Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10 North Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

R -- MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION SOL RFQ 512(B)-129-00 DUE 021800 POC Carol L. Pomraning (410) 605-7156 E-MAIL: carol. pomraning@med.va.gov, carol.pomraning@med.va.gov. The Contractor shall furnish all necessary equipment, supplies, supervision, and qualified competent personnel to perform medical transcription services for the Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 5 which consists of five medical centers located in Washington, DC; Baltimore, MD; Martinsburg, WV; Perry Point, MD; and Ft. Howard, MD. Material transcribed includes a high incidence of technical terminology and requires knowledge of a specialized vocabulary peculiar to a wide variety of subjects in the fields of medicine, surgery, imaging and psychiatry. The material may be generated by as many as 700 different authors requiring the Contractor's adaptation to variations in accents, speech patterns, tone, voice, volume, rate and style of delivery, pronunciation, and enunciation. The Contractor will access the VA's digital dictation system through direct telephone lines on a daily basis, 365 days a year. Data shall be transmitted to an unattended, VA-owned personal computer via modem technology using ASCII and WORD software. The VA comtemplates awarding one or more contract(s) to the offeror or offerors who offer the best value to the Government considering both price and technical factors. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (1) Technical Capability, (2) Past Performance, and (3) Price. This solicitation is issued pursuant to FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and is advertised as a 100% Set-Aside for Small Business. The standard industry code is 7338 with a size standard of $5 million dollars. Contract base year period shall be one year from date of award with two one-year options. The solicitation will issue on or about January 25, 2000. Copies of the solicitation will be provided to the first twenty-five (25) requesters only. The Bid Opening Date is February 18, 2000, at 3 p.m., local time at place of bid opening. All requests must be in writing. No telephonic or fax requests will be honored. Any and all questions regarding this solicitation must be in writing and should be faxed to (410) 605-7909, to the attention of Carol L. Pomraning, Contracting Officer, no later than February 11, 2000. Wage determinations have been requested for the following areas: West Virginia, District of Columbia, and Baltimore City and Baltimore County in Maryland. Since the place of performance is unknown, the Contracting Officer will request additional wage determinations for additional possible places of performance. A request for said wage determination must be in writing and received by the Contracting Officer no later than February 11, 2000, at 3:00 p.m., EST. Posted 01/15/00 (W-SN416429). (0015)

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