Q -- SPECIALTY:OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY(EAR, NOSE & THROAT)

Notice Date

June 5, 2001

Contracting Office

Social Security Administration, Deputy Commissioner for = Finance, Assessment and Management, SSA Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, = Suite 22T64, Atlanta, GA, 30303

ZIP Code

30303

Solicitation Number

SSA-RFQ-01-7604-07

Response Due

June 26, 2001

Point of Contact

Joyce Brewster, Contract Specialist, Phone (404)562-5755, Fax = 404-562-5735, Email joyce.a.brewster@ssa.gov -- Judy Armstrong, Contract = Specialist, Phone 404-562-1433, Fax 404-562-5735, Email = judy.armstrong@ssa.gov

Description

The Social Security Administration (SSA) plans to issue a = solicitation to acquire a medical consultant (MC) service in the = specialty of OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY(Ear, Nose & Throat). The services = will be performed at the SSA Office located at the Southeastern Program = Service Center (SEPSC),2001 12th Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama = 35285. The contractor?s responsibilities will include: providing = written consultations resulting from review of SSA disability case = files; consulting with SSA's medical policy staff related to the = development of SSA disability policies; support the disability review = section by processing the medical review needed on initial, = reconsideration, and pre-hearing reviews on disability claims filed = under Title II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act; training other = MC contractors and other personnel; working with government and = non-government agencies and/or medical or non-medical personnel = programs and its objectives. There will be no contact with patients. = The period of performance shall be from the date of award through = December 31, 2001 with provisions for four (4) one-year option. This = service will be procured using Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) = Part 12 procedures. This requirement is a 100% Small Business = Set-Aside. Proposals received from other than Small Business concerns = will be unacceptable and will not be further considered. The = solicitation number is SSA-RFQ-01-7604-07 and is scheduled for release = on or about June 1, 2001, with proposals due twenty (20) days later. = No telephone requests for the RFQ will be honored, requests may be = telefaxed to (404) 562-5735 or mailed to Attn: Joyce A. Brewster, SSA, = ACQ, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Suite 22T64, Atlanta, GA 30303-8907. =20 EMAILADD: joyce.a.brewster@ssa.gov

Web Link

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Record

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