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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JANUARY 24, 2008 FBO #2250
MODIFICATION

R -- Patient Representative Assistant

Notice Date

1/22/2008
 

Notice Type

Modification
 

NAICS

541990 — All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center/Office of Purchasing & Contracts, 6707 Democracy Blvd, Suite 106, MSC 5480, Bethesda, MD, 20892-5480, UNITED STATES
 

ZIP Code

20892-5480
 

Solicitation Number

SP101188
 

Response Due

2/2/2008
 

Archive Date

2/17/2008
 

Point of Contact

Stacey Polk, Purchasing Agent, Phone (301) 496-1446, Fax (301) 594-5920
 

E-Mail Address

spolk@cc.nih.gov
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION AND A SEPARATE SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 under Simplified Acquisition procedures in Subpart 13.5 as supplemental with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number for this acquisition is RFP101188 and is being issued as a Request for Proposal. The incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-18. This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 561990. The purpose of this Contract is to engage the services of a contractor to support the Clinical Center Patient representative. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC) is a clinical research hospital providing all medical services for patients participating in human research protocols of the NIH. The CC provides patient facilities and services for clinical investigations by the NIH Institutes, research in related areas and supervises residency and other training programs. ?Professional Services Contract Statement of Work? The contractor will serve as assistant to the Clinical Center Patient Representative (PR). He/ she will be responsible for contacting patients and family members as assigned, who are seeking assistance from the PR office. He/ she will work closely with the PR to insure a seamless response to expressed concerns and a coordinated approach to hospital staff, administrators, Institute staff and others needed to resolve the problems. He/ she will investigate patient/ family complaints and develop a plan of action in concert with the PR. Effective communication with staff at all levels of the organization ? administrators, clinical research staff, and Institute staff ? as well as clinicians and many others outside the hospital will make successful resolution possible. The contractor, working with the PR, will be involved in the continued development of systematic data management that maintains the confidentiality of patients, while meeting the needs of the organization in a more comprehensive, consistent, and apparent manner. The contractor will help the PR to develop a systematic pro-active approach to patients and families in the outpatient clinics. Currently, inpatients are contacted routinely and made aware of the PR program, and there are numerous professional staff available to them on the patient-care unit. The outpatients are not given this same support. Their contact with staff is considerably less and often they are faced with complex problems to handle on their own. The contractor will contact patients and families, assigned by the PR, in follow-up to determine the outcome of intervention by the PR office. He/ she will be responsible for helping the PR to develop a system for responding to whatever needs remain unmet and maintaining contact with the individual(s) until a more complete resolution of the problem or concern occurs. With the increase in requests to the PR office for consent-monitoring, the contractor will work with clinical research teams as assigned, and provide consent-monitoring when appropriate from a patient-advocacy point of view. Together, the PR and the contractor will determine the most appropriate situations for providing this service. Communication about these cases with both the Clinical Bioethics Department and the NIMH Psychiatric Consult Service will continue in an ongoing way to provide the optimal service to patients and families. The contractor will help the PR to evaluate the PR volunteer program and to assess its changing needs and focus. He/ she will help to re-direct and re-train current volunteers as appropriate and necessary. Working closely with the PR, the contractor will review very complex cases, will help to determine the best approach to handle them and will participate in evaluation of the outcome. Using professional skills and experience, the contractor will work with the PR to identify areas within the NIH clinical research program for enhancing patient advocacy. Both will work together to describe this model of patient advocacy within a clinical research setting with presentations in appropriate settings and in written materials to be submitted for publication in professional journals. Required Experience 1. Demonstrated experience serving as a patient representative at a clinical research institution 2. Demonstrated experience in dealing with research subjects and issues arising from signing informed consent and participating in clinical research trials 3. Demonstrated experience in managing workload statistics related to clinical research issues and events Terms and conditions The contractor will schedule on-duty hours to provide the following coverage: 1. Be on-site and available by pager or phone when the patient representative is on scheduled annual leave. 2. Provide staff augmentation and data collection and analysis services on a regularly scheduled basis. It is expected that the contractor will be on-site at least one day per week. 3. Total number of hours for this contract ? 660 4. Minimal educational requirements - master's in clinically related field - nursing or social work. The designation of hours is designed to be flexible based on The primary Patiennt Representative's absence, and other busy times. This can vary. Therefore, the requirement is for one day per week. Any days after that will be as needed. FAR Clause 52-217-9 - Option to Extend the Term of the Contract If the need arises, there is an option to extend the order for 660 additional hours. Evaluation Criteria for Applicants Professional Services contract for Patient Representative Support Proposals shall be evaluated based on the following criteria: Successful Applicants shall meet the following evaluation criteria. 1. Demonstrated experience serving as a patient representative at a clinical research institution (40 points) 2. Demonstrated experience in dealing with research subjects and issues arising from signing informed consent and participating in clinical research trials (30 points) 3. Demonstrated experience in managing workload statistics related to clinical research issues and events (30 points) The following provisions and clauses apply: Provision 52.52.213-4 Terms and Conditions ? Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Items); Provision 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference. This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions 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. (End of Provision) Provisions52.212-1-Instructions to Offerors/Commercial; 52.212-2-Evaluation-Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; 52.212-4 Contract Terms and conditions; 52.222-26 (EO 11246); 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era and Other Eligible Veterans (38 U.S.C. 4212); 52.223-6 Drug Free Workplace, 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (31 U.S.C. 3332); 52.222-41. 52-217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract; This purchase order shall be for 660 hours with the option to renew an additional 660 hours. Please price out all options on the solicitation. The Full text of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) can be accessed on the internet at www..arnet.gov/far. Parties responding to this solicitation may submit their offer in accordance with their standard commercial practices (e.g. on company letterhead, formal quote form, etc) but must include the following information: 1) company?s complete mailing and remittance addresses 2) discounts for prompt payment if applicable; 3) Dun & Bradstreet number; 4) Taxpayer ID number; 5) Catalog or Published Price Listing applicable to the service; 6) Offerors must meet specifications as noted in the synopsis. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications/Commercial Items with their offer. Note: Contractor must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov). The Government intends to make a single award based on the technically accepted offeror, to the eligible, responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation, and is the most advantageous to the Government. The Government reserves the right to make an award to that offeror whose quotation provides the best overall value to the Government. Interested offerors may submit proposals electronically to spolk@cc.nih.gov within 15 calendar days from the posting of this notice, no later than February 2, 2008, Eastern Standard Time 5:00 p.m If you have any questions, please send in an e-mail to spolk@cc.nih.gov NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (22-JAN-2008); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/CCOPC/SP101188/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: NIH 9000 Rockville Pike Bldg 10CRC, Rm 6-3581 Bethesda, MD

Zip Code: 20892

Country: UNITED STATES
 

Record

SN01490083-F 20080124/080122225051 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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