Part-time personal services of an Extracorporeal Membranous Oxygenation (ECMO) Coordinator at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii

The Pacific Regional Contracting Office (PRCO) at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), Hawaii intends to award a firm-fixed price, personal services contract for an experienced part-time Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Coordinator for the Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Services, at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), Hawaii. This requirement is for a period of performance from 15August 2012 through 14 August 2013 (Base and 1 Option Period).

The ECMO Coordinator (EC) shall provide ECMO transport support services and clinical patient care services at TAMC. The EC shall also assist in the training of TAMC providers to provide safe and effective extracorporeal care. Due to the life sustaining nature of extracorporeal support, and it's use when people have cardiac or respiratory failure, the EC shall be required to report to work within 2 hours in case of an emergency need for ECMO.

The proposed acquisition is intended as a sole source set-aside to Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children (KMC). The State of Hawaii has only one active ECMO program and one active ECMO Coordinator, and both are at KMC. KMC is the only medical facility on the island of Oahu that can provide the necessary services of an experienced EC in an emergent situation that would require immediate attention.

The Contracting Officer is Ms. Beatrice Cherry, (808) 433-7009, beatrice.k.cherry@us. army.mil and the Contract Specialist is Ms. Carol Tanaka, (808) 433-4483, carol.h.tanaka@us.army.mil.