Contracting Officer (90C), VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705

Q -- MATERNITY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR WOMEN VETERANS SOL 558-59-00 DUE 061500 POC Pamela B. Evans (919) 286-6921 The VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina is soliciting for Contractor(s) to provide pre-natal care in a clinic environment to veterans who are living in and around a 45 mile radius of Durham, North Carolina. Maternity care will be divided into 8 regions for 31 areas of responsibility for care. Pre-natal care includes outpatient medical care for the purpose of monitoring pregnancy for eligible female veterans. Board Certified Obstetrics/Gynecologic Specialists will provide the care. The care will include physician visits laboratory tests, and all services required. Services will begin after confirmation of pregnancy. The VA will provide the first visit and include a pregnancy test. A copy of the pregnancy test will be given to the contractor. Access to Services: Services will be provided during normal clinic hours practiced by the contractor, with exceptions of emergency service, and actual delivery, which is required twenty-four hours a day, seven (7) days a week. The contractor shall make services available in terms of timeliness, amount and appropriate personnel to provide the covered services in accordance with community standards. The quantities will be based on the beneficiary's location to the providing facilities and the population of women veterans as a whole. If in the interest of the beneficiary, the VA COTR determines the location of the contractor's place of business is not feasible for the beneficiary to travel, the VA reserves the right to procure these services from another source. The contractor will consult with VA Primary Care Physician (s) when clinically indicated, for acute care or complicating conditions not normally followed by an OB/GYN physician. Phone calls followed up by written correspondence is the appropriate method of information transfer. A record-keeping system for monitoring services will be established by the VAMC for services rendered. The payments for any leave, including sick leave, holiday or vacation time, are the responsibility of the contractor. The contractorshall not be paid for being on-call, standing by, or carrying a pager. He/she shall be paid for actual performance only. Cesarean sections will be determined by the contractor and will be in accordance with the American College of OB/GYN criteria. The contractor will not be responsible for patient transportation. The VA anticipates making multiple awards as a result of this solicitation. All requests for the solicitation must be in writing. Requests can be e-mailed to pam.evans@med.va.gov or faxed requests can be sent to (919) 286-6819. NO VERBAL REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Anticipated issue date is 5/15/00. The SIC for this requirement is 8062. Posted 05/10/00 (W-SN453525). (0131)

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