Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern California Health Care System, Contracting Office (90C), 150 Muir Road, Martinez, CA 94553

Q -- OUTPATIENT EMERGENCY AND INPATIENT MEDICAL-SURGICAL SERVICES SOL 261-21-99 DUE 041299 POC Diana L. Parr (925) 372-2349, Fax (925) 372-2044, E-mail Diana.Parr@med.va.gov E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, Diana.Parr@med.va.gov. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) intends to solicit offers for furnishing Outpatient Emergency and Inpatient Medical and Surgical Services to patients referred by VA in Redding, California under Request for Proposal (RFP) 261-21-99. The proposed contract period will be from 5/1/99 (or date of contract award) through 4/31/00 with four one year options for renewal. The proposed contract will be a firm-fixed price requirements-type contract. Contractor must operate a hospital accredited by the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), located within a 15-mile radius of the VA Outpatient Clinic, 351 Hartnell Avenue, Redding, California. Contractor must be licensed and capable of providing the full spectrum of emergency outpatient and emergent inpatient medical and surgical services, to include emergent cardiac surgery and coronary angioplasty services. Proposals will be evaluated for technical capability, price reasonableness and past performance based upon specific criteria as identified in the RFP. The RFP will be issued on or about 3/12/99. Written requests for the RFP may be mailed or sent via facsimile or e-mail to the attention of the contracting officer identified above. Posted 03/17/99 (W-SN309769). (0076)

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