The activity proposes to negotiate a non-competitive award (sole-source) Bridge Contract with Availity LLC for the procurement of Clearing House Services to Support Paper-Based Health Claims and Associated Medical Documentation (P2E). The anticipated award number for this action is 36C10G-20-D- 0010.
The current contract VA249-17-D-0190 is a firm-fix priced/Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract. The second option period expired on August 31, 2019. Services have been extended for six months from September 01, 2019 to February 29, 2020 in accordance with FAR 52.217-8. This was done in order to prepare for soliciting a new requirement vehicle to support the Department of Veterans Affairs. The current award was transferred to the SAC the end of August 2019.
The contractor provides all services related to receiving paper claims and/or paper medical documentation from community healthcare providers, in a single location, converting these documents to the appropriate HIPAA- compliant EDI transactions and EDI transactions.