Description
The Indian Health Service is seeking a contractor to provide Medical Technologist or Medical Laboratory Technician services to the IHS Pine Ridge Service Unit Hospital. The contract will consist of a base period of 12 weeks, followed by 17 option periods of 8 weeks each. The contractor will be required to provide a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 10 full-time equivalent (FTE) medical technologists or medical laboratory technicians. The services will include general laboratory medicine, moderate and high complexity testing, and phlebotomy. The contractor will be responsible for providing personnel who meet the required qualifications, including relevant clinical laboratory experience and compliance with the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) education requirements. The contractor will also be required to provide a staffing plan, including staffing reliability, coverage contingencies, and supervisory/quality oversight.
• The contract will be a firm-fixed-price contract, with a total award amount to be determined based on the contractor's quote.
• The contractor will be required to provide services in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS) and the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP).
• The contractor will be evaluated based on technical understanding and staffing capability, past performance, and price.
• The contract will include options for extension, and the contractor will be required to provide a plan for continuity of services in the event of a contract extension.