Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk Washington Detachment 901 M.Street, S.E. Bldg. 200 4th Flr., Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC 203

Q -- MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES SOL N00600-98-R-2197 POC For a copy of the solicitation, contact the Customer Service Center (202) 433-2951 or you may fax request to (202) 433-9569. For additional information, contact Kari Stieglitz, Code 02W1.6K (202) 685-1272 Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC), Norfolk Detachment Washington has a requirement to procure commercial medical transcription services for the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. There will be approximately 1.8 million lines of transcription per year. Services include typing of the following: 1) Air-Evacuation Narrative Summaries, 2) Stat Dictations, 3) Transfer Narrative Summaries, 4) Active Duty Narrative Summaries, 5) Adolescent Psychiatric Narrative Summaries, 6) Medical Board Reports, 7) Temporary Disability Retired List Evaluations,8) Routine Narrative Summaries, 9) Operation Reports, 10) Pre-Cardiac Catheterization Reports, 11) Cardiac Catheterization Reports, 12) Pacemaker Placement Implantation Reports and 13) Other Reports. Specific requirements include the following: 1) the contractor shall have a broad knowledge of the specialized vocabulary in medicine and surgery 2) the contractor should have a minimum of four (4) years of total experience (gained within the last six years) with a comparable facility in size and workload volume that meets or exceeds NNMC's daily current volume of approximately 5,000 lines per day 3) the contractor's personnel shall have a minimum of three years medical transcription experience (gained within the last four years). Each transcriptionist must have extensive knowledge of medical terminology, have evidence of on-going training regarding medical terminology, and have experience typing the variety of reports required by NNMC. In order to provide appropriate support to this facility, the contractor and the digital backup system must be located within a one (1) hour non-rush hour surface commute of the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Transcription services are required 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, including holidays, and require immediate access to contractor personnel by telephone (not an answering service) during that time period. The contractor will provide all the necessary equipment and supplies to accomplish said transmission on-site at the facility. A Firm Fixed Price contract is anticipated to consist of a base year and four one year options. Service is anticipated to begin in November 1998. The SIC code for this requirement is 7338. This will be a 100% small business set-aside. The anticipated release date for this solicitation is 29 July 1998. All responsible sources may submit a proposal for consideration. See Note 1.***** (0170)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0054 19980623\Q-0005.SOL)