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

R -- MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION SOL RFQ 512(B)-145-00 DUE 082100 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 at the VA Maryland Health Care System (VAMHCS), 10 North Greene Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201. The VAMHCS consists of three medical centers located in Perry Point, MD, Ft. Howard, MD, and Baltimore, 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 reguiring 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, twenty-four hours per day. Data shall betransmitted to an unattended, VA-owned personal computer via modem technology using ASCII and WORD software. The VA contemplates awarding a contract to the offeror who offers 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 will be issued pursuant to FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and is advertised for "Full and Open" Competition. The standard industry code is 7338 with a size standard of $5 million dollars. Contract base year shall be one year from date of award with two one-year option years available. The solicitation will be issued on or about August 1, 2000. Copies of solicitation will be issued to the first twenty-five requesters only. The Bid Opening Date is August 21, 2000, at 3:00 p.m., local time at place of bid opening. All requests must be in writing. No telephonic requests will be honored. Any and all questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing and should be faxed to (410) 605-7909, to the attention of Carol L. Pomraning, Contracting Officer, no later than August 15, 2000. Wage determinations will be requested for the following areas: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Cecil 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 August 15, 2000. Posted 07/07/00 (W-SN472169). (0189)

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