AFFTC/PKAB Directorate of Contracting, 5 S Wolfe Ave, Edwards AFB, CA 93524-1185

Q -- 99 -- EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PARAMEDIC PRSONNEL AND ABMULANCE. SOL Sources Sought POC AFFTC/PKAB Directorate of Contracting Edwards AFB CA Marjorie Evans 805-277-3900X2316 WEB: On-line Acquisition Solicitation Information System, http://cpf.edwards.af.mil/contract/rfp.html. E-MAIL: click e-mail link to contact the POC, evansm%pk@mhs.elan.af.mil. AFFTC Edwards AFB (EAFB) CA is seeking sources to provide nationally certified paramedic personnel and ambulances for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responses to emergencies on Edwards Air Force Base, California. EMS Teams will consist of at least one paramedic and one Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Contractor will respond to 911 calls to cover personnel located on Edwards AFB 301 square miles area. Services to include "In Flight Emergency" response to flight line after duty hours (training provided by Medical Treatment Facility (MTF)). Paramedics will have the ability to treat and transport all categories of beneficiaries and other base personnel to the base nearest hospital. When a contractor's ambulance departs the base on an ambulance run, a second ambulance will be enroute to the base no later than five minuets after the first ambulance departs. On scene and enroute treatment provided by paramedics will be based on state and local practices and within provisions of licensure. Transport time from base to nearest civilian ER is 30 minutes (32 miles). Paramedics must be in radio contact with civilian emergency room providers (fire, control tower, security police) and local emergency rooms. The Contractor will be located on EAFB and based out of the 95th Medical Group. The Contractor shall provide Emergency Medical Service (EMS) service responses from the 95th Medical Group and furnish all labor, management, supervision, vehicles, supplies, equipment, transportation, and reports. Contractor care shall cover the range of paramedic and ambulance services typically provided in the local civilian community. The Contractor shall provide a POC who will be available via telephone. EMS shall be provided, upon request, to cover 24 hours per day, seven days a weeks, including federal holidays. The Contractor's personnel shall read, understand, speak and write English. The Contractor's (EMTs), Emergency Medical Technicians-Intermediate (EMT-Is) and Paramedics shall have successfully completed their respective Emergency Medical Technician and/or Paramedic courses. **The Contractor's EMT-Is and Paramedics shall be registered with the California Department of Health and possess California Paramedic EMT-I licensures.. The Contractor's EMT-Is and Paramedics shall be certified and remain current in both Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training; and the EMTs shall be certified and remain current in both Basic Life support (BLS) and CPR training. Contractor must possess current necessary valid permits and licensure. The Contractor's EMTs/EMT-Is/Paramedics shall have provided EMS a minimum of three (3) months within the past six (6) months. The Contractor shall provide and maintain adequate liability insurance coverage consistent with the risks associated with the performance of all services. Paramedic/EMT personnel must posses Criminal History Background Check clearances prior to starting work with DoD patients. Contractors responding to this notice shall identify their company's business size as large, small, small disadvantaged, small woman-owned or small disadvantage/woman owned. The SIC code which will apply to this requirement is 4119. The size standard is $5 million or less in gross revenues averaged over the past three fiscal years. Interested parties have 15 days from date of this publication to submit literature, catalogs and/or brochures that will meet this requirement. Electronic responses are encouraged. FAX number 805-258-9638. POC: Marjorie Evans 805-277-3900X2316, email evans%pk@mhs.elan.af.mil Posted 07/01/98. (0182)

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