SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Quality Assurance Program for Pathologists and Cytotechnologists
- Notice Date
- 11/19/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs, Acquisition Operations Service, (049A3), 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, District Of Columbia 20420
- ZIP Code
- 20420
- Solicitation Number
- 101-13-05
- Response Due
- 12/7/2004
- Archive Date
- 1/6/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a quote is being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The NAICS code is 541990 with a size standard of $6 Million. This Request for Quotation (RFQ) Number is RFQ 101-13-05 is for Quality Assurance Services for Pathologists and Cytotechnologists. The period of performance is one year from date of award with four (4) one-year option periods. The Government contemplates award of a requirements contract, as defined under FAR Subpart 16.503, with an estimated quantity resulting from this Request for Quote. The primary place of performance shall be performed on a national basis for various VA facilities. Exact locations will be provided upon contract award. The Pathology and Medical Laboratory Service is seeking continuous quality improvement (CQI) in cytopathology as stated in Pathology and laboratory Medicine Services (P&LMS) Handbook 1106.1. Enrollment in external quality improvement programs can best fulfill this requirement. The American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) Checkpath Program is the mandatory external CQI source that has been used in the past to fulfill this requirement. This CQI program will be contracted and monitored by the National Director, P&LMS. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) requires a contract to furnish a quality assurance program in cytopathology to pathologists and cytotechnologists at approximately 125 VA Medical Centers throughout the Continental United Stated. At these 125 Medical Centers there are approximately 377 cytotechnologists and pathologists participating in ?CQI?. This program is designed to measure and to assist in the delivery of quality care by physicians. This program will provide self and peer evaluation of pathologists through the diagnosis of individual cases. This program puts the emphasis on those factors shown to generate the greatest potential of risk to the patient and those most important to patient care. This requirement will be awarded using the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process as described in FAR Subpart 15.101-2(b)(1). Award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of quotes meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors. The standard is that the vendor must be able to meet all tasks as described under 2.0 of the Statement of Work. Also, the vendor supplying the CQI surveys must have ?Deemed Status? by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and must be approved by both the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the College of American Pathologists (CAP) to provide CQI surveys to facilities they accredit. If these standards are not met, the vendor will ineligible for award of the contract. Attached to this combined synopsis/solicitation is the Statement of Work, the deliverable price schedule, and Offeror Certifications to for the vendor to fill. As this contract will be a requirements contract, the quantity is an estimate and the actual amounts may be more or less. The Contractor shall include a fully executed copy of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Jan 2004). The following FAR provisions apply to the acquisition: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (Jan 2004), 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders- Commercial Item, 52.217-3 Evaluation Exclusive of Options (Apr 1984), 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999), 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000), and 52.216-21 Requirements (Oct 1995). The clauses checked under FAR Clause 52.212-5 include: 1. 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Jul 1995), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 253g and 10 U.S.C. 2402). 2. (3) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Jan 1999) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its offer) (15 U.S.C. 657a) 3. 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (May 2004) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)) 4. 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (June 2004) (E.O. 13126) 5. 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999) 6. 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Apr 2002) (E.O. 11246) 7. 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Dec 2001) (38 U.S.C. 4212) 8. 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 1998) (29 U.S.C. 793) 9. 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Dec 2001) (38 U.S.C. 4212) 10. 52.225-1, Buy American Act-Supplies (June 2003) (41 U.S.C. 10a-10d) 11. 52.225-5, Trade Agreements (Oct 2004) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note) 12. 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Dec 2003) (E.o.s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury) 13. 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other than Central Contractor Registration (May 1999) (31 U.S.C. 3332) Quotes are due December 7, 2004 at 3:30PM Eastern Standard Time. Technical and Price Quotes and Provision 52.212-3 Certifications and Representations are to be sent electronically to Zedekiah.Worsham@mail.va.gov. Please send any questions to the previously mentioned email address no later than November 30, 2004. It is the Department of Veterans Affairs? intention to award without discussion, but discussions will be held if deemed necessary by the Department of Veterans? Affairs.
- Web Link
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RFQ 101-13-05
(http://www.bos.oamm.va.gov/solicitation?number=101-13-05)
- Record
- SN00710738-W 20041121/041119211712 (fbodaily.com)
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