Walk into Round 2028 with the documents and dates in one place.

Before and after

Before

The CMS dates sit on several pages. A small supplier can miss registration, the covered document review, or the bid window and lose the chance to bill Medicare for bid items when contracts take effect.

After

You have one checklist, a calendar you can export, and a printable binder. Each item points at the CMS page it came from, and you still confirm every date because CMS marks them as targets.

How you get there

1. You start from the public timeline.

   CMS listed these target dates on the CBIC site (dmeposcompetitivebid.cms.gov, pages dated October 2026): registration opens 1 December 2026, the bid window opens 5 January 2027, registration closes 1 February 2027, the covered document review date is 8 February 2027, and the bid window closes 10 March 2027. Contract suppliers are announced in late summer or early fall 2027. Contracts take effect 1 January 2028.

2. You see the document list before the deadline.

   The checklist covers Connexion registration, the covered document package, the bid surety bond, and financial documents. It links to the CMS source for each item.

3. You can bid with a network in mind.

   CMS describes a small supplier as one with gross annual revenue of $3.5 million or less, and says small suppliers may bid in networks of 2 to 20. The kit includes a network-bid checklist. It does not form the network or file the bid.

4. You keep a calendar.

   Export the target dates as a calendar file and recheck the CBIC site, because the dates can move.

Honest limits

• Not legal advice. Not bidding advice. Confirm every step with the current CMS instructions and with your own counsel or bid advisor.
• The dates above are CMS target dates and can change. Watch the CBIC site.
• The kit does not submit bids, does not contact CMS for you, and does not ask for protected health information.
• After the bid window, a checklist for submitting a bid has less use unless it is rebuilt for contract-supplier work.

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• Not for sale yet. A one-time kit and a deadline-tracking plan are planned. Prices are not final, and there is no checkout on this page.

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