Q509--Locum - Mem ER Physician Services - 614 POP: 10/01/2024 to 09/30/2029

d. Do you anticipate Board Certified Emergency physicians, or do you accept Board Certifications w/ER experience from other physicians? Answer: The requirement is for Board Certified / Board Eligible Emergency Medicine Physician Services. Will accept Board Certified EM/FM with ED experience case by case review Is there an incumbent contractor? If so please provide the contract number. Answer: Yes, there is a one-year purchase order in place. Please reference PO #36C24923P0885 Question: If there is a current incumbent, can you please cite the contract number. Answer: Yes, there is a one-year purchase order in place. Please reference PO #36C24923P088 Question: Is there any incumbent for this opportunity who is currently performing these services? If yes, please provide us the Contract number, incumbent vendor s name and the performance duration. Answer: Yes, there is a one-year purchase order in place. Please reference PO #36C24923P088 Question:� Is this contract a follow on to incumbent contracts? If so, would the Government kindly share the contract numbers with us? Answer: Yes, there is a one-year purchase order in place. Please reference PO #36C24923P0885 Question: Is there a current incumbent? If so, please identify the company? Answer: Please reference PO #36C24923P0885 Question:� Does the Government already have any incumbents that are certified/qualified? Answer:� There is a one-year purchase order in place. Please reference PO #36C24923P0885. This PO is set to expire and be replaced by this RFP. Question:� Are there incumbent physicians already in place? If so, are positions currently filled? Answer:� There is a one-year purchase order in place providing coverage. Please reference PO #36C24923P0885. This PO is set to expire and be replaced by this RFP. Question:� If there is an incumbent and current employees, does the government wish to retain the current staff? If so, please add FAR Clause 52.207-3 to the contract. � � � � � � � � � Answer:� Noted, thank you. Question: I would like to confirm whether this is a new requirement or if there is already a current provider. Answer: There is a one-year purchase order in place. Please reference PO #36C24923P0885 Question: Would the Government confirm if this Task Order new or being added onto a previous one? Will it be added to in the future? Answer: There is a one-year purchase order in place. Please reference PO #36C24923P0885 for additional information. This RFP is for a new requirement to provide a base plus four years coverage. Is solicitation 36C24924R0034 for Emergency Room Physician Services unrestricted or is this RFQ SDVOSB set-aside 100%? Answer: This RFP is a 100% SDVOSB set-aside. Question: If no qualifying SDVOSBs are found, would proposals from other set-aside categories be considered? Answer: This RFP is a 100% SDVOSB set-aside. Question: Can you please confirm that this solicitation is unrestricted so that we may bid on it as a large company? Answer: This RFP is a 100% SDVOSB set-aside. Question: Can the government please confirm the set aside on this solicitation? Answer: This RFP is a 100% SDVOSB set-aside. Will you accept ABIM or ABFM board certified physicians with ER experience? Answer: Yes, case by case review What are the current shifts? Are they all 12 hours? Answer: 10-hour shifts, Main ED 7a-5p, 8a-6p, 10a-8p (PIT), 11a-9p, 3p-1a, 4p-2a, 10p-8a, and Fast Track 7a-4p, 8a-5p, 12p-10p. Question:� Can the government please provide on average how many hours are worked on a monthly/yearly basis out of the 12,480 allocated hours, based on the "as needed basis" Answer:10 hour shifts-weekdays 7a-5p, 8a-6p, (PIT) 10a-8p, 11a-9p, 12p-10p (covers fast track 5p), 7a-5p Fast track, 9a-7p Fast track. Weekends no PIT or 11a shift. Would the Government please clarify if this is an on-call Emergency Physician? Answer: No. If not, what are the shifts for the Physicians? Are they expected to take on 8-, 10-, or 12-hour shifts? Answer: Answered above. How many staff doctors are on the ED schedule? What hours/shifts do they work? Answer: 10 staff per weekday, 8 staff per weekend/holiday Question:� Who drafts the schedule?� Answer:� Deputy Chief of ED. Question:� Can a schedule of contractor shifts be forwarded for reference?� Answer:� Current shifts have been provided in other answers. Question:� What type of support staff are on site to assist with direct patient care? Answer:� Nurse/techs Question:� What is the facility patient volume? Answer:� 23K per year Question:� What are the providers expected daily patient volume?� Answer:� 1-1.5 patients per hour acute side, 2 patients per hour fast track Question:� How far in advance is the schedule set for providers? Answer:� 30 days Question:� Is there a shift schedule already in place for the expected 6 FTE need? If so, what shifts are these 6 FTEs expected to cover? Answer:� 11a-9p, 12p-10p, 3p-1a.� Fill in 9a-7p (Tract) for a total of 6 FTE. How many advanced practitioners are on the ED schedule? What hours/shifts do they work? Answer: 3 APP s only on the track as above. We do not need locum APP s. What shifts/hours do the contractors typically cover? � Answer: Shifts with other providers What are the shift hours for weekdays, weekends and holidays?� Answer: As above How many man hours of physician and APPs are currently staffed in the ED? Can you provide the details of the shift coverage (ex: MD 7a-7p, MD� 12p-12a, MD 7p-7a, APP 7a-7p etc) Answer: As above Question: Can you specify how the contractors are scheduled?� Answer: Please reference above. Question: What are the associated shift hours? For example (i.e. 07-7p, 7p-07a), or are they 8 hour shifts (i.e. 08a-430p, 4p-12 midnight, mid-08a)?� Answer: Please reference above. Is there a trauma designation for the ER facility? Answer: No trauma unless dropped, trauma center across street What are the current medical and surgical specialties available in the hospital? Answer: Medicine: Psychiatry, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, ID, Endocrinology, Neurology, and Dermatology. Surgery: Limited Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Colorectal Surgery and ENT. How many current federal employed physicians work in emergency department? Answer: 12 plus ED Chief and Deputy What is the current annual ER volume? Answer: 23K What s the annual ED volume?� Answer: 23K On an average how many patients per hour is seen by the ER physician? Answer: 10 What is the average number of patients per day? Annual ED patient census? Answer: 50-90 (Sometimes 100 on Mondays) Is there a fast track? If so, can you provide the distribution of patient volume the main ED and fast track?� Answer: Yes, Fast Track-40% patients (level 4+5 ESI) How many beds in the acute care facility?� Answer: Who does the admissions from the ED? Who writes the admit orders? Answer: ED providers-write basic admit orders to get bed-then medicine completes orders What percentage of hospital admissions come through the ED?� Answer: 20% Do ED providers respond to Codes outside the department in other areas of the facility (i.e. rehab unit or domiciliary units)? Answer: No Is there a respiratory team / code team? Who manages/runs the codes? Answer: RT responds to codes-ED runs its own codes What level acuity is the ED? Answer: All levels What specialties / support staff are on call to back up the ED (i.e. cardiologist, psychiatrist, surgery)