Region One Medical Director

The Forest Service anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract with a base plus option years for obtaining professional services to provide Emergency Medical Services medical direction for the Incident Medical Specialist Program and Forest Service employees in Region One. The Forest Service employees are collateral duty Emergency Care Providers and as such are normally employed as wildland firefighters. Most of those working under the auspice of the IMS program are Forest Service employees. There are also interagency and emergency hire employees included under the IMS program. All are currently credentialed in Montana and possibly Idaho as Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics.

The contractor must have the following qualifications and background:
1. Experience in providing EMS courses or emergency medical presentations to the EMS personnel outlined in this contract. Wildland fire experience will provide the background to meet the needs of this training.
2. Has the following current licenses and certifications:
a. Board Certified in Family Medicine with a strong background of experience in Emergency Medicine
b. American Board of Emergency Medicine - EMS subspecialty board certified or board eligible
c. Unrestricted DEA license
The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 621111, Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) and the small business size standard is $11 million, set-aside 100% for small business.

The solicitation package will be available approximately on March 16, 2016 and should be downloaded from this website at that time. No hard copies will be mailed out. Point of contact is Jeanne Windle, njwindle@fs.fed.us, USDA Forest Service, 24 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, MT 59804.