SOLICITATION NOTICE
Q -- Pharmacy Services & Intravenous Therapy & Related Services
- Notice Date
- 4/24/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 446110
— Pharmacies and Drug Stores
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), Division of Procurement, Avery 5F, 200 Third Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 26106-5312
- ZIP Code
- 26106-5312
- Solicitation Number
- BPD-AFRW-08-CI-0004
- Point of Contact
- Lisa A Wells,, Phone: 304-480-7026, Wayne G. Buechler,, Phone: 304-480-7242
- E-Mail Address
-
psb1@bpd.treas.gov, psb1@bpd.treas.gov
- Description
- The Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) will be soliciting proposals for Pharmacy Services and Intravenous Therapy & Related Services for the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) in Washington, DC. The Contractor shall provide medications in unit dose, punch card, or vial dispensing systems. TheContractor shall deliver medications on a daily basis, seven (7) days a week. The Contractor shall have a local back-up pharmacy, a consultant pharmacist on-call and/or emergency delivery of medications 24 hours a day. The Contractor shall provide an acceptable timeframe for delivery of emergency medications. The Contractor shall use generic medications whenever possible. The Contractor shall have the expertise in doing drug regimen reviews and offering therapeutic substitutions. The Contractor shall have a current formulary targeted specifically to the geriatric resident. The Contractor shall supply each facility with adequate medication carts, as necessary (estimated two (2) per unit, treatment carts (estimated two (2) per unit) and fax machines. The estimated" equipment for each facility is as follows: Washington: 11 medication carts, 0 treatment carts, and 7 fax machines. The Contractor shall be available to provide services 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The Contractor shall provide Intravenous Services to the Facility seven days a week with regularly scheduled pharmacy deliveries, and shall deliver Products on an emergency basis whenever deemed necessary by the Facility Administrator, charge nurse and/or Director of Nursing. Actual frequency of delivery is determined by patient acuity and drug stability. The Contractor shall provide 24-hour/7-day a week on-call emergency services for equipment failure, prescription drug delivery, and intravenous nursing services. The Contractor shall provide the consulting services of a Clinical Pharmacist on staff for troubleshooting and clinical pharmacy monitoring and consultation twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week. The Contractor shall provide the consulting services of a Clinical Infusion Nurse for trouble-shooting and consultation twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week. When needed, the Contractor shall provide the IV therapy equipment, IV pumps, and IV starter kits necessary to meet the needs of the residents and the Facility. The Contractor must develop Medication Administration Records (MARS), Treatment Administration Records (TARS) and Activities of Daily Living Records (ADL sheets) on a monthly basis The Contractor is required to be an approved provider of Tricare Insurance, 3rd party insurance, and Medicare Services. The Contractor shall have the ability to bill Tricare and 3rd party payors for reimbursement of services. Residents and/or their insurance companies shall be responsible for payment of services. The Government is not responsible for payment and shall not be billed for these services. The Government will be responsible for co-payments and fees for those residents who do not have insurance. AFRH will identify to the Contractor those residents for which AFRH is responsible for payment. Interested offerors may register at http://www.fedbizopps.gov to receive notification when the solicitation and any amendments are issued and available for downloading. Please note that the General Services Administration provides the notification service as a convenience and does not guarantee that notifications will be received by all persons on the mailing list. Therefore, we recommend that you monitor the FedBizOpps site for all information relevant to desired acquisitions. If the Internet option is not available to you, you may receive a hard copy of the solicitation and any amendments (via U.S. Mail) by faxing your request to (304) 480-7203 or e-mailing your request to PSB1@bpd.treas.gov.
- Web Link
-
FedBizOpps Complete View
(https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=188745c6f648f82118c9d9d8e8a91152&tab=core&_cview=1)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Armed Forces Retirement Home, 3700 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20011, United States
- Zip Code: 20011
- Zip Code: 20011
- Record
- SN01560808-W 20080426/080424221153-188745c6f648f82118c9d9d8e8a91152 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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