SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Needles & Safety Needle/Syringe Combo (VA-20-00060639)
- Notice Date
- 6/3/2020 6:48:12 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339112
— Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NAC PHARMACEUTICALS (36E797) HINES IL 60141 USA
- ZIP Code
- 60141
- Solicitation Number
- 36E79720Q0013
- Response Due
- 6/2/2020 8:59:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 09/09/2020
- Point of Contact
- Andrew J. Cazares, Contracting Officer, Phone: (708)786-4990
- E-Mail Address
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andrew.cazares@va.gov
(andrew.cazares@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- Page 4 of 4 Sources Sought Notice- National Contracts Standardization Program The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. Offers are not being solicited at this time. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request for information. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Acquisition Center is conducting market research for the procurement of needles and syringes of various types and sizes for the Pharmacy Personnel Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Indian Health Service (IHS), and Federal Health Care Center (FHCC). This procurement will result in a national mandatory requirement contract for the above agencies (for outpatient pharmacy use only). Other companies with the same/similar product will be blocked out for ordering; therefore, it is our goal to award lower than FSS/Open Market prices on the resultant national contract based on purchases of a committed volume. These products will be awarded in the aggregate for the base year and all option years included in the solicitation. Please provide a response to the following: 1. Is your Company able to meet the following minimum requirements: National Product Code: Offerors shall provide a separate and distinct twelve-digit Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) or Universal Product Code number (UPC) number unique to the offeror or manufacturer for the product proposed. Does your company/the manufacturer have a unique GTIN or UPC? _____________ If the offeror is not the manufacturer of the offered items, the offeror shall submit a letter of commitment from the manufacturer to the offeror which will assure the offeror a source of supply sufficient to satisfy the Government's requirements for the contract period. Name of Manufacturer: _________________ (Small or Large Business) Would you be able to provide a letter of commitment from the manufacturer of the offered product? _____________ Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor: This requirement is for ordering by Pharmacy Personnel at the Department of Veterans Affairs and participating Other Government Agencies. The contractor shall ensure that chargeback agreements with the PPVs have been executed with sufficient time to permit the PPVs to begin timely distribution of Government orders, if an award is made. Does your company currently have a business-to-business agreement with the PPV? _________ d. Under NAICS code 339112, is your company size (check one): Large Business ______ Small Business ______ If your company is a small business, are you Veteran-owned/Service-Disabled Veteran-owned? (Please note you must be VetBiz certified to qualify for a VOSB/SDVOSB set-aside) ___________ e. If a small business, does your company manufacture at least 50% of the product offered? _________ f. Is the offered end-product U.S end-made or designated end made product? _________ g. Can your company meet the following product description and usage? ________ i. If so, for which groups can your company provide products? Note that an offer will only be considered for a group if the offeror can provide all products and estimated quantities within that group. ______________________________________________________________________ If your company can provide products for one or more of the groups below, please indicate the quantity per box and box quantity per case that your company offers to its commercial customers for each applicable group. GROUP A: NEEDLES, NON-SAFETY Needle, hypodermic: straight, sterile, stainless steel, single use, ISO color-coded luer lock polypropylene hub. BPA, DEHP, PVC free. Not made with natural rubber latex, disposable. Individually blister packed. Gauge, length, bevel type, wall type, and usage requirements below: GROUP A: NEEDLES, NON-SAFETY Item Gauge Length Bevel Wall Type Qty Quantity per box Quantity of boxes per Case 1 16G 1 inch Regular Regular 485,040 2 16G 1.5 inch Regular Regular 409,080 3 18G 1 inch Regular Regular 487,800 4 18G 1.5 inch Regular Thin 154,440 5 18G 1.5 inch Regular Regular 220,440 6 18G 1.5 inch Short Regular 19,080 7 19G 1 inch Regular Thin 61,680 8 19G 1.5 inch Regular Thin 82,320 9 20G 1 inch Regular Regular 13,440 10 22G 1 inch Regular Regular 32,400 11 22G 1.5 inch Regular Regular 39,360 12 23G 1 inch Regular Regular 10,680 13 25G 5/8 inch Regular Regular 12,240 14 25G 1 inch Regular Regular 8,040 15 25G 1.5 inch Regular Regular 14,520 16 27G ½ inch Regular Regular 13,440 17 30G ½ inch Regular Regular 13,560 Offered items must be either the brand name or equal to one of the following: PrecisionGlideTM by Becton Dickinson (BD), MonojectTM by Cardinal, McKesson Medical-Surgical, Medline Industries, B.Braun Medical. GROUP B: SYRINGES/NEEDLE COMBO, SAFETY Syringes/Needle Combo, Safety: sterile, single-use polypropylene syringe with translucent barrel/plunger and black graduated markings. Sterile, stainless steel, single use, ISO color-coded luer lock polypropylene hub with regular bevel needle attached and safety feature to reduce needlestick injury. BPA, DEHP, PVC free. Not made with natural rubber latex, disposable. Individually blister packed. Volume capacity, gauge, needle length, graduation scale, and usage requirements below: GROUP B: SYRINGES/NEEDLE COMBO, SAFETY Item Gauge Length Bevel Graduation Scale Qty Quantity per box Quantity of boxes per Case 1 0.5ml 29g 0.5 inch Insulin U-100 21,960 2 0.5ml 30g 5/16 inch Insulin U-100 69,720 3 1ml 29g 0.5 inch Insulin U-100 65,520 4 1ml 27g 0.5 inch 0.01ml 23,880 5 3ml 22g 1.5 inch 0.1ml 179,496 6 5ml 22g 1.5 inch 0.2ml 308,736 Offered items must be either the brand name or equal to one of the following: SafetyGlideTM by Becton Dickinson (BD), MonojectTM, Medline, McKesson Medical