Bureau of Prisons, Mid-Atlantic Regional Contracting Office, 3600 Spurr Road, Quarters #14, Lexington, KY 40511

Q -- DENTAL ASSISTANT SOL RFQ 258-0042-9 DUE 120199 POC Kimberly Montgomery, Contracting Officer, Phone : (606) 253-8887 The Federal Bureau of Prisons intends to award a non-personal services contract for Dental Assistant Services. Duties are to be performed at the Federal Correctional Instituion, Manchester, Kentucky. Duties include 1) Screening Patients and making appointments; preparing patient records; preparing parients for treatment; and making necessary entires in dental records. 2) Assisting Dental Officers with restorations, oral surgery, periodontics, prosthetics, and examinations by preparing the dental treatment room, dental instruments, esential materials, drugs/medications, passing instruments, retracting tissue, irrigating oral cavity, operating aspirator, and observing patient for responses. 3) Maintaining dental equipment through daily inspections and making minor repairs; cleaning, sharpening, and sterilizing instruments and reporting defective equipment to the Dental Officer. 4) Fabricating and repairing dental prostheses and appliances; and performing procedures pursuant to fabrication and repairing complete dental prostheses; removable partial prostheses; using acrylis and porcelain as basic materials. 5) Taking diagnostic-quality periapical, occlusal, lateral, jaw, TMJ, and panographic radiographs after determining the appropriate level of radiation intensity, using standard dental radiographic, panelipse, cephalometric, and transcranial equipment; and developing, fixing, washing, and drying radiographic films using automatic developing units. 6) Performing and interpreting four(4) quality assurances on a scheduled basis on radiographic and developing equipment and safelight; maintaining proper infection control procedures in radiographic techniques; and sterilizes contaminated biological waste as necesary. 7) Making primary impressions and pouring casts; and placing any finishing dental restorations and amalgam composite restorations, including selecting appropriate tooth shade. At a minimum, contractor must be certified by a licensed school teaching Dental Assistance or through continuing Educatiuon Units from an accredited college or university. Must be certified/licensed in radiology and radiology safety. Minimum of three (3) years experience as a Dental Assistant. Due to nature of this contract, all individuals working within the confines of the institution will be required to submit security clearances. This will be a competive award procuremnt with award being made to the offeror determined to be in the best interest of the Government with price and other factors considered. Services will be required during the normal work week, with a maximum of 63 sesions per month. (one session consists of 2 hours, three sessions per day) for a maximum of 756 sessions per the twelve month period. The base year will run for twelve months from date of award with four (4) option periods for renewal. Anticipated solicitation will be mailed on approximately November 1, 1999 with an anticipated due date of December 1, 1999. It is anticipated that this solicitation will result in a Firm Fixed Price, Requirements type contract. This requirement is 100% set-aside for small business concerns. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered for award. Requests for solicitations packages should be submitted in writing to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Contracting Office, 3600 Spurr Road, Qtrs #14, Lexington, KY, 40511, Attn: Kim Montgomery, Contracting Officer. Facsimile requests will be accepted at (606) 253-8882. No telephone calls for solicitations will be accepted. Posted 10/15/99 (W-SN392064). (0288)

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