Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Statistical Contractor (SC)

The solicitation, scheduled to be issued around May 3, 2010, seeks a contractor to provide services supporting the Medicaid and CHIP Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) program. This program is designed to produce national payment error rates for Medicaid and CHIP in compliance with the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002. The procurement will result in the award of one cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) contract to a qualified firm with a government-approved accounting system. The final Statement of Work (SOW) and deliverable schedule will be provided with the solicitation, and questions regarding the SOW will be addressed during the formal procurement process. The contract is identified under solicitation number CMS-2010-APP100768 and primarily falls within NAICS code 541513. The contractor will serve as the Statistical Contractor supporting the PERM program. Interested parties should note that no questions or comments are solicited during the pre-solicitation phase, but a question and answer session will follow issuance of the final solicitation. Points of contact for this opportunity include Contract Specialist Amy D. Duckworth and Contracting Officer Donald M. Knode, who can be reached via provided email addresses and phone numbers.