Q -- GASTROENTEROLOGY FELLOWSHIP AND CONSULTATIONS AT NIH

Notice Date

October 10, 2000

Contracting Office

National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Acquisition Management Branch, 6705 Rockledge Dr., MSC 7973, Room 8048, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7973

ZIP Code

20892-7973

Solicitation Number

NIH-NIDDK-01-01

Response Due

November 24, 2000

Point of Contact

Marlene Mireles, 301-594-8831

Description

The National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) intends to contract on a sole source basis with Georgetown University, Department of Gastroenterology, Washington DC, for 1) to provide second or third year fellows in an approved gastrointestinal fellowship training program on a daily basis (rotation), seven days per week on a 24-hour per day basis to see patients at the NIH requiring consultations for gastrointestinal diseases; to discuss these cases with the supervising physician; and to perform and gastrointestinal procedures required; 2) to provide a board-certified gastroenterologist who is participating in the same gastrointestinal fellowship training program, on the same basis, well-trained in all endoscopy procedures (including endoscopic ultrasound, biliary stenting, ERCP, UCI and lower GI endoscopy, manometry and laparoscopy) to supervise the second or third year GI fellows and all GI procedures; 3) to provide training for two fellows in GI training per year as part of a joint NIH-Georgetown VA Gastroenterology program including providing continuity clinics required for board-certification which is accessible within 30 minutes of NIH, and 4) to provide continuity for the ongoing clinical research protocols involving endoscopic procedures at NIH by continuing to provide the same gastroenterologist involved in their initiation. In addition to handling routine GI consultant services, the second or third year fellow and their supervising gastroenterologist will take care of GI emergencies (response to be within hour). The second or third year and supervising gastroenterologist will provide the above services for one year from date of award with four one-year option periods. The NIH believes the proposed contractor is the only source available based on the contractors affiliation with the NIH and the Veterans Administration Hospital in the research and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, based on the proximity of their facilities to NIH and thus their ability to meet the time constraints for response time and proximity of continuity clinics, their well established expertise in the field of advanced GI endoscopic procedures which is an essential requirement of this contract, and their ability to provide continuity in the clinical research protocols that are currently established at NIH by providing the same gastroenterologists who initiated these studies. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, the Government will consider all proposals received within forty-five days after date of publication of this synopsis. Contractors must be located with hour of the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland and be able to provide all requirements listed above within an hour distance. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. See Note 22.

Record

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