Request for Proposal to acquire Diabetic Retinopathy screening long-term contract (base year with four(4)-one (1) year options) Base year starting April 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012

The West Palm Beach VA Medical Center (WPB VAMC) located at 7305 North Military Trail West Palm Beach, FL 33410, intends to issue a 100% Small Business Set Aside Request for Proposal (RFP) VA-248-10-RP-0503, seeking to award a firm fixed price indefinite quantity (IDQ) contract to a contractor who can provide diabetic retinal screening services including detection, staging and monitoring services in accordance with the statement of work and solicitation. The period of performance will be for one (1) year base with four (4) One (1) year options to extend, at discretion of the Government. WPB VAMC estimated approximately 360 patients per month. The screening exams will be conducted at the WPB facility and at the Community Based Outpatient Clinics). The contractor shall provide their own equipment, staffing, supervision, scheduling and reading services. The examination results will be entered directly in CPRS. The contractor must provide equipment, photography technician, and Optometrist or Board Certified Ophthalmologist, or Reading Center under the direction of a Medical Director (Board Certified Ophthalmologist who is a retinal specialist), for imaging reading. Contractor shall provide imaging system that includes photography workstation with computer and digital camera equipment. All contract ophthalmologists under this contract must be certified in Ophthalmology, and meet all credentialing and privileging requirements established by the VAMC Medical StaffBylaws prior to commencement of contract work. All staff working under this contract shall be subject of a background investigation and must be initiated prior to commencement of contract work as will be indicated in the solicitation. All work is to be performed in accordance with the guidelines established by Federal, State and local ordinances, and with all terms, conditions, provisions, schedules and specifications provided in the solicitation.



Solicitation No VA-248-10-RP-0503 will be electronically issued in accordance with FAR Part 12 on or about October 4, 2010. The NAICS code for this procurement is 621512 and Small Business Size Standard is $13.5M.



Copies of the solicitation may be obtained at no charge at the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Dissemination is limited to electronic medium and the VA will not provide a hard copy. Any future amendments and other miscellaneous documents will also be available at the URL address. Offerors are advised that they are responsible to monitor for amendments, regularly checking the FBO website, and ensuring registration in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) http://www.ccr.gov and the Online Representation Certifications (ORCA) both found at the Business Partner Network http://www.bpn.gov.



All responsible sources may submit an offer that if timely received and met the VA requirements in accordance with the solicitation will be considered. The point of contact for this procurement is Yamil O. Rodriguez, Contract Specialist. If you have any questions please address them in writing to yamil.rodriguez@va.gov .