Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP), Western Regional Contracting Office, 6600 Goodfellow St., Dublin CA 94568

Q -- NURSE PRACTITIONER SOL IFB 122-0083. Due 100796. Contact James F Cooper, Contracting Officer, (510) 803-2775. This modifies the synopsis of 8-8-96: (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. (PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE CAREFULLY.) This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; bids are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) This solicitation is hereby issued as an Invitation for Bids (IFB) 122-0083. (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-41. (iv) This procurement is 100% set aside for Small Business, under standard industrial classification code 8049, with a small business size standard of $3.5 mil annual average gross revenue taken for the last 3 fiscal years. (v) Schedule: The Contractor shall provide Nurse Practitioner services for the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Federal Detention Center (FDC) and the Federal Prison Camp (FPC), in Dublin, CA. The Nurse Practitioner must be a ``female''. Services to be provided on a session basis. A session equals an 8 hour period. Contractor will be expected to perform physical exams in a minimum of 14 patients per session. Services are for a Base Year and four one year option periods. An estimated 104 sessions will be scheduled annually for the Base Year and each of the four Option periods. Please provide a price per session; please provide these prices separately for the Base Year, Option Period One, Option Period Two, Option Period Three and Option Period Four. The period of performance is as follows: The Base Year of the contract shall be from 10/15/96 or Date of Award, whichever is later, through 9/30/97; Option Period One: 10/01/97-09/30/98; Option Period Two: 10/01/98-09/30/99; Option Period Three: 10/01/99-09/30/00; and Option Period Four: 10/01/00-09/30/01. Pursuant to FAR 17.203(d), bidders may offer varying prices for option periods (vi) The Nurse Practitioner will be required to provide complete hands on physical examinations, including PAP smears. The Nurse Practitioner must be a ``female''. The Nurse Practitioner must be State Board Certified. The services provided are professional in nature and must be provided in a method considered normal in the local community. These services, though not directly supervised, will be reviewed by a Physician on staff of the Health Services Department of the FCI. The performance of services will also be monitored and verified by the designated Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR). Contractor will be responsible for submitting written reports for all patients examined. The reports will be made on Standard Form (SF) 88, Report of Medical Exam. An FCI Staff Physician will review all reports. All reports remain the property of the FBOP. This contract is a nonpersonal health care services contract; the Government may evaluate the quality of professional and administrative services provided, but retains no control over the medical, professional aspects of services rendered. (e.g., professional judgments, diagnosis for specific medical treatment); the contractor will indemnify the Government for any liability producing act or omission by the contractor, its employees and agents occurring during contract performance; the contractor will maintain medical liability insurance, in an amount which is not less than the amount normally prevailing within the local community of Alameda County, California, the Nurse Practitioners; the contractor is required to ensure that its subcontracts for provisions of health care services, contain the requirements of the clause at 52.237-7, including the maintenance of medical liability insurance. This will be a contractual arrangement and not a personnel appointment; payment is based on the provision of an end product or the accomplishment of a specific result; results to be obtained will be entirely within the contractor's own unsupervised determination; and the contractor will not be subject to Government supervision. SUPPLIES: All supplies that will routinely be needed for services will be provided by the Government, including examination equipment and a method of and material for recording findings. (vii) Sessions will be scheduled every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm. (viii) FAR Provision 52.212-1, ``Instructions to Offerors-Commercial'', applies to this acquisition. Addenda to the Provision: paragraph (c) ``Period of Acceptance of Offers'', the amount of time the offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm is changed to 60 calendar days from date specified for receipt of offers; paragraph (e) ``Multiple Offers'', is not applicable to this solicitation. (ix) FAR Provision, 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items, does not apply to this acquisition. Award will be made to the responsible bidder whose bid meets all requirements of the solicitation and is most advantageous to the Government, considering only the specified price and price-related factors, if any. Add, by reference, FAR Provision 52.214-10, ``Contract Award-Sealed Bidding''; FAR Provision 52.217-5, ``Evaluation of Options''. FAR Provision 52.233-2, ``Service of Protest'', is hereby incorporated in full text, (a) Protests, as defined in section 33.