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Q -- MEDICAL DISABILITY EXAMS SOL 101-34-97 DUE 122997 POC David Copeland (202) 273-7009 WEB: Medical Disability Exams, http://www.va.gov/procurement.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail, david.copeland@mail.va.gov. Request for Proposal 101-34-97, Medical Disability Exams, Department of Veterans Affairs, Acquisition Operations and Analysis Service (93A3), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20420 Attention: David Copeland, Contracting Officer, Phone: (202) 273-7009, Facsimile: (202) 275-5606, Email Address: david.copeland@email.va.gov The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits Administration has been authorized by Congress (Public Law 104-275) to issue a contract for conducting a pilot program at selected locations for Medical Disability Examinations used by VBA's Compensation and Pension Service in determining veteran disabilities. The Request for Proposal identifies 3 categories where examinations will be conducted. The first category is military separation points near the following locations: Fort Benning, Fort Gordon, Fort Stewart, Fort Bragg, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Riley, and McConnel AFB. The second category are access concern areas in the following states: Kansas, North Carolina (Coastal and Mountain), Virginia (Southeast), and Utah. The third category are high population areas in the following areas: Greater Atlanta (including North and Central Georgia), Greater Los Angeles (South Central California), Massachusetts, and Greater San Diego (portions of San Diego, imperial and Riverside counties). The Government will order a minimum of 19,000 exams under this contract and may order a maximum aggregate number of 300,000 exams for the total contract life cycle (base year plus 4 option years). The Request for Proposal (RFP) will comply with regulations delineated in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), including FAR Part 15 Rewrite on Contracting by Negotiation and Competitive Range Determination (FAC 97-02, 62.FR.51223, September 30, 1997). The contract is a Performance-Based, Firm Fixed Unit Price, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity, Incentives type contract for a base year and 4 option years (exercised at the Government's option). Vendors may access the Medical Disabilities Exam requirement on November 26, 1997, located at the following internet address: http://www.va.gov/procurement.htm. A pre-proposal conference will be held for this requirement in Washington, D.C. on December 9, 1997. Vendors interested in attending the pre-proposal conference are requested to email the contracting officer of their intent to attend no later than December 2, 1997. Details on the exact location and time of this pre-proposal conference will be released along with the RFP. Potential offerors can anticipate submitting offers in response to the RFP on December 29, 1997. (0311)

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