Metropolitan Detention Center, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 535 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Q -- OPTOMETRIST SERVICES FOR FEDERAL PRISONERS SOL 224-0008-8 DUE 092997 POC Rosalinda Lucio, Contract Specialist, (213) 485-0439, ext. 148; John Frazier, Contracting Officer, ext. 147, FAX (213) 253-9523. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is hereby issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) No. 224-0008-8. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Regulation Circular 90-46. This procurement is being advertised as full and open competition, under standard industrial classification code 8042, with a small business size standard of $5.0 million. (A) Services required: Services of an Optometrist for federal offenders committed to the care and custody of the United States Attorney General (inmates) at the Metropolitan Detention Center, 535 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, California, also known as "MDC-LA". Services shall be performed in accordance with standards and methods generally accepted within the contractor's field of expertise and consistent with the quality assurance requirements of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). All medical records covered under this contract are subject to the Privacy Act and shall remain the property of the BOP. (B) Services shall be performed in accordance with standards and methods generally accepted within the contractor's field of expertise and consistent with the quality assurance requirements of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). All medical records covered under this contract are subject to the Privacy Act and shall remain the property of the BOP. (C) Place of Performance: Metropolitan Detention Center, 535 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. (D) Period of Performance: The Base Year of the contract shall be from 10/01/97 or Date of Award, whichever is later, through 9/30/98; Option Period One: 10/01/98-09/30/99; Option Period Two: 10/01/99-09/30/00; Option Period Three: 10/01/00-09/30/01; and Option Period Four: 10/01/01-09/30/02. Please provide prices per session and yearly total separately for: the Base Year, Option Period One, Option Period Two, Option Period Three, and Option Period Four. Pursuant to FAR 17.203(d), offerors may quote varying prices for option periods. (E) Schedule: Estimated number of sessions per year: Twenty-four (24) 3-hour sessions, usually scheduled twice a month, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., with an "estimated" 30 inmate/patients scheduled per session (hours and days may be flexible as set by the COTR). As needed and appropriate, the contractor shall provide services to inmates in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) under direct visual supervision of a BOP staff. (F) All supplies and materials that the contractor may routinely need for services at MDC-LA will be provided by the Health Services Unit and will remain the property of the Government. (G) Method of Performance: The services provided, being professional in nature will be provided in the method considered to be normal in the local community. These services, although not directly supervised, will be reviewed by a physician staff of Health Services Unit of MDC-LA. The performance of these services shall also be verified by the designated Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR). The contractor will be responsible for submitting written reports verified with the contractor's signature. (H) This contract is a Non-Personal Service contract; the Government reserves the right to evaluate the quality of professional/administrative services provided, but retains no control over the professional aspects of services rendered. This is a contractual arrangement not a personnel appointment; payment is based on the provision of an end product or the accomplishment of a specific task. Results to be obtained are within the contractor's own unsupervised determination. The contractor will not be subject to Government supervision but its efforts will be monitored for quality assurance by the designated COTR. (I) Security Requirements: Program Statement 3000.02, contract employees entering the institution will be subject to investigative procedures, prior to performance: 4-hour Orientation Program -- The Contractor shall be reimbursed at the prorated contract amount. NCIC (National Crime Information Center); DOJ-99 (Name Check); FD-99 (Fingerprint Check); Law Enforcement Agency Checks; Vouchering of Employers over past 5 years; Resume/Personal Qualifications Statement; OPM-329-A (Authority for Release of Information) and a Urinalysis Test (positive urinalysis and any individual who does not pass the security clearance will not be able to work within the secure perimeter of the institution). (B.1) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items," letters (a) through (h) applies to this acquisition; letter (i) "Availability of requirements documents cited in the solicitation," is not applicable to this solicitation. Submission of Quotations: Each quotation should address: (1). Professional Qualifications -- (board certified and licensed to practice in the state of California); (2) Experience (in order to assist the Contracting Officer in making responsibility determination about a prospective contractor, it is required that each offeror provide information on a reasonable number of recent and relevant contracts for same or similar items, as well as the offeror's primary financial institution (to include contract numbers, points of contact, telephone numbers, and any other relevant information); (3) Technical Capabilities; and (4) Price. Offerors are advised that all quotations shall be evaluated IAW 13.106-2 and an order will be issued to the responsible contractor whose quotation is responsive to the items of the RFQ and is most advantageous to the Government. FAR 52.212-3 "Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items", shall