DIRECT PREMIUM REMITTANCE SYSTEM REDESIGN

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION/SOURCES SOUGHT ONLY, AS OF THE DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THERE IS NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE AVAILABLE. This Request for Information/Sources Sought (RFI) is issued solely for information and planning purposes; it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This Request for Information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. The Government WILL NOT PAY for any information received in response to this request for information nor will the Government compensate the respondent for any cost incurred in developing the information for the Government. Any requests for copies of solicitations will not be addressed since this is a Request for Information, not a Request for Proposal. The Government will not provide a debriefing on the results of this Request for Information nor will the respondents be contacted regarding information gathered. No basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result of this Request for Information. It is requested that information in response to this RFI be submitted NO LATER THAN May 28, 2008 to Ms. Carol James, USDA National Finance Center, 13800 Old Gentilly Road, Contract Support Team - 1st Floor -P42, New Orleans, LA 70129 or by email at [email protected]. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP. Any comments provided may or may not be in a formal solicitation. The Government will not release any information marked with a propriety legend received in response to this RFI to any firms, agencies or individuals outside the Government without written permission in accordance with the legend. Pursuant to FAR 15.201(e) the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA)National Finance Center (NFC) is conducting a market survey/request for information to determine the availability and technical capabiltiy of businesses, small businesses preferred, who can provide a system that operates a centralized direct remittance function for Federal agencies and to obtain estimates of associated pricing of purchasing a license for vendor's software, implementing the software at the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Finance Center (NFC) and cost for on-going "maintenance" fees. The Request for Information should outline high-level functions required of the system for the establishment and maintenance of health benefit accounts and billings and collections of health insurance premiums from eligible non-Federal enrollees. Prospective businesses should submit potential solutions, should describe business' solution and how it meets the required functionality described in this RFI. In addition, a rough order of magnitude is requested using list or advertised pricing.