What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe buyer seeks a vendor to provide compliance subscription services with full support. The scope of work requires establishing and maintaining an electronic, interoperable system to serialize, verify, trace, and document prescription drug products among all trading partners. The contractor must maintain hardware, software, and communications systems within the continental state that deliver 24/7 technical support with downtime thresholds and recovery expectations. Additional duties include administering key personnel, organizational readiness, financial readiness, system testing, and operational readiness reviews, alongside delivering updated transition, readiness, and operational plans. The vendor must also produce compliance evidence, corrective action plans, and monitoring responses. Eligibility is restricted to onshore entities that are United States organizations only, and all work must be performed offsite at the vendor's office premises. The buyer is currently looking for proposals.
Scope of work
- Complete readiness review activities, administrative reviews, and corrective action plans
- Ensure all prescription drug transactions occur exclusively between authorized trading partners
- Verify and document authorized trading partner status with periodic audit logs
- Maintain systems to accept, process, and transmit required HHSC data files
- Comply with HHSC data standards, TXRAMP cloud requirements, and security controls
- Provide required security documentation including RAR, SSP, and SAR within 10 business days of award
- Provide secure platform parsing EPCIS transactions and supporting 2D barcode scanning
- Support workflows for saleable returns, non-saleable returns, quarantining, and resolving data discrepancies
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| Bidder meeting or exceeding the requirements and specifications in accordance with the IFB | Not specified |
| Bidder's ability to meet performance delivery requirements | Not specified |
| Price | Not specified |
Minimum qualifications
- Minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience performing the services outlined in the IFB
- Assigned personnel must be fully trained with a minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience
- Required licensure and accreditation for contractor and personnel
- Minimum of three (3) verifiable references from the past five (5) years
Documents to include with your response
- Exhibit A – HHS Solicitation Affirmations
- Exhibit C – Pricing Sheet
- Exhibit D – Bidder Reference Form
- Documentation demonstrating financial capability, financial solvency, and capacity
- Addendum Acknowledgement Form(s)
- Public Information Act Copy of Response
- HUB Subcontracting Plan (HSP)
- Form 1295 Certificate of Interested Parties
How to submit
- Method
- Email, physical delivery of USB drive, or HHS Online Bid Room
- Instructions
- Submit via email to [email protected] or by mail/hand delivery of 1 USB drive in a sealed envelope to HHSC PCS in Austin, TX. Hard copies are not accepted.