be completed and submitted with the quotation. The following FAR provisions are hereby incorporated into this solicitation and resulting contract as an addendum to FAR 52.212-1; 52.237-1 "Site Visit"; FAR clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items," applies to this acquisition. (B.2) Addendum to FAR clause 52.212-4: The following FAR clauses are hereby incorporated into the contract by reference: 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-aside; 52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information; 52.224-1 Privacy Act Notification; 52.224-2 Privacy Act; 52.237-3 Continuity of Services; 52.232-18 Availability of Funds; 52.225-11 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.237-2 Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation. FAR clauses incorporated in full text: 52.217-8, "Option to Extend Services": The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall notexceed six months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 15 days of the expiration of the contract year. 52.217-9 "Option to Extend the Term of the Contract": (a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 10 days provided that the Government shall give the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. (b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option provision. (c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this contract clause shall not exceed 60 months (5 years); 52.216-21 Requirements: This is a requirements contract for the supplies or services specified, and effective for the period stated, in the Schedule. The quantities of supplies or services specified in the Scheduleare estimates only and are not purchased by this contract. Except as this contract may otherwise provide, if the Government's requirements do not result in orders in the quantities described as "estimated" or "maximum" in the Schedule, that fact shall not constitute the basis for an equitable price adjustment. The estimated quantities are not the total requirements of the Government activity specified in the Schedule, but are estimates of requirements in excess of the quantities that the activity may itself furnish within its own capabilities. Except as this contract otherwise provides, the Government shall order from the Contractor all of that activity's requirements for supplies and services specified in the Schedule that exceed the quantities that the activity may furnish within its own capabilities. FAR 52.237-7 Indemnification and Medical Liability Insurance: (a) It is expressly agreed and understood that this is a nonpersonal services contract, as defined in FAR 37.101, under which the professional services rendered by the Contractor are rendered in its capacity as an independent contractor. The Government may evaluate the quality of professional and administrative services provided, but retains no control over professional aspects of the services rendered, including by example, the Contractor's professional medical judgment, diagnosis, or specific medical treatments. The Contractor shall be solely able for and expressly agrees to indemnify the Government with respect to any liability producing acts or omissions by it or by its employees or agents. The Contractor shall maintain during the term of the contract liability insurance issued by a responsible insurance carrier of not less than the following amount(s) per specialty per occurrence: $1,000,000.00; Paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this clause FAR 52.237-7 are hereby incorporated by reference in this solicitation, (f) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (f), in all subcontracts under this contract for health care services and shall require such subcontractors to provide evidence of and maintain insurance in accordance with paragraph (a) of this clause. At least 5 days before the commencement of work by any subcontractor, the Contractor shall furnish to the Contracting Officer evidence of such insurance. Justice Acquisition Regulation (JAR) clause 2852.279-70, "Contracting Officer's Technical Representative," is hereby incorporated in full text, (a) Ms. Grace Terry, Health Services Administrator, MDC-LA, telephone 213-485-0439 ext. 114, is hereby designated as the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) under this contract. (b) The COTR is responsible for: receiving all deliverables; inspecting and accepting the supplies or services provided hereunder in accordance with the terms and conditions of this contract; providing direction to the contractor which clarifies the contract effort, fills in details or otherwise services to accomplish the contractual Scope of Work; evaluating performance; and certifying all invoices/vouchers for acceptance of the services furnished for payment prior to forwarding the original invoices to the payment office and a confirmed copy to the Contracting Officer. (c) The COTR does not have authority to alter the contractor's obligations under the contract, direct changes that fall within the purview of the General Provisions clause entitled "Changes," and/or modify any of the expressed terms, conditions, specifications, or cost of the agreement. Only the Contracting Officer shall sign the modification and issue such changes in writing; FAR Clause 52.212-5, "Contract Terms and Condition~s Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Order-Commercial Items," applies to this acquisition. In accordance with FAR 52.212-5, the following FAR clauses are hereby incorporated by reference: 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered. Send quotation to: Metropolitan Detention Center, 535 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012-3405, Attention: Rosalinda Lucio, Contract Specialist, by 1:00 p.m. local time, on Monday, September 29, 1997. For additional information, questions, and availability of forms, please call (213) 485-0439 ext. 148. All fax communications are also accepted at (213) 253-9523 (0258)

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