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Synopsis - Post Award Notice.pdf | Apr 1, 2026 |
Medicaid & CHIP DataConnect
Contact and place of performance
Donald Bozimski
Fairfax, VA 22030
USA
The Medicaid & CHIP DataConnect (MAC-DC) platform is CMCS’s enterprise data and analytics environment for Medicaid and CHIP. It serves as the centralized platform where CMCS divisions access, analyze, manage, and publish Medicaid and CHIP data to meet statutory, regulatory, and Congressional reporting requirements. The platform hosts mandatory reporting processes such as MCPAR, CARTS, T-MSIS analytic files,...
View moreAll work is performed using Government-furnished systems and licenses, with no proprietary contractor platforms. The effort is severable and limited to continuity of current enterprise operations while CMS completes a competitive re-procurement under FAR Subpart 8.4.
The requested follow-on task order introduces no new development or scope expansion. The original MAS award, made under FAR Subpart 8.4, established the technical, operational, and compliance baseline for MAC-DC services; this order continues those same services under the same performance and security parameters. Price reasonableness and best value were documented at award, and the current task order provides the appropriate basis for continuation. The current MACBIS DataConnect order was competitively awarded with CMS conducting a fair opportunity competition for severable services using procedures from FAR 8.405 for General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) orders exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) and where a Statement of Objectives (SOO) is required.
Awarding a logical follow-on task order under FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(C) is in the interest of economy and efficiency because the MAC-DC platform currently supports active, high-priority initiatives that are integral to CMS and HHS program oversight responsibilities. During this period, DataConnect will enable Rural Health Transformation Program reporting activities and advance the design and development of a new API in coordination with T-MSIS to strengthen fraud, waste, and abuse detection in Medicaid and CHIP, both as required under Section 71302 of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (WFTCA). The platform will also support the launch of AI-driven data services for CMCS consistent with applicable Executive Orders and federal AI policy directives; enable the launch of public dashboards required under the Consolidated Appropriations Act; and complete the migration of analytic and reporting workloads from legacy SAS environments to Databricks in alignment with Department-led IT enterprise modernization and consolidation efforts. These initiatives are high visibility for CMS and HHS leadership and are embedded within ongoing platform operations supporting statutory reporting, program integrity, and public transparency.
Transitioning to a new contractor during this period would require time-consuming knowledge transfer by the incumbent contractor and a substantial adjustment period for a successor contractor to onboard personnel, re-establish operational baselines, coordinate with numerous stakeholder components, and assume responsibility for a complex ecosystem of production data pipelines, platform services, and user-facing reporting processes. Such a transition would create a significant risk of delayed statutory reporting, postponed public dashboard releases, slowed fraud-detection enhancements, and disruption to AI service deployment. The operational and compliance risks associated with interruption during this high-priority implementation period are significant.
Accordingly, maintaining the incumbent contractor for this limited follow-on period avoids substantial duplication of cost and unacceptable delay in performance, consistent with FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(C).
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Acquisition and Grants Management has issued a Justification and Approval for a twelve-month follow-on task order to continue operations for the Medicaid & CHIP DataConnect (MAC-DC) platform. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this project is classified under NAICS 541512 for Computer Systems Design Services and PSC DH01 for IT and Telecom - Platform Support Services: Database, Mainframe, Middleware (Labor). The task order covers a performance period from March 25, 2026, to March 24, 2027, to ensure the continuity of essential enterprise data and analytics services while the agency completes a competitive re-procurement.
The MAC-DC platform serves as the centralized environment for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) to access, manage, and publish data required for statutory, regulatory, and Congressional reporting. This requirement involves operating and managing the enterprise data platform and business intelligence tools used for mandatory reporting processes, including T-MSIS analytic files and public transparency dashboards. The scope includes maintaining secure connections with external systems, sustaining continuous security monitoring within the existing Authority to Operate boundary, and supporting the Lifeline API for the FCC. All services utilize Government-furnished systems and licenses to support program monitoring, policy analysis, and program integrity.
This limited-term follow-on order is intended to avoid disruptions to high-priority initiatives, such as Rural Health Transformation Program reporting and the development of fraud-detection APIs required by the Working Families Tax Cuts Act. The platform will also support the launch of AI-driven data services and the migration of legacy workloads to modern environments. Awarding this task order under solicitation number 260436J allows CMS to maintain operational baselines and governance standards without the substantial duplication of costs or delays associated with transitioning to a new contractor during this implementation period. One attachment, titled Synopsis - Post Award Notice.pdf, was published on April 1, 2026, along with the notice.
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