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Q -- HOSPITAL SERVICES SOL RFP 131-0134. Due 080196. Contact Point, Janet Herrington, Contract Specialist, (404) 622-6241, Ext 649. The United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia intends to award multiple indefinite quantity contracts to hospitals within a seventy-five mile radius of the Penitentiary for medical services to include: inpatient, room, board and ancillary services, outpatient services, medically necessary professional services as appropriate in a comprehensive package as requested. The hospital(s) shall make available on a nondiscriminatory basis, inpatient and outpatient services, in a manner consistent with the medical needs of the patients in accordance with medical standards for quality and cost effective patient care. The preferred payment methodology for these services (which will receive preference in both award and patient referrals) is the Medicare reimbursement methodologies in effect at the time services were performed. All services (usually outpatient) not covered by Medicare, shall be charges as low or lower than those charged the hospital's most favored customer for comparable quantities under similar terms and conditions. The medical care will be for the inmates incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary/Federal Prison Camp, 601 McDonough Boulevard, S.E., Atlanta, GA 30315. Hospitals are requested to contact the contracting officer listed in this notice. All requests for solicitation packages or information must be in writing and include the RFP number, specific information about location of your medical facility, and the name of the contact person and telephone number. Locations of the facility will be within a seventy-five mile radius of the Atlanta, Georgia area. The estimated issue date of the Request for Proposals is August 1, 1996, with an anticipated receipt date of September 1, 1996. The contract period will include a base year not to exceed twelve (12) months with four (4) one year option periods for renewal. The estimated inpatient days are recorded below. Base year minimum 50, maximum 500 inpatient days; option year one (1) minimum 50, maximum 550 inpatient days; option year two (2) minimum 50, maximum 600 inpatient days; option year three (3) minimum 50, maximum 650 inpatient days; and option year four (4) minimum 50, maximum 700 inpatient days. (187)

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