What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe Federal Bureau of Prisons requires one optometrist to provide optometry services for the incarcerated inmate population at the Federal Correctional Complex in Pollock, Louisiana. The selected contractor must perform evaluations, complete 15 to 20 scheduled exams per eight-hour day, and deliver legible written reports. The contract schedule includes a base year and four option years, with performance anticipated at up to 1,880 one-hour sessions per year for an average of 40 sessions per week between 7:30 am and 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday. The competition is unrestricted, but the agency intends to establish a Blanket Purchase Agreement against an existing Federal Supply Schedule contract. The candidate optometrist must hold a diploma from an accredited program, a current professional license, and one year of optometry experience, while passing required security clearances and background vouchering. Quoters must submit the optometrist's name, work experience, and proof of qualifications at the time of quote submission. The solicitation is anticipated to post on or before September 11, 2026, with an estimated award date in October or November 2026. For evaluation purposes, the buyer will add 7.65% to the price submitted by non-incorporated individuals.
Scope of work
- Evaluation of patients as referred by medical staff
- Eye exams as requested
- Diagnosis of eye conditions and removal of foreign objects from the eye
- Tonometry exams
- Recommendations for treatment and follow-up care
- Prescribing corrective lenses or frames as appropriate
- Fitting of eye glasses and adjustment of frames
- Completing 15 to 20 scheduled exams per eight-session day using the Electronic Medical Record
Minimum qualifications
- Diploma from an accredited program
- 1 year of experience in Optometry
- Current professional license to practice Optometry in Louisiana
- No negative employment termination within 36 months prior to vouchering
- Must pass security clearances listed in the Contract
- Free of infectious diseases
- Ability to work with an AIC population and medical staff
- Knowledge of routine office duties, computers, word processing, and typing skills
Documents to include with your response
- Verification of credentials
- Proof of malpractice insurance
- Proof of medical indemnification insurance
- Proof of qualifications
- Optometrist name and work experience
How to submit
- Instructions
- Optometrist name, work experience, and proof of qualifications must be provided at the time the quote is submitted.
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Offices of Optometrists). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of Justice, NAICS 621320, performed in LA
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Top vendors in this category: Department of Justice, NAICS 621320, since Oct 1, 2024
83 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. NATIONAL EYE CARE, INC.$291.7K
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Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.