U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Central Office Business Office, 320 First Street, Washington, DC 20534

Q -- ACUITY LEVEL ASSESSMENT SERVICES DUE 120798 POC Carol Jenkins, Medical Contracting Coordinator, (202) 307-2861 EXT 147 This synopsis is for INFORMATION GATHERING ONLY. The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Health Services Division is seeking vendors capable of assisting the BOP in conducting on-site assessments of the Medical/Mental Health Acuity Levels of its medical and mental health inmate population housed in six Medical Referral Centers located in Butner, North Carolina; Dallas/Ft. Worth (Ft. Worth and Carswell), Texas; Lexington, Kentucky; Rochester, Minnesota; and Springfield, Missouri. The vendor will be required to: 1) review approximately 2,600 medical records which includes an estimated 820 mental health records, and 2) make assessments based on the following definitions: MEDICAL/SURGICAL INPATIENT -- Acute, Subacute, and Long Term/Supportive; MEDICAL/SURGICAL OUTPATIENT -- Intermediate and Chronic Ambulatory; and MENTAL HEALTH -- Global Assessment Function (GAF) Levels I, II, III, and IV. A detailed description of these definitions are available upon request. Vendors are invited to submit information thatdescribes: 1) Company portfolio, including past experience; 2) identify proposed assessment tool/methods including the history of it use; 3) references of prior assessment of hospital surveys of acuity levels; and 4) pricing information (unit price per medical record) to asist the BOP in estimating this procurement. Information should be submitted no later than December 7, 1998 and addressed to: Federal Bureau of Prisons, Health Services Division, 320 First Steet, NW, Suite 1046, Washington, DC 20534 ATTN: Dr. Anita Arcidiacono. Inquiries should be addressed to Dr. Arcidiacono at (202) 307-2867, EXT 145. Other than the BOP acuity level definitions that are available upon request, the information contained in this Sources Sought Synopsis is all that is available. Posted 11/20/98 (W-SN273251). (0324)

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