Medical Change Analyzer License Renewals

The Department of Health and Human Services intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Wolters Kluwer. Description: Medical Change Analyzer License Renewals HHS/OMHA adjudicates ALJ level Medicare appeals. To perform its mission, OMHA legal staff must have access to the latest legal information concerning Medicare laws and regulations. OMHA wishes to procure subscriptions to the Wolters Kluwer Health Coverage Change Analyzer and its Health Regulatory Change Analyzer. These tools will provide a central location for health, law, compliance, and reimbursement professionals to efficiently monitor and understand changes to LCDs, NCDs and Coverage Articles dating back to the inception of ICD-10. The Health Regulatory Change Analyzer provides a central location for health law and compliance professionals to efficiently monitor and understand changes to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Manuals. Responses The proposed acquisition action is for items and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1 (b). If you believe you can provide the items or services requested, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency, to the Contracting Officer, Anne Mineweaser, at [email protected] referencing notice number HHS-PSC-NOI-21-75P00121Q00069 by 10:00A.M. on May 24, 2021. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract acquisition based upon responses to the notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal Business Opportunities in accordance with the FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).