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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 DOORS Training and Consulting Services IBM Education Pack. A purchase order award will be made within (5-10) days after the response due date of this notice. It is anticipated that the period of performance will be approximately 12 months. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is. The Statement of Work, Deliverables, and Technical Evaluation Criteria are attached. The Request for Quote (RFQ) is being set aside for small business concerns. Responses must be sent electronically in MS Word format to contact@example.gov and in hard copy no later than 11:00 am on July 20, 2009 to Renee Wallace-Abney, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Management, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244. Responses shall be no more than five 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 a best value basis using the following Evaluation Criteria: 1) Technical Understanding and Approach; 2) Personnel Qualifications 3) Past performance information- relevance and quality of prior performance; 4) Management Plan and 5) Price. The Government intends to award an order to the responsible offeror whose quotation offers the best combination of technical capabilities and proposed price; the best value (considering price and other factors). 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.