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D -- INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (IV&V) TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES SOL RFP-HCFA-00-0047 POC Sandra Williamson, Contract Specialist, 410-786-5143; Pamela Collins, Contracting Officer, 410-786-4871 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist via, swilliamson@hcfa.gov. The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) intends to acquire through Full and Open Competition IV&V technical support services for its business and information systems, infrastructure, and related information systems projects. HCFA seeks to establish mechanisms, through its IV&V program, to provide accountability for information resources management, and to provide strategic and tactical support to the agency's Information Technology (IT) efforts. HCFA requires complete contractor independence to protect the integrity and usefulness of IV&V and to avoid significant potential organizational conflicts of interest (OCI), and/or the appearance of impartiality and/or unfair competitive advantage (as defined in FAR 9.501). Contractor awarded a contract for HCFA IV&V may be excluded from working on any HCFA efforts related to systems development and implementation efforts. An OCI clause will be included in the resultant contract and will be effective throughout the life of the contract. In accordance with the FAR, the HCFA Contracting Officer will make a case-by-case determination (i.e., per task order), of the existence of OCI. If a potential OCI is identified, the Contracting Officer will determine if the conflict can be sufficiently mitigated. HCFA contemplates making a single award of an IDIQ, task order contract with multiple pricing arrangements for a one-year base period and four one-year option periods. This is an unrestricted acquisition with a small business subcontracting requirement. Offerors may be required, as part of a pre-qualification process, to meet certain minimum qualifications related to the Medicare environment. These minimum qualifications will be delineated in the RFP. The RFP solicitation number is RFP-HCFA-00-0047 and it will be issued approximately June 30, 2000. Requests for a copy of the solicitation should be directed in writing to Sandra Williamson at the above address or requests may be sent via e-mail to swilliamson@hcfa.gov. The subject line of the e-mail should state "Request for RFP-HCFA-00-0047". Please provide your company mailing address, a point of contact, a telephone number, a facsimile number and your company size status under SIC Code 7379 in your written or e-mail request. Posted 05/30/00 (W-SN459842). (0151)

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