Department of Veteran Affairs, VA Medical Center (593), 1700 Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89106

Q -- RADIOLOGIST SERVICES, NON-PERSONAL SERVICES, TEMP 6 MONTH SOL RFP-593-P34-98 DUE 082498 POC Kathleen Randall or Dave Goodman FAX ONLY (702) 636-4081 E-MAIL: Click here to contact Contracting Officer via e-mail, kathleen.randall@med.va.gov. Provide Temporary, qualified radiologist(s), for approx. 6 MONTHS, to the VA Medical Center, Las Vegas Nevada, to augment in-house staffing during recruiting period. [This Commercial Item, non-personal services contract incorporates provisions & clauses from FAC 97-04 (#62) and VAAR FR-4/9/98 (#17). Solicitation requests shall be requested by ONLY e-mail (kathleen.randall@med.va.gov) or fax (702) 636-4081. Include YOUR fax # on requests or YOUR e-mail address. No Phone Inquiries.] Radiologist Services shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of the contract to include, but not be limited to the following: 1. General Diagnostic Services, Cross Sectional Imaging Services, Ultrasound, and Nuclear Medicine Services. a. Administer, direct, perform and interpret : cross sectional imaging services in the area of Computer Tomography (CT), Ultrasound, General Nuclear Medicine, General Diagnostic Radiology -- to include Fluoroscopy of the gastrointestinal tract, IVPs, barium enemas, mammography, routine diagnostic studies of the abdomen, chest and musculoskeletal system.b. Communicate pertinent patient data to charge physician, as appropriate. Shall be responsible also for entering information into computer, retrieving information, some clerical duties in connection with position, direct patient contact as well as telephone contact. c. Recognize and initiate appropriate measures in emergencies including operation of resuscitation equipment.. Possess knowledge of actions and usual dosage of most commonly used emergency drugs and their usage. d. Participate in facility provided training, to include fire drills, fire & safety training, and any other facility training required by Chief of Radiology Service. Shall also attend Service staff meetings as a part of required duties. e. Prepare reports, assure content and correctness of prepared reports and sign documents to validate their contents. f. Provide professional direction and teaching of clinical staff . g. Teach, lecture, and direct technologists in all contracted areas of radiology. Contractor personnel must be present at the VA Medical Center and actually be performing services required by the contract during the scheduled work period to be paid for that period. Payment will be made only for actual hours in which services are rendered. Monthly invoices must be accompanied with copies of VA verified time sheets. Holidays which are not worked are not paid. Contract employees will be required to sign in and out utilizing the approved time sheets. Cost quoted in the proposal is to be all-inclusive of all incidental cost including housing, transportation, taxes, overhead, and premium payments for applicable malpractice insurance coverage for Contractor's personnel. Amount to be paid by VA will be a flat hourly fee bid on in Section B. This contract represents a firm-fixed price contract. Services performed outside the scope of this contract are not authorized and will not be paid. Contractors will be required to provide information needed for VA credentialing and privileging. Candidates must be clinically privileged at the Las Vegas VA Medical Center prior to providing services. This process will be completed in accordance with the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) as established by PL 99-660. Completion of credentialing and privileging packets will be required for contract employees once the determination has been made that the proposed physician(s) have met the qualification criteria and the apparent awardee has been determined. The Contractor shall assume full responsibility for the protection of its personnel furnishing services under this contract in accordance with the personnel policy of the Contractor, such as providing worker's compensation, professional liability insurance, health examinations, income tax withholding, social security payments, sick leave and vacation time. Such personnel will not be considered VA employees for any reason. The Contractor shall ensure that all contract personnel have met qualifying criteria, including current and valid licenses and certifications. The qualification of such personnel shall also be subject to review by the VA Chief of Staff and approval by the VA Facility Director. Contract Radiologist shall be subject to the same quality assurance standards as established by the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO). Persons provided by the Contractor shall be technically proficient in the skills necessary to include the ability to speak, understand, read and write English fluently. Contractors are responsible to review clauses & references in the solicitation. