R -- PATIENT CARE UNIT CLERKS

RFP - PATIENT CARE UNIT CLERKS This is a notice announcing the issuance of Solicitation/RFP No. 263-2005-P(GK)-0097 for the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) PATIENT CARE UNIT CLERKS A-76 STANDARD COMPETITION. The requirement for Patient Care Unit Clerk services include all management, supervision, administration, and labor to support the Patient Care Unit Clerk services identified in the performance based work statement. The draft was posted in Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) on June 30th under Reference No. PCUC-05-ZG. The revised PWS was posted in FedBizOpps under Reference No. PCUC-05-ZG and Solicitation No. 263-2005-P(GK)-0097 on August 10th. Patient Care Unit Clerk services will be provided at the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. These services are currently provided by ninety-seven (97) government personnel and eight (8) incumbent service providers. The contract will be for one 12-month base year with four 12-month options. This standard competition will comply with the schedules mandated in the OMB Circular A-76. Proposals in response to this RFP are due November 30, 2005. Oral presentations and discussions may be scheduled within a week to ten days of proposal submission. The evaluation and cost comparison results will be announced on or about March 28, 2006. It is recognized that Circular A-76 requires very compressed proposal preparation schedules. A pre-proposal conference is scheduled for November 7, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. at NIH's Clinical Center, 10 Center Drive, Building 10, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. The exact room location will be provided at a later date. Prospective offerors who are interested in attending the pre-proposal conference should provide a notification of the intent to attend. The notification must include the name of your firm, primary contact person, the address, telephone number, e-mail address, and the number of representatives from your firm who will attend the conference. The notification should be directed to the e-mail address: zgore@nih.gov, and must be received by 3:00 p.m. local time on Friday, October 28, 2005. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 56111 - Office Administrative Services, with a size standard of an average of $6.0 million dollars over the last 3 years. This procurement is a not a Small Business Set-Aside. Prospective offerors are responsible for downloading the RFP and all attachments. The Government will not provide printed copies. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the FedBizOpps web page for the release of any amendments to the RFP and related documents. The RFP, Performance Work Statement (PWS), and technical exhibits are located under Patient Care Unit Clerks at the following weblink: http://www.olao.od.nih.gov/VendorResources/RequestForProposal/fy2005a76/