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Q -- MEDICAL SERVICES, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES POTENTIAL = SOURCES=20 SOUGHT SOL N00140-99-L433 DUE 031799 POC Point of Contact -- Mitchell Robinson, Contract Specialist, 215-697-9676, P. R. Russial, Contracting Officer, 215-697-9670=20 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Bid Officer, synopsis@phil.fisc.navy.mil. Sources Sought- The U.S. Navy=92s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery = has=20 authorized Commercial Activities (C/A) "10 and Under Studies" = Occupational=20 Health function at the Naval Hospital at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. = The=20 Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC) Norfolk Detachment = Philadelphia is=20 seeking sources and industry capabilities for the Occupational Medicine = (OM)=20 Program. The function encompasses resource management; clinic support; = information management; medical examinations including pre-placement=20 examinations, certification examinations, surveillance examinations, = disability=20 examinations and medical suitability determinations; evaluation, = treatment,=20 referral and case management of work-related injuries and illnesses; = audiology=20 services related to the Hearing Conservation Program, including hearing = examinations, promotion of hearing conservation, determinations of = causality=20 for identified hearing loss and determinations for referral or follow = up care;=20 and optometry services related to the Sight Conservation Program, = including=20 vision examinations, and promotion of vision conservation. The = contractor also=20 will provide clinical consultative services including reproductive = health=20 evaluations and second opinions on personnel qualifications; = non-clinical=20 consultative services including work site evaluations, occupational = health=20 program evaluations, risk assessment, assistance to management and = human=20 resources offices, the employee assistance program, and industrial = hygiene on=20 occupational health issues; individual and group training on = occupational=20 medicine to Government personnel to promote a safe and healthy = workplace and=20 general health; occupational and environmental medicine consultation to = identified commands; and serve as a professional resource to review = hospital=20 policies, programs and processes related to occupational safety and = health and=20 identify opportunities for improvement. This includes recommendations = for=20 improving information technology, budget planning, equipment = replacement and es tablishing viable metrics to measure program performance. The = contractor will=20 assist in the development of standard operating procedures to deliver=20 occupational medicine services and perform occupational epidemiology = functions=20 including monitoring sentinel health events, analyzing work-related = illness and=20 injury data, and studying workplace clusters. Interested parties are = requested=20 to provide company name, address, a point of contact and literature on = their=20 capabilities in the subject area by letter or fax (215-697-9738) to = FISC=20 Norfolk Det Philadelphia Code 02P52F by 17 March 1999. No telephone = requests=20 will be accepted. The Government will not pay for information = received. The=20 Government reserves the right to decide either to retain this function = in house=20 or to proceed further with a 10 and Under Study based on the = information=20 submitted by interested parties in response to this synopsis as well as = that=20 gathered from other sources. If the Government proceeds further with a = 10 and Under Study, the Contracting Officer will forward the workload data and = performance work statement that will be used in the 10 and Under Study = to=20 interested sources that respond to this synopsis. In the event that it = is=20 found to be advantageous for the Navy to proceed with a contract for = this=20 function based on the 10 and Under Study, a formal solicitation will be = issued. Posted 02/17/99 (D-SN299017). (0048)

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