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make the full text clause available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): www.arnet.gov/far/ & www.va.gov/oa&;mm/vaar/ 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items. (OCT 1997) (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. THE FOLLOWING FACTORS SHALL BE USED TO EVALUATE OFFERS:AWARD MAY NOT BE TO THE LOWEST OFFERED PRICE. THE VA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE AWARD WITHOUT ENTERING INTO DISCUSSIONS WITH ANY OFFEROR INFORMATION REQUESTED BELOW MUST BE FURNISHED FOR EVALUATION BY THE GOVERNMENT. FACTOR 1 -- PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE: Radiologists (Board Certified by the American Board of Radiology) assigned by the Contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall be licensed in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia. Personnel must possess experience in cross sectional imaging modalities as demonstrated by special training such as having completed a one year fellowship training in CT and ultrasound or as clearly demonstrated by practice experience to be verified by references. Shall be trained and experienced in General Diagnostic Services. Personnel must have one year experience in general diagnostic to include doing fluoroscopy of the gastrointestinal tract, IVPs, barium enemas, mammography, routine diagnostic studies of the abdomen, chest and musculosketetal system. Must also have sufficient experience in Nuclear Medicine, as determined by the facility's Professional Standards Board, to perform and interpret routine nuclear medicine studies. The qualifications of such personnel shall also be subject to review by the VA Chief of Staff and approval by the VA Facility Director.- Supply complete resumes (curriculum vitae) for each physician being proposed to furnish services under the terms of this solicitation. Include back-up personnelinformation.- Provide three (3) recent references for each physician being proposed from which this facility will be able to certify current clinical capability.- For each physician proposed, submit a copy of current privileges candidate has at any hospital in which they have staff membership.- Those physicians who have already provided these exact services for this Medical Center need not resubmit credentials if they are still current.- Certify ability to begin performing duties on this contract within five (5) workdays of award.- An SF-129, Solicitation Mailing List Application, is enclosed with this Request for Proposal and must be completed and returned with your proposal.- An Electronic Funds Transfer Payment form is also enclosed with this Request for Proposal and must be completed and returned with your signed proposal. FACTOR 2: COST/PRICING The cost stated in Section B is to be inclusive of all required services for the term of the contract. Award will be made to the Offeror who attains the highest combined evaluation of all factors, including the offered price. Therefore, the Offeror with the lowest cost or price alone may not necessarily be awarded the contract. The VA reserves the right to award without discussions, based on evaluation information only. It is therefor e recommended that all Offerors submit their best proposals for the initial evaluation phase. FACTOR 3: PAST HISTORY/EXPERIENCE (MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATIONS) 1. Provide a minimum of three ( 3) recent references that may be contacted, to whom you have provided Radiologists. Include the name of a Contact Person, telephone number, quantity and type of Radiologists. 2. Number of years in business, to include breakdown of number of years in area. Include any information on offices/branches, their locations, number of years in location and reference information for those branches. 3. Agency enforcement of standards of review and evaluation to ensure ongoing quality service from health care professionals. 4. Supply a copy of your hiring policy/criteria for Radiologists. 5. Provide credentialing and privileging policy. 6. Provide a list of previous contracts (within the past five (5) years) showing ability to provide Radiologist services, to include, but not be limited to: a. Approximate dates by year. b. Names of organizations provided these services. c. Number of Radiologists provided (include area of specialty) 7. Provide contingency plans to be used in the event of: a. Unexpected absences b. Required replacement due to rejection of Contract Personnel. 8. Outline current compensation structure utilized to obtain and keep suitable qualified personnel. 9. An apparently successful Offeror, upon request by the Contracting Officer, shall furnish prior to contract award evidence of the insurability of the Offeror and/or of all Radiologists who will perform under this contract. NOTE: Personnel Qualifications/Experience (Factor 1) & Past History/ Experience (Factor 3), when combined, are slightly more important than price (Factor 2). NOTE : The Government reserves the right to award, based on evaluation of proposals, without discussions. See Note 1 -- Small Business Set-Aside 100% Posted 08/11/98 (W-SN235434). (0223)

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