Federal Bureau of Prisons, Western Regional Office, 6600 Goodfellow St., Dublin, CA 94568

Q -- DENTIST AT THE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION (FCI) 5701 8TH STREET, DUBLIN, CA 94568 Sol RFP 122-0281. Due 100796. Contact Point, James F. Cooper, 510-803-2775. This modifies the synopsis of 8-7-96 (from RFP-122-0281 to IFB-122-0081). This is now 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. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; bids are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is hereby modified to an Invitation for Bids (IFB) 122-0081. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Regulation Circular 90-41. This procurement is being advertised as a total small business set-aside, under standard industrial classification code 8021, with a small business size standard of $5.0 Million. Any bids received from large business will be considered non-responsive, and will not be considered for award. (A)Schedule: The Contractor shall provide dental services including (diagnosis and treatment of dental disease) for inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution/Federal Detention Center/Federal Prison Camp, 5701 8th Street, Dublin, California 94568 for a Base Year and four one year option periods. Please provide a price per session (session is 8 hours in length), there will be approximately 196 sessions for the Base Year, and 208 for each Option Period; 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. (B) Statement of Work: Purpose: The provision of professional dental services by a State of California licensed dentist. Performance of the following is required: operate a one chair dental clinic alone without a dental assistant, secretary or receptionist; basic operative examinations involving visible light cured acrylics, glass ionomers, IRM's and alloys; routine examinations and treatment plans; prophys; scaling and root planing; alginate impressions/pour-up stone casts; single one root endodontics; emergency walk-in procedures; simple extractions; provide diagnosis and treatment of referred patients with conditions that would normally be part of the practice of dentistry in the community. Correctional experience is desired but not mandatory. It is strongly recommended that the contractor have a negative TB test within the last twelve months and a complete Hepatitis B vaccination series. (I) Place of Performance: The place of performance will be the Federal Correctional Institution/Federal Detention Center/Federal Prisons Camp located at 5701 8th Street, Camp Parks, Dublin, CA 94568. (ii) Schedule: Services to be provided every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (excluding federal holidays). Session will be from 7:00AM to 3:30PM (which includes a 30-minute lunch break), with approximately 12-18 patients being scheduled per session. (iii) Supplies: All supplies that the contractor may routinely need for services at the institution will be provided by the Health Services Department. These supplies normally include examination equipment, and a method and material for recording findings. (iv) Method of Performance: The service provided, being professional in nature will be provided in the method as considered normal in the local community. These services, although not directly supervised, will be reviewed by a physician on staff of the Health Services Department of the Institution. The performance of these services will also be verified by the designated Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR). (v) Patient Management: The contractor will be responsible for submitting written reports, evaluations, and/or plan of treatment for all patients evaluated. These reports may be in hand written form or typewritten form, verified by the contractor's signature. All medical records remain the property of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. 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 Dublin, California, for Dentists; 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. (C) Clauses/Provisions: (I) Far Clause 52.212-1, ``Instructions to Offerors-Commercial,'' is hereby included by reference. The following are addenda to FAR Clause 52.212-1: (1) 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. (2) Paragraphs (e) ``Multiple Offers'', and (h) ``Multiple Awards'', have been determined by the Contracting Officer to be non-applicable to this solicitation and are hereby removed in their entirety for the purpose of this requirement. (3) Evaluation Factors for Award: Bidders are advised that bids shall be evaluated without discussions. Award will be made to the responsible bidder whose bid is responsive to the items of the IFB and is most advantageous to the Government, considering only price and price-related factors, if any, as specified in the solicitation. (4) Business References: In order to assist the Contracting Officer in making a responsibility determination about a prospective contractor, in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.104-1, it is required that each bidder provide information on a reasonable number of recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items, as well as the bidder's primary financial institution (to include contract numbers, points of contact, telephone numbers, and any other relevant information). The following provision is hereby incorporated into this solicitation and resulting contract as an addendum to FAR Clause 52.212-1: FAR Provision 52.214-10, ``Contract Award-Sealed Bidding'', is hereby incorporated by reference. (ii) FAR Provision 52.212-3, ``Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items'', shall be completed and submitted with the bid. (iii) 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 with the General Accounting Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from: Chief, Procurement and Property Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20534, (b) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one date of filing a protest with the GAO. (iii) 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''; 52.217-5, ``Evaluation of Options''; 52.219-6, ``Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside'', 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 the Health Services Department, Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin, California, is hereby designated to act as Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (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. (iv) 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''; 52.219-8, ``Utilization of Small, Small Disadvantaged and Women-Owned Small Business Concerns''; 52.219-14, ``Limitations on Subcontracting''; 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 the following address: Bureau of Prisons, Western Regional Contracting Office, 6600 Goodfellow Street, Dublin, CA 94568, Attention: James F. Cooper, Contract Specialist, by 1:00 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 James F. Cooper, Contract Specialist, at 510-803-2775. (262)

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