Case/Utilization Manager for the 51st Medical Group, Osan Air Base, Korea

The Regional Health Contracting Office Pacific at Fort Shafter, Hawaii intends to issue a solicitation for a firm-fixed price, personal services contract for Case/Utilization Manager services for the 51st Medical Group located on Osan Air Base in South Korea.  This requirement is for a period of performance on or around 1 June 2022 – 31 May 2023 (base period), with four (4) one-year option periods and FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services.

Required qualifications for Case/Utilization Manager services includes but is not limited to:

1. Education:  The Case/Utilization Manager shall be a graduate of a Baccalaureate Degree program in nursing from a nationally accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees approved by USAF Surgeon General.   
2. Licensure/Certification/Registration:  The contractor must possess a current and fully active unrestricted license to practice as a registered nurse.  The Case/Utilization Manager shall possess and maintain throughout the course of the contract a current, active, valid, unrestricted (with no limitations, stipulations, or pending adverse actions) state nursing license in one of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.  License must be recognized and accepted by the U.S. State or Territory of practice in accordance with governing regulations. 
3. The Case/Utilization Manager shall possess and maintain throughout the course of the contract a current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through an American Heart Association or American Red Cross approved training program.  The Military Training Facility will provide BLS refresher courses.
4. Experience:  The Case/Utilization Manager shall meet one of the below requirements:
    
   1. Possesses at least three (3) years of nursing experience within the last five (5) years in:  inpatient or outpatient nursing requiring discharge planning, utilization management or closely related fields.
       
   2. Possesses 18 months of case management experience within the past five (5) years.
       
   3. Possesses one of the following certifications:  Commission for Case Manager Certification – Certified Case Manager (CCM); American Nurses Credentialing Center Nurse Case Manager (RN-NCM); National Academy of Certified Care Managers – Case Manager Certified (CMC).  

The proposed acquisition will be solicited as unrestricted.  The NAICS code for this proposed procurement is 621399 and the annual size standard is $8.0 M.  The solicitation will be available on the SAM.gov website (https://sam.gov/) on or around 11 April 2022.  No paper copies of the solicitation will be issued and no solicitation mailing list will be compiled.  The Contracting Officer is Ms. Kanoelani Sing-Ching (kanoelani.c.sing-ching.civ@mail.mil) and the Contract Specialist is Ms. Jayme Nagao (jayme.c.nagao.civ@mail.mil).