SOLICITATION NOTICE
Q -- Medical Consultant Services
- Notice Date
- 1/26/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 621112
— Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists
- Contracting Office
- Social Security Administration, Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Assessment and Management, SSA Region 6, 1301 Young Street, Room 550, Dallas, TX, 75202-5433
- ZIP Code
- 75202-5433
- Solicitation Number
- SSA-RFQ-06-05-0003
- Archive Date
- 1/1/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Social Security Administration (SSA) requires the services of a psychiatrist to serve as a Regional Psychiatric Coordinator (RPC). This contractor shall serve as a technical advisor to the SSA Regional Office, other medical consultants under contract, and State Disability Determination Services in the medical aspects of the disability program related to psychiatric and psychological specialties. During the period of the contract, the RPC will coordinate the services of the other psychiatrist and psychologist medical consultant contractor subspecialties to ensure consistency in their dealings with the Regional Office and State Disability Determination Services and Disability Quality Branch on the aspects of case review and policy. The RPC will participate in training of the Regional Office medical consultants and perform case reviews and quality assurance checks for those consultants. The services will be performed at the Social Security Administration Regional Office located at 1301 Young Street, Dallas,Texas. This acquisition will be for commercial services prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 12 and will be conducted using simplified acquisition procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13. These services will involve the review of medical evidence in disability claims. No patient contact will be involved. The contractor(s) must have the necessary computer skills to view and input electronic case information. Some travel may be involved. The RPC will assist in identifying psychiatric and medical policy issues and trends and in training disability personnel at the Federal and State level. Competitive pricing will be solicited and accepted. Contractor will be required to pass a security background check before beginning performance under the contract. Contractor shall be registered in the Central Contractor Registration database prior to award of a contract. Offerors must have: (1) a valid license to practice medicine in Texas; and (2) be available for onsite work a minimum of 20 hours per week between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The period of performance will be April 1, 2005 or date of award, whichever is later, through December 31, 2005 with provisions for four one-year options. The solicitation is scheduled for release on or about February 14, 2005. This requirement is a 100% small business set aside. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) The NAICS Code for Psychiatry is 621112 and the size standard is $8.5M. Offers received from other than small business concerns will be deemed unacceptable and will be given no further consideration. The solicitation (and any amendments) will be available for downloading on the Fed Biz Ops (FBO) web page at www.eps.gov on or about the solicitation release date. All parties interested in submitting an offer should download the solicitation from the FBO web site. No telephone requests for the RFQ will be honored. Only written requests will be accepted.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1301 Young Street, Dallas, Texas
- Zip Code: 75202
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 75202
- Record
- SN00740865-W 20050128/050126212728 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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