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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 15, 2010 FBO #3186
SOLICITATION NOTICE

U -- Pediatric Critical Care Consulting

Notice Date

8/13/2010
 

Notice Type

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
 

NAICS

622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
 

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, Maryland, 20892-5480
 

ZIP Code

20892-5480
 

Solicitation Number

177831
 

Archive Date

12/10/2010
 

Point of Contact

Jeannine Wingire, Phone: 301-594-3879
 

E-Mail Address

wingirej@mail.nih.gov
(wingirej@mail.nih.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE CONSULTATIVE SERVICES STATEMENT OF WORK Project Title:Pediatric Critical Care Consultative Services Department:Critical Care Medicine Department/Clinical Center/National Institutes of Health Project Officer:Melanie Reagan Performance Period:Base Year -December 1, 2010 – November 30, 2011 First Option Year - December 1, 2011 - November 30, 2012 Second Option Year - December 1, 2012 - November 30, 2013 Background The National Institues of Health intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order to Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20010-2916. Children's National is the only known source to the NIH, Office of Purchasing and Contracts that can fill this pediatric critical care education/training requirement. There is no other vendor known with comparable capabilities that can meet the complexity or specificity of the work required to support this type of service. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation's foremost federally funded biomedical research institution. NIH is comprised of twenty-seven Institutes, Centers, and Divisions. The Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center (CRC) is the onsite hospital for the NIH campus, providing full support for clinical research in inpatient and outpatient settings. The 870,000 square foot complex consists of 242 inpatient beds and 90 day hospital stations. The CRC connects to the existing Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center. Together, the Magnuson and Hatfield centers form the NIH Clinical Center (CC), the world’s largest clinical research complex serving a dual role; providing humane and healing patient care as well as the environment clinical researchers need to advance clinical science. The Critical Care Medicine Department (CCMD) was established in November 1977 to provide medical care for critically ill patients throughout the Clinical Center who have potentially reversible medical problems. Critical care medicine may be defined as the observation, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients with overt or potential failure of vital functions. The mission of the Department is to (a) provide superb care for Clinical Center patients who may benefit from critical care services, (b) improve both understanding and management of the critical disease processes, c) train health care professionals to understand, provide, and improve critical care services. The activities of the Department have been directed principally towards: •Organizing, developing and maintaining a medical facility capable of providing a full spectrum of superb critical care and specialized outpatient services to the Clinical Center. •Maintaining a consultative service to assist in the management and care of critically ill patients throughout the Clinical Center. •Maintaining an educational and training program in critical care for therapists, nursing and physician staffs. •Providing national leadership in directing the standards and goals of critical care clinical practice, training, and research. The Critical Care Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) was established in 1979 to care for patients who became critically ill during treatment for their protocol while staying in the Clinical Center. Pediatric patients were first admitted to the CCMD MICU in 1988. Their care requires special and unique skills and procedures that can only be provided by physicians with specialized training. None of the CCMD medical staff are board certified in Pediatric Critical Care. Purpose The National Institutes of Health has a requirement for a contractor to provide pediatric critical care consultative services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Care for critically ill pediatric patients requires special and unique skills and procedures that can only be provided by physicians with specialized training. None of the CCMD medical staff are board certified in Pediatric Critical Care. The period of performance will be for a base year of (12) months, with (2) options to renew for additional twelve (12) month periods. Scope of Work The contractor shall be responsible for providing consultative services to the CCMD physicians (fellows and senior staff), respiratory therapists, pharmacists and nursing staff in the care of critically ill pediatric patients. These services are required 365 days per year, 24 hours a day. The contractor will need to be a pediatric board certified credentialed physician at NIH in order to examine