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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MAY 04, 2017 FBO #5641
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H -- Annual Wall-To-Wall Pharmacy Inventory - Phoenix VA - Attachment

Notice Date

5/2/2017
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

561990 — All Other Support Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Contracting Section;3601 S. 6th Avenue;Tucson AZ 85723
 

ZIP Code

85723
 

Solicitation Number

VA25817Q0179
 

Response Due

5/12/2017
 

Archive Date

7/11/2017
 

Point of Contact

Eric Auffhammer
 

E-Mail Address

uffhammer@va.gov<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Responses to this sources sought must be in writing. The purpose of this sources sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HubZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below. Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. Responses to this notice shall include the following: (a) company name (b) address (c) point of contact (d) phone, fax, and email (e) DUNS number (f) Cage Code (g) Tax ID Number (h) Type of small business, e.g. Services Disabled Veteran Owned small Business, Veteran-owned small business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small disadvantaged business, or Small Business HUBZone business and (i) must provide a capability statement that addresses the organizations qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described below. The Phoenix VA Health Care System (PVAHCS) located at 650 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix AZ 85012 is seeking a potential qualified contractor that can provide all qualified personnel (labor), material, equipment, technical expertise, tools, supplies, supervision to provide Pharmacy inventory services - each VA Pharmacy is required by VHA Handbook 1761.2 to do at least one yearly inventory to be completed by the end of March of each fiscal year. A pharmacy inventory vendor will be hired to perform this annual pharmacy wall-to-wall inventory for our facility. Description of Services: A) Provide wall-to-wall inventory for the Phoenix VA Health Care System pharmacies, to be accomplished on a weekend. The locations of the pharmacies are: 1. Outpatient Pharmacy (Phoenix VA HCS Main Hospital Ambulatory Care) 2. Inpatient Pharmacy (Phoenix VA HCS Main Hospital, 3rd floor, room 3108) Items in the Inpatient Pharmacy robot WILL be counted. The Pharmacy department will provide the contractor with the data so the data can be included within the required reports. Items in the Outpatient Pharmacy Parata/ScriptPro robots WILL be counted. The Pharmacy department will provide the contractor with the data so the data can be included within the required reports. Items in the Acudose/Omnicell machines through-out the medical center WILL NOT be counted. Bulk Intravenous solutions WILL BE counted. The contractor will be provided the pricing data by the Pharmacy department so the data can be included within the required reports. Opened bottles of medication other than what is used for compounding must be estimated to the nearest tenth (10th) of a bottle. Unit dose PRE-PACKED items WILL be counted. The Pharmacy department will provide the contractor with the data so the data can be included within the required reports. Items in the Emergency Pharmaceutical Cache WILL NOT be counted. Items in any other automated cabinets throughout the medical center WILL NOT be counted. Non-Prime Vendor items WILL NOT BE counted by the contractor. Controlled substances will be counted by the Pharmacy personnel only. However, the contractor will be provided the data by the Pharmacy department so the data can be included within the required reports. The contractor must be capable of using Prime Vendor (McKesson) pricing data, and Telxon units or provide their own inventory equipment to perform the inventory. A random check of at least 25 products will be done to ensure that the inventory was completed correctly. This check will be done by a pharmacy staff member not taking part in the inventory. (B) A report for each pharmacy inventoried will be provided within seven (7) days of the inventory. Each report will contain all items inventoried with the following data: i.e., Item name (name & strength, i.e., Furosemide 4mg/4ml), package description (ml, bottle, tab), NDC or UPC/UPN, total quantity, current package price, total replacement cost per item, and total replacement cost of all items. Contracted inventory service provider will be provided the prime vendors (McKesson, Inc.) pricing data. The report must be provided in a format that is compatible with or easily transferable to Microsoft Excel (Microsoft office 2003 or 2007 version). The reports shall be on CD or sent as an e-mail attachment to the Chief of Pharmacy Services. Security Requirements: This inventory service will NOT require connection of contractor-owned IT devices (such as a laptop computer or remote connection from a contractor system) to a VA internal trusted (i.e., non-public network) and will not involve the storage, generating, transmitting or exchanging of VA or patient sensitive information. The C&A requirements DO NOT apply and a Security Accreditation Package is NOT required. The inventory vendor will not be exposed to any PHI, PII or III during the course of performing inventory services for the pharmacy; therefore a BAA or covered entity statement is not required Important information: The Government is not obligated to nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources sought synopsis request. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. The VA is mandated by Public Law 109-461 to consider a total set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business set aside. However, if response by Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms proves inadequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 561990 ($11.0M). Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov and complete Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). Additionally, all Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses or Veteran Owned Businesses who respond to a solicitation on this project must be registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprise VetBiz Registry located at http://vip.vetbiz.gov. All interested Offerors should submit information by e-mail, mail, or ground carrier to: Southern AZ VA HealthCare System, 3601 S. 6th Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85743 or by e-mail to eric.auffhammer@va.gov. All information submissions to be marked Attn: Eric Auffhammer, Contracting Specialist (9-90C) and should be received no later than 4:00 pm AZ MST on May 12, 2017.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/TuVAMC/VASAHCS/VA25817Q0179/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA258-17-Q-0179 VA258-17-Q-0179.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3464196&FileName=VA258-17-Q-0179-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3464196&FileName=VA258-17-Q-0179-000.docx

 

Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Phoenix VA Health Care System;650 E. Indian School Rd;Phoenix AZ

Zip Code: 85012-1892
 

Record

SN04492487-W 20170504/170502234751-a5fb7e450e2da507372a38de6c6eea54 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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