Evaluation and Treatment Physical Therapy

This is a Notice of Intent to award a sole source purchase order to Christopher Gracey 5709 Chevy Chase, Washington D.C. 20015 to provide 12 months of services from October 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009 25 hours each week Monday through Friday for a total of 1150 hours. Track patients for lower extremity evaluations and treatment including stride, plantar pressure, and mechanics evaluations and to present interpretations to therapists, physicians, and family members. Provide clinical evaluation and treatment for selected (RMD) Rehabilitation Medicine Department patients with lower extremity mechanical and other neuro-musculoskeletal problems. Assist in organizing and stocking the workshop area. Assist the Doctors in the recording of lower extremity examination data. Develop and modify patient educational cards/forms at the direction of the Doctors. Fabricate devices that can be attached to footwear of patients with a structural limb length discrepancy to evaluate proper height of a shoe lift. Provide technical support in the fabrication of foot orthoses and braces. Provide patient evaluation to assess foot and ankle function, shoe prescription and accommodation and orthoses fit. Provide evaluation and physical therapy treatment for patients as needed extremity patients. Christopher Gracey is a part of an ongoing study in the Rehabilitation Medicine Department at The National Institutes of Health at the Clinical Center in Bethesda Maryland. This sole source award is in accordance with FAR Part 13.5. FAR Part 6 does not apply to this acquisition. Christopher Gracey is experienced in the area of research with care of lower extremity. The Government believes that Christopher Gracey is uniquely qualified to provide these services. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement by no later than 2:00 p.m. September 20, 2008. Your response should be submitted to Jearnean Jackson [email protected]. All responses received within 10 days of the publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government.