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 May 8, 2020. The estimated period of performance is one base year and 3 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 Wednesday August 5, 2020, by 10:00 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
3 option years. All questions must be submitted electronically to email address
[email protected] by 2:00 pm EST Monday, July 21, 2020