VA Medical Center (04-90C), 1201 N.W. 16th Street, Miami, FL 33125

R -- INSURANCE VERIFIICATION AND COLLECTION SOL RFP 546-26-99 DUE 070799 POC Cathy Pridlides,(305) 324-4455 ext 6464 OR Gwendolyn Moore,(305) 324-3281 The VA Medical Center, Miami, Fl., Medical Care Cost Recovery Program is soliciting offers for a Commercial Item, Firm fixed-price requirements contract, against which task orders will be issued for pre-registration, insurance verification and billing services. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal, RFP 546-26-99. No telephone requests will be accepted. This procurement is Set-Aside for Small Business. The SIC applied to this procurement is 6411. Period of performance is a base year to run from date of award through a twelve-month period plus (1) one option to extend the term of the contract one year to be carried out at the discretion of the government if funding is available 0and need is justified. All work in reference to this procurement shall be performed at the VA Medical Center, 1201 NW 16th Street, Miami, Fl. 33125. Solicitation documents will be available in electronic and hard copy form. A request for "Hard Copy" of solicitation must be in writing to the Contracting Officer and accompanied by a check for $5.00, made out to the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (requests received without the accompanying check will not be accommodated). Electronic solicitations may be obtained "FREE" at the following: URL: http://www.va.gov/oa&;mm/busopp/sols.htm. Solicitation will be available 6/21/99. Any questions can be faxed to (305) 324-3280 on company letterhead or E-mail to: cathy.pridlides@med.va.gov. Any amendments to this solicitation will also be available at the URL address. Forms or attachments may be obtained by requesting them in writing from the Contracting Officer. Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining amendments. The Contractor will provide staffing services in accordance with the terms, conditions, provisions and schedule of this solicitation. The contractor shall provide approximately (5) five to (10) ten data entry clerks/word processors and approximately (5) five to (10) ten insurance specialists (as needed) to effect accurate, timely andefficient, service for reimbursable commercial insurance billing (in addition to other duties). Total estimated hours to be worked by clerks/word processors will be a minimum total of 5200 hours per year and a maximum total of 15,600 hours per year; total estimated hours to be worked by insurance specialists will be a minimum total of 5200 hours per year and a maximum total of 15,600 hours per year. Each data entry clerk/word processor is required to perform an estimated (6) contacts per hour (in addition to other tasks); each licensed/certified Insurance Specialist is required to produce an estimated (20) accurate bills per hour (in addition to other tasks). The total business hours to be worked per day shall not exceed (12) hours. The hours worked in each business day may be split among contractor personnel but, each individual tour of duty will not be less than four hours. All Statement of Work and Evaluation Factor requirements must be met in order for an offer to be considered. All work will be performed in the VA Miami Medical Center, Miami, FL The Contracting Officer will be unaware of who is downloading the information, and who may be prospective offerors. Therefore a bidders list will not be available. Offerors are cautioned to read the solicitation thoroughly and present all required information. Non-receipt of required documentation may result in a non-responsive decision. Do not submit offers electronically. All offers regarding this notice must be submitted in Hard Copy "ONLY" (no faxes) to the Contracting Officer specified in the solicitation by 1:30 PM, 7/7/99. Posted 06/18/99 (W-SN344823). (0169)

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