SOLICITATION NOTICE
Q -- NEUROMONITORING SERVICES
- Notice Date
- 4/4/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 622110
— General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, NMC Portsmouth, 54 Lewis Minor St, Portsmouth, VA, 23708-2297
- ZIP Code
- 23708-2297
- Solicitation Number
- N00183-05-T-0076
- Response Due
- 4/14/2005
- Archive Date
- 4/29/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Section A - Solicitation/Contract Form CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT Fill in Blanks: TIN: ________________ CAGE: ________________ DUNS: __________________ Vendor Point of Contact: ______________________Phone: ____________________ Vendor email: ______________________ Naval Medical Center POC: Payment in Arrears MONTHLY, QUARTERLY (Please circle one) Vendor to reference contract number ________________ on all inquires including invoices and shipping documents. NAPS 5232.903 PROMPT PAYMENT For Prompt Payment Act Purposes, this contract is: Subject to the 7-calendar day constructive acceptance period. Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 166 Hours Annual intra-operativeFFPneuromonitoring FFP contract.FOB: DestinationMILSTRIP: N0018305RQNS002PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER: N0018305RQNS002 NET AMT Section C - Descriptions and Specifications CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS 1. SCOPE OF WORK 1.1. The Contractor shall provide intraoperative monitoring (IOM) and interpretation for the Naval Medical Center (NMCP), Portsmouth, Virginia. (hereafter referred to as "the MTF" (Military Treatment Facility)). 1.2. Services shall be provided by technicians and shall be overseen by contractor physicians. Services shall be performed off-site via internet. 1.3. The Contractor shall have a sufficient number of fully trained physicians and technicians to ensure that qualified individuals provide services on a regular basis as specified herein. 2. DUTIES/QUALIFICATIONS. During, or prior to, scheduled orientation, the Contractor shall ensure that the technician assigned to serve in operating rooms possess a knowledge of the affects of anesthesia and of various artifacts such as electrical interference from operating room equipment, etc, in order to be able to assess their effects on the data collected during the surgical procedure. Technician must have knowledge of potential morbidity caused by the monitoring process itself, quality control systems and procedures for preventive maintenance and performance testing and calibration of equipment and recognize when problems are beyond scope of expertise and must be referred to others. Technician shall be able to effectively communicate with surgical team members in order to provide recommendations based upon interpretation of monitoring results. 2.1. On site technician (s) must be a certified to provide intra-operative monitoring. Monitoring includes EMG, SSEP, BAER. The technician provides the equipment to provide internet transmission of live-time monitoring to a board-certified physician, to assess the monitoring and provide intra-operative interpretation of data. 2.2. Physicians shall possess the following minimum qualifications: 2.2.1. Graduation from a medical school approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education of the American Medical Association or the American Osteopathic Association or permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). 2.2.2. Board certification in Neurology. 2.2.3. Possess a current, unrestricted license to practice medicine in any one of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands. 2.2.4. Have a minimum of 12 months experience within the last 36 months as a neurologist interpreting IOM. 2.2.5. Must have professional knowledge of a wide range of monitoring concepts, principles, practices, and methods to perform highly specialized monitoring assignments of advanced nature and considerable complexity such as somatosensory evoked potentials, auditory brainstem and cortical responses, electroencephalography, visual evoked responses, facial nerve monitoring, motor evoked potentials, intraoperative electromyography, intraoperative nerve conduction velocity, etc., requiring extensive specialized training and experience in order to determine the methods/procedures required during the surgical procedures, prepare the patient, interpret the data, provide recommendations to the surgeon, and train other professional/technical personnel. 3. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. The services rendered by the Contractor are rendered in the capacity of an independent Contractor. The Government will evaluate the quality of both professional and administrative services for purposes of contract inspection and acceptance. The Government retains no direct control over professional assessments and/or recommendations. The Contractor shall be solely responsible for any and all liability caused by the acts or omissions of its agents or employees. The Contractor shall not in any manner represent or infer that it is an instrumentality or agent of the United States Government. The Contractor shall recognize that the Commanding Officer of the MTF maintains administrative and operational responsibility for all activities within the command and may take such actions as necessary to preserve and maintain the integrity of the command, subject to the limitations prescribed by law and U.S. Navy Regulations. 4. INSURANCE: Since this is a non-personnel service contract ? the contractor is required to have their own insurance. 