VA Medical Center, Attn: Contracting Officer (90C), 1670 Clairmont Rd., Decatur, GA 30033

G -- EDUCATIONAL & VOCATIONAL COUNSELING/TESTING SOL RFP 316-1-99 DUE 010499 POC Grant Swanson, Administrative Contracting Officer, Voice: (404) 347-3791, FAX: (404) 347-5269 or Nancy Hayward, Contracting Officer, Voice: (404) 347-3791, FAX: (404) 347-5269 1. Provide educational and vocational counseling services for the Veterans Benefits Administration of the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Atlanta, GA for veterans served in the following geographic areas: Macon, Columbus, Tifton (South Georgia), Albany, Savannah, Athens/Gainesville, Rome/Dalton, and Augusta. 2. Services will include completion of: records review, comprehensive intake interview, development of disability factors, test administration, scoring and interpretation, counseling, initial identification of potential transferable skills, vocational exploration, and written report. 3. This solicitation is directed to counseling professionals in the fields of Rehabilitation Counseling, Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Guidance and Counseling, and others closely related. 4. Evaluation factors favor prospective offerors who currently have a physical office location in, or within reasonable distance of, the service areas cited above. Offerors facilities must be accessible to the disabled. 5. No guarantees of a minimum number of referrals will be made under these contracts. 6. Interested parties may request IN WRITING (no verbal requests can be honored), a copy of solicitation RFP 316-1-99 from Grant Swanson, Administrative Contracting Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs, Vocational Rehabilitation & Counseling (28), 730 Peachtree Street, Room 200, Atlanta, GA 30365 or by FAX at (404) 347-5269. Requests MUST SPECIFY THE SERVICE AREA OR AREAS in which the prospective offeror has interest. 7. The estimated issue date is December 03, 1998. 8. The estimated bid opening date is January 14, 1999. Posted 11/23/98 (W-SN273862). (0327)

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