Health Care Financing Administration 7500 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD. 21244-1850

Q -- MIP PROGRAM SAFEGUARD CONTRACTOR SOL RFP-98-0016/DLT POC Dawn L. Tucker, Contract Specialist, 410-786-5162; Leisa S. Bodway, Contracting Officer, 410-786-1278 The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) is soliciting proposals for award of multiple Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts for the Medicare Integrity Program's (MIP) Program Safeguard Contractor (PSC) effort. These contracts will be available for use by the HCFA, as well as, other Government agencies as Government Wide Area Contracts (GWACs) as a mechanism to provide streamlined, efficient procurement vehicles to acquire MIP/PSC services. BACKGROUND: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) provides a stable source of incrementally increasing funds earmarked for the Medicare program safeguard activities in order to promote the integrity of the Medicare program. The PSC shall have the capability to perform activities such as medical review of Medicare claims; potential fraud case development; audits, settlements and reimbursements of cost reports; data analysis; assisting with the processing of appeals of claims denial; identification of overpayments; and education of certain providers. The PSC will work closely with affiliated contractors which are entities that perform claims processing and other non-program safeguard activities. The PSC will utilize the affiliated contractors' standard claims processing system to access the claims in order to perform duties as a full PSC. GENERAL CONTRACT INFORMATION: HCFA will solicit offers with the intent of awarding multiple IDIQ contracts for a base year plus four option years. The base contract will contain terms and conditions to accommodate firm-fixed price, time and material, or cost-reimbursement Task Orders. This procurement is a full and open competition with a goal of 30% of the IDIQ awards set-aside for small business. Per FAR 19.102 for SIC Code 8999, a small business size standard not to exceed $5 million applies. Subcontracting with small, small disadvantaged, women owned and 8(a) firms is encouraged. HOW TO OBTAIN THE PSC SOLICITATION DOCUMENT: The PSC Solicitation will be available on or about September 14, 1998 on the Internet at http://www.hcfa.gov/medicare/mip/. Since the PSC Solicitation is large and includes numerous appendices, i.e. user manuals, etc., the complete PSC Solicitation is available only in electronic format. The PSC Solicitation is NOT available in an all paper form due to the volume and size of the various appendices. Requests for the available hard copy sections of the PSC Solicitation will ONLY be entertained from vendors who can demonstrate that they do NOT have Internet download capability. Requests for the hard copy sections with justification should be mailed to Dawn L. Tucker, Health Care Financing Administration, Acquisition and Grants Group, 7500 Security Blvd., C2-21-15, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. Telephone or E-mail requests for the hard copy sections of the PSC Solicitation will NOT be accepted. For technical assistance in downloading from the Internet, E-mail questions to PSC@HCFA.GOV. Procurement questions should be directed to Dawn L. Tucker, Contract Specialist, at (410) 786-5162. Posted 08/27/98 (I-SN242639). (0239)

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