4.1. The Contractor shall maintain during the term of this contract medical liability insurance issued by a responsible insurance carrier of not less than the following amount(s) per specialty per occurrence: $1,000,000. 4.2. Liability insurance may be on either an occurrences basis or on a claims-made basis. If the policy is on a claims-made basis, an extended reporting endorsement (tail) for a period of not less than 3 years after the end of the contract term must also be provided. 5. RECORDS. 5.1. All records produced in the performance of this contract and all evaluations of patients are the property of, and subject to the exclusive control of, the Government. The Contractor may retain a copy of all such records or evaluations, but may not provide further copies or disclose the information from such records or evaluations to third parties. All requests from other treatment facilities or other individuals for patient records shall be handled in accordance with procedures specified by applicable MTF instructions. 5.2. Confidentiality Of Information. Unless otherwise specified, all financial, statistical, personnel and/or technical data which is furnished, produced or otherwise available to the Contractor during the performance of this contract are considered confidential business information and shall not be used for purposes other than performance of work under this contract nor be released by the Contractor without prior written consent of the Commander of the MTF. Any presentation of any statistical or analytical materials, or any reports based on information obtained from the studies covered by this contract, will be subject to review and approval by the Commander of the MTF before publication or dissemination. 6. REPORTS: 6.1 A formal report must be faxed to the performing surgeon within two days.; a formal original copy must be mailed to the performing surgeon within two weeks. 7. CREDENTIALING: 7.1 Neurologist providing this service must have privileges granted by the Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA. The NMCP Point of contact for this matter is Ms. JoAnn Adams she can be reached by phone at: 757-953-7550 or by e-mail at: jbadams@mar.med.navy.mil. Section E - Inspection and Acceptance INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE TERMS Supplies/services will be inspected/accepted at: CLIN INSPECT AT INSPECT BY ACCEPT AT ACCEPT BY 0001 Destination Government Destination Government Section F - Deliveries or Performance DELIVERY INFORMATION CLIN DELIVERY DATE QUANTITY SHIP TO ADDRESS UIC 0001 POP 15-APR-2005 TO30-SEP-2005 N/A NAVAL MEDICAL CENTERNEUROSURGERY/2D FLOORCHARETTE HEALTH CARE CENTERBLDG. 227 EFFINGHAM STREETPORTSMOUTH VA 23708757-953-2882FOB: Destination N00183 Section G - Contract Administration Data CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT Invoices for supplies rendered under this Task Order shall be submitted electronically through Wide Area Work Flow ? Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF): The vendor shall self-register at the web site https://wawf.eb.mil. Vendor training is available on the internet at http://wawftraining.com. One or more separate invoices will be prepared per order. Do not combine the payment claims for supplies provided under this contract ordered through multiple orders within one invoice. Select the Create Invoice And Receiving Report combo within WAWF as the invoice type (destination/destination). The Invoice and Receiving Report combo prepares the Material Inspection and Receiving Report, DD Form 250, and the Invoice at the same time. Back up documentation (such as delivery receipts, etc.) can be included and attached to the invoice in WAWF. Attachments created in any Microsoft Office product are attachable to the invoice in WAWF. The following information regarding Naval Medical Center Portsmouth is provided for completion of the invoice in WAWF: Issuing Office DODAAC: N00183 Admin DODAAC: N00183 Ship To DODAAC: N00183 LPO DODAAC: N00183 Pay DODAAC: N68688 The contractor shall submit invoices for payment per contract terms. The Government shall process invoices for payment per contract terms. For more information on Wide Area Workflow, please contact the Wide Area Workflow Implementation Team at wawf@nmlc.med.navy.mil Section I - Contract Clauses CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 52.203-3 Gratuities APR 1984 52.213-3 Notice to Suppliers APR 1984 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity For Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans DEC 2001 52.222-36 Affirmative Action For Workers With Disabilities JUN 1998 52.222-48 Exemption from Application of Service Contract Act Provisions for Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, and/or Repair of Certain ADP, Scientific and Medical, and/or Office and Business Equipment - Contractor Certification AUG 1996 52.222-49 Service Contract Act -- Place Of Performance Unknown MAY 1989 52.232-1 Payments APR 1984 52.232-8 Discounts For Prompt Payment FEB 2002 52.233-3 Protest After Award AUG 1996 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests JAN 2004 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): www.arnet.gov/far (End of clause)
- Place of Performance
- Address: NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER, PORTSMOUTH, MMD/CONTRACTING DIV, 54 LEWIS MINORS ST, PORTSMOUTH, VA
- Zip Code: 23322
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 23322
- Record
- SN00781486-W 20050406/050404212055 (fbodaily.com)
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