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A -- SERVICES FROM POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL RESIDENTS SOL 263-96-Q-0101 POC Christine Albin, Purchasing Agent, (301) 402-3355. NIH is intending to enter into a sole source procurement with George Washington University for the following: (1) Require post graduate Medical Residents to provide ''Primary Care'' for clinical research patients for a period of five months. (2) Primary Care for the clinical research patients shall require the professional efforts of two Medical Residents, one each in the Post Graduate Year Level 2 (PGY2), and one each in the Post Graduate Year Level 3 (PGY3). (3) The contractor shall provide all the necessary services, qualified personnel, material, equipment, and facilities, not otherwise provided by the Government, as needed to perform the work described as follows: (a) Shall provide for a PGY2 medical resident licensed in a state, commonwealth, or territory of the United States of America or in the District of Columbia and/or have a medical licensure pending in the state of Maryland. (b) Shall provide for a PGY3 medical resident licensed in a state, commonwealth, or territory of the United States of America or in the District of Columbia and/or have a medical licensure pending in the state of Maryland. (c) The medical residents shall provide full-time advanced medical services on patient care units at the Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD. (d) The medical residents shall work Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time, and be available on an assigned rotational schedule at other times day and night, weekends, and holidays for emergency patient-care coverage. (e) The medical residents shall: (1) Perform initial workup of each patient, including medical history, and physical examination. (2) Write medically appropriate orders into the Medical Information System computer, including implementation of protocol order sets. (3) Attend ''morning report'' meetings on selected weekdays with the Clinical Director. (4) Present all patients to and receive instructions from the attending physicians, or his designee. (5) Make rounds daily and provide all primary physician care requried by the Patients under their care on the clinical service to which they are assigned. (6) Provide medical care at nights and on weekends and holidays according to specific assignments and with regard to plicies set by NIAID on a rotational basis in the clinical center. (7) Begin each impatient evaluation with an hour after admission to the Clinical Center. (8) Provide a history, physical examination, admission note to the chart, and pertinent medical orders written to the Mecial Information System computer within twenty four hours of the patient's admission. Be available full-time while assigned to NIAID, thus excluding any vacation or holiday time. (9) Take their share of night and weekend emergency coverage for their patients and during this time remain in the Clinical Center. (10) Maintain strict confidentiality regarding patient data, files, and information. (11) Be responsible for maintaining her/his own personal diagnostic equipment, including a stethoscope. The contractor shall assume full responsibility for the protection of personnel furnishing services under this contract. Concerns that respond to this notice must furnish concise responses directed specifically to the requirements mentioned above. Sources demonstrating the capability to accomplish the above shall supply pertinent information in sufficient detail to demonstrate that ability to perform (capability statement). Information furnished shall include enough material to perform a proper evaluation. Responses are to be received (15) days from the date of issuance in the CBD. (See Note 22) (0352)

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