Federal Bureau of Prisons, Southeast Regional Office, 523 McDonough Blvd., SE., Atlanta, Georgia 30315

Q -- COMPREHENSIVE HOSPITAL SERVICES SOL RFP 404-0044 DUE 082997 POC Diane Flournoy, Contracting Officer, (404) 635-5641. The Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Southeast Regional Office, Atlanta Georgia intends to make a single award to a qualified medical entity located within a seventy (70) mile radius of the institution for the provision of comprehensive medical services. The services will be provided to inmates incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution, 100 Prison Road, Estill, ~ South Carolina 29918. The hospital 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 are performed. All services (usually outpatient) not covered by Medicare, shall be charges as low or lower than those charged to the hospital~'s most favored customer for comparable quantities under similar terms and conditions. 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. No collect calls will be accepted. No telephone requests for solicitations will be accepted. The estimated issue date of the Request for Proposal is July 29~, 1997 with an anticipated receipt of proposal date of August 29, 1997. The contract period will include a base year not to exceed twelve months with four (4) one-year option periods for renewals. The estimated inpatient days are as follows. Base year minimum 10 -- maximum 250 inpatient days, Option Year One (1) minimum 10 -- -- maximum 250 inpatient days~. Option Year Two (2) minimum 10 -- maximum 250 inpatient days, Option Year Three (3) minimum 10 maximum -- 250 inpatient days~, Option Year Four (4) minimum 10 maximum 250 inpatient days. (0203)

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