Q -- SPECIALTY-OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY(EAR, NOSE & THROAT)

Notice Date

May 21, 2001

Contracting Office

Social Security Administration, Deputy Commissioner for = Finance, Assessment and Management, SSA Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, = Suite 22T64, Atlanta, GA, 30303

ZIP Code

30303

Solicitation Number

SSA-RFQ-01-7604-07

Response Due

June 21, 2001

Point of Contact

Joyce Brewster, Contract Specialist, Phone (404)562-5755, Fax = 404-562-5735, Email joyce.a.brewster@ssa.gov -- Judy Armstrong, Contract = Specialist, Phone 404-562-1433, Fax 404-562-5735, Email = judy.armstrong@ssa.gov

Description

The Social Security Administration (SSA) plans to issue a = solicitation to acquire a medical consultant (MC) service in the = specialty of OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY. The services will be performed at = the SSA Office located at the Southeastern Program Service Center = (SEPSC),2001 12th Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama 35285. The = contractor?s responsibilities will include: providing written = consultations resulting from review of SSA disability case files; = consulting with SSA's medical policy staff related to the development = of SSA disability policies; support the disability review section by = processing the medical review needed on initial, reconsideration, and = pre-hearing reviews on disability claims filed under Title II and Title = XVI of the Social Security Act; training other MC contractors and other = personnel; working with government and non-government agencies and/or = medical or non-medical personnel programs and its objectives. There = will be no contact with patients. The period of performance shall be = from the date of award through December 31, 2001 with provisions for = four (4) one-year option. This service will be procured using Federal = Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 procedures. This requirement is = a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. Proposals received from other than = Small Business concerns will be unacceptable and will not be further = considered. The solicitation number is SSA-RFQ-01-7604-07 and is = scheduled for release on or about June 1, 2001, with proposals due = twenty (20) days later. No telephone requests for the RFQ will be = honored, requests may be telefaxed to (404) 562-5735 or mailed to Attn: = Joyce A. Brewster, SSA, ACQ, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Suite 22T64, = Atlanta, GA 30303-8907. =20 EMAILADD: joyce.a.brewster@ssa.gov

Web Link

Visit this URL for the latest information about this (http://www.eps.gov/spg/SSA/DCFIAM/SSAR4/SSA-RFQ-01-7604-07/listing.= html)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010523/QSOL011.HTM (D-141 SN50M773)