Federal Bureau of Prisons, United States Penitentiary, Regional Contracting Office, Leavenworth, KS 66048-1254

Q -- PROVIDE SURGICAL SERVICES TO FEDERAL, MALE INMATES. PART ONE OF TWO CBD PARTS Sol IFB102-0018. Due 100196. POC Thomas Young, Contracting Officer, 913-682-8700, extension 615. (I) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in the notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and written solicitation will not be issued. (II) This solicitation is issued as Request-For-Proposal IFB102-0018. (III) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC40. (IV) This solicitation is not set-aside for small business. It is advertised as full and open competition with a Standard Industrial Classification Code (SIC) of 8011, with a size standard of 3.5 million. A Procurement Integrity Certification and other forms referenced herein are required to be filled-out and submitted with all proposals. (V) The contractor shall provide out/in patient general surgical services to adult, male, federal inmates. (VI) This contract shall contain options for a base year and four one year option periods. Bids must separately provide session prices for the base year, option period one, two, three, and four. The period of performance shall be as follows: the base year of the contract shall be from the approximate date of award, 11/1/96-10-31/97; option period one 11/1/97-10/31/98; option period two 11/1/98 - 10/31/99; option period three 11/1/99-10/31/2000; and option period four 11/1/2000-10/31-2001. Pursuant to FAR 17.203 (d), bidders may vary prices for option periods. The general surgeon will provide surgical services to federal inmates and prisoners of the Denver area US Marshal's Service. The contractor will perform out-patient surgery either at a contract hospital or through a private surgical center if the surgical center fees are included in the bid. Whenever possible, several inmate surgeries will be grouped to be performed in one morning. Surgeries will be booked early in the morning schedule to facilitate release of the inmate back to the prison the same day. Quarterly, the contractor will conduct a clinic utilizing the health care facility at FCI-Englewood. This session will be for the purpose of evaluating patients to determine if surgery is necessary; and whether it can be performed on an out-patient or in-patient basis. Follow-up of surgery performed by the contractor will be provided through this clinic whenever possible. Minor biopsies, needle aspirates etc., will be done in FCI-Englewood's clinic as time and facilities allow. FCI-Englewood will supply all materials, equipment and minor support staff for these FCI clinic sessions. The contractor will be paid on a session basis with a fixed rate for each session provided. A session will include no more than ten patients to be evaluated. The contractor will provide admission and surgical services for inmates requiring inpatient-surgery at a Bureau of Prison's contracted hospital. The contractor must provide 24 hour coverage 365 days a year at the base session price of the bid. The following demographic information is provided to assist in preparing bids: Approximate inmate population of 1000 male inmates age 18-70. Past two year's average number of patient days for surgical inpatient cases is two per admission. Most frequent diagnosis: Herniorrhaphy, R/O Appendicitis; appendectomy, Pilonidal cyst/anal fistula repair, Hemorrhoidectomy, Cholecystectomy, R/O small bowel obstruction, Lymph node biopsy. Documentation of training, credentials and local hospital privileges to provide this care must be submitted with the bid. The Contractor must be board certified as a General Surgeon and licensed to practice in Colorado. To provide inpatient care to FCI Englewood's inmates, the awarded contractor must maintain privileges at Swedish Memorial Hospital, which is contracted by the Bureau of Prisons. Bidders must provide documentation of credentials with their bids. Inmate attendance at the FCI clinic will be monitored by Govt. Health Service employees. All scheduling will be completed prior to the arrival of the contractor or while the contractor is on site. Bureau of Prisons employees will monitor inmate conduct during clinic visits, and may accompany the contractor to and from the Health Service Unit. Providing services under this contract will require frequent and unsupervised contact with inmates. (VII) Contract effort will take place at the Federal Correctional Institution, located at Littleton, CO, which includes a Federal Detention Center and a Federal Prison Camp. The contractor shall agree to adhere to all regulations prescribed by the institution for safety, security, custody and conduct of inmates. The awarded contractor shall attend an orientation session, prior to assuming contract effort. Reimbursement to the contractor for time spent in the institution security orientation shall be at the contract rate. In accordance with the Prompt Payment act, contract payments will be made monthly, based on sessions received by the Government. For security reasons, the Government reserves the right to prohibit certain contractors from working under this contract. (256)

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