Q -- TRANSPLANT SERVICES FOR FEDERAL INMATES

Notice Date

August 3, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, Acquisitions Branch, 320 First Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20534

ZIP Code

20534

Solicitation Number

000000

Response Due

August 10, 2001

Point of Contact

Elizabeth Gorman, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-307-0985, Fax 202-307-1146, Email egorman@bop.gov -- Carla Gilchrist, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-307-0985, Fax 202-307-1146, Email cgilchrist@bop.gov

Description

SOURCES SOUGHT (FOR INFORMATION GATHERING ONLY): The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Health Services Division, is seeking information from Health Care Facilities (providers) that are capable of providing inpatient and select outpatient care for renal transplants, liver transplants, heart transplants, heart and lung transplants and bone marrow transplants for inmates sentenced to BOP facilities. The BOP system currently houses approximately 160 inmates that are considered to be potential organ transplant candidates. Services will include screenings, for donors and recipients. The service provider shall be located within 100 miles of one (or more) of each of the seven BOP Medical Referral Centers (MRC). The MRCs are located in Ayer, Massachusetts; Butner, North Carolina, Lexington, Kentucky; Ft. Worth, Texas; Carswell, Texas; Springfield, Missouri; and Rochester Minnesota. The provider will be required to demonstrate that its transplant program is ?Medicare certified? (recognized by the Health Care Finance Administration as a medicare provider). The BOP has developed Evaluation Guidelines For Transplants that are available upon request. The accepted payment methodology will be medicare reimbursement utilizing a benchmarking system. Providers will be responsible for all licensure issues. Vendors are invited to submit information that describes, including but not limited to, the following: 1) a company portfolio; 2) accreditation and certification information; 3) pricing information on each procedure (for BOP planning purposes only -- not considered a quote) to assist the BOP in estimating this procurement; 4) pricing information on total estimated tests, including processing, reporting and transporting (for BOP planning purposes only -- not considered a quote) to assist the BOP in estimating this procurement; and 5) references from prior similar contracts of similar magnitude. Information should be submitted no later than August 10, 2001 and addressed to: Federal Bureau of Prisons, National Contracts and Policy Section, 500 First Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington DC 20534; ATTN: Elizabeth Gorman, Contracting Officer. Copies of the BOP Guidelines referenced herein are available by contacting Carol Jenkins, Medical Contracting Coordinator, at 202-307-2867, x147. The information contained in this Sources Sought Synopsis is all that is available.

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010807/QSOL005.HTM (D-215 SN50T947)