SOLICITATION NOTICE
Q -- Cardiac Cath Recompete Services for Mountain Home
- Notice Date
- 1/22/2009
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 621999
— All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Tennessee Valley Health Care System (Murfreesboro), Department of Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Health Care System Alvin C. York Campus, Department of Veterans Affairs;ASC - VISN 9;3400 Lebanon Pike;Murfreesboro TN 37129
- ZIP Code
- 37129
- Solicitation Number
- VA-249-09-RP-0030
- Response Due
- 1/29/2009
- Archive Date
- 2/8/2009
- Point of Contact
- Sherita CrosbyContract Specialist<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of this amendment is to modify the clause at C.2 52.212-2 Evaluation--Commercial Items (JAN 1999) as detailed below and to extend the solicitation response date to January 28, 2009. 1. The clause at C.2 52.212-2 Evaluation--Commercial Items (JAN 1999)is hereby modified by deleting the text starting on page 23 under 'Pricing' and by replacing the deleted text (below) with replacement text below) as follows: a. Solicitation Page 23, under Pricing, Delete the following text: "The offeror will be evaluated based on the relationship of their proposed sum total of CPT codes represented from Line Items 0001 through Line Items 0017 (Base Year only) relative to the sum total of per procedure payments calculated using Medicare Part B's rate of reimbursement for the malpractice component and the practice expense (facility*) components only. The Medicare Part B rate of reimbursement for the work component will not be included in the calculation, as VA physicians will be performing as the attending Physician. The Chart below depicts how the Offerors Proposed Price will be evaluated relative to the Medicare per procedure Benchmark: 100% equals = 0% deviation from the sum total of per procedure payments calculated using Medicare Part B's rate of reimbursement for the malpractice component and the practice expense (facility*) components only. 80% equals = 20% deviation, 60% equals = 40% deviation etc. The following depicts an example of the calculation format for Medicare Part B components (less the RVU attributable to the Work component) and Medicare rate calculation to be used as a benchmark for evaluating the Offeror's proposed price: Per Procedure: CPT code Relative Value Unit (RVU) components ((Practice Expense Facility) + (Malpractice Expense)) for each CPT per procedure code identified in Section B Schedule of Services Costs/ Prices. For Example: Medicare Payment CodeDescription Non Facility*Facility** Intracardiac catheter ablation of arrhythmogenic focus; for treatment of supraventricular tachycardia by ablation of fast or slow atrioventricular pathways, accessory atrioventricular connections or other atrial foci, singly or in combination 93651 $326.024 **Facility: Includes hospitals (inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department), ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). *Non-Facility: Includes all other settings. Physician ComponentPractice Expense ComponentMalpractice Component Total RVUCY 2008 Conversion Factor of Benchmark Medicare Payment RVU + GPCIRVU + GPCIRVU + GPCI WorkFacilityInsuranceFacility** 07.431.138.56$38.0870$326.024 The figures presented above are based on 2008 CPT codes and Medicare payment information, excluding the Work RVU component: Medicare Relative Value Payment Amount The payment amount for each service paid under the physician fee schedule is the product of three factors: (1) a nationally uniform relative value for the service (2) a geographic adjustment factor for each physician fee schedule area; and (3) a nationally uniform conversion factor for the service. The conversion factor converts the relative values into payment amounts. For each physician fee schedule service, there are three relative values (1) an RVU for physician work; (2) an RVU for practice expenses; and (3) an RVU for malpractice expense. For each of these components of the fee schedule, there is a geographic practice cost index (GPCI) for each fee schedule area. The GPCIs reflect the relative costs of practice expenses, malpractice insurance, and physician work in an area compared to the national average for each component. The general formula for calculating the Medicare relative value payment amount for a given service in a given fee schedule area can be expressed as: Payment=[(RVU work x GPCI work) + (RVU practice expense x GPCI practice expense) + (RVU malpractice x GPCI malpractice)] x Conversion Factor The Conversion Factor for calendar year (CY) 2008 is $38.0870." b. Replace the aforementioned deleted text found on Page 23, under Pricing, with the following replacement text: "This factor indicates what each offeror's proposal will cost the Government if selected. The offeror proposing the lowest total price in Section B will be awarded the maximum points available for price evaluation purposes. All other offerors will receive a percentage of the points available for evaluation based on the relationship of their total price to the lowest total price. Though the offeror's are not required to submit detailed cost and pricing information with their initial offer, in order to adequately evaluate offers, it may be necessary for the Government to request a breakdown of cost components that make up the offeror's proposed price. The costs components will include: Direct Labor, Direct supply cost, General and administrative costs, and Profit. If it becomes necessary for offerors to provide cost and pricing information, offerors shall be required to define each direct cost component and allocation methods used for indirect costs." 2. All other provisions, terms, and conditions of the above referenced solicitation remains unchaged.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: James H. Quillen VAMC;Mountain Home, Tennessee 37584<br />
- Zip Code: 37684<br />
- Zip Code: 37684<br />
- Record
- SN01736622-W 20090124/090122220422-21ebc138cc5af47adcba12548ece73c0 (fbodaily.com)
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