ACQUISITION & MATERIEL MANAGEMENT SERVICE (90C), VA MEDICAL CENTER, 1900 E MAIN ST, DANVILLE, IL 61832

R -- TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE FOR VA OUTPATIENT CLINIC, PEORIA, ILLINOIS SOL 550-9-96 DUE 123095 POC Contact Point, COLETTE REGAN, (217)431-6536, Contracting Officer, KATHY THOMA, (217)431-6535, Additional Contact, MARIETTA HANCE, (217)431-6537 Notice of intent to negotiate a medical transcription services contract with Gray Personnel Services, 332 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1555, Chicago, Illinois 60604, for the VA Outpatient Clinic, Peoria, Illinois. Negotiations will begin in accordance with the Small Business Act of 1959 Section 8(a) procedures for small disadvantaged business concerns and the Small Business Administration. The amount of work would be approximately 4000 to 5000 lines a day, Monday through Friday. The material will consist of outpatient progress notes, histories, physicals, psychology reports, social work reports and radiology reports. Information regarding material to be transcribed will be from the Supervisor, Medical Administrative Service (136P), VA Outpatient Clinic, Peoria, Illinois. Medical material transcribed includes a high incidence of technical terminology and requires a wide knowledge of specialized vocabulary peculiar to a variety of medical subjects including: audiology, cardiology, endocrinology, general medicine, neurology, oncology, optometry, podiatry, general surgery, psychiatry, psychology, radiology, social work, and urology. This solicitation is subject to the availability of appropriations from Fiscal Year 1996 funding. Negotiations will begin on our about January 1, 1996. (0333)

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