Family & Internal Medicine Services

PSC Category Q509 (Family & Internal Medicine Services) encompasses healthcare professional services primarily focused on providing physician staffing and medical care across various healthcare settings. These services include internal medicine, family medicine, primary care, and specialized physician roles such as hospitalists, emergency department physicians, and urgent care providers. The services are typically delivered through non-personal healthcare service contracts that allow independent contractors to provide medical expertise to federal healthcare facilities.

Federal Contract Awards under this PSC category demonstrate significant investment in physician staffing, with contract values ranging from $30,000 to over $6.8 million and performance periods spanning 3 months to 5 years. The Department of Veterans Affairs and Indian Health Service are the most frequent awarding agencies, with contracts predominantly issued to small businesses, including service-disabled veteran-owned, Native American-owned, and minority-owned enterprises. Common places of performance include VA medical centers, Indian Health Service facilities in states like New Mexico, Arizona, South Dakota, and Nebraska, and occasional overseas locations like Germany. Most awards are firm fixed-price or labor-hour contracts, often leveraging Federal Supply Schedule vehicles.

Recent federal contract opportunities in this PSC category focus on securing physician services for specific healthcare facilities, particularly within the Indian Health Service. Solicitations include requirements for Family Medicine and Internal Medicine Physicians at locations such as the Kayenta Health Center in Arizona, the Jicarilla Service Unit in New Mexico, and the Northern Navajo Medical Center. These opportunities are predominantly set aside for Small Business Indian Firms under the Buy Indian Act, with cascading set-aside options if insufficient qualified Indian firms respond. The opportunities typically seek board-certified or board-eligible physicians to provide comprehensive medical services in outpatient and inpatient settings, with performance periods ranging from 6 to 12 months and options for extension.