Request for Information. The Guam Economic Development Authority (GEDA) shall develop and publish a Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of soliciting and determining public interest and the desired direction public policymakers may take relative to the management and operation(s) of the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority (GMHA).

(a) The information to be solicited shall include, at a minimum, but shall not be limited to:

(1) the transfer of the management and operation of GMHA in its entirety to either a for-profit or non- profit entity;

(2) the transfer of limited management and operation of only specific GMHA operations and assets;

(3) a public/private collaboration in the operation of the hospital;

(4) a public/private collaboration in renovations to the existing hospital structure or rebuilding a newhospital facility;

(5) the re-use of the existing GMHA facility and/or property;

(6) an assessment of Guam’s healthcare industry and market and gaps in overall healthcare services;

(7) information related to the level of available federal and non-governmental funding mandated by law and how any change in GMHA’s operational structure would impact the availability of federal and non- governmental funding;

(8) an assessment of Guam’s healthcare information and research infrastructure;

(9) the continued provision of quality hospital services accessible to all the people of Guam;

(10) information relative to an annual health care summit that will gather industry leaders, policymakers, regulators, providers, payers and patient representatives to discuss what it takes to make innovation affordable and medicine safe and accessible;

(11) a feasibility study for a universal regional health insurance plan to include the FSM and RMI;

(12) a feasibility study for a universal regional health insurance plan to include Guam, CNMI, FSM and RMI; and

(13) a feasibility study for a health insurance plan to cover indigent programs (MIP and Medicaid).

(b) (1) The publication of the RFI shall expressly state that it is being issued solely for the purpose of soliciting public information for planning purposes, does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), and does not commit the government to contract for any supply or service.

(2) GEDA shall not accept unsolicited submissions that are deemed beyond the scope and intent of the RFI.
(c) (1) Respondents shall be advised that the government of Guam will not pay for any information received or administrative costs incurred in responding to this RFI.

(2) All costs experienced or associated with responding to this RFI will be incurred solely at the contributing party’s expense.

(3) Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued.

(4) All submissions to this Request for Information shall become the property of the government of Guam, subject to public review, and will not be returned.

(5) Any issues relating to intellectual property and copyright must be clarified by the respondent and clearly marked.

(d) Delivery Period/Dissemination. GEDA shall publicly disseminate the RFI in a manner to solicit the broadest number of qualified interested respondents. Registries, direct mailings, and other methods, at a minimum, shall be utilized to maximize the potential number of responses to the RFI.

(e) GEDA shall adhere to the following schedule:

(1) within sixty (60) days from enactment of this Act, develop and publish the Request for Information (RFI);

(2) provide for a fifteen (15) day question period, Saturday, Sunday, and government holidays excepted, commencing from the date of publication, for requested clarification(s) on the RFI from interested parties/potential respondents;

(3) provide a thirty (30) day period, Saturday, Sunday, and government holidays excepted, after the close of the question period for submission to the RFI by respondents;

(3) compilation by GEDA of the RFI submissions by respondents; and

(4) transmittal of the RFI compilation/results from GEDA to I Maga’låhen Guåhan and I Liheslaturan Guåhan no more than thirty days (30) days after the receipt of information to the RFI.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 33-143:2 (Apr. 12, 2016) as 12 Guam Code Ann. Chapter
68A. Renumbered to this section by the Compiler pursuant to authority granted by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.

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SOURCE: This Article was added by P.L. 26-076:38 as part of the transfer of the Department of Commerce activities to GEDCA.