patients, perform procedures, write medical orders and discuss confidential medical information with other consultants and family members. The contractor must be located within a reasonable distance of the Clinical Center so they can provide these services within a quick timeframe and without payment of travel expenses. The contractor must provide staff that are leaders in national professional societies which keeps abreast of all cutting edge critical care and research topics. The contractor shall be responsible for the following: 1.Providing pediatric critical care board certified physicians 2.Providing 24 hours a day/365 days a year coverage 3.Consultants must arrive to the CC within one hour of request 4.Consultants must be credentialed by the CC 5.Consultants must be able to perform intubation and intravascular line insertion procedures if necessary. 6.Recommending therapeutic plans and advice on medication dosing for pediatric critical care patients 7.Must be familiar with the unique NIH patient population and protocols in order to treat the pediatric critically ill patients appropriately. Staffing The Contractor shall provide adequate staff to meet the requirements contained in the Statement of Work. The contractor shall have the ability to make staff adjustments to meet variations in consultation requirements. Note: All contractors are now subject to an NIH criminal background check and clearance prior to coming on board. The contractor is responsible for ensuring that potential contractors submit the required information in a timely manner to ensure continuity of service personnel. Qualifications: 1.Contractor staff must be board certified in pediatric critical care 2.The contracted staff must be able to perform the following procedures if needed: -Intubation -Line insertion 3.The contracted staff must be within a 60 mile radius of the NIH Campus to assure a response time of 60 minutes. Funding Structure The contract will be fully funded on award of contract. Program Management and Control Requirements Conduct: Contractor’s employees are subject to all policies of DHHS/NIH-CC with respect to conduct. If rules of conduct are not adhered to by the contract employee(s), the Government has the right to request removal of contract employee(s). Infractions of just cause for immediate removal as requested by the Government are violation of patient confidentiality, endangering patients/guests, rudeness, carelessness, damage to property, etc. Performance/attendance issues: NIH reserves the right to terminate contract based on poor performance, inappropriate behavior/substance abuse or attendance issues. Service: 1 physician on-call 24/7 Hours: Hours of work will vary, and will include weekends, evenings and nights Location: National Institutes of Health Critical Care Medicine Department 9000 Rockville Pike Building 10, 2C145 Bethesda, Maryland 20892 Privacy Act Compliance: Patients have the right to privacy concerning their medical care and stay at the Clinical Center. The patient has the right to expect that all communications and records pertaining to their care are treated confidentially. The contractor’s employees shall agree to comply with the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and the agency rules, regulations and policies implementing the Act. NIH Identification: Identification: Employees hired to work under this agreement will be citizens of the United States, or, if Alien, have the appropriate permits to work. Employees must be fluent in the English language. It is the contractor’s responsibility to perform past performance reference checks in order to insure a secure and safe work environment for the NIH. Each contractor selected by the Critical Care Medicine Department to work on continuous assignment under this agreement must comply with the Identification (ID) requirements listed below: a.Obtain a Request for Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Identification Badge for Contractors from the Administrative Officer with the Project Officer’s signature. b.Obtain Identification Badge on the first day of employment. c.Insure that each contractor obtains timely renewal of the NIH ID badge if it expires and contractor employee is still employed through this agreement. d.Return NIH ID badges and parking permits within two-days upon dismissal of a contractor or at the termination of the agreement. Parking: Each contractor working a continuous assignment will receive a general parking permit. The contractor’s employee shall abide by all the rules and regulations as set forth by the NIH Police and the Parking Office. To obtain a general parking permit, the contract employee will obtain and hand carry to Bldg. 31, B3B04. a.An employment letter from the contractor b.Valid NIH ID c.Valid driver’s permit, and d.Vehicle registration At the end of the contract period or upon dismissal, the contract employee must return the parking permit to the administrative officer/project manager. Emergent Personnel Policy: All contractors under employ with the CCMD are considered emergency personnel under the Federal Government policy and must report for duty when other Federal employees are dismissed