U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Procurement and Property Branch, 320 First Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20534

70 -- MARKET RESEARCH FOR MEDICAL PRECERTIFICATION SOFTWARE DUE 022800 POC Donald G. Sinsel, (202) 616-6150 The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Health Services Division, is conducting market research for a commercially available precertification software program that is capable of : 1) Analyzing requests, from BOP clinical staff, seeking medical treatment provided by facilities outside of a BOP facility, including hospitalization, surgical procedures, diagnostic procedures and specialty referral using nationally accepted and referenced criteria; 2) Entry of demographics and clinical data at a institutional level on a nationwide basis; 3) Immediate authorization at an institution level for routine requests that meet criteria; 4) Automatic referral of requests not meeting criteria to BOP Regional Offices and/or the BOP Central Office; and 5) Management oversight reporting including capability of sorting and comparing on all demographic parameters, International Code for Diagnoses (revision 9), Codes for Procedures and Treatments, and source institution. The software must meet the following Management ofInformation Systems (MIS) technical requirements: The software based system shall be capable of being deployed in a centralized fashion, preferably web-based and be able to function within the BOP's infrastructure as described below: 1) T-1 communication circuits are present between all BOP sites and the BOPS's Central Office; 2) All sites have LANs with 16Mb/s Token ring topology; 3) The BOP utilizes Novell 3.x/5.x file servers; 4) The BOP utilizes Windows NT or Windows 95 workstations with 90Mhz and 32Mb RAM or better; and 5) Oracle database is preferred. The Bureau of Prisons is an agency of the United States Department of Justice and currently operates approximately ninety-five correctional institutions across the country. These institutions provide ambulatory health care services to approximately 120,000 federal prisoners. Vendors are invited to submit information that describes, including but not limited to, the following: 1) the vendors software product and capabilities; 2) a description of the software's history and usage; 3) a plan on incorporating the software in to the BOP's precertification program ; 4) pricing information that will assist the BOP in determining the feasibility of this program; and 5) the availability of the software on a Federal Supply Schedule Contract or other Federal Government Contracts. Information should be submitted no later than February 28, 2000. Responses shall be sent to the following address: Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20534, Attn: Donald Sinsel ADP contracting. Posted 01/28/00 (W-SN419698). (0028)

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