SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- RFI for Clearinghouse Contract (VA-22-00058683)
- Notice Date
- 4/22/2022 7:28:19 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CENTER NJ (36C10B) EATONTOWN NJ 07724 USA
- ZIP Code
- 07724
- Solicitation Number
- 36C10B22Q0275
- Response Due
- 4/28/2022 10:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 05/29/2022
- Point of Contact
- John.McDonnell33@va.gov, John McDonnell, Phone: 848-377-5138
- E-Mail Address
-
john.McDonnell33@va.gov
(john.McDonnell33@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- Department of Veterans Affairs Request for Information Clearinghouse Services April 22, 2022 Introduction: This Request for Information (RFI) is issued for the purpose of conducting market research. Accordingly, this RFI constitutes neither a Request for Proposal (RFP) nor a guarantee that one will be issued by the Government in the future. Furthermore, it does not commit the Government to contract for any services described herein. Do not submit a proposal. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is not, at this time, seeking proposals or quotes, and therefore, will not accept, review, or evaluate unsolicited proposals or quotes received in response hereto. This notice is not to be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract, nor does the Government intend to pay for any information submitted as a result of this request. The Government does not reimburse respondents for any costs associated with submission of the information being requested or, reimburse expenses incurred for responses to this RFI. The information provided may be used by VA in developing its acquisition strategy and Product Description/Performance Work Statement. Any information submitted by respondents to this RFI is strictly voluntary; however, any information received shall become the property of the Government and will not be returned to the respondent. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. This is a request for information and does not obligate the Government in any way, nor does it commit the Government to any specific course of action. Objective: The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to search for qualified vendors capable of meeting the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) requirements for Clearinghouse Services to include the acceptance and transmittal of electronic medical claims received from healthcare providers to the Veterans Affairs Financial Services Center (FSC) in an 837 file format, receipt of TIFF images from the FSC and conversion of those images into 837 compliant transactions and transmittal of the transactions to the FSC, and written monthly activity reports regarding medical claims processing. The contractor shall support, at a minimum, the following transactions and relevant code sets as applicable in accordance with the attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS): Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Claims, or paper claims that need to be scanned and converted to 837 files. HCFA and Uniform Bill (UB) Claims 837 Health Care Claims (Institutional and Professional, Dental) 835 Health Care Claim Payment/Advice VA Security Requirements for this effort: Information systems designed or developed for or on behalf of VA at non VA facilities shall comply with all Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), NIST, and related VA security control requirements for Federal information systems. This includes system security categorization level designations in accordance with the most current Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS), and implementation of all baseline security controls commensurate with the current FIPS system security categorization (reference the current Appendix D of VA Handbook 6500, VA Information Security Program). Contractors are fully responsible and accountable for ensuring compliance with all current FISMA, NIST, FIPS, and VA security policies and procedures. The contractor security control procedures must be identical, not equivalent, to those procedures used to secure VA systems. A privacy impact assessment (PIA) must also be included and approved by VA Privacy Service prior to operational approval. All external Internet connections involving VA information must be reviewed and approved by VA prior to implementation. Outsourcing (contractor facility/contractor equipment/contractor staff) of systems or network operations, telecommunications services, or other managed services requires certification and accreditation of the contractor s systems prior to operation of the systems. The contractor must adhere to all current FISMA, FIPS and NIST legislation and standards related to conduct of an annual security controls assessment and review and updates to the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA). Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002 Compliance: FISMA compliance is access through annual accreditation and certification as required by Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) governed by Department of Defense Instruction 8510.01, dated November 28, 2007. Note: This requirement must be met on any procurement, IT, PS, etc., where the contractor will have access to government electronic information. Vendor Responses: After reviewing the information contained within this RFI, interested capable contractors are invited to provide responses to the following questions: Name of Company: Address: Point of Contact: Phone Number: Fax Numbers: Email Address: DUNS Number: Will your company alone be able to provide all of the services to meet the requirements or will you have to partner with other vendors? If you will have to partner, please provide the following information: Identify who the proposed partner(s) would be (include Name, Cage Code, and DUNS number). Do you have the ability to meet the requirements of Appendix D of VA Handbook 6500, VA Information Security Program no later than October 31, 2022? Do you have FISMA annual accreditation and certification with the VA or can you obtain no later than October 31, 2022? Do you currently have or can you obtain a business associate agreement with the VA by October 31, 2022? Do you have an existing Information Security Agreement (ISA) or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the VA or can you obtain one no later than October 31, 2022? For market research purposes, what would be an appropriate price per transaction for each claim type listed in the draft PWS? Responses shall be e-mailed to Contract Specialist John McDonnell at john.mcdonnell33@va.gov by 1 PM EST on Friday, April 29, 2022.
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