Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service, 5300 Homestead Rd NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110

Q -- INPATIENT/OUTPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES/IHS-WIDE SOL RFP NO. 00-05/VZ DUE 122900 POC Veronica Zunie, Contract Specialist, (505) 248-4562 or Diego G. Lujan, Contracting Officer, (505) 248-4560 WEB: AAO-IHS, RFP NO. 00-05/vz. The Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service (IHS) Office, will be soliciting for inpatient and outpatient hospital services from prospective offerors. Purpose of the contract is to provide medically necessary hospital inpatient room and board, and ancillary services, i. e., radiology and laboratory, and/or outpatient services and emergency room services required by Contract Health Service (CHS) eligible Indian beneficiaries of the IHS. The hospital facility must be; certified by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations (JCAHO)or other equivalent accreditation, state licensed and registered to operate as a hospital facility, and maintain liability insurance. Multiple awards will be made for a base year and four, one-year options for renewal. Requirements type contracts will be awarded upon receipt and acceptance of the proposal. The IHS has a policy as published in the Federal Register -- June 1987. The policy states that IHS will contract with health care providers who will accept payment in full at the allowable Medicare rates or lower. Inpatient and outpatient hospital services to be provided to IHS beneficiaries who receive health care from the Albuquerque, Navajo, Phoenix and Tucson Area IHS facilities. Services to be provided on a referral basis from IHS. Refer to Request for Proposal No. 00-05/VZ. Written request only. FAX TELEPHONE NO. (505) 248-4641. This solicitation will be open until close of business DECEMBER 29, 2000. Posted 02/09/00 (W-SN423625). (0040)

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