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Q -- MEDICAL SERVICES SUPPORT ON DESERET CHEMICAL DEPOT (DCD) TO INCLUDE THE U.S. ARMY CHEMICAL MUNITIONS DISPOSAL SYSTEM (CAMDS). POC Contract Specialist: Jim Prather (309) 782-3784, Contracting Officer: Steve Herman (309) 782-6091 . Medical Services: The required services are for medical support to Deseret Chemical Depot (DCD), to include the U.S. Army Chemical Munitions Disposal System (CAMDS). Medical support will consist of occupational health services, emergency response, and management of the Chemical Personnel Reliability Program (CPRP) consistent with Army Regulation 50-6, Chemical Surety, and Department of the Army Pamphlet 50-6, Chemical Accident or Incident Response and Assistance (CAIRA) Operations. Estimated value of these services is $800,000 per year. Contract will be for one year with four option years. . The intended source is EG&G Defense Materials, Inc., 11610 Stark Road, Tooele, UT 84074, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 230-4(c)(1), only one responsible source. . Currently at the Deseret Chemical Depot, Toole, Utah, there are two sources of medical support: 1)US Army and 2) EG&G Defense Materials Inc. The US Army provides medical services to the entire DCD (including CAMDS) for both routine and emergency response including chemical events. EG&G is responsible for the medical services inside the security fence of the Tooele Chemical Agent Destruction Facility (TOCDF). TOCDF is a Government owned facility operated by EG&G that is located on DCD. The TOCDF mission is to destroy the stockpile of chemical weapons stored at DCD. The chemical weapons are of 2 basic types, nerve agent (VX and GB), and blister agent or mustard (H, HD, HT); agents are contained in rockets, mines, mortars, artillery, and bulk. Under its current contract, EG&G must be able to respond to both ordinary injury and illness and to chemical agent exposure and injury. . The Army has decided to contract for medical support to DCD and CAMDS, effective in the summer of 1999. The medical services required in this contract are unique and highly specialized. They demand special medical skills and expertise in chemical accident/incident response and assistance (CAIRA). The EG&G medical clinic at TOCDF has the special knowledge and expertise concerning Army occupational health, chemical surety, and emergency response. They have over five years experience in providing medical support to the TOCDF and have received over 1000 hours of specialized training in CAIRA, chemical agent treatment, chemical agent toxicty, medical surveillance, and CPRP. EG&G has developed and implemented occupational health and quality assurance programs based on Army regulations and is inspected and evaluated for compliance on an annual basis. No other medical organization in the civilian community has the requisite knowledge and expertise to provide the medical services required. Because EG&G already has the trained medical personnel present at TOCDF 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, it would not be possible for another party to provide the DCD medical services without the Government incurring substantial duplication of cost. This duplication of cost would come from 1) a new contractor being required to orient, train, and credential a new medical staff, and 2) duplication of physicians, nurses, medics, and administrative personnel between a new contractor and those already in place with EG&G. Therefore, it is the intention fo the Contracting Officer to award this requirement sole source to EG&G Defense Materials Inc. Posted 02/18/99 (W-SN299616). (0049)

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