Billings Area Indian Health Service, 2900 4th Avenue North, Room 304, P.O. Box 2143, Billings, MT 59103

Q -- RESPIRATORY THERAPIST SOL RFP-244-00-0006-REL DUE 022500 POC Rita Langager, Contract Specialist, at (406) 247-7293 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist via, rlangager@bilb2.billings.ihs.gov. The Billings Area Indian Health Service is requesting offers in response to Request for Proposal (RFP)-244-00-0006-REL to acquire Respiratory Therapy Services pursuant to the authority of Title VIII of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-355) and Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. The Contractor shall provide a Registered or Certified Respiratory Theraptist to perform Professional Respiratory Therapy services for the care of patients with a variety of injuries and illnesses in the inpatient and outpatient departments at the Blackfeet Community Hospital, PHS Indian Hospital, Browning, Montana, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays. The tour of duty may change during the course of the contract but the length will not exceed forty hours per week. The Billings Area Indian Health Service anticipates the award of a fixed-price, personal services contract for a base year with two (2) renewal option years. The Respiratory Therapist shall be under the administrative supervision of the Director, Professional Services and under the technical supervision of the Chief Medical Officer. Requests for this solicitation can be made by telephone to (406) 247-7293, by telefax to (406) 247-7108 or by e-mail to the address indicated below. Preference will be given to Indian firms in accordance with the Buy Indian Act (25 U.S.C. 47). Posted 01/26/00 (W-SN419271). (0026)

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