Q -- OUTPATIENT PHYISICIAN SERVICES

Notice Date

August 28, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Roseburg Healthcare System (653/900/90C), 913 NW Garden Valley Blvd, Roseburg, OR 97470-6513

ZIP Code

97470-6513

Solicitation Number

653-61-01

Response Due

September 19, 2001

Point of Contact

Brian Thomas (541) 440-1331

E-Mail Address

brian.thomas2@med.va.gov (brian.thomas2@med.va.gov)

Description

Provide healthcare resources in accordance with Public Law 104-262 and 38 U.S.C. 8153. Contractor agrees to provide a *Board Certified Physician in Family Practice or Internal Medicine, to and at the VA Roseburg Healthcare System, Roseburg OR 97470. Physician must be able to start on October 1, 2001. If candidate is not available to start on October 1, 2001, offeror will be determined non-responsive, if after award it is determined candidate cannot start on October 1, 2001, contract shall be terminated for cause and award shall be made to next lowest offer. Price is an all-inclusive rate of per diem, travel, and price/cost. Process of determining contract award: VA Roseburg Healthcare System award preference will be as follows: 1) award to the lowest-priced responsive, responsible bidder who offers a Board Certified candidate; 2) if no qualified bidder offers a Board Certified candidate, then award to the lowest-priced responsive, responsible bidder who offers a Non-Boarded candidate. If the Offeror is submitting more than one physician to cover the terms and conditions of this contract, you shall submit a schedule along with your quote indicating the time frames that each physician will be scheduled to work. Contractor shall not rotate more than one provider in a three-month period. Providers will need to be scheduled for orientation/training prior to the start of their work. The Physician will see an average of 12 patients per day in the clinic. The Physician will be assigned to Ambulatory Care Service from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., five days per week. The Physician will have responsibility for but not limited to treating outpatients, completion of H&P exams, ordering appropriate diagnostic tests, scheduling follow-up appointments. Physician shall be required to coordinate the admitting process with the VA Roseburg Healthcare System. The physician may be asked to see and treat unassigned patients or patients assigned to another provider when other team providers are on leave. The Physician must: a. Have an unrestricted license in a US state, territory or US commonwealth; b. Speak English proficiently; c. Provide evidence of demonstrated current clinical competence to perform appropriate outpatient care services; d. Be a US citizen; e. *Be Board Certified (is preferred); f. Have a professional degree and education applicable to medical staff members, e.g., MD, DO; g. Provide evidence of current professional liability insurance; h. Evidence of current privileges (if applicable); i. Names of most current employer(s) and two peer reference contacts; j. Current copy of ACLS and BLS certifications; k. Be a team player; l. Must be computer literate, as VA Roseburg Healthcare System utilizes a computerized patient medical record; Physician (s) assigned by the contractor must be a US Citizen and speak English proficiently as well as be computer literate, as the VA Roseburg Healthcare System utilizes a computerized patient medical record. Personnel assigned by the contractor to perform these services covered under this contract shall be licensed in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia. The qualifications of the contractor shall also be subject to review by the VA Chief of Staff, and approval by Director, VA Roseburg Healthcare System. NAICS Code 621111/$5 million applies. Electronic solicitations may be obtained at no cost from the following URL: http://www.va.gov/oa&mm/busopp/sols.htm the solicitation will be made available after August29, 2001. Offerors will need to click on the RFQ 653-61-01 solicitation in order to download the solicitation documents. The due date for this solicitation is September 19, 2001 by 2:00 p.m. pacific time. If you have any questions, please contact Brian Thomas, Contracting Officer at the following e-mail address: brian.thomas2@med.va.gov.

Web Link

653-61-01 Outpatient Physician Services (www.va.gov/oa&mm/busopp/sols.htm )

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010830/QSOL004.HTM (W-240 SN50W1B6)