CMS has issued a notice that it intends to award a multiple awardee IDIQ for the program entitled “Beneficiary and Family Centered Care (BFCC) Quality Improvement Organization (QIO)” (BFCC-QIO).
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.
