Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System - Teleradiology Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 17 seeks board-certified or board-eligible radiologists to provide teleradiology services for the Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System, with proposals due September 15 at 2:00 PM MT. This is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside, an indefinite-quantity contract with a guaranteed minimum of $200,000 and a maximum ceiling of $16,000,000 across the base year (January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027) and four option years through December 31, 2031.

Place of performance is Temple, Texas (Olin E. Teague VA Medical Center). Contractors must hold board certification in radiology, active unrestricted state medical licensure, and comply with credentialing and privileging through the facility's Medical Staff Office. Contractor personnel must complete annual training in VA privacy, HIPAA, ACLS, and BLS. All contractor personnel must maintain work authorization under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Contractors must provide their own teleradiology system, PACS infrastructure, and secure telecommunications links compliant with FIPS 140-2 encryption standards and VA Handbook 6500. The contractor must achieve 98% timeliness for routine reports with 1-hour turnaround for STAT cases, maintain 100% board certification/eligibility of key personnel with zero deviations, and ensure 100% HIPAA compliance with zero breaches.

The solicitation covers eight imaging modalities with estimated annual quantities: 13,000 general radiology procedures, 9,000 CT scans, 3,182 ultrasounds, 2,500 MRI scans, 520 mammograms, 286 PET/CT scans, 260 nuclear stress tests, and 208 general nuclear studies. Pricing shall be submitted on a per-modality reading basis using firm fixed rates. Past performance within the last three years is required. The NAICS code is 621512, Diagnostic Imaging Centers; PSC code is Q522, Medical-Radiology. The Contracting Officer is Noel "Rick" Ramirez (noel.ramirez2@va.gov, 915-217-1245).