Q -- Medical Consultant Services - Psychiatry

The Social Security Administration (SSA) requires the services of contractors to provide medical consultant services in the specialty of Psychiatry. Consultation services shall consist of the electronic review of medical evidence in disability claims on-site only at 1221 Nevin Avenue, Richmond, CA. No patient contact. Some travel may be required. The following is required of offerors: (1) a valid license to practice medicine in the U.S.; (2) completion of an accredited residency in a relevant medical specialty; (3) current or recent clinical experience related to the specialty listed, and/or experience reviewing/adjudicating disability cases in the specialty listed, and (4) be available for onsite work a minimum of 12 hours per week, at least 2 days per week and for 44 weeks of the calendar year between 6:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday. All potential contractors will be required to pass a security background check before beginning performance on an award. Any prospective contractor must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) in order to be eligible for award. To register in the CCR at the website: www.ccr.gov, applicants must have a DUN and Bradstreet number and Tax Identification Number (TIN). The base period of performance shall be from approximately May 01, 2008 or date of award, whichever is later, through December 31, 2008, with provisions for the inclusion of two one-year option periods. This requirement is a 100% small business set aside. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 621111 and the size standard is $9.0M. This requirement will be procured utilizing procedures in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13.5 - Commercial Item Test Program. Proposals received from other than small business concerns will be deemed unacceptable and will be given no further consideration. The solicitation is scheduled for release on or about March 19, 2008. The solicitation (and any amendments) will be available for downloading on the Fed Biz Ops (FBO) web page at www.fbo.gov. All parties interested in submitting an offer should download the solicitation from the FBO web site. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be accepted.