Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Centers

This is a Request for Quotation prepared in accordance with FAR Part 13, as supplemented with additional information included with this notice. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; A SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services intends to award using Simplified Acquisition Procedures, a fixed priced purchase order at a fixed price for "Analyses, Modeling and Programming Activity for Updates to the Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC) Payment System, and the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Payment Systems". The purchase order award will be made within (5-10) business days after the response due date of this notice. It is anticipated that the period of performance will be for 1 base year with 1 option year. The Statement of Work and Deliverables are attached. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 541511. The Request for Quote (RFQ) is being set aside for a small business. Responses must be sent electronically in MS Word format to contact@example.gov. Responses shall be no more than ten pages and shall include the following: 1) Contractor's Plan to perform Statement of Work; 2) Past Performance information - relevant experience to perform the required services; and 3) fully loaded labor rate and anticipated hours. All responses will be evaluated on the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable using the following Evaluation Criteria: 1) Technical Understanding and Approach; 2) Management Plan 3) Corporate Experience and Key Personnel; and 4) Price. The Government intends to award an order to the responsible offeror whose quotation offers the Lowest Price that is Technically Acceptable. Quotes are due on or before, Thursday August 17, 2017 by 11:00 am EST. All responses/quotes submitted shall remain valid for a period of 180 days. Interested parties must be able to affirm no conflicts of interest with parties involved in Medicare claims processing in light of the work identified in this Statement of Work. In the event that the vendor/government identifies a conflict, the vendor shall be responsible for providing a mitigation strategy that satisfies the government. In the event that the conflict cannot be resolved, the order cannot be awarded or an existing order may need to be terminated. ALL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY BY 11:00AM on Thursday, August 10, 2017. QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE ANSWERED BY TELEPHONE. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR QUOTES IN WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ONLY FOR A BASE YEAR AND ONE OPTION YEAR.