SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- On-Site Occupational Health Physician
- Notice Date
- 6/13/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 621111
— Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services, Bldg 50 Room 422, Jefferson, Arkansas, 72079, United States
- ZIP Code
- 72079
- Solicitation Number
- FDA1103138
- Archive Date
- 6/26/2012
- Point of Contact
- Nicholas E Sartain, Phone: 870-543-7370
- E-Mail Address
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nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov
(nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR SOLICITATION The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is conducting market research to support the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) requirement for contract physician services. The FDA is seeking business sources, including total small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, 8(a) certified companies and other than small businesses. The following information is provided to assist the FDA in conducting Market Research to identify potential contractors for this effort: The government is seeking capability statements from businesses capable of performing the below performance requirements. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) requires for board certified and licensed on-site physician services for the Jefferson Laboratory complex (JLC) located in Jefferson Arkansas. The Jefferson Labs is committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment for all employees. It is recognized that research and support activities frequently require the use of research animals, chemicals, and biological agents which may have potentially hazardous properties. An important element of employee safety is the Occupational Health Program. The practice of Occupational Health focuses on promotion and restoration of health, prevention of illness and injury, protection from work-related and environmental hazards, and compliance with laws and regulations regarding employee health and wellness. To meet these needs, the contract physician will be needed on site for approximately five hours, one set day per week and available as needed for telephone and electronic consultation. Typically the Clinic is held on Wednesday from 8am until 1pm however the government reserves the right to change the clinic day and time. Changes to normal schedule shall be coordinated with the Contractor at least five working days in advance. The physician should have experience with non human primate and rodent bites, scratches and allergens. The physician should have experience treating individuals with highly toxic material exposure. The physician must also have sufficient expertise to be considered a Subject-Matter Expert (SME) on Cercopithecine Herpesvirus 1 (Herpes B Virus). All Non-Human Primate (NHP) workers at the JLC carry an information card as recommended by the National B Virus Working Group. This card contains contact information for the local subject-matter expert so the SME can consult with OHU staff or the workers' personal physician In this role, the physician must be available at all times for consultation with private physicians treating workers to provide guidance regarding the possibility of Herpes B Virus infection. It is also desired that the physician have occupational health experience and knowledgeable in such areas as what triggers a reportable OSHA action, repetitive motion injuries, ergonomic interventions, and shall be required to provide the following onsite occupational health services but not limited to: Task 1: on-site weekly clinics and telephone/electronic consultation. 1. New Employee health evaluations and immunizations 2. Treatment of employees with work related illness or injury during weekly clinic. 3. Medical surveillance examinations for employees who work with toxic or hazard materials. 4. Annual Qualifying/Nonqualifying physical exams for employees of select contracts 5. Ability-to-work evaluation for personal or work related illness or injuries. 6. Preventive medicine services, including evaluation of lab results, education and counseling. 7. Physician is available for consultation via telephone or email with the Occupational Health nurse during normal working hours at the JLC. This could include review of questionable EKG results, discussion of injury/illness symptoms, review of abnormal lab results, and need to refer for further diagnostic workup. Telephone or electronic consultations average about 3 per week with total time involved approximately 5-30 minutes per week. A physician shall return the call/email within 5 minutes 95% of the time and within 15 minutes of the remaining 5% call/email placement. 8. Epidemiological evaluation of data for workplace injury, illness prevention, and outcome analysis. 9. Medical clearance for employees performing job duties requiring respirator use 10. Perform role of Professional Supervisor of the hearing conservation program as per the Council for Accreditation in Occupation Hearing Conservation, http://www.caohc.org/professional_supervisor/scope_of_practice.php including but not limited to interpretation of audiograms, diagnosis of hearing disorders, and determination of work-relatedness of hearing loss. She or he has the responsibility to establish policies for the audiometric testing program and supervise the audiometric testing activities conducted by the OHC, review problem audiograms, determine work-relatedness of an employee's hearing loss, recommend follow-up procedures, and manage the audiometric database 11. Provide Medical Oversight for Public Access Defibrillator/AED program and Immunization program as provided by the Guidelines for Public Access Defibrillation Programs in Federal Facilities and can be found at: http://foh.hhs.gov/services/aed/FMR_Bulletin_09-B2-Guidelines_Public_Access_Defib_in_Federal_Facilities.pdf The physician shall approve all immunizations in the program as well as review the population the immunizations apply to. The physician determines if immunizations are appropriate and safe when not part of the ACIP adult immunization program, especially if needed for Occupational risk rather than part of the adult immunization schedule. Government provided supplies and services: The NCTR maintains an on-site Occupational Health Clinic for the Physician to use for these weekly clinics. The Government shall provide all supplies, lab results, and vaccines necessary to perform this work. The Government shall provide RN to support the physician during the weekly clinics. The government OHU staff shall schedule the individual appointments for the weekly clinic. Service Reports The contractor shall submit a Monthly Service Report to the COR not later than the 5th business day following the end of each month, summarizing all weekly clinics performed, telephone and electronic consultation performed. Place of Performance Work shall be performed on-site: Occupation Health Clinic 3900 NCTR Road Building 54 Jefferson, AR 72079 The offeror shall furnish sufficient technical information necessary for the Government to conclusively determine that the offeror has experience for the services stated above. Firms believing they can meet the requirements to the above specifications are encouraged to respond electronically with no less than the following information: • Business name, DUNS number, business address, business website, business size status (i.e., SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone SB, SDB, WOSB, LB), point of contact name, mailing address (if different from business address), phone number and email address; • Sufficient descriptive literature that unequivocally demonstrates that offered services meet or exceed above specifications. • At a minimum provide the following: All descriptive material necessary for the government to determine whether the service/product offered meets the technical requirements including: technical specifications, descriptive material, literature, brochures and other information, which demonstrates the capabilities of the contractor to meet the requirement.. • The offeror should include resumes of potential on-site physicians with the necessary experience. Provide information how the offeror plans to meet the on-site clinic and telephone/electronic consultation requirement. • Provide a list of prior experience a providing contract physician services in the local Arkansas area. Provide contact information on at least two references that can be contacted that the contractor has provided similar services within the last two years. Include: name, telephone number, email address, contract number and description of services with dollar amount. • If applicable, identification of the firm's GSA Schedule contract(s) by Schedule number and SINs that are applicable to this potential requirement are also requested. • Provide information if any of the SOW is too restrictive. The government is also requesting comments regarding the SOW above to determine if the SOW is clear and precise and provides potential offerors with enough details to submit a response. No response will be considered that the SOW is adequate in a competitive environment. • If a large business, provide if subcontracting opportunities exist for small business concerns. • Though this is not a request for quote, informational pricing must be submitted. Pricing per clinic which includes telephone/electronic consultation. The government is not responsible for locating or securing any information, not identified in the response. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is- 621111 - Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists); Small Business Size Standard is $10.0 million. Interested Contractors must respond with capability statements which are due in person, by postal mail or email to the point of contact listed below on or before June 22, 2012 by 13:00 hours (Central Time in Jefferson, Arkansas) at the Food and Drug Administration, OC/OA/OAGS, Attn: Nick Sartain, 3900 NCTR Road, HFT-320, Jefferson, AR 72079-9502 or email nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov. Reference FDA1103138. Notice of Intent Responses to this sources sought announcement will assist the Government in determining whether or not any future requirement similar to this one should be set aside for small business, made available to full and open competition or procure through sole-source acquisition procedures. Disclaimer and Important Notes This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in FedBizOpps. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, Arkansas, 72079, United States
- Zip Code: 72079
- Zip Code: 72079
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