CMS has issued notice of a proposed contract action for the program entitled “Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors (NQIIC)” noting it will issue an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to support quality improvement efforts across settings and programs to maximum impact to healthcare and value to taxpayers, entitled the NQIIC. “The IDIQ contract allows for the full spectrum of quality improvement work that is in operation under the current various networks. This work currently includes the QIN-QIO work, the ESRD Network work, the hospital focused large scale improvement work, clinician-focused technical assistance work, and other quality improvement work.”
It has issued a draft solicitation for industry to provide questions/comments in an effort to reduce those exchanges once the formal solicitation is released.
The draft SOW notes “task order(s) will be released under this IDIQ contract with defined service areas on a state, regional, national, or otherwise defined level by CMS or by the proposing contractor and approved by CMS. The work awarded under this NQIIC contract will involve a broad range of healthcare quality improvement services involving data-driven initiatives to optimize health outcomes for persons and families while supporting clinicians, providers, and communities in improving health and healthcare of the population they serve. Most projects will be large-scale in nature (state, regional, or national level) with others on a smaller scale (community-level). Note, any type of plans mentioned shall be performed and provided as a deliverable at the task order level. The IDIQ task orders will include work for the Quality Improvement Organization Program, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network Program, large scale long term care improvement efforts, large scale hospital improvement efforts, clinician-focused technical assistance, and other, yet to-be-defined quality improvement activities of a NQIIC.”
Responses are due by April 30, 2018.
