Attachment 3 - Base Contract Statement of Work.pdf

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ATTACHMENT 3: BASE CONTRACT STATEMENT OF WORK

MEDICAL RESIDENTS FOR NIH’S CLINICAL CENTER

1) BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) is a component of the National Institutes of Health. NIAID supports basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose and treat infectious diseases and also conducts research on basic immunology, transplantation and immune-related disorders, including asthma and allergies. For more than 50 years, NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other technologies that have improved the health of millions of people in the United States and around the world. Patients enrolled in NIAID clinical research protocols are hospitalized for protocol related medical care at the NIH Clinical Center.

At one time some patients enrolled in NIAID clinical research studies received protocol- related medical care from NIAID attending physicians supplemented by clinical training fellows from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) subspecialty training programs. Later it was concluded that a more effective use of resources would be to utilize postgraduate medical residents.

This is a non-personnel services contract to provide Postgraduate Medical Residents. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.

There are two current contracts for Medical Residents for Clinical Center held by George Washington University (75N93020D00001) and Medical Research Institute, Inc. (75N93020D00002).

2) SCOPE

The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and non-personal services necessary to supply Postgraduate Medical Residents which will provide primary medical care for NIAID clinical research adult and pediatric inpatients at the NIH Clinical Center.

3) TASK ORDER REQUIREMENTS

The following requirements shall apply to each Task Order:

The contractor will provide an estimated maximum of 80 hours per week, including the time spent on site “on- call,” of professional services for each postgraduate physician resident. The residents assigned will be a postgraduate year (PGY) 2, but can continue as a PGY-3. Any medical resident assigned to duty on this contract must be present at the NIH campus within one hour of notification for purposes of clinical patient care. The internal medicine residents will provide medical care to NIAID clinical research adult and pediatric inpatients as assigned by the NIAID Clinical Director or designee at the NIH Clinical Center, located in Bethesda, Maryland.

The contractor will assign up to four medical residents every day of the week and is responsible for coordinating with the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) the planned start and end dates of each resident rotation. In addition, the contractor will ensure that the medical residents:

• Initially rotate for no less than 28 consecutive days. Additional rotations after this period may be for less than the 28 consecutive days;

• Assigned in June of each year are a PGY-2 resident.

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• If absent from their scheduled on-call shift or any absence exceeding 24 hours, be replaced with a credentialed resident, which must be coordinated with the COR or designee. A credentialed resident is someone who has submitted all of the necessary documents and has been approved for clinical privileges and that they are still valid.

A. General Information

1. Quality Control:

The contractor shall develop and maintain an effective quality control program (QCP) to ensure services are performed in accordance with this SOW. The contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services.

The contractor’s quality control program is the means by which the program assures that the work complies with the requirement of the contract. The QCP is to be delivered with the contractor’s proposal; one copy of a comprehensive written QCP shall be submitted to the CO and COR within 5 working days when changes are made thereafter. After acceptance of the quality control plan the contractor shall receive the contracting officer’s acceptance in writing of any proposed change to the QC system.

2. Recognized Holidays: The residents are required to perform services on holidays.

i. New Year’s Day

ii. Labor Day

iii. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday

iv. Columbus Day

v. President’s Day

vi. Veteran’s Day

vii. Memorial Day

viii. Juneteenth

ix. Thanksgiving Day

x. Independence Day

xi. Christmas Day

3. Place of Performance:

All of the services provided will be performed:

National Institutes of Health NIH Clinical Center, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892

4. Security Requirements: Contractor personnel performing work under this contract must have all applicable security requirements at time of the proposal submission, and must maintain the level of security required for the life of the contract.

5. PHYSICAL Security for personnel on NIH campus: The contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all government equipment, information and property provided for contractor use.

At the close of each work period, government facilities, equipment, and materials shall be secured.

6. The Government will provide training and access for residents to utilize the necessary computer and administrative systems in order to provide patient care. The government will supply all required medical drugs and supplies for patient use. Residents will have access to the NIH Clinical Center Library. The Government will provide a pager and the necessary office supplies, medical dictation service and space for both office and “on-call sleep” for residents to carry out their primary care. The Government will provide free parking at NIH.