Ktr. Reporting of Operational and Workload (CAFM) and Ktr. Administrative Cost and Financial Management System (CAFM)

Contractor Reporting of Operational and Workload (CROWD) and Contractor Administrative Cost and Financial Management System (CAFM) THIS IS NOT A FORMAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) AND DOES NOT COMMIT THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) TO AWARD A CONTRACT NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability of small businesses and/or companies that are qualified to support CMS in the Contractor Reporting of Operational and Workload (CROWD); and, Contractor Administrative Cost Financial Management System (CAFM). Background: 1.The CROWD system provides CMS with a timely way to monitor each Medicare Contractor's performance in processing claims and paying bills. 2.The CAFM system is the vehicle for tracking benefit payments, banking issues and CFO data. a)CAFMII is the main vehicle for planning, administering and monitoring the administrative expenses of the Medicare contractor community. 3.CROWD/CAFM with the CAFMII is a M204 system which, resides in the CMS Mainframe. Description of work: The Contractor's main objective will be to support the maintenance for the mission critical legacy systems (i.e. CROWD/CAFM) that monitor each Medicare Contractor's performance in processing claims and/or paying bills. The systems include workload and/or reporting capabilities to estimate budget, define operating problems, compare performance among contractors, determine regional and/or national workload trends. Requirements for Submitting RFI Responses to CMS: CMS requests capability responses to the Request for Information (RFI) demonstrating the following: - Through understanding of M204 Language and/or maintaining a database. - Supply a complete understanding of CMS standards to run jobs using JCL, APCSS, Direct Connect and/or ENDEVOR. - Detailed information on the familiarly with Medicare Contractor business functions as an integral part of the Medicare contractor administrative budget. - Through understanding of NOBAs, IERs and FACPs as it relates to the Medicare contractor administrative budget. - Specific details about business operations needed to monitor contractor performance to process claims and pay bills. - Through understanding of potential problems and how to resolve them in a timely fashion. - Detailed information about producing Ad Hoc Reports in a timely fashion. CMS welcomes all comments and clarifying questions, regarding possible ambiguities or inconsistencies in the draft Statement of Work (SOW) entitled, "CAFM and CROWD Systems". Please note, this is a working draft and many elements of the solicitation are either not included or incomplete. Therefore, the actual Request for Quote (RFQ) or Request for Proposal (RFP), when released, may differ from this document. However, the draft SOW provides potential vendors from both small and large firms to comment on the Agency's acquisition strategy before the formal RFQ/RFP is released. Based on its review and consideration of the comments and/or clarifying questions received; CMS will revise the draft SOW to incorporate the comments and/or clarifying questions. Business Information: 1.DUNS 2.Company Name 3.Company Address 4.Website (as applicable) 5.NAICS code (in which you would operate under for this service) 6.Do you have a Government approved accounting system? If so, please identify the agency that approved the system. 7.Type of Company (i.e. small business, 8(a), woman owned, veteran owned, etc.) as validated via the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). All contractors must register on the CCR located at http://www.ccr.gov/index.asp. 8.Company Point of Contact(s), Phone, and E-mail address 9.Point of Contact(s), Phone and Email address of individuals who can verify the demonstrated capabilities identified in the responses Submit Responses in the Following Manner: Capability responses must be submitted via email to the Point of Contact listed below no later than Tuesday, May 11, 2010 COB. The response should include, the Project Identification Number in the subject line; and, a response shall be submitted via email in format compatible with Microsoft (MS) Office 2003 including, but not limited to MS Project, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel and MS Visio. Moreover, the font size shall be Times New Roman Size 12 with no less that single spacing between lines. Responses shall be limited to twelve (12) pages; and, each page shall be number starting with page one (1) after, the Table of Contents. Responses shall be limited to twelve (12) pages excluding, the Cover Page and, Table of Contents. Capability responses shall be submitted in the following order: 1. Cover page a. Company Name b. Address c. Website (as applicable) d. Project Identification Number (e.g. RFI-CMS-09-91062) e. Project Name (i.e. CROWD/CAFM) f. Point of Contact(s) i. Phone ii. Email 2. Table of Contents 3. Business Information (outlined above) 4. Specific details of prior work experience related to legacy and/or similar systems. 5. Specific knowledge related to the legacy and/or similar systems. 6. (specific information about the bullets) Capability statements will not be returned. All information marked proprietary shall be treated as such. CMS shall not be responsible to answer questions about this notice. Disclaimer This is not an invitation for bid, request for proposal or other solicitation and in no way obligates CMS to award a contract. The sole intent is to obtain capabilities for contractors and procurement planning purposes. Documentation should be sent to: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Attn: Liz Hammond, Contract Specialist Office of Acquisitions and Grants Management Acquisitions and Grants Group Division of Medicare Support Contracts Mailstop: C2-21-15 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 Point of Contact: Name: Liz Hammond, Contract Specialist Phone: 410-786-7440 Email: elizabeth.hammond@cms.hhs.gov (preferred) (End of text)