CMS Industry Day

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Industry Day conference will be hosted by Office of Acquisition and Grants Management (OAGM) both in-person at CMS Headquarters (HQ) and virtually and open to roughly 4,000 attendees in total. The one-day conference is scheduled for December 17, 2024. The format will include briefings from various CMS components, executive leaders, and industry leaders, including breakout sessions.

Sponsorships and Exhibitor spaces (both in-person and virtual) will be available based on the needs of OAGM, including in-person tabletop displays by both small and large businesses available for information exchange and networking. 

From the CMS website:

Office of Acquisition and Grants Management (OAGM) Functional Statement:

• Serves as the Agency's Head of the Contracting Activity. Plans, organizes, coordinates and manages the activities required to maintain an agency-wide acquisition program.
• Serves as the Agency's Chief Grants Management Official, with responsibility for all CMS discretionary grants.
• Ensures the effective management of the Agency's acquisition and grant resources.
• Serves as the lead for developing and overseeing the Agency's acquisition planning efforts.
• Develops policy and procedures for use by acquisition staff and internal CMS staff necessary to maintain efficient and effective acquisition and grant programs.
• Advises and assists the Administrator, senior staff, and Agency components on acquisition and grant related issues.
• Plans, develops, and interprets comprehensive policies, procedures, regulations, and directives for CMS acquisition functions.
• Represents CMS at departmental acquisition and grant forums and functions, such as the Executive Council on Acquisition and the Executive Council for Grants Administration Policy.
• Serves as the CMS contact point with HHS and other Federal agencies relative to grant and cooperative agreement policy matters.
• Coordinates and/or conducts training for contracts and grant personnel, as well as project officers in CMS components.
• Develops agency-specific procurement guidelines for the utilization of small and disadvantaged business concerns in achieving an equitable percentage of CMS' contracting requirements.
• Provides cost/price analyses and evaluations required for the review, negotiation, award, administration, and closeout of grants and contracts. Provides support for field audit capability during the pre-award and closeout phases of contract and grant activities.
• Develops and maintains the OAGM automated procurement management system. Manages procurement information activities (i.e., collecting, reporting, and analyzing procurement data).