Questions and Answers
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) releases this Request for Proposals (RFP) for the purpose of obtaining a qualified vendor to conduct a private survey of retail pharmacy operations in the State of Ohio once every two years to ascertain drug dispensing fee rates as required in the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) 5111.07. Specifically, ODJFS is required to conduct a dispensing fee survey beginning in July 2006. The survey shall be completed and its result published no later than the last day of October 2006.
ODJFS is seeking vendors who are experienced in creating and analyzing multiple-choice question surveys. Familiarity with profit and loss statements would be beneficial. Interested vendors should have previous experience in projects of a similar size and scope and must have the ability to establish the validity of the response rate.
This RFP is released by, and the subsequent contract will be with, ODJFS. The contract expected to result from this RFP process will be an agreement between ODJFS and the selected contractor.
If interested vendors have a need to communicate regarding this RFP, they must contact ODJFS using one of the mechanisms provided for in RFP Section 1.6, Internet Question and Answer Period/RFP Clarification Opportunity, or RFP Section 1.8, Communication Prohibitions, of this RFP. Vendor proposals must be submitted to ODJFS in strict accordance with proposal submission instructions provided in Section 4.1, Proposal Submission. Vendors are cautioned that communication attempts which do not comply with these instructions will not be answered, and that ODJFS will not consider any proposals submitted to any address other than the one provided in Section 4.1 of this RFP.
All submissions must be received no later than the date, time and location as specified in Section 4.1 of the RFP.