SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- PRN Nurse Practitioner for the National Institute on Aging’s Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Life Span (HANDLS) Study
- Notice Date
- 1/27/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 621399
— Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 4211 - MSC 9559, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-2016-117
- Archive Date
- 2/20/2016
- Point of Contact
- Samantha A. Kelly, Phone: 3014028855
- E-Mail Address
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samantha.kelly2@nih.gov
(samantha.kelly2@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF INTENT INTRODUCTION: THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT TO ACTION. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Station Support Contracts and Simplified Acquisitions Branch (SS/SA) on behalf of the National Institute of Aging intends to negotiate and award a contract for the "PRN Nurse Practitioner for the National Institute on Aging's Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Life Span (HANDLS) Study". EXTENT OF COMPETITION: This acquisition is full and open with no set-aside restrictions. NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE: The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 621399 with a Size Standard of $7.5 Million. REGULATORY AUTHORITY: The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-85-1 dated January 4, 2016. This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 12-Acquisition of Commercial Items at an amount not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold ($150,000). DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: Background: The National Institute on Aging (NIA), one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of NIH, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. The Intramural Research Program (IRP) of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) provides a stimulating setting for a comprehensive effort to understand aging through multidisciplinary investigator-initiated research, in this regard. The Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences (LEPS), one of NIA IRP's ten laboratories, plans, conducts, and directs epidemiology, demography, and biometry programs relevant to the mission of the NIA. Within LEPS, the Health Disparities Research Section (HDRS) conducts interdisciplinary clinical and basic science research focused on examining the underlying cause of the disproportionate incidence, morbidity and mortality of age-related disease among minority and low socioeconomic status (SES) Americans. Dissecting the interaction of race, socioeconomic status, culture, behavior, environmental exposure, biologic vulnerabilities, genetics, social environment, health care access, and quality of health care provides insight into how these interactions result in disproportionate rates of age-related disease and disability. The ultimate goal of this approach is to transform scientific discoveries arising from laboratory, clinical, or population studies into clinical applications to reduce incidence, morbidity, and mortality of age-associated diseases and health disparities. This is accomplished by the development and implementation of a clinical component (The Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) study) and a basic science laboratory component that are interdependent and pursuing related hypotheses. HANDLS investigators conduct their research study on NIA's mobile Medical Research Vehicles (MRVs) located throughout Baltimore City, MD. The HANDLS participants are transported to the MRV location where examinations are performed daily. The MRVs are staffed with a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, cardiac technician, community coordinator, cognitive tester, and an ultra-sonographer, who administer a combination of clinical and research procedures that provide the study with necessary data and the participants with valuable health information. It is critical that the program (MRV) is fully staffed on testing days. MRVs are open 5 days per week (Monday - Sunday), with a rotating schedule for weekend work. The HANDLS Clinical Nurse Practitioner is responsible for screening, conducting history and physicals, follow up assessments and interventions for HANDLS research participants on the HANDLS Medical Research Vehicles (MRVs). This position will function independently and in collaboration with NIA LEPS HANDLS Physicians, PIs, and Clinical Study Manager. Purpose and Objectives: The purpose of this requirement is to obtain the services of a licensed nurse practitioner to provide back-up services, as needed for the primary NIA nurse practitioner where the list of services may be modified. Period of Performance: Base Year: 03/01/2016 through 02/28/2017 Optional Renewal Years: Option Year #1: 03/01/2017 through 02/28/2018 Project Description: Independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall be required to furnish all the necessary services, qualified personnel, material, equipment, and facilities, not otherwise provided by the Government, as needed to perform the tasks as specified herein. Specifically, the contractor shall be responsible for providing a qualified Nurse Practitioner to perform services, not limited to, the following tasks listed below: 1.Functions as a certified nurse practitioner for a specified patient population, within the state of Maryland, while appropriately consulting medical staff colleagues. a.Independently assesses acute and non-acute clinical problems and toxicities. b.Performs and documents physical assessments and patient histories through electronic data capture system. c.Predicts and analyzes trends in patient conditions and develops a patient management plan in response to the data obtained. d.Communicates and collaborates with the multidisciplinary research team to ensure that patient management strategies are successful in meeting patient care and/or research needs. 2.Independently provides patient and family counseling and health education, to a diverse and complex patient population, with consideration of the patient's learning needs, learning readiness and impediments to the process. a.Serves as a patient advocate along with other health care professionals. b.Collaborates with the patient, family and significant others in developing plans that consider and respect the patient's cultural background, level of understanding, and available resources and support systems. 3.Comprehensive patient management services may include the following if appropriate: a. Ordering and interpreting appropriate laboratory and diagnostic studies b.Referring patients for consultation when indicated c.Documenting through in-depth progress notes d.Providing skillful monitoring of patients for possible adverse reactions to drugs or procedures that may require emergency treatment or revision of the prescribed regimen e.Performing emergency management procedures on unstable patients exercising sound judgment in initiating emergency measures and interpreting observations to physicians. 4.Performs study eligibility screening assessments, blood draws and processing, anthropometric measures, medical history & physical examinations and EKGs in accordance with policy and study protocol. 5.Performs all study measurements and procedures as indicated by protocol. 6.Monitors participants' compliance and adverse effects, assumes PRN on-call duties, as necessary to answer participants' questions and assure participants health and safety. Reviews and approves participant report packets prior to distribution. 7.Demonstrates expertise in data management and computer skills. a.Reviews patients' charts to collect relevant clinical data. b.Analyzes trends in patient responses. c.Recognizes patient issues that demand physician's immediate attention. d.Directs and performs quality assurance and quality control activities as they relate to protocol adherence, protocol monitoring, data collection, data abstraction and data analysis. 8.The contracted tour may be any day Monday-Sunday and the tour hours are expected to coincide with the HANDLS team's tour of duty, which is usually 8:00am to 4:30pm. 9.The contractor shall perform the work as directed by the NIA Physician or NIA Principal Investigators. 10.The contractor must complete the NIH required on-boarding training courses (approximately 16 hours), and protocol-specific training on HANDLS and MRV procedures for data collection and testing procedures (up to 64 hours). 11.HANDLS is a field-based study that is conducted on mobile Medical Research Vehicles (MRVs), without the support of a hospital or emergency department within close proximity to the testing location and therefore requires documented evidence of an experienced clinician with a high degree of competence and independence in being able to identify and respond to medical and or psychiatric emergencies quickly and appropriately. 12.Documented evidence of experience working in a clinical research setting with a vulnerable population is highly desirable. 13.Documented evidence with experience in identifying, responding to and documenting untoward medical events in a clinical research setting. CLOSING STATEMENT The solicitation will be issued on or about February 8, 2016, and bids or proposals will be tentatively due about 10 days after the solicitation release date. Potential offerors may request a copy of the solicitation from Samantha Kelly, Contract Specialist, electronically at Samantha.Kelly2@nih.gov. Please reference the solicitation number HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-2016-117 on your electronic and fax request.
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