Additional Option Year

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to add an option period for three existing contracts for Medicare banking. The three contracts to be extended are 1) HHSM-500-2009-00017C, Contract between CMS and J.P. Morgan Chase, 2) HHSM-500-2009-00028C, Contract between CMS and PNC Bank, and 3) HHSM-500-2009-00031C, Contract between CMS and Bank of America Corporation. The purpose of this extension is to allow for Medicare payments to continue while the work covered under the above contracts is transitioned to two new contracts, which should take less than 2 months. Additionally, this extension will allow the banks to keep current accounts open so that stale-dated checks can be processed, which should take 12 months or less. The proposed period of performance is April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011. The total anticipated cost is expected to be $500,000 or less. The Contracting Office is: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 7500 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21224 Contract Specialist - Salem Fussell 410.786.8859 Contracting Officer - Kathy Markman 410.786.8916 The NAICS code is 522110.