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Q -- COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL SERVICES SOL RFP 441-0082 POC Thomas Dufort, Contract Specialist, 717-547-1641, ext. 548 Pre-solicitation Notice: The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), located in Fort Dix, New Jersey, requires the health care services of a qualified medical entity (e.g., local hospital, health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, etc.) to supplement those services not provided by FCI Fort Dix. The Contractor will be required to provide an established medical entity located within the twenty-five (25) mile radius of FCI Fort Dix. Preference shall be given to offerors who agree to provide comprehensive hospital and physician services with centralized billing including administrative oversight. Essential health services include the following: inpatient/outpatient hospital services; inpatient/outpatient physician services; and outpatient institution services at FCI Fort Dix. The Contractor will be required to maintain an active ongoing QA&I program, including quality assessment and utilization review, to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of the resulting contract. As part of the provision for comprehensive inpatient/outpatient physician and hospital services, the BOP is preferring the services of a Contractor who will also agree to provide managed care oversight. These oversights include paid medical claim review/analysis and utilization/case management. The Government estimates, but can not guarantee, that 365 days of Inpatient Hospital and Physician services; 960 outpatient visits; and, 14,168 sessions (each session equals one hour) of various outpatient institution services (at FCI Fort Dix) will be required per contract performance period. The base period of performance would begin on the date of contract award through a one-year period. Four additional one-year option periods may be exercised in accordance with the terms of the resulting contract. These requirements will be solicited under Request For Proposal (RFP) 441-0082. The RFP issue date is anticipated to be March 23, 1999, and the response date for receipt of proposals is anticipated to be June 8, 1999. A pre-proposal conference is anticipated to be held after issuance of the solicitation and will be announced therein. It is the responsibility of each prospective offeror to verify the date for the issuance of the solicitation, time and date for receipt of offers, and the pre-proposal conference. The Standard Industrial Classification Code for this requirement is 8062. This requirement is not set-aside for any specific socio-economic programs (i.e., small business, disadvantaged business, etc...). All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Government. Requests for solicitations can be mailed to the above address, faxed to (717) 547-6819, or e-mailed to tdufort@bop.com. Do not send requests to FCI Fort Dix. All questions must be directed to the above named Contracting Officer only. Posted 12/24/98 (W-SN283407). (0358)

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