Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES) IT Standards - Request for Information (RFI)
Health and Human Services (all) · OFC OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS MGMT
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 269888 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 10, 2026Sources SoughtOpen
- Aug 13, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
CMS seeks feedback from all Medicaid Enterprise System (MES) stakeholders to inform the development and implementation of the MES IT Standards Program. We invite input from State Medicaid Agencies, MES technology vendors, systems integrators, Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), healthcare providers, and other industry experts. The goal of this RFI is to gather specific, actionable information to ensure the program effectively addresses the most significant barriers to MES transformation. We seek to understand which elements of the current ecosystem are working well, which require impro… (show all)
vement, and how CMS can best support states and vendors in transitioning to a more standardized, interoperable, and cost-effective future. To aid in our understanding of the submitted responses, please be clear and concise and preface your responses with the corresponding question label (e.g., SA-1, V-2). The RFI will be open for 45 days from the date of posting. Please submit responses via email to MACBIS-Enterprise-Services@cms.hhs.gov and aaron.blackshire@cms.hhs.gov.
Who won similar work
874 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Health and Human Services (all)), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT-TRAK CONSULTING, INC. | 15 | $23.1M | Sep 9, 2026 |
| LACREEK DEVELOPMENT CORP | 14 | $24.3M | Aug 5, 2026 |
| LYDAY CONSTRUCTION LLC | 14 | $508K | Sep 2, 2026 |
| BIGHORN RIDGERUNNERS, LLC | 10 | $2.2M | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Prime Physicians Tri Providers LLC | 7 | $110.0M | Sep 22, 2026 |
| RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE Durham NC 27709 USA | 6 | $1.5B + 1 shared | Oct 5, 2026 |
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 6 | $967K | Sep 11, 2026 |
| Tywell Builders LLC | 6 | $60K | Jun 10, 2025 |
| POLOLEI SOLUTIONS, LLC | 5 | $3.3M | Jul 21, 2026 |
| ALKO ENTERPRISES INC | 5 | $2.6M | Apr 27, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.
- Oct 13, 2026DATIX (USA) INC.$2.2MIHS Agency-wide Instructions for Use Subscription Services
- Oct 9, 2026Revvity Health Sciences, Inc.$21KAutomated Cell Counter and Analyzer
- Oct 8, 2026Please_See_Spreadsheet Silver Spring MD 20993 USA$120.8MFY26 FDA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Advanced Research and Development of Regulatory Science
- Oct 7, 2026SIA PARTNERS U.S., INC.$48.0MVACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Oct 7, 2026BCG FEDERAL CORP.$48.0MVACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Oct 7, 2026FISHER BIOSERVICES INC$48.0MVACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Oct 7, 2026PPD DEVELOPMENT LP$48.0MVACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Oct 7, 2026ADVANCED BIOSCIENCE LABORATORIES, INC.$48.0MVACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Oct 7, 2026AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION Manassas VA 20110 USA$48.0MVACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Oct 6, 2026DevelopUs Worldwide, LLC$488KACF Lead Forward Leadership Development Framework
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 252 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.