BENEFEDS Portal – Enrollment and Premium Administration System

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to award a sole source contract to Long Term Care Partners for the BENEFEDS Portal services (website and call center). This web-based portal currently handles enrollment and premium administration functions for the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) and receives enrollment information from SHPS, the Flexible Spending Account Program (FSAFEDS) third-party administrator, for all FSAFEDS participants, and processes billing, payment and reconciliation tasks for both of these programs. The proposed contract will be a follow-on contract. This contract will provide continuity of operations during the BENEFEDS competitive acquisition, award, and transition phase. The proposed contract will have a one-year base period with two three-month option periods and six one-month option periods. Our anticipated contract award date is October 1, 2009. The proposed contract is for services for which the Government intends to solicit from only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-2 – Unusual and Compelling Urgency. The purpose of this notice is to satisfy the requirements of FAR Subpart 5.2. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. We will not issue a solicitation. All responsible sources may submit a proposal. We will consider all proposals received by September 29, 2009, 3:00 P.M. Eastern time (ET). The Government will not pay for this proposal. A determination by the Government not to open this requirement to competition based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. If we do not receive any responses by September 29, 2009, 3:00 P.M. ET, we will award the proposed contract to Long Term Care Partners without further notice.