Third Party Collection Program Program/Medical Services Account/Other Health Insurance) to collect Other Health Insurance (OHI) from patients serviced in the Medical Treatment Facilities (MTF). SOURCES SOUGHT POSTING THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This sources sought is issued by the Material Management Acquisitions Division, Naval Medical Center San Diego, solely for information and planning purposes; it does not constitute a formal solicitation, Request for Quotation (RFQ) or a promise to issue a formal solicitation, RFQ or Broad Area Announcement (BAA). Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay any cost incurred in response to this sources sought and all costs associated with responding will be solely at the interested party's expense. Not responding to this sources sought does not preclude participation in any future and potential solicitation, or RFQ. It is the intent of Naval Medical Center San Diego to use this for market research purposes only. If a formal solicitation is released, it will be issued via the Federal Business Opportunities (http: //www.fbo.gov). It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this website for any information that may pertain to this sources sought. The information provided in this sources sought is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. 1. Description: Naval Medical Center San Diego is seeking to identify qualified Small Business sources capable of performing the requirement for Third Party Collection(TCP)Program. The contractor must be able to support the following requirements: • Provide a sample payer list that the clearinghouse can tap into for verification prior to testing phase to ensure payer coverage list is acceptable to NMCSD. • Provide upload, download and/or FTP services for requested/batched information submitted to the vendor, as well as verified information received from the vendor, on a recurring basis (frequency to be determined by NMCSD). • Provide patient insurance benefits and level of coverage to include HMO, PPO, with specific detailed information including but not limited to: insurance billing address such as Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Arkansas, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Southern CA. to include all associated subsidiary payers and all medical/pharmacy billing address, billing phone numbers, policy holder’s name, group ID, policy ID, employer name to include all family members and all federal employment plans (Ability to verify EOB denials, payment inquiry, status of the claims and corresponding eligibility). • Shall have the capability to charge NMCSD using a standard monthly fee, dependent on the number of patient records submitted by NMCSD for verification. • Provide the complete payer claims address (not the corporate mailing address) according to the patients insurance group plan. • Provide payers who accept electronic billing including payer electronic ID, PCN and BIN number. • Provide Eligibility effective date and end date. • A solicitation will follow on May 22, 2011. 2. Prospective sources, possessing the qualifications, capability, and experience to respond to this source's sought are invited to submit documentation (no more than 10 pages all-inclusive) in response to items above. 3. Submission Instructions: a. Interested parties are requested to respond to this sources sought inclusive of answers to the requested information listed above. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 524292. b. Responses shall be limited to 10 pages all-inclusive and submitted via email either to Mr. Nestor Noble
contact@example.gov or Mr. Joseph Bancod
contact@example.gov . We retain the right to review late submissions but makes no guarantee to the order of or possibility for review of late submissions. c. Respondents shall provide responses in softcopy form (electronically) in Microsoft Word compatible format ONLY and are due no later than 3:00 PM (local Eastern Time) on Wednesday, May 18, 2010. d. Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED and completely separated. Be advised that no submissions will be returned. e. Responses to this sources sought may be evaluated by Government technical experts. The program office has contracted for various non-government, scientific, engineering, technical and administrative staff support services, some of which require contractors to obtain access to proprietary information submitted by other contractors. All non-government contractor support personnel have signed and are bound by the appropriate non-disclosure agreements and organizational conflict of interest statements. The Government may also use these selected support contractor personnel as technical advisors in the evaluation of submissions. Non-government staff support personnel will not have access to RFI that may be labeled by the offerors as Government Access Only. f. This notice is for market research and planning purpose only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement. This is not a request for proposal. The Government does not intend to award a contract based on responses under this announcement nor otherwise pay for preparing any information sent for the Government use. Any proprietary information should be so marked. Interested sources should provide the following: 1) Company name and address 2) Point of contact 3) Phone/fax/email 4) NAICS Codes 5) Business size and status, type of small business if applicable (e.g. 8(a), women-owned, HUB Zone Small Business, etc.) 6) Capability information in response to the requirement. 4. Questions: Submit questions to Mr. Joseph Bancod, Contract Specialist, at
contact@example.gov on or before 3:00 PM (local Pacific Standard Time) on Monday, May 18, 2010. 5. Contracting Office Address: Material Management Department/Acquisitions Division 34800 Bob Wilson Drive BLDG 1 San Diego, CA 92134-5000 6. Place of Performance: -Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA 92134 7. Point of Contact(s): Joseph Bancod Contract Specialist
