NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, COB, HLVD Contracts Section, 6701 Rockledge Drive MSC 7902, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902

Q -- CARDIAC SURGERY AND CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY SERVICES FOR THE CARDIOLOGY BRANCH, NHLBI POC Robert A. Julia, Contracting Officer, (301) 435-0340. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Division of Intramural Research (DIR), has a continuing requirement for cardiac surgery and coronary angioplasty services in support of its Cardiology Branch. This presolicitation notice is issued as part of the planning process for follow-on awards. The notice requests pricing information for a detailed list of procedures to generate more meaningful or efficient pricing lists and pricing methodologies to be used in a Request for Proposals (RFP) for ordering such surgical procedures as may be required for a five-year period beginning September 1, 1996. Approximately 1 to 3 patients per week, on average, are referred for surgery on an elective, urgent, or emergent basis, mostly for angioplasty, coronary artery bypasses, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, valve repair/replacement, and pacemaker or internal defibrillator implantation. Potential contractors must be fully certified and accredited hospitals with current experience performing cardiac surgery in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws pertaining to such surgery, including but not limited to possession of a valid certificate of need. Offers will be solicited from hospitals which are presently performing cardiac surgery and angioplasty within a sufficiently reasonable distance of the National Institutes of Health to permit timely transfer of emergency or seriously ill patients and consultation on-site by the patients' NHLBI cardiologists. Thirty minutes' travel by private automobile is considered the outer limit for the Government's medical staff, this time limit is essential to permit timely consultation to NIH patients in hospital and to minimize disruption to normal patient scheduling in the Clinical Center. A full copy of this presolicitation notice is available by written or telephone request or by FAX request to (301) 480-3338. Responses are requested by January 19, 1996. (0352)

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