Description
The Indian Health Service is seeking a contractor to provide temporary optometrist services for the Quentin N Burdick Memorial Healthcare Facility in Belcourt, North Dakota. The contract will be for a firm-fixed price, non-personal service, and the period of performance will be for one year. The contractor will be required to provide all necessary personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform the duties of an optometrist. The contractor will be responsible for conducting business between the hours of 8:00 am-4:30 pm, and the work will be performed at the Quentin N Burdick Memorial Healthcare Facility. The contractor will be required to develop and maintain an effective quality control program to ensure services are performed in accordance with the contract.
Key aspects of the job include:
• Providing a full scope of optometric services to patients of all ages
• Developing and implementing procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services
• Maintaining proper medical record information on beneficiaries
• Preparing all medical records documentation to meet or exceed the established standards of the I.H.S. facility
• Ensuring the stability and continuity of the workforce
The contract resulting from this solicitation will be a non-personal health care services contract under which the contractor is an independent contractor. The government will evaluate the contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan.