VA Northern California Health Care System, A&MMS (612/90C), 2300 Contra Costa Blvd. Suite 440, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Q -- MEDICAL PHYSICIST AND MEDICAL PHYSICS TECHNICIAN SOL RFP 612-30-96 DUE 041996 POC Contracting Officer, Karen Pridmore, (510)372-2046 Contractor shall provide Scarce Medical Specialist Services of a Medical Physicist and a Medical Physics Technician to run the Radiation Safety program at the VA Outpatient Clinic, 150 Muir Road, Martinez, California. Medical Physicist shall provide services 16 hours per month and Medical Physics Technician shall provide services 24 hours per month. Physicist shall conduct X-ray equipment surveys and quarterly evaluations of Nuclear Medicine equipment, train employees regarding exposure to radiation sources, audit NRC mandated Quality Management program, provide physics support to Nuclear Medicine for therapies, conduct monthly review of dosimetry badges, coordinate shipment of radioactive waste, prepare NRC license documentation and coordinate NRC decommissioning activities. Technician shall conduct quarterly surveys of laboratory facility, conduct weekly surveys of waste area and Radiation Safety Lab area, conduct leak tests of scaled source inventories, issue and track dosimeters and conduct radioactive package surveys. In case of emergency, physicist and/or technician must be able to respond on site at the VAOPC, Martinez within 3 hours of notification by the VA. Contractor will be required to perform approximately 10-15% of services at VA Outpatient Clinics in Oakland, Sacramento and Redding, California. Contract period; approx. 5/1/96-9/30-96 with two one year options. Qualifications: Medical Physicist shall 1) have a Masters Degree or Ph.D. in Medical Physics, Health Physics or related field with Board Certification in Diagnostic Radiologic Physics by the American Board of Radiology or American Board of Medical Physics; 2) have recent experience as Radiation Safety Officer or consultant to a medical facility licensed by the NRC to perform nuclear medicine and biomedical research; 3) have recent experience writing NRC license amendments related to medical use of radiation; 4) have recent experience with calibration and testing of diagnostic X-ray equipment; 5) meet ACR/FDA qualifications for mammography medical physicist and OSHA requirements for laser safety, and 6) have experience in decommissioning of a NRC licensed medical facility. Medical Physics Technician shall 1) have a Bachelor's Degree in Nuclear Medicine Technology or Medical Science; 2) be certified by AART or NMTCB, and 3) have a minimum of one-year experience working in the field of radiation safety. Requests for solicitation may be mailed to address identified above, or faxed to (510) 372-2044. Telephone requests will not be honored. See Numbered Note l. (0061)

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