SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Clinical Services
- Notice Date
- 9/14/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ1650055
- Archive Date
- 10/5/2010
- Point of Contact
- Idella M. Simpson, Phone: 301-435-8781
- E-Mail Address
-
simpsoi@nida.nih.gov
(simpsoi@nida.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation: proposals are not being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation number is RFQ1650055 and a solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005- 44. The National Institutes on Drug Abuse (NIDA) on behalf of the National Institutes on Mental Health (NIMH) intends to issue a purchase order for Clinical Services. The NIMH has a need to establish the services of a hospital or another medical establishment (hereafter identified as the Contractor) to support the research efforts of the NIMH and for support services in the form of patient identification and referral for participation in Intramural research protocols. The period of performance will be for One (1) year with Two (2) Option Years. Requirements The facility will be located within 10 minutes driving time to the NIH Main Campus located in Bethesda, MD. The close proximity of the sites will permit the effective communication and sharing of information between the NIH and the hospital staff. The Contractor will have sufficient space to accommodate inpatients and outpatients until referral to the NIMH protocol is approved. Specifically, the duties to be performed include but are not limited to the following: Task 1 Staffing Assign a Mental Health Licensed Practitioner (i.e. Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker), to devote a minimum of twenty (20) hours/week and a maximum of (40) hours/week to NIMH IRP research-based activities. The responsible person would screen patients for qualification for research protocols, work with hospital staff for identification, screening and/or referral of clinically appropriate clients meeting NIMH research protocol inclusion/exclusion criteria. In addition, the Mental Health Licensed Practitioner will be responsible for consulting with an assigned Medical Director for a maximum of four (4) hours/week to NIMH IRP research-based activities. The NIMH will provide a beeper for the selected Mental Health Practitioner and research administrative support as needed. Task 2 Patients Protocols Coordinate with the NIMH for training and orientation of the Contractor in the research protocol requirements and inclusion and exclusion criteria as needed. Consult with NIMH IRP investigators to identify and refer appropriate patients to NIMH IRP protocols to be carried out on the NIH campus. Develop and facilitate an adequate and acceptable relationship between the NIMH IRP investigators who participate in this program. Provide the clinical infrastructure to support the assessment and referrals of patients. In addition, the Contractor shall provide medical records copy support to insure that copies of records generated by the Contractor are incorporated into the appropriate hospital medical records. Obtain the HIPAA authorization for release of information and then notify the NIMH team that the subject has agreed to screening. The NIMH IRP team, along with the hospital staff will evaluate the patient for treatment and/or recruitment into a research protocol. This will consist of a medical record review and possibly a patient interview. To the extent possible the screening activities will occur on the NIH property to avoid confusion with respect to cost. Tests and procedures completed at the contractor site for the purpose of clinical care may not require repeating at the NIH site if adequate documentation is available. The ability of the Contractor to refer patients will be reviewed every six months. Deliverables The resulting research data collected will be proprietary to NIMH except for medical necessity. Any use of the research data collected by the NIMH cannot be used by the Contractor for scientific, academic, educational, commercial or other purposes without the permission of the NIMH in accordance with NIH policy and without explicit permission of subject through a release of information or consent. The purpose of this is not to inhibit collaborative research, but to maintain rigorous quality control of the research data and its use. The Contractor will submit written monthly reports. The Contractor will provide reports during the monthly review meetings on the numbers and types of patients referred to NIMH. The monthly meetings will permit the evaluation of referral patterns as well as discuss the progress of the research protocols and integration of the NIMH research referral program into the hospital. Quarterly meetings will occur between the Contractor and NIMH participating staff to assure contact compliance and support of the NIMH IRP research protocols. The Contractor will contact the NIMH monthly via telephone to review the caseload for both referral and outcome of inpatients and outpatients referred for NIMH IRP protocol participation. Monthly invoices and reports will provide complete summaries of costs under the contract. Direct labor costs will be summarized in the basic categories of "professional personnel" and "support personnel". Research charges, if any, shall be identified by service provided, date and cost. The NIMH IRP will not be assuming routine outpatient follow-up care of patients. Patients seen by the NIMH IRP will be referred to an appropriate physician for follow-up (non-research related) care. However, the NIMH IRP will need to maintain contact with the patient once they complete a research protocol and will contact or see patients in follow-up only for the purpose and according to the requirements of the research protocols. Quotations will be evaluated on the following criteria: 1. Ability to meet or exceed the stated tasks 2. Ability to provide licensed staff with stated credentials 3. Past Performance: Provide examples of similar work in the last 3 years including a report on recruitment efforts. Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, with its offer. Clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Condition Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The quotations are due September 20, 2010 12:00 PM EST and will be submitted electronically to simpsoi@mail.nih.gov, Idella Simpson, Contract Specialist, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, MD, United States
- Record
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