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Q -- PROFESSIONAL PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES/ALBUQUERQUE SERVICE UNIT SOL RFP 98-09/VZ DUE 030398 POC Veronica Zunie, Contract Specialist, (505) 248-4562 or Diego G. Lujan, Contracting Officer, (505) 248-4560. The Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service Office is soliciting proposals from prospective offerors for direct psychiatric services. Services are to be provided to IHS beneficiaries served by the Albuquerque Indian Hospital. These services are to be provided to adolescents, adults and senior citizens. Services will be provided, for the most part, out of the Mental Health Program outpatient clinic, but on occasion may be provided at other Albuquerque Service Unit clinic sites or to the medical inpatients. Contractor to provide 3, 8-hour days of psychiatric services per week per contract year. Contract provider must possess extensive experience providing psychiatric services to a minority population, be a Board Certified Psychiatric or eligible for board certification, preference is for Board Certified. Must be licensed to practice psychiatry in any one of the 50 States within the United States, possess a valid and current driver's licensed, and carry Medical Malpractice Liability coverage. This acquisition is released as a Total Small Business Set-Aside. The contract will be awarded for a base year plus four, one-year options for renewal, total contract not to exceed five years. A contract will be awarded as a single, fixed-price award to the offeror whose proposal is responsive and responsible. The Government will accept and consider all proposals submitted. Request for Proposal No. 98-09/VZ is due to be released on or about February 3, 1998, with a due date of March 2, 1998. WRITTEN REQUEST ONLY. (0013)

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