Integrated International Multimedia Medical Decision Support Consultation Program

Response date has been extended to September 9, 2016, 6:00pm ET.  Also, Q&As will be posted shortly. 

Department of State, Office of Medical Services (MED/QI), requires a real time, 24/7/365, continuously available, telemedicine consultation service to assist individual MED providers on an intermittent, as needed, basis worldwide. MED personnel are required to provide urgent medical care for a wide variety of medical conditions, in a wide range of locations, some of which are in high threat areas and/or are austere. MED intends to facilitate provision of the highest quality levels of care. To do so requires access to very competent and specialized medical resources in order to provide consultations that are needed for a wide spectrum of possible illnesses and injuries. The Contractor shall be required to provide MED's medical staff with rapid access to state-of-the-art, knowledgeable, very specialized medical consultants appropriate to that wide range of medical conditions. The Contractor must have the equipment and experience to facilitate telecommunications and provide real-time, expert clinical advice on an "as needed" but urgent basis. The Contractor must be capable of demonstrating that they can routinely provide sources of appropriate medical advice to MED providers who have differing levels of experience, training, and language capabilities. Contractor must be capable of providing telemedicine access to such experts in a manner to accommodate the likelihood that the MED practitioners do not have access to the medical diagnostic and management resources commonly available in the United States. The requirement to make a broad array of specialized consultants continuously available on short notice will mandate Contractor to have access to or an affiliation with resources available in large academic medical centers. Please read the attached PWS in its entirety for detailed information.

The Government assumes no responsibility of any costs incurred as it relates to the Request for Proposal (RFP). All inquiries or questions should be submitted via email, goudyfd@state.gov. Telephone inquiries will not be entertained, accepted or acknowledged.

Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the services as identified in the PWS are invited to submit responses to this RFP via email to Felicia Goudy at goudyfd@state.gov , by September 9, 2016, 6:00pm, EST.  Questions related to the RFP and accompanying documents will be accepted via email through close of business August 26, 2016.