SOLICITATION NOTICE
Q -- 460-15-2-020-0001 OUTPATIENT HEALTH SOLUTIONS OUTPAT RX'S FOR CBOCS EDA: 01 Jan 2015
- Notice Date
- 11/10/2014
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 524292
— Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 4
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- VA24415Q0110
- Response Due
- 11/17/2014
- Archive Date
- 1/16/2015
- Point of Contact
- Lee Copeland
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
- Description
- STATEMENT OF WORK 1.The contract pharmacy agrees to fill and dispense original prescriptions for eligible Veteran patients written by VA physicians assigned to: VAMC WILMINGTON 1601 KIRKWOOD HIGHWAY WILMINGTON, DE 19805 And Community Based Outpatient Clinics: VINELAND CBOC: 1051 W. SHERMAN AVE BLDG 3, UNIT B VINELAND, NJ08360 NORTHFIELD CBOC: 1909 NEW ROAD, NORTHFIELD, NJ 08225 CAPE MAY CBOC: 1 MUNRO AVE, CAPE MAY, NJ08204 GEORGETOWN CBOC: 15 GEORGETOWN PLAZA, GEORGETOWN, DE19947 DOVER CBOC: 1196 S. GOVERNORS AVE. SUITE 201, DOVER, DE 19904 2.All prescriptions must be written on VA prescription blanks (VA Form 10-2577F) only. Prescriptions written on non-VA providers are not authorized. 3.Prescriptions shall be filled and dispensed for drugs listed in the VA National Drug Formulary. The VA National Drug Formulary is available at www.pbm.va.gov. Prescription requests for non-formulary items require the prior authorization of the Chief of Pharmacy or Designee. 4.All prescriptions shall be filled for quantities not to exceed (10) days. Exceptions are for antibiotics which can be filled for up to ten (10) days and commercially packaged solutions, ointments, inhalers, etc. 5.No refills of prescriptions will be authorized. The contractor shall fill Only New Prescriptions. 6.Prescriptions filled under this contract shall be generic drugs. The only exception to this will be for the following drugs which shall be filled by the NAME BRAND only: a.DIGOXIN b.PACERONE c.SYNTHROID d.PROGRAF 7.No prescriptions shall be mailed! 8.The price the Contractor charges the VA shall not exceed the price the Contractor charges the general public or the Contractor's lowest third party reimbursement plan. VETERANS WILL NOT BE CHARGED A PRESCRIPTION OR MEDICATION CO-PAY. 9.The Contractor Pharmacy will maintain all necessary licenses, certification, permits and other legal prerequisites necessary to provide service under this contract. 10.The Contractor agrees that all information concerning VA beneficiaries shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person, except when authorized in writing and according to applicable laws. 11.The pharmacy location for filling and dispensing of prescriptions must be within a twenty-mile radius of the center of the city where the VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic is located. Contractor must have a minimum of one licensed pharmacy in each of the areas identified for coverage. The location of each pharmacy filling and dispensing prescriptions under this contract shall be provided to the Contracting Officer. Information shall include the following: business name, street address, city, state, and zip code. 12.The pharmacy will maintain a log of VA prescriptions filled and have the Veteran sign next to each prescription number for each prescription received. At a minimum the log shall contain the name and address of the pharmacy, CBOC location, prescription number and date, name of physician, PA or NP who placed the prescription, itemized listing of prescriptions filled, quantity unit price, and extension of prices less discounts, date prescription received, signature by the individual receiving the prescription. A copy of this log must be submitted with the monthly invoice. 13.All prescriptions must have the appropriate Auxiliary labels attached and counseling shall be provided to the veteran or his/her caregiver. 14.The Chief of Pharmacy at the VAMC Wilmington will provide a list of providers authorized to prescribe at all VA Clinics to the successful contractor. 15.Invoices are to be submitted electronically through the OB10 portal on the last day of each month. Reports are to be emailed monthly to the COR and must include date dispensed, patient's name, social security number, provider name, drug, strength, quantity, and total charge. 16.The VA shall randomly audit all billings. Representatives of the VA are authorized to visit the premises of any pharmacy filling VA prescriptions under this contract for the purpose of auditing and evaluation, which may include the inspection of clinical records. Prescription records must be made available to the auditor in a timely manner at the location where dispensed. 17.All adverse drug events reported to a service provider by a Veteran beneficiary under this contract will be reported to the Chief, Pharmacy Service, VA Medical Center, 1601 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE 19805. Adverse drug events include dispensing errors, drug allergies, and adverse drug reactions. 18.For recalls, the Contractor is expected to follow a standard policy, as well as State and Federal regulations, for notification of affected patients. The Contractor will be fully responsible for this process. 19.1. PURPOSE: To establish a standardized policy for issuing emergent medication prescriptions utilizing the Outpatient Pharmacy Program at Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs). 20.2. POLICY: Provide acute and emergency medications for CBOC patients through an outpatient Pharmacy Program for treating acute conditions or when necessary to ensure continuous use maintenance medications when prescription cannot be obtained from THE VA Medical Center Wilmington, DE (VAMC) outpatient pharmacy or Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP). 21.3. RESPONSIBILITY: 22.The Chief of Pharmacy is responsible for assuring adherence to this policy and the defined stipulations regarding utilization of the outpatient pharmacy Program. 23.The Chief of Primary Care is responsible for ensuring that providers at CBOCs are aware of this policy. 24.Pharmacy Procurement staff is responsible for monitoring adherence to urgent medication list, quantity of medication ordered, and fees charged for medications through retail pharmacies in the Outpatient Pharmacy Program. 25.Individual providers that write prescriptions filled through the Outpatient Pharmacy Program are responsible for ensuring that all medications issued through this medication are charted in CPRS under non-VA medications. 26.4. PROCEDURE: 27.The outpatient Pharmacy should not be used routinely for a patient that fails to refill medications in a timely manner through normal procedures utilizing phone, MyHealthE Vet, or other mechanisms designed to provide refills in a timely manner through WRJ VAMC pharmacy or CMOP. 28.Medications should be issued for a maximum of 10 days' supply and Over the counter medications should not be filled. 29.The provider must issue the patient a written prescription on required VA-prescription form. 30.All prescriptions issued through the outpatient pharmacy Program need to be entered in the patients' non-VA medication list in CPRS. The listing should include the following: 31.Generic name of the medication 32.Dose of medication 33.Route of administration 34.Appropriate instructions for use 35.Quantity of medication 36.Days' supply 37.Select start date (date prescription is issued must be filled on same day) 38.Check that non-VA pharmacy was used to fill the medication and the medication is entered under non-VA medication list 39.Providers are encouraged to select from urgent medication list (see attached) for minimum necessary amount until prescription can be filled and mailed from CMOP or WRJ VAMC pharmacy or picked up at outpatient window of WRJ VA pharmacy. 40.5. RECISSION: 41.None 426. RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOLLOW-UP: 43Pharmacy Service 44Francine A. Farnsworth 45Pharmacy Chief
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- Place of Performance
- Address: VAMC Wilmington;1601 Kirkwood Highway;Wilmington, DE
- Zip Code: 19805
- Zip Code: 19805
- Record
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