About this opportunity
AI summaryThe Health Resources and Services Administration seeks information and industry feedback for acquisition planning regarding Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program Reconsideration Panel Support Services. Under the anticipated requirement, the contractor will deliver operational support for the reconsideration process by coordinating administrative, medical, insufficient-documentation, and benefits reconsideration panels, maintaining panel rosters and qualified consultant cadres, and finalizing reports of findings. The agency seeks capability details from all businesses, specifically encouraging small businesses including 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, and WOSB entities. Responders should also submit feedback assessing the feasibility of transitioning from the current Time-and-Materials contract to a performance-based Firm-Fixed-Price or hybrid contract structure, evaluating deliverables, workload assumptions, and pricing risks. Interested parties must submit responses electronically in Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word format using at least 11-point font and 1-inch margins to Hillary A. Marshall ([email protected]) and Earl Smith ([email protected]) by December 4, 2026, at 5:00 PM ET.
Scope of work
- Coordinating administrative, medical, insufficient-documentation, and benefits reconsideration panels
- Maintaining and updating USPHS officer lists and coordinating their panel participation
- Maintaining a cadre of qualified professional and clinical consultants to supplement panels
- Coordinating telephone panel deliberations with HHS Office of the General Counsel participation
- Preparing Reconsideration Receipt letters and Draft Reports of Findings
- Addressing Government review comments and finalizing required documentation
- Preparing Letters of Acknowledgment for volunteer panelists
- Maintaining case and contract documentation in the Government Salesforce system
Minimum qualifications
- Professional and clinical expertise to supplement panel composition when specialized expertise is required
- Medical panels require at least one physician (MD/DO)
Documents to include with your response
- Company name and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)
- Business size and socioeconomic status
- Point of contact information
- Brief description of relevant experience and capability
- Experience with performance-based and/or FFP service contracts
- Anticipated teaming arrangements, if any
- Responses addressing market research topics in Section 5
Key dates
- Issue Date
- October 29, 2026
- Response Due Date
- December 4, 2026; 5PM ET
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit electronically to the Point of Contact identified in Section 1 in Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word format, maximum 10 pages excluding cover page and basic company information, 11-point font or larger, 1-inch margins.
Contract details
- Term
- Base and four one-year option periods
- Set-aside / preference
- Seeking Small Businesses but also information from other businesses - Market Research Only
- Funding
- Section 319F-4 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 247d-6e)
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- HRSA_CICP_FY27
- Agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Buying office
- Health Resources and Services Administration › Hrsa Headquarters
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Dec 4, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 29, 2026
- NAICS
- 541611 · Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Set-aside
- 8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)
- Contracting contact
- Hillary A. Marshall
hmarshall@hrsa.gov - Additional contact
- Earl Smith
ESmith@hrsa.gov
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services). This is not this requirement's award history.
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