VA Medical Center, Attn: Contracting Officer (90C), 7305 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33410-6400

R -- TEMPORARY CERTIFIED CODERS SOL RFQ 548-SB-92 DUE 082499 POC Suzanne Byrne 561-882-6508 or Donna Nelson at 561-882-6510 This is a 100% set-aside for small business only procurement. In accordance with FAR Part 12, this is a commercial procurement under Standard Industrial Code 7374 and the business size standard is $18.0 million. The VA Medical Center 7305 N. Military Trail West Palm Beach, Florida 33410, has a requirement for temporary certified coders for the period September 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999. Coders shall provide coding and review of coding for patients in the ambulatory care setting. Eight hours per day, five days a week. Workload is estimated at 16, 000 medical records in desigated clinics and 10% review of additional 88,000 records. Issue date of solicitation shall be on or about 8/9/99. All requests for solicitation must be in writing and contain the requestor's name, address, phone #, business size and solicitation number. Requests may be mailed to: VA Medical Center 7305 N. Military Trail West Palm Beach, Fl. 33410 Attn: Sue Byrne (04B) or FAX to: 561-882-6507. The first twenty (20) requests received between the date this ad appears in the CBD and August 13th, will be honored. Posted 07/28/99 (W-SN360007). (0209)

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