THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE

ONLY SOLICITATION; A SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT

BE ISSUED. QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED. The Centers for Medicare

and Medicaid Services intends to award using Simplified Acquisition

Procedures (Dollar Threshold for Simplified Acquisitions $250,000.00, a fixed

priced purchase order for a Subscription to a stock imagery and video clips in accordance with the attached Statement of Work dated June 30, 2023.  The estimated period of performance is one base year and 2 option years. "All business proposals final price shall be submitted

in whole dollars only, rounded to the nearest dollar." The North American

Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 453920. Responses must be sent

electronically in MS Word format to [email protected]  on or

before Friday August 11, 2023, by 11:00 AM EST. Responses shall be no

more than10 pages and shall include the following: 1) Contractor's plan to

perform Statement of Work; 2) Fully loaded rate and anticipated hours. For

the purpose of establishing timely receipt of a quotation, the time will be

established based upon electronic submission. All Responses will be

evaluated on Evaluation Criteria 1) Technical - meeting the requirement, 2)

Price - the amount The Government intends to award an order to the

responsible offeror whose quotation offers the Lowest Price that is Technically

Acceptable. All responses/quotes submitted shall remain valid for a period of

180 days. Interested parties must be able to affirm no conflicts of interest with

parties involved in Medicare claims processing in light of the work identified in

this Statement of Work. In the event that the vendor/government identifies a

conflict, the vendor shall be responsible for providing a mitigation strategy that

satisfies the government. In the event that the conflict cannot be resolved, the

order cannot be awarded or an existing order may need to be terminated.

Please Note: All contractors must be able to provide service for all items;

partial quotes will not be accepted. Please provide pricing for 1 base year and

2 option years. All questions must be submitted electronically to email address,

[email protected]  by 2:00 pm EST Thursday, August 3, 2023