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Announcement amended on March 4, 2024, to revise proposal submission date and time to remove the requirement for submission via SAM.GOV (inoperable for this notice) in addition to e-mail submission. R... Announcement amended on March 4, 2024, to revise proposal submission date and time to remove the requirement for submission via SAM.GOV (inoperable for this notice) in addition to e-mail submission. Revised instructions are provided in the attached "Amended Provision L.1 - Offeror's Instructions.docx." ***************** The Contractor will support the Department of Energy by administering the Workers’ Compensation Third Party Administrator Services. All actions necessary to accomplish the requirements of this contract are part of the fixed-price contract for services. Payments made on behalf of DOE-Hanford are outside of the fixed-price and are authorized for payment using the U.S. Treasury’s Automated Standard Application for Payment (ASAP) regular account. The Contractor will utilize the ASAP regular account that provides next-day payment services to contracts approved for advance funding for the administration of Workers’ Compensation claims. Examples include claim specific expenses (such as payments for time loss, independent medical examinations, permanent partial disability awards, vocational rehabilitation, etc.), other legal expenses as approved, pension payments, and all other amounts appropriately assessed by L&I, supplemental pension assessments and administrative assessments unless otherwise provided in the MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU), Attachment J.2). The Contractor will not be required to provide funds to cover these payments. If, in the Contractor's judgment, the total amount of payments that will be disbursed from the account within the next 30 days will exceed the total funds available, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer (CO) in writing. In no case will the Contractor issue checks in excess of the funds available.

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The purpose of the Workers' Compensation Program at the DOE-Hanford Site is to provide Worker’s Compensation coverage and benefits to specified Contractor employees in accordance with the Washington I... The purpose of the Workers' Compensation Program at the DOE-Hanford Site is to provide Worker’s Compensation coverage and benefits to specified Contractor employees in accordance with the Washington Industrial Insurance Act, as codified in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), Title 51.04.30, Industrial Insurance Coverage for Hanford Workers – Special Agreements, and all other applicable laws and regulations. The U.S. Department of Energy Hanford (DOE-Hanford) is a self-insured employer for the purposes of Washington State Industrial Insurance. The program is administered on behalf of DOE-Hanford through a contract with a third-party administrator that processes all claims for which DOE-Hanford is the responsible insurer. This is a firm fixed price contract for Worker’s Compensation claims administrative services with a fixed hourly rate element for the document support to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). The Contractor will provide claims processing services for covered site Contractors in accordance with this Statement of Work (SOW), RCW 51, and all other applicable laws and regulations, including Washington Administrative Code (WAC), Title 296, and the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) Claims Adjudication Guidelines, as amended or revised. The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, facilities, equipment, materials, supplies, supervision, transportation, training, electronic claims tracking system and records system, option for injured worker portal, and submit documents, and interactive and other items necessary to accomplish the work under this contract.