Federal Bureau of Prisons, Regional Contracting Office, 3600 Spurr Road, Quarters #14, Lexington, KY 40511

Q -- ENT (OTALARYNGOLOGY) SERVICES SOL RFQ-405-0065 DUE 043098 POC Jeffrey Chesko, Contracting Officer, Phone: (606) 253-8897. The Federal Bureau of Prisons intends to award a Non-Personal service contract for ENT (Otolaryngology) Services. Duties are to be performed at the Federal Correctional Institution, Cumberland, Maryland. The contractor will be responsible for the following: Study, diagnose, and treat medical disorders of the ear, nose, and throat, organize and record data concerning patient, family, personal, medical, and mental history, determine onset of symptoms obtained from patients and other sources to determine type of treatment needed, examine patients, determine condition, follow standard ENT medical procedures, order laboratory and other special diagnostic tests and evaluate data obtained, determine nature and extent of ear, nose, and throat disorders and formulate a treatment program, review medical records and treatments initiated by the physician assistants and nurse practitioners, provide follow up care to inmates who have had ear, nose, and throat treatment in the community hospital, provide quality documentation and activities for patients treated. Due to the nature of this contract, all individuals working within the institution will be required to submit to Security Clearances. This will be a competitive procurement with award being made to the offeror determined to be in the best interest of the government, price and price related factors considered. Services will be required during the normal work week, an estimated two (2) sessions per quarter (1 session = 4 hours), for an estimated eight (8) sessions per year. The base year of the contract shall run for twelve (12) months from the date of award with four (4) one year option periods for renewal with an anticipated award date of October 1, 1998. it is anticipated that the solicitations will be mailed approximately March 3, 1998 with an approximate due date of April 30, 1998. It is anticipated that this solicitation will result in a Firm-Fixed Price Requirements Type Contract. This solicitation is 100% set-aside for small business concerns. All responsible sources may submit a bid which will be considered for award. Requests for solicitation packages must be made in writing to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Mid-Atlantic Regional Contracting Office, 3600 Spurr Road, Quarters #14, Lexington, KY 40511, Attn: Jeffrey Chesko, Contract specialist. Facsimile requests will be accepted at (606) 253-8882. No collect calls will be accepted. (0034)

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