Deltek Pulse: Health and Human Services Month in Review, March 2018

Solicitation activity in the State, Local and Education (SLED) Health and Human Services (HHS) market decreased in March compared to February. The majority of solicitations released in March had a primary requirement of Professional Services followed by Information Technology (IT); Medical and Scientific Equipment; and Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC). The number of Operation and Maintenance (O&M) solicitations increased slightly. Social Services and Health Services solicitations had a sizeable increase compared to the amount of solicitations released in February. Virginia, California, and Texas were states who released the most solicitations in March, while Wyoming and Idaho released the fewest.

Notable Solicitation Releases

•             The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Health Benefits, released a request for proposals (RFP) for Enrollment Broker Services to help implement and oversee the state's Medicaid beneficiary support system. The Department will work with the Enrollment Broker to define the plan selection factors, data transmission interfaces, application program interfaces (APIs), and security requirements to facilitate the exchange of beneficiary Prepaid Health Plans selection information between systems. Proposals are due on April 13, 2018.

•             The New Mexico Human Services Department is seeking a Quality Assurance vendor for the Medicaid Management Information System Replacement (MMISR). The selected Contractor will configure, provide, and operate all Quality Assurance components of the MMISR Solution to meet the State’s business needs. Proposals are due on May 16, 2018.

•             The California, Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), Third Party Liability and Recovery Division (TPLRD), issued an RFP for Other Health Coverage Identification and Recovery. The contractor will be responsible for the identification and verification of previously unknown other health coverage (OHC) belonging to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and for the recovery of reimbursable Medi-Cal fee-for-service (FFS) expenditures, and at the discretion of DHCS, Medi-Cal Managed Care, from the OHC carrier for services rendered to Medi-Cal beneficiaries. Proposals are due on April 23, 2018.

Notable Awards

•             The New Mexico Human Services Department has awarded Turning Point Global Solutions the Medicaid Enterprise Management Information System System Integrator contract. The awarded value for this contract is $44,761,976.

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