Procurement and Grant Opportunities: Request for Applications / Bid / Proposal / Information
(RFA / RFB / RFP / RFI)
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Division of Health Care Access and
Accountability (DHCAA, formerly DHCF)
BadgerChoice Support Center
The
Department of Health Services has issued a Request for Bids (RFB) for the
creation of a new entity and service which will be known as the BadgerChoice Support Center.
Early in 2009,
Wisconsin
will introduce a new ForwardHealth Program: BadgerCare
Plus for Childless Adults.
This RFB seeks a vendor to design, develop, implement, and manage a
Support Center to handle Intake and Application Services, HMO Enrollment,
general Program Outreach, and other assignments for this particular
population initially and others as the Department may require.
The contract will be for one three-year period with provision, upon
negotiation, for an additional two-year period, and possibly five
additional one-year periods for a total contract term not to exceed ten
(10) years.
RFB #1634
DHCAA-JS (PDF, 1332KB)
Pharmacy Benefit Management of Medicaid,
BadgerCare Plus, and SeniorCare Prescription Drugs
The
Department of Health and Family Services has issued a Request for
Information (RFI) as a means to solicit innovative ideas to achieve
pharmacy benefit savings in programs administered by the Department’s
Division of Health Care Access and Accountability (formerly the Division
of Health Care Financing). Programs
may include BadgerCare Plus, Medicaid, and SeniorCare.
This is
neither a Request for Bid (RFB) nor a Request for Proposal (RFP).
No purchases will be made on the basis of responses to this Request
for Information (RFI) and no contracts will be issued.
Information received from release of this RFI, however, may result
in the issuance of an RFB or RFP at a later date.
RFI
1631 DHCAA-JS (PDF,
88KB)
On April 7, 2008, a document describing
instructions for participating in an upcoming Responder Conference Call was released. A
link to that document (Amendment I to RFI 1631 DHCAA-JS) is provided below.
Responders must review this amendment along with the original
posting of the RFI.
Amendment
I to RFI 1631 DHCAA-JS
(PDF,
7KB)
On April 22, 2008, a document listing
various clarification questions and responses to those questions was
released. A link to that Q&A document (Q&A for RFI 1631
DHCAA-JS) is provided below. Responders must review these Q&A
materials along with the original posting of the RFI as subsequently
amended.
RFI
1631 DHCAA-JS Q&A (PDF, 25KB)
On April 24, 2008, a document listing
additional clarification questions and responses to those questions was
released. A link to that Q&A document (RFI 1631 DHCAA-JS Q&A
V.2) is provided below. Responders must review these additional Q&A
materials along with the original posting of the RFI as subsequently
amended.
RFI
1631 DHCAA-JS Q&A V.2 (PDF, 12KB)
Business Services and
Systems (incorporating the current CARES System)
The
Department of Health and Family Services and the Department of Workforce
Development are currently preparing a Request for Proposal (RFP) entitled Business Services
and Systems. This RFP will include, but is not limited to, maintenance and
enhancement of the state’s benefit eligibility determination system
known as CARES (Client Assistance for Re-employment and Economic Support),
related
automated business systems, and other business services.
Planned release date for this RFP is tentatively set for June, 2008.
To
receive notification of postings regarding this procurement, potential
vendors are encouraged to register on the state’s VendorNet system at http://vendornet.state.wi.us.
Division of Public Health (DPH)
ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMPETITIVE GRANT TO PROVIDE COLPOSCOPY SERVICES
The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services/Division of
Public Health (DHFS/DPH) announces its plan to release a competitive grant
application to provide colposcopy services for women enrolled in Badger
Care Plus programs and for other low-income women.
A Request for Proposals (RFP) will be for a five-year grant cycle
beginning in State Fiscal Year 2009 (July 1, 2008 through June 30,
2009).
The amount of the initial grant award (first contract year) will be
$175,000. The amount of each subsequent annual contract will be $75,000.
Colposcopy services under this competitive grant application must be
provided in a county (or counties) located in the Division of Public
Health’s Northern and Western Regions.
The Wisconsin Division of Public Health will only accept competitive
applications for services to be provided in one or more of the following
counties:
Northern Region Counties: Ashland; Bayfield; Florence; Forest;
Iron; Langlade; Lincoln; Marathon; Oneida; Portage; Price; Sawyer; Taylor;
Vilas; Wood.
Western Region Counties: Barron; Buffalo; Burnett; Chippewa;
Clark; Douglas; Dunn; Eau Claire; Jackson; La Crosse; Monroe; Pepin;
Pierce; Polk; Rusk; St. Croix; Trempealeau; Washburn.
The Wisconsin Division of Public Health will only accept competitive
applications from organizations meeting the following eligibility
criteria. Organizations eligible to submit a competitive application must:
- Be incorporated in State of Wisconsin ;
- Be certified as an eligible health care provider in the Wisconsin
Medicaid Program;
- Currently provide cervical cancer screening services in one or more
of the eligible counties;
- Have a current patient population in which fifty percent (50%) or
more of women patients are either enrolled or eligible for Badger Care
Plus services; and
- Currently provide comprehensive family planning/reproductive health
services that meet Division of Public Health Program requirements.
The deadline for receipt of the Notice of Intent is 4:30 PM on
Friday, July 25, 2008.
