CONTRACTING AND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES:
Contracting Opportunities
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides
direction and technical guidance for the administration of the Federal
effort to plan, develop, manage and evaluate health care financing
programs and policies. To this end, CMS needs to procure a wide range
of supplies and services to support Medicare and Medicaid programs
including (but not limited to) the following:
Office Supplies
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Computer Hardware and Software
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Computer Programming
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Data Processing
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Research Studies and Demonstrations
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Consultant Services
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Utilization of Health Services
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Provider Fraud and Abuse
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Health Quality and Standards
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Professional Advisory Services
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All CMS Contracting Opportunities can be found at FedBizOpps.
CMS's Small Business Office
CMS has a full time Small And Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Specialist (SADBUS) located in its Acquisition and Grants Group. The
SADBUS is the Agency's focal point for ensuring that all
reasonable action is taken to increase awards to small, small
disadvantaged, HUBZones, and women-owned businesses. Company profiles
and capability statements for all types of services are maintained by
this office. If you have any questions regarding doing business with
small business concerns, please contact Mrs. Joanne Day on
410-786-5166 or e-mail to: jday@cms.hhs.gov.
GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES
The Federal and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 requires executive
agencies to use grants or cooperative agreements for specified types
of assistance relationships. A variety of different programs are
funded through the grants process. These programs are intended to
improve the quality of life for all citizens, both physically and
emotionally; and to detect fraud and abuse in the Medicare/Medicaid
community. Additionally, research and training in both the medical and
social sciences are conducted as well as support for demonstration
programs to test the validity of the research findings. It is in the
research and demonstration (R&D) areas that CMS funds and approves
the majority of its grants and cooperative agreements.
While CMS's Program Offices are concerned with the scientific,
technical and programmatic topics, the Acquisition and Grants Group,
Research Contracts and Grants Division is primarily charged with the
business management and policy aspects of CMS's discretionary
grant and cooperative agreement activities. (Note: Grants and
cooperative agreements are distinguished from each other by the degree
of Federal Programmatic involvement anticipated during the performance
of the planned activity.)
Currently, CMS conducts a myriad of R&D programs including (but
not limited to) the following: Fraud and Abuse Initiatives, State
Health Insurance , Small Business Innovation Research, Dissertation
Fellowship Grants, Nursing Home Transition Initiatives, Historically
Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic Health Services Research.
CMS Grant Opportunities can be found at the following sites:
General Terms and Conditions
For additional information, please
contact Judy Norris on (410)786-5130 or e-mail to: jnorris1@cms.hhs.gov.
Last Modified on Thursday, September 16, 2004
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