STATEMENT OF WORK Revised

STATEMENT OF WORK

1. Scope of Work. The Contractor shall furnish all equipment, supplies, personnel, supervision, transportation, and software to provide medical physicist testing/reporting services in support of medical and dental X-Ray equipment, including CT scanners for Radiology and/or Nuclear Medicine (mobile and/or fixed), PET scanners, SPECT/CT scanners, D-SPECT scanner, DEXA, and MRI scanners. The services are to be provided at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System (SFVAHSC) located at 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, California, 94121, the Santa Rosa Clinic CBOC, the Eureka Clinic CBOC, and the Oakland Clinic CBOC. Key elements of the medical physics X-Ray testing/reporting for medical and dental X- Ray units include: 1.1. Overall testing of the medical X-Ray equipment, dental X-Ray equipment, and MRI equipment.
1.2. Evaluation of all medical X-Ray and MRI equipment. 1.3. Ensuring SFVAHCS facility complies with X-Ray testing standards, regulations as indicated by VHA National Health Physics Program (NHPP), and federal and professional organizations. 1.4. Coordination with the SFVAHCS Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) for scheduling, reporting, addressing immediate safety issues, re-testing, and addressing any questions regarding testing results.
1.5 Annual quality assurance review of all X-Ray procedures including required quality assurance program specific for each type of modality (CT, fluoroscopic, nuclear medicine). 1.6 Annual certification of CT units for diagnostic procedures including the PET/CT and SPECT/CT.
1.7 Available consultation with the Radiation Safety Committee as required for clarification and/or recommendations. This may include telephone conference and/or attendance at the Radiation Safety Committee.
1.8 Annual inspection of lead garment inventory and personal protection equipment (PPE), including thyroid shields, gloves, goggles, table and scatter drapes, portable lead shield devices, patient shields, and of their proper storage and use. This inspection includes PPE inventory located at the Santa Rosa VA Outpatient Clinic, the Eureka VA Outpatient Clinic, the Oakland VA Outpatient Clinic, as well as the San Francisco VA Health Care System at 4150 Clement Street. 1.9 Available consultation for additional safety training as needed. 2. Personnel. This contract requires that certain tasks be performed by a licensed Medical Physicist; therefore, the Contractor will be required to designate specific individuals to perform as