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency and copies of any protests that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the General Accounting Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgement of receipt from: Chief, Procurement and Property Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First Street NW, Washington, DC 20534, (b) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO. (x) (PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE CAREFULLY) FAR Provision 52.212-3, ``Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items'', shall be completed and submitted with the bid. (xi) FAR Clause 52.212-4, ``Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items,'' hereby applies to this acquisition. The following are addenda to FAR Clause 52.212-4: (1) The following FAR Clauses are hereby incorporated by reference, pursuant to FAR Clause 52.252-2, ``Clauses Incorporated by Reference'': 52.203-3, ``Gratuities''; 52.224-1, ``Privacy Act Notification''; 52.224-2, ``Privacy Act''; 52.225-11, ``Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases''; 52.232-18, ``Availability of Funds''; 52.237-2, ``Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment and Vegetation''; 52.237-3, ``Continuity of Services''; 52.237-7, ``Indemnification and Medical Liability Insurance''. The following FAR Clauses are hereby incorporated into this solicitation/contract by full text: 52.217-8, ``Option to Extend Services'': The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 15 days of the expiration of the contract year. 52.217-9, ``Option to Extend the Term of the Contract'': (a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within one day of the ensuing option period; provided, that the Government shall give the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. JAR Clause 2852.279-70, ``Contracting Officer's Technical Representative'', is hereby incorporated in full text, (a) Mr James M Moore of Health Services Department, FCI Dublin, California, is hereby designated to act as COTR under this contract. (b) The COTR is responsible for: receiving all deliverables; inspecting and accepting the supplies or services provided hereunder in accordance with the terms and conditions of this contract; providing direction to the contractor which clarifies the contract effort, fills in details or otherwise serves to accomplish the contractual Scope of Work; evaluating performance; and certifying all invoices/vouchers for acceptance of the supplies or services furnished for payment prior to forwarding the original invoices to the payment office and a conformed copy to the Contracting Officer. (c) The COTR does not have authority to alter the contractor's obligations under the contract, direct changes that fall within the purview of the General Provisions clause entitled ``Changes,'' and/or modify any of the expressed terms, conditions, specifications or cost of the agreement. If as a result of technical discussions it is desirable to alter/change contractual obligations or the Scope of Work, the Contracting Officer shall issue such changes in writing and signed. (xii) FAR Clause 52.212-5, ``Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items'', hereby applies to this acquisition. In accordance with FAR Clause 52.212-5, the following clauses are hereby incorporated by reference: 52.203-6, ``Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government'', ``Alternate I''; 52.203-10, ``Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity''; 52.219-6, ``Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside'', 52.219-8, ``Utilization of Small, Small Disadvantaged and Women-Owned Small Business Concerns''; 52.222-26, ``Equal Opportunity''; 52.222-35, ``Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans''; 52.222-36, ``Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers''; 52.222-37, ``Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era''. The following terms and conditions are hereby incorporated: Security Requirements: In accordance with Program Statement 3000.02, contract employees entering the institution will be subject to the following investigative procedures, prior to performance: NCIC Check (National Crime Information Center); DOJ-99 (Name Check); FD-99 (Fingerprint Check); Law Enforcement Agency Checks; Vouchering of Employers over past 5 years; Personal Qualifications Statement; OPM-329-A (Authority for Release of Information); and a Urinalysis Test (positive results will result in disallowance of an individual to perform under this contract). Offers in original and one copy shall be received at Bureau of Prisons, Western Regional Contracting Office, 6600 Goodfellow Street (Camp Parks), Dublin CA 94568, Attention: JF Cooper, Contracting Officer, by 2:00 pm local time on Monday, October 7, 1996. All bids shall be clearly marked with the bidders name and IFB Number. For additional information, questions and availability of forms, please contact Jim Cooper, Contracting Officer, at 510-803-2775. (257)

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