The Defense Health Agency has awarded 36 small-business positions on a potential five-year, $7.5 billion contract to provide medical staffing services to U.S. military treatment facilities.

The multiple-award contract solicited through FedBizOpps, contains a five-year ordering period.

Argent Technologies, LLC is a small business partner sub-contractor to one of the 36 identified Prime Contractor awardees within DHA MQS.

Under the MQS contract, Argent places qualified credentialed providers to Military Treatment Facilities worldwide.

Additionally, Argent is a GSA contract holder and vetted by VetBiz to work with the VA as a Prime Contractor.

What is DHA MQS?

DHA is the Defense Health Agency, MQS is the Medical Q-coded Series (MQS).

MQS is a five (5) year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for small businesses. This contract will provide personal or non-personal medical services to supplement medical professionals currently stationed at MTFs managed by DHA and the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and U.S. Navy throughout the 50 U.S. states, District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico. (e.g., military personnel, DoD civilian employees or other contracted staff) in accomplishing its mission, by providing direct health care services to eligible beneficiaries.

Under the DHA MQS contract, contracting companies will provide physicians, nurses, dental and ancillary healthcare workers

• Physician Services: Primary and specialty care physicians who deliver routine, preventive, and specialty care services to patients.
• Nursing Services: Services provided by HCWs including, but not limited to, registered and/or licensed nursing personnel including all types of registered and advanced practice nurses as well as practical and vocational nurses.
• Ancillary Services: Services provided by HCWs who deliver patient treatment or assist in the provision of patient treatment including, but not limited to, audiologists, clinical laboratory personnel, dietitians, mid-level providers (i.e., nurse practitioners, physician assistants), occupational therapists, pharmacists, physical therapists, podiatrists, radiology support, respiratory therapists, speech pathologists, and clinical support staff such as medical assistants.

Contract Details:

Contract Name: DHA MQS

Contract Number: HT0050-18-D-0018 Sub Contract: MH00-000.01

While Argent provides services to the DHA through the MQS contract as a subcontractor to many of the listed Prime Contractors, we routinely bid as the Prime Contractor via bids to FedBizOps, GSA EBuy, VA and numerous other USG contract instruments.

We are a Prime Contractor to the US Government, currently placing over 60% of all contract Flight Surgeons nationwide.

Customers wishing to take advantage of Argent Technologies’ demonstrated excellence in performance and cost savings outside of DHA MQS services may contact any member of our management team.

Argent Technologies, LLC (AT, LLC) has been awarded new contracts to provide Aerospace Medical Physicians at Columbus AFB, Randolph AFB, and Little Rock AFB. AT, LLC now holds a total of seven direct award contracts with the US Armed Forces. They are also currently bidding on an additional five contracts.

Contract number FA3022-16-T-0024 was awarded to AT, LLC to fill a vacancy at Columbus Air Force Base, just north of Columbus, Mississippi. This position is for an Aerospace Medical Physician in support of the 14th Flying Training Wing.

AT, LLC was also awarded contract number FA3016-16-F-0096 to provide an Aerospace Medical Physician to the HQ Air Education Training Command (AETC) at Randolph AFB in San Antonio, TX.

Finally, contract number AFB-A4460-16-F-0052 names AT, LLC as the prime contractor to provide one Aerospace Medical Physician to Little Rock Air Force Base, outside of Little Rock, Arkansas. Little Rock Air Force Base is the the primary C-130 Hercules training base for the Department of Defense, training C-130 pilots, navigators, flight engineers, and loadmasters from all branches of the US military in tactical airlift and aerial delivery. It is home to 19th Airlift Wing.

Argent Technologies, LLC is a small, service connected disabled, and veteran owned company providing engineering services and technical consulting with expertise across a broad range of technical enterprises. In recent years, AT, LLC has found a niche in providing contracted medical and specialty personnel to US military bases worldwide.

In February 2014, AT, LLC received a Federal Service Supply List number under contract #797-FSS-00-0115-R3 for services procured through the GSA for SIN 621-I "Professional and Allied Health Care Services”, 621-001 Physician (Aerospace Medicine). This greatly expanded the company's ability to submit bids as the prime contractor to provide ambulatory health care services to the US government at competitive rates. Since that time, AT, LLC has grown to staff more than 60% of US Flight Medicine Physicians worldwide.

AT, LLC continues to grow and expand into new areas. It is currently teaming to bid on many other locations and positions outside of the medical field.

Argent Technologies, LLC (AT, LLC) is a small, service connected disabled, and veteran owned Company. It is an engineering services and technical consulting firm with expertise across a broad range of technical enterprises including but not limited to development of operations, training and logistics programs, process development and analysis, systems integration, scientific research and technology applications and the global placement of personnel with highly specialized skill sets. AT, LLC employees and consulting partners include career military instructor pilots, flight surgeons and aeromedical personnel, engineers, scientists, intelligence personnel, IT and telephony, law enforcement experts, UAS operators, and aircraft maintenance and logistics personnel with world-wide tactical experience. The president of AT, LLC recently prepared and delivered a seminar entitled "Conference on Commercialization of the UAS," to industry leaders and academics at Embry Riddle University.

AT, LLC has produced studies, analyses and written proposals for maintenance programs, manned and unmanned flight operations, allied training programs, commercial use of composite materials and produced business modeling for the use of unmanned aerial systems in the commercial and civil sector. We've been consultants to private and public sector corporations, law enforcement agencies, civil governments, state and local municipalities on emergency disaster response and homeland security issues, manned/unmanned aerial systems and radio interoperability. Successes include structuring and negotiating multi-year, multi-million dollar development contracts, marketing customer products and capabilities both domestically and internationally. We've written, submitted and won grants totaling over $7 million dollars to our clients. We've placed highly specialized personnel in defense and industry billets globally.

Goals: Our number one goal is to provide timely, innovative solutions that solve customer needs as simply and cost effectively as possible. Superior service, availability and responsiveness are corporate trademarks. Though we are a small company, our program managers and service representatives are available 24/7 to respond to customer needs. We average same day acknowledgement to all inquiries.

Vision: "Argent Technologies will distinguish itself as a small business leader recognized for the passion and expertise of its people and partners for providing cost effective, innovative and responsive service in technology services and personnel placement."

Mission Statement: The mission at Argent Technologies is to meet customer needs using a cost effective, innovative approach to craft solutions to technical, operational, training, personnel and logistical challenges. Our low overhead is powered by a large network of subject matter experts placed globally to ensure the best fit, lowest cost, and widest reach from our company to our customer.