from duty due to inclement weather conditions or for any other reasons. Invoice Requirements: The contractor shall submit one invoice per month to include: Contractor Information: a.Name of Contractor b.Contractor Address c.Contractor Tax Identification Number and Contractor DUNS Number d.Contractor Unique Invoice Number e.NIH Purchase Order Number f.List name of all employees g.Dates worked h.Exact hours worked i.Bill Rate per hour j.Differential Pay, if applicable k.Copy of employee’s timecard signed by supervisor l.Subtotal for each employee, and m.Total for entire invoice. n. Contractor must be registered in the Central Contract Registration-www.ccr.gov Invoices shall be submitted concurrently as follows: a.An original to the following designated payment office National Institutes of Health Division of Financial Management Chief, Accounts Payable Section 2115 East Jefferson Street MSC 8500, Room 4B32 Bethesda, MD 20892-8500 b.One copy to the Project Officer at: National Institutes of Health Critical Care Medicine Department Attn: Melanie Reagan 9000 Rockville Pike Bldg 10/Room 2C145 Bethesda, Maryland 20892 Security: Any personal data collected and/or used under this contract is subject to the Privacy Act Clause (FAR 52.224-2). The Contractor will use any Privacy Act information provided by the Government or other Government contractors for the purposes authorized by this contract only and for no other. The Contractor will not provide the information to any other person or entity, unless explicitly directed. Each person providing service under this proposal will be required to sign a document of understanding stating that he/she understands and will comply with Privacy Act requirements. Evaluation Criteria: All evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined are significantly more important than cost or price. In any case, the Government reserves the right to make an award to that offeror whose proposal provides the best overall value to the Government. If the Government intends to conduct discussion prior to awarding a contract – The Contracting Officer will, in concert with the program staff, determine which proposals are in the competitive range. The competitive range will be comprised of all the most highly rated proposals. Oral discussions will be conducted with all offerors in the competitive range. While it is Clinical Center’s policy to conduct discussions with all offerors in the competitive range, the Clinical Center reserves the right, to limit the number of proposals included in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition. All aspects of the proposals are subject to discussions including cost, past performance and contractual terms and conditions. Cost (25 Points) The government will evaluate the total price contained in the Offeror’s proposal. Support Services (25 Points) The Offeror must demonstrate at least 3 years experience providing pediatric critical care consultative services to similar complex patient populations. Each proposal must include the vendor’s ability to provide these services 24 hours a day 365 per year and arrive to NIH within one hour of request. The offeror must provide physicians that are/can be credentialed with NIH. All proposed staff must have a security clearance or be eligible for one. Technical Skills (25 Points) Contract staff must have at least three year’s experience and proficiency in performing the following procedures on critically ill pediatric patients: •Intubation •Line insertion Past Performance (25 Points) Offerors must submit the following information as part of their proposal: A list of at least 1 contract completed during the past three years and all contracts currently in process which are similar in nature to the solicitation work scope. Contracts listed may include those entered into by the Federal Government and commercial concerns. Each offeror will be evaluated on its performance under existing and prior contracts for similar products or services. Performance information will be used for both responsibility determinations and as an evaluation factor against which offeror’s relative rankings will be compared to assure the test value to the government. The Government cost estimate is based upon the costs of CCMD’s previous contracts for pediatric critical care consultative services. In order to estimate the cost for the requested contract the following factors were considered: Availability of Contractor with the necessary background in pediatric critical care consultative services to a complex clinical research department at the NIH. Please mail three copies of yourl packages to: NIH, Bldg. 10, RM. 2C145, 9000 Rockville Pk, Bethesda, MD 20892 Contact Jeannine Wingire, Bldg. 10, Rm. 2C145, 9000 Rockville Pk., Bethesda, MD 20892
 

Web Link

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Place of Performance

Address: National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 10, Rm. 2c145, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States

Zip Code: 20892
 

Record

SN02240684-W 20100815/100814000302-ce7e42a94a291e7c5d8acf24a2543566 (fbodaily.com)
 

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