DESCRIPTION OF WORK. The Contractor shall provide personnel to perform the personal professional services of one FTE Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (NP) in the Division of Clinical Services (includes behavioral medicine division, primary care clinics, Emergency Room, inpatient psychiatric ward, Consolidated Troop Medical Clinic (CTMC), Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP), after hours clinic or elsewhere as needed. The provider may be required to provide services in any/all of these areas should the need arise. If the psychiatric nurse practitioner works in the ER, they will not be required to perform emergency trauma work. An emergency could arise where all psychiatric nurse practitioner would be required to provide any medical assistance possible. The CTMC, SRP and Victory clinic are located about 2 miles from GLWACH. The contractor shall provide transportation between the two locales. The contract provider shall possess qualifications meeting or exceeding currently recognized national standards as established by the Joint Commission (JC). Care provided under this contract shall be as comprehensive as government supplied facilities, equipment, and support services permit. The base period of performance is on or before 1 January 2010 – 30 September 2010, with four (4) twelve-month option periods (1 October 2010 through
30 September 2011, and annually thereafter through September 2014).