Failure to submit a Notice of Intent may make an organization
ineligible to subsequently submit a competitive application.
Organizations interested in submitting a competitive application to
provide or expand colposcopy services in any of the counties listed above,
should submit the Notice of Intent document.
Background Information
The following information is available at the above website to assist
organizations interested in submitting a competitive application to
understand service requirements for providing colposcopy services:
FP/RH/EIDP
Program Quality Criteria for Family Planning/Reproductive Health and EIDP
Services
All eligible organizations that have submitted a Notice of Intent will
be notified when the Wisconsin Division of Public Health is ready to
accept competitive applications.
For further information, please contact:
Michael Vaughn at
608-266-3959 or
Millie Jones at 608
266-2684.
Division of Long Term Care
Pathways to Independence Regional Grants
The Pathways to Independence project within the Wisconsin Department of
Health and Family Services, Division of Long Term Care is offering grant
funds up to $440,000 statewide to decrease barriers to and increase
opportunities for person-centered, integrated employment in order to
support people with disabilities in achieving their desired employment
outcomes.
Proposals must be submitted no later than 4:30 PM CT, May 30, 2008.
For further information regarding this RFP contact Samantha Ninnemann
at (608) 266-5209 or ninnesl@dhfs.state.wi.us.
Pathways to Independence Regional Grants (RFP) (PDF, 161KB)
Questions/Answers document regarding
RFP#G1636DLTC-LS Pathways to Independence Regional Grants (PDF, 161KB)
Wisconsin Self Directed Supports Waiver Program
On February 20, 2008 the Division of Long Term Care, Bureau of Long
Term Support announced the release of two RFP's that will assist the State
to create an alternative choice for consumers of publicly funded long term
care supports and services as the state implements long term care reform.
The RFP's are for the services of an Independent Consultant Agency (ICA)
and also for a Financial Services Agency (FSA). The state intends to
contract with a successful respondent to begin operation of these services
not later than July 1, 2008.
Deadlines are the same for both RFP's:
Questions must be submitted in writing no later than 2:00 PM CST
Wednesday, February 27, 2008.
Proposals must be received no later than 2:00 PM CST Friday, April 4,
2008.
For further information regarding this RFP email Bernadette Connolly at
ConnoBM@dhfs.state.wi.us
Self
Directed Supports Waiver Program Independent Consultant Agency (ICA)
(RFP) (PDF,
374 KB)
SDS ICA RFP
Amendments (PDF, 28 KB)
SDS ICA RFP Q&A
(PDF, 84 KB)
Self Directed
Supports Waiver Program Financial Services Agency (FSA) (RFP) (PDF,
381 KB)
SDS FSA RFP Amendments
(PDF, 24 KB)
SDS FSA RFP
Q&A (PDF, 40 KB)
Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Division of Quality Assurance
Informal Dispute Resolution Services
The purpose of this document is to provide interested
parties with information to enable them to prepare and submit a bid to the
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Quality
Assurance (DQA). Bids are for providing federally mandated and state
Informal Dispute Resolution (IDR) reviews and recommendations of nursing
homes and facilities for the developmentally disabled (FDD) cited
deficiencies. The Wisconsin state agency does not conduct its own
IDR. The contractor will be responsible for all IDR requests
received in the state.
The State as represented by the Department of Health and
Family Services intends to use the results of this solicitation to award a
contract for IDR reviews and recommendations as defined by the U.S.
Department of Health and Family Services.
RFB #: 1605-DQA-SM (PDF,
239 KB)
Attachment I (PDF, 33 KB)
Attachment II (PDF, 39 KB)
Notification of Intent to Award:
This is notification that DHFS intends to award a contract to MPRO.
This notice serves only as the intent to award a contract and until a
contract is mutually agreed upon and signed by both parties no
expenditures under this bid may be incurred. MPRO will be contacted
by the Division of Quality Assurance regarding contract negotiation.
Deadline: Applications must be received before January 11,
2008, 2:00 PM CST
Any questions concerning this RFB must be submitted in
writing on or before December 10, 2007 to mckersl@dhfs.state.wi.us.
Office of Policy Initiatives and
Budget (OPIB)
Business and Technical Planning and Design Services for
State-Level Health Information Exchange (HIE)
The Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) is
designated as the formal point of leadership and coordination within State
government to facilitate implementation of the State’s 5-year eHealth
action plan developed by work groups of the Governor’s eHealth Care
Quality and Patient Safety Board in 2006. The primary mission of the
State’s eHealth program is to facilitate improvements in
Wisconsin
’s health care quality, safety, transparency, efficiency, and cost
effectiveness through statewide adoption and use of electronic health
records (EHR) and health information exchange (HIE). A critical step
towards achieving the state’s eHealth goals is developing and
implementing state-level HIE business and technical services which will
promote and support the development and operation of regional HIE’s in
Wisconsin.
To assist the Department and the eHealth Board in furthering the State’s
eHealth agenda, the Department is soliciting proposals for consulting
services to assist the Department and the Governor’s eHealth Board in
completing a project to assess, propose, plan, and design a model and
architecture for a state-level HIE entity and state-level HIE business and
technical services in Wisconsin.
RFP 1639
DES-EG (PDF,
397KB)
Last Revised:
July 23, 2008
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