Q -- Transplantation Services

The Federal Bureau of Prisons-Field Acquisition Office in Grand Prairie, Texas, intends to make a single or multiple awards for the provision of solid organ and bone marrow transplants for the Federal Medical Center, Butner, North Carolina. The procedures related to the Organ Transplantation Program will be as follows: Kidney transplants (DRG 302),Living, living related, and cadaveric donors; Estimated 2 living and 1 cadaveric per year. BMT (DRG481), Autologous;Estimated 2 transplants per year. BMT (DRG481), Allogenic related; Estimated 1 transplant per year. BMT (DRG481), Allogenic unrelated donors; Estimated 1 transplant per year. Liver transplants(DRG 481),Living, living related, and cadaveric donors; Estimated 2 transplants per year. Heart transplants(DRG 103), Cadaveric; Estimated 1 transplant per year. The successful contractor shall provide services to include all pre-transplant services associated with the transplant, the transplant procedure, and all post transplant related care and services. The Contractor shall be a Medicare approved Transplant Center or a member of UNO’s with adequate experience. Services should be located within a 200 mile radius of the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina. Each contract(s) type will be a firm, fixed price, indefinite delivery/requirements contract. The contract(s) term shall consist of a base period extending from the date of award through 12 months with four (4) subsequent, 12 month option periods for renewal, if exercised. The solicitation will be made available on or about May 15, 2003, and will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fedbizopps.gov. All future information concerning this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will be distributed solely through this website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure you have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date for receipt of proposals is on or about June 16, 2003.