Please submit any questions as GitHub issues in this repository by February 11 , 2020 at 5:00 pm Alaska prevailing time.
Offers are due by February 21, 2020, at 2:00 pm Alaska prevailing time.
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Assistance is soliciting proposals from qualified offeror's for a web hosted subscription service to meet the requirements of Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-252; Section 1940 of the Social Security Act, Alaska Statutes (AS) 47.05.105 and 7 CFR 272.16 for asset, income, identity and new hire matches. The goals of this project are to procure a subscription service, supplemented with regularly scheduled data sump matches, to verify applicants and recipients of assistance meet the eligibility criteria for Public Assistance programs quickly and accurately.
Alaska Statutes (AS) 47.05.105 requires the Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Assistance to establish an enhanced computerized income, asset and identity verification system for the purposes of verifying eligibility, eliminating duplication of public assistance payments, and deterring waste and fraud in public assistance programs administered by the department.
Within the RFP are specific instructions for how to respond and ask questions. Please take care to read all of the sections prior to posting issues.
We've made every effort to allow for less burden in what we require from interested vendors. Although the RFP might seem to be pretty extensive, we're asking for limited written responses and believe we'll learn more about your team's approach and offer as part of your verbal presentation. As discussed in the RFP, we see this presentation to be free flowing vs. formal so that our technical evaluation team can ask questions based on what they've read or heard from your team.
Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Assistance, estimates an initial budget of $1,447,600 dollars for 1 year for completion of this project. Year 1 costs include implementation activities. Upon completion of the initial term of the contract, the State may choose to exercise four (4) annual renewal options anticipated to be valued at $897,600 annually. If the full five (5) year term is executed the value is estimated to be $5,038,000. Payment for the contract is subject to funds already appropriated and identified.
The term of this contract will be from an anticipated start date of June 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021, plus four (4) annual renewal options, each to be exercised at the sole discretion of the State.