Q -- HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR PRISONERS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

Notice Date

December 21, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, Parklawn Building Room 5-101 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857

ZIP Code

20857

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-233-02-0013

Response Due

February 22, 2002

Point of Contact

Marc Long, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-443-7086, Fax 301-443-2761, Email mlong@psc.gov

Description

The Program Support Center (PSC)/HHS, on behalf of the United States Marshals Service (USMS), is submitting this Request for Information (RFI). The United States Marshals Service (USMS) is a law enforcement agency within the Department of Justice and is responsible for providing medical care to prisoners in USMS custody. USMS prisoners are routinely housed in state and local detention facilities located throughout the 50 states, and protectorates such as Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam. The USMS requires services to provide a nationwide integrated health care system to augment the services provided through State and local detention facilities. This health care system must deliver quality, cost effective and accessible off-site community services for secondary and tertiary health care to approximately 32,000 USMS prisoners housed in an estimated 1,200 state, county and local jails located in or near 285 Federal court cities. The USMS and the PSC is requesting industry to provide information and comment on the Statement of Work (SOW) for this health care system. This is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP). Requests for a RFP and/or to be placed on a mailing list will not be accepted. Should the Government decide to proceed with this requirement, an announcement shall be made and a RFP shall be issued at a later date. The SOW can be downloaded and viewed in MS WORD and Rich Text from FedBizOpps. In addition to the SOW, the Government has a list of specific questions for industry to consider and can also be reviewed in MS Word and Rich Text. Firms may submit their comments in writing to the Contracting Officer, Marc L. Long at mlong@psc.gov. Please be sure to provide your firm?s name, contact person, address, telephone and facsimile numbers with your submission. This RFI will be open for 60 days after the publication date. One-on-one meetings between the Government and industry are encouraged. Meetings will only be scheduled after the Government has received written feedback on the SOW from the firm requesting the meeting. Scheduling of meetings will commence 30 days after this RFI publication date. Contact the Contracting Officer to schedule a meeting. All information provided shall be kept confidential. This RFI shall remain open for 60 days. Reference RFI Number 233-02-0013.

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011226/QSOL003.HTM (D-355 SN5158O5)