Department of Veterans Affairs, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, AMMS (90C), 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612

R -- MEDICAL RECORD CODING SERVICE SOL RFQ 673-86-99 DUE 082399 POC Charlene K. Stiens, 813-972-7655 The CBD notice RFQ 673-86-99 published 8/10/99 is amended as follows. 1) The sentence "Coder must be currently established as employees of the contract service." Is deleted and replaced with "Coders which meet the qualification requirements must be readily available to perform the service at the time specified." 2) In the Evaluation Commercial Items section the sentence beginning with "Contractor shall provide employees with credentials " is amended as follows: before "and list of relevant continuing education" phrase insert the following "availability commitment". 3) ORIGINAL DUE DATE IS CHANGED FROM 8/26/99 TO 8/23/99. Posted 08/13/99 (W-SN367532). (0225)

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