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

Solicitation activity in the State, Local and Education (SLED) Health and Human Services (HHS) market increased by 41% in April compared to March. The majority of solicitations released in April had a primary requirement of Health Services followed by Medical and Scientific Equipment, and Professional Services. The number of Social Services solicitations increased significantly, while Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) had a slight decrease. Information Technology (IT) and Operation and Maintenance (O&M) solicitations were a comparable amount to solicitations released in March.

Notable Solicitation Releases

•             The Hawaii Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR), Disability Compensation Division (DCD) released a request for proposals (RFP) for a Web-Accessible Case Management System with Auditing and Financial Tracking. The purpose of this engagement is to develop, test, install, train, and document an automated, integrated, web-accessible, electronic, locally-hosted, Case Management System that incorporates DCD’s 3 major programs: DCD Workers’ Compensation (WC), Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI), and Prepaid Health Care (PHC). DLIR DCD is looking to acquire a case management system that integrates the functions of and consolidates the data from three major systems into one system. Questions are due on May 9, 2018 and proposals are due on May 30, 2018.

•             The Arkansas Department of Human Services released a solicitation for Independent Verification and Validation Services for the Integrated Eligibility and Benefit Management Solution (IV&V for IE-BM). They are expecting a vendor to monitor and evaluate the System Integrator’s quality assurance processes, review and suggest any improvements required in the IE-BM change request tracking system, and verify and validate an approved, representative sample of unit test results for the program modules and processes before they are integrated and system tested and ensure results of those unit tests are fully documented. Proposals are due on May 31, 2018.

Notable Awards

•             The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) has awarded Cognosante Consulting LLC to fulfill its requirement for Multi-Vendor Integrator (MVI) services for the Replacement Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). The awarded value for this contract is $22,061,965.99.

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