Department of Veterans Affairs, Stratton VA Medical Center, 113 Holland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208-3410

Q -- COMMUNITY BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SOL RFP 500-10-99 DUE 121198 POC Richard Barton, Contracting Officer, 518-462-3311, extension 2614 E-MAIL: RFP 500-10-99, barton,richard@albany.va.gov. The Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, New York is seeking to contract with local hospitals, ambulatory care facilities, group practices or clinics who have the qualifications, experience and expertise in providing quality mental health care services to veteran beneficiaries residing in specified communities within the Stratton VA Medical Center 's Primary Service area. Those communities are: Elizabethtown, NY and Plattsburgh, NY. The Basic Provider will provide specified mental health care servies in a private hospital or clinic environment. Mental health Care includes longitudinal outpatient mental health care for the purpose of prevention and detection of mental illness and subsequent menagement and treatment of mental health conditions in eligible veterans. The care will be provided by mental health providers who may be psychiatrists, clinical social workers, psychologists, psychiatric clinical nurse specialists. The care provided shall be continuous, accessible, and coordinated. Proposals will besolicitated for a Base Year and four (4) yearly renewal options. Request for Proposals will be available o/a November 13, 1998 upon receipt of a Written Request Only mailed or faxed to: Contracting Officer (90CCP), Attn: Richard Barton, VA Medical Center, 113 Holland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208. FAX: 518-462-0051. Telephone Request will not be honored. Posted 11/02/98 (W-SN267408). (0306)

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