Beneficiary and Family Centered Care (BFCC) Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) DIQ   6

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is giving notice of a proposed contract action for the program entitled "Beneficiary and Family Centered Care (BFCC) Quality Improvement Organization (QIO)" (BFCC-QIO). The proposed contract will be for a multiple award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.
The purpose of the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care (BFCC) Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) contract is to improve healthcare services for Medicare beneficiaries through BFCC-QIO performance of numerous statutory review functions, including, but not limited to, quality of care reviews, beneficiary complaint reviews, discharge and termination of service appeals in various provider settings, medical necessity reviews, and Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) reviews. CMS wants to ensure that care provided by the Medicare Program is medically necessary, reasonable, meets professionally recognized standards of care, is provided in the appropriate setting, and complies with certain standards under the EMTALA.
CMS intends to solicit this requirement under a full and open competition. It is anticipated that CMS will award multiple IDIQ contract awards that will have a ten (10) year ordering period. The NAICS code applicable to this procurement is 541618 (Other Management Consulting Services) with a size standard of $15 million.
A DRAFT solicitation for the BFCC-QIO is anticipated to be released early May 2018. The purpose of the draft solicitation will be for industry to provide questions/comments in an effort to reduce those exchanges once the formal solicitation is released.
This announcement is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). CMS anticipates release of a formal RFP at the end of May 2018. IDIQ contract awards are anticipated around January 2019. It will be the Offeror's responsibility to frequently check the same site where the solicitation is to be posted for any amendments and/or changes to the RFP issue and closing date. Specific tasks and/or work to be performed will be detailed in, and solicited by, individual Task Orders (TOs). Two (2) TOs will be issued along with the IDIQ solicitation and posted to www.fbo.gov. After the IDIQ contract is awarded, future TOs will not be posted on www.fbo.gov.
Questions related to this synopsis shall be emailed to BFCC2019@cms.hhs.gov.
Please note that a Pre-solicitation Conference is scheduled to be held on May 15, 2018. Registration for the Pre-solicitation Conference can be made at the following link:
https://www.mitre.org/cmsconference

This solicitation is expected to be issued as pending availability of funds.
All contractual and technical questions must be submitted in writing (via e-mail). Telephone and fax questions or inquiries will not be accepted. The Government is not obligated or committed to award any contract as a result of this notice.