New York State Health Insurance Program Decision Support System (DSS)

The New York State Department of Civil Service (Department) has issued this Request for Proposal (RFP) entitled “New York State Health Insurance Program Decision Support System (DSS)” to secure the services of a qualified organization (Offeror) to provide a comprehensive, integrated data management system that allows the Department to store, analyze, and generate business intelligence for the New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP). That system, together with the Project Services, as set forth in Section 3, required by this RFP, is referred to as the Decision Support System (DSS). Project Services means the entire package of decision support system services to be provided by the Contractor in accordance with the contract resultant from this RFP, including the integrated data management system, with tools to allow extraction and analysis of large data or record sets, and tools to allow for the comparison of paid claims data against Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) rates and consulting services needed for expert guidance in relation to clinical topics and data analysis. The Offeror selected from this RFP will be solely responsible for administering the DSS in accordance with the specifications in this RFP.

Pursuant to State Finance Law § 139-j and § 139-k, this solicitation includes and imposes certain restrictions on communications between Department personnel and a prospective bidder during the procurement process. Designated staff for this solicitation is: Ben Leavitt, New York State Department of Civil Service, Attn: Office of Financial Administration, Empire State Plaza, Swan Street Building, Core 1, Albany, New York 12239, DCSprocurement@cs.ny.gov. Contacts made to other Department personnel regarding this procurement may disqualify the prospective bidder and affect future procurements with governmental entities in the State of New York.

When available the RFP and other relevant information including amendments, clarifications and any announcements related to this procurement will be posted on the Department’s website at: https://www.cs.ny.gov/DSS2024RFP/.

It is the sole responsibility of the bidders to check the website for any amendments, clarifications, or updates. All applicable amendment information must be incorporated into the firm’s proposal. Failure to include this information in your proposal may result in the proposal being deemed non-responsive.

Proposals from responsible bidders are due August 1, 2024, by 3:00 p.m. ET. The calendar of events is detailed in Section 1.1 of the RFP.