Q -- INPATIENT/OUTPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Northeast Regional Office is soliciting under full and open competition, a Request for Proposal(RFP) 20903-0041, for the provision of Comprehensive Medical/Hospital Services at Federal Correctional Institution McKean, located at Bradford, Pennsylvania. Provision of the Comprehensive Medical/Hospital Services will be on a "performance-based" approach with the required output to be performed by the Contractor: OUTPUT #1: Provide inpatient and outpatient physician services which conform to community standards and all local state and Federal laws and regulations applicable to the delivery of health care to members of the general public. OUTPUT #2: Provide inpatient and outpatient facility services which conforms to community standards and all local, state and Federal laws and regulations applicable to the delivery of health care to members of the general public. OUTPUT #3: Provide a system of centralized billing whereby the Bureau receives one billing for all contract services. OUTPUT #4: Manage medical record information in a manner which promotes continuity of care while observing restrictions on the release of information. OUTPUT #5: Maintain open avenues of communication facilitating the exchange of information between the contract physician, contract facility, and the Government regarding the contract services. Services to be provided include inpatient/outpatient facility services, inpatient/outpatient physician services, outpatient institution services, and institution laboratory services. Services shall be provided within a 50-mile radius of the FCI at Bradford, Pennsylvania. The contract type is firm-fixed price indefinite delivery/requirements contract. The estimated quantities for Base Year and all option years are as follows: 25 Inpatient Days, 30 Outpatient Visits for each contract year. The anticipated period of performance will be as follows: Base year: Date of Award (DOA) thru 12 months from date of award; Option Year 1: 13 months from DOA thru 24 months from DOA; Option Year 2: 25 months from DOA thru 36 months from DOA; Option Year 3: 37 months from DOA thru 48 months from DOA; Option Year 4: 49 months from DOA thru 60 months from DOA. The evaluation criteria for this solicitation will be: (1) Price; (2) Past Performance ; (3) Technical Merit; and (4) Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Targets. The NAICS code for this service is 622110 with small business size standard of $29.0 million. This solicitation is open to both small and large business. All responsible sources are encouraged to submit an proposal that will be considered for award. The solicitation will be available on or after May 06, 2002, and will be distributed through the General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities web site http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Hard copies of the solicitation document will not be available except in extreme circumstances AND only if issuance in this maner is determined to be in the Government's best interest. The site provides downloading instructions. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will also be distributed through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition.