Maintenance Support Renewal for Data Direct Connect

This modification is being issued to: add an additional Question and Response, and extend the response due date to August 5, 2019. This is a Small Business Set Aside Request for Quotation prepared in accordance with FAR Part 13. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; A SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services intends to award, under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (Dollar Threshold for Simplified Acquisitions $250,000.00) a fixed price purchase order to a contractor to provide the following MAINTENANCE SUPPORT FOR DATADIRECT CONNECT FOR ODBC SERVERS DATABASE DRIVERS to support the web server to database server connection in support of the Health Plan Management System. The NAICS Code is 541511: (1) Standard Maintenance and Support for Progress DataDirect Connect for ODBC SERV 6.1.00 E, Part# MNCO64WXORA04V61C (2) Standard Maintenance and Support for Progress DataDirect Connect for ODBC for SERV 6.1.00 E - CMSPROD, Part# MNCO64WXORA04V6.1-CMSPROD (3) Standard Maintenance and Support for Progress DataDirect Connect for ODBC for - SERV 6.1-00E - CMSDEV, Part# MNCO64WXORA04V6.1-CMSDEV (4) Standard Maintenance and Support for Progress DataDirect Connect for ODBC for SERV 6.1.00 E - CMSTEST, Part# MNCO64WXORA04V6.1-CMSTEST (2) Standard Maintenance and Support for Progress DataDirect Connect for ODBC for SERV 6.1.00 E - CMSIMP, Part# MNCO64WXORA04V6.1-CMSIMP The period of performance is for one year with (4) Option Years. Please provide a quote for the estimated base year, 9/14/19 - 9/13/20; Option Year One, 9/14/20 - 9/13/21; Option Year Two, 9/14/21 - 9/13/22; Option Year Three, 9/14/22 - 9/13/23; and Option Year Four, 9/14/23 - 9/13/24. Contractors must provide a quote for each of these years of performance. Please note all period of performances must be from 9/14/19 to 9/13/20 for all items. Your quote should also include the following additional information: 1. Company Name, Address 2. Contact Person, name, Telephone Number, Fax Number, E-Mail Address 3. Business Size Classification, i.e. Small Disadvantaged, 8(a), Woman Owned 4. DUNS Number 5. Tax ID NO. Note: You must be registered and the registration current in the SAM or System for Award Management in order to receive a federal government award. This is an all or none Request for Quote. All quotes must be received by July 31, 2019 no later than 12:00pm. Questions should be submitted in writing only to : contact@example.gov, no later than July 26, 2019 by 12:00pm est. Quotes can be E-Mailed to: contact@example.gov or sent in hard copy to Phillip Harrell, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of Acquisition and Grants Management, 7500 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21244. The government intends to award an order to the responsible offeror whose quotation is the lowest price and technically acceptable. 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 Request for Quotation. In the event that the vendor/government identifies a conflict or the appearance of 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.