Q--Registered Nursing (RN) Services for the San Antonio Military Healthcare System (SAMHS)

Industry is invited to review the DRAFT solicitation and submit question and comments no later than Monday, August 13, 2012, 4:00 PM CST to Yesenia Rodriguez, Contract Specialist, phone (210) 221-3703, fax (210) 221-5402, email: Yesenia.Rodriguez1@amedd.army.mil and Gary Hankins, Contracting Officer, phone (210) 221-3876, fax (210) 221-5402, email Gary.Hankins@amedd.army.mil. This DRAFT solicitation is being issued to gather comments and suggestions from potential offerors prior to the release of the final solicitation. It is designed to reduce proposal preparation and evaluation time and promote a clearer understanding to industry of the requirements with a goal of a more effective and less costly contract. The DRAFT solicitation is not a formal request for proposals and offers in response to this DRAFT solicitation will not be accepted. Description of Requirement: The U.S. Army Medical Command has a requirement to obtain personal services of registered nurses (RNs) for the San Antonio Military Health System (SAMHS), which is comprised of the San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), formerly Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center (WHASC), formerly Wilford Hall Medical Center (WHMC), Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; and their outlying clinics throughout the San Antonio, Texas area. The scope of services provided at SAMHS covers the same range of services as those that are provided in civilian hospitals of similar size and complexity. SAMMC is a level one trauma center and features the burn unit, Center for the Intrepid, multiple critical care units, intensive care units, step down units, medical-surgical units, pediatrics, maternal child, surgical services, extensive specialty/subspecialty services supported by Graduate Medical Education program, ambulatory clinics, and other specialty clinics. WHASC is the largest outpatient surgical center in the Air Force and no longer provides inpatient services. The contractor shall provide employee support for a seven (7) day/week, 24 hour/day operation, to include holidays. All contract healthcare providers shall perform essentially the same functions, within the scope of acceptable practice for the specific specialty or position, as those required by the MTFs government service healthcare professionals of similar experience and in similar duty assignments. The anticipated contract will have a five-year ordering period and the period of performance of the first task order(s) is anticipated to begin April 1, 2013.