World Trade Center Health Program Third-Party Administrator (TPA)

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This is a request for competitive proposals.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has a requirement for a third-party administrator (TPA) for the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program.

The WTC Health Program is a limited benefit federal health care program that provides high-quality, compassionate medical monitoring and treatment for WTC-related conditions to those directly affected by the September 11th attacks in New York, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The Program is administered by NIOSH.

The WTC Health Program TPA receives and processes enrollment applications and certification requests for NIOSH decision-making; maintains member demographic information; manages a call center; manages and maintains provider networks on behalf of the WTC Health Program; administers WTC Health Program benefits; and processes medical claims, among other tasks.

The solicitation is attached in both Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF format. The solicitation procurement instrument identifier is request for proposals (RFP) number 75D301-25-R-73216. Prospective offerors are encouraged to review the RFP and attachments. This is a commercial services acquisition being conducted under full and open competition using the procedures of FAR Part 12 and Subpart 15.3. The Government intends to award a single contract resulting from this solicitation.

A presolicitation notice for this requirement was previously provided on January 13, 2025, under SAM.gov notice ID Pre-75D301-25-R-73216, located here:

https://sam.gov/opp/8b2d5d27299448d58af15dcfd3209e6e/view

The Government will hold a pre-proposal conference on January 22, 2025, from 1:00pm – 2:30pm Eastern time (ET). The conference will be conducted virtually as a Microsoft Teams meeting. During the pre-proposal conference, the Government will provide a briefing about the RFP and answer prospective offeror questions. Prospective offerors interested in attending the pre-proposal conference must register prior to the start of the conference using the link below. See section E3(f) of the RFP for more information about the pre-proposal conference.

https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/4217c02c-ca42-46fb-84aa-a3c23a4242bb@9ce70869-60db-44fd-abe8-d2767077fc8f

Prospective offerors are encouraged to submit questions about this RFP. The deadline for questions to be submitted is March 14, 2025, at 4:30pm ET. The Government may not answer questions received after this date. Please submit all questions in writing by e-mail to Joshua Houston, Contract Specialist, at jhouston@cdc.gov.

Proposals include written volumes and a required two-hour virtual session. The written proposal is due April 11, 2025. The virtual session will be conducted between each offeror and the Government between April 21, 2025, and May 2, 2025. See section E3(i) of the RFP for more information about proposals.

The Government intends to make an award on or about August 29, 2025. The period of performance for the contract will start on September 15, 2025.

All future amendments and updates to the RFP, including questions and answers, will be posted to this SAM.gov notice.

Please direct any questions about this requirement to Joshua Houston, Contract Specialist, at jhouston@cdc.gov.

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