perspective VA Medical Center. The VA will provide the contractor with a monthly report listing claims referred, collections received, and claims remaining with the contractor for collection. The contractor shall maintain, reconcile, and provide monthly account activity reports to the VA. The contractor will have 90 calendar days following referral of the claim by the VA to recover the outstanding claim. After 90 calendar days, the contractor will return uncollected claims to the VA. The solicitation (RFP) document will be available on or about February 1, 1999. Posted 01/14/99 (W-SN288037). (0014)

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