The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), a nonpartisan legislative branch
agency, is issuing a solicitation to establish a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
contract, and proposals are being requested. The request for proposal is available on the System for
Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov). The NAICS for this procurement is 541720. This solicitation
is open to all sources. A paper copy of the solicitation will not be issued.
MACPAC is seeking contractors capable of undertaking short and long-term studies and analyses on a
wide range of topics relating to Medicaid and CHIP including payment, access, quality, managed care,
program integrity, spending, long-term services and supports, etc.
MACPAC seeks to identify and contract with a group of organizations that possess the skills and
knowledge to complete projects on a wide variety of topics the Commission addresses on Medicaid and
CHIP. Offerors should demonstrate competence in three or more of the following categories: Convening,
soliciting, and analyzing information from stakeholders; conducting environmental scans and information
syntheses; conducting limited surveys and focus groups; analyzing survey and administrative data; and
modeling, actuarial analysis, and policy simulations.
Offerors are responsible for monitoring SAM for release of any amendments or other information
pertaining to this solicitation. Questions regarding the request for proposals must be submitted via Google
form no later than Friday, May 16, 2025 at 5:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) to
https://forms.gle/wkh6xeRKXs9GyHWaA.
Responses to questions posed by offerors will be issued as an amendment to the solicitation and posted no later than May 22, 2025 at 5:00pm EDT on SAM.
Separate technical proposals and business proposals must be submitted in electronic format (either
MSWord or .pdf) by no later than Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 5:00pm EDT via MACPAC’s secure
submission portal: https://macpacgov.app.box.com/f/024eff06a3a44cc69056d5ac677e7732. Late
proposals will not be accepted.
Prospective contractors must be registered in SAM prior to award of a contract or agreement.
Contact contracts@macpac.gov with questions.
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ABOUT MACPAC
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission is a non-partisan legislative branch agency that provides policy and data analysis and makes recommendations to Congress, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the states on a wide array of issues affecting Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). For more information, please visit: www.macpac.gov.