National Hansen's Disease Program, DHHS, Attn: General Services Office, 1770 Physicans Park Drive, Baton Rouge, La 70816-3222

S -- PATIENT MEAL AND NUTRITION SERVICE SOL NHDP-00-R-0012 POC Suzanne Shumate, 225-756-3787 (VOICE), 225-756-3786 (FAX) The National Hansen's Disease Programs (NHDP) requires complete daily meal and nutrition service for the patients assigned to the NHDP ward. A contract will be awarded to supply all labor, food, materials, supplies and transportation required for patient meal and nutrition services 7 days week, 365 days a year. The NHDP is a long-term health care facility for patients with Hansen's Disease. The NHDP leases the 30-bed, 3rd floor, of Summit Hospital in Baton Rouge LA. The average patient population is approximately 22. THERE ARE NO FACILITIES WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT'S LEASED SPACE FOR FOOD PREPARATION, SERVING TRAY PREPARATION, STORAGE, CLEAN UP, FOOD WARMING, REFRIGERATION OR DISPOSAL. FOOD SHALL BE PREPARED IN CONTRACTOR SPACES AND DELIVERED TO THE NHDP UNIT. Patient meal and nutrition includes regular diets, soft diets, pureed diets, High CHO, High Protein diets, diabetic diet, 2 GM sodium diets, bedtime snacks, nourishment, yogurt, juice, and meal supplements/substitutes such as Ensure, Promod, Jevity and others as specified by physicians. Meals shall be prepared and served in accordance with JCAHO requirements. The contractor's food preparation facility shall be no further than 10 miles from the NHDP unit and the commuting time shall be no longer than 15 minutes. The base period of the contract shall be from date of award for a period of one year, with two one-year options to renew. Solicitation NO. NHDP-00-R-0012 will be issued on or about August 15, 2000. Solicitation will be prepared as a commercial item procurement in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12. Only written or faxed (FAX # 225-756-3786) requests for the solicitation will be honored. Requests must identify the solicitation number, company name, mailing address, name of a point of contact, telephone number, and fax number. Posted 08/01/00 (W-SN480779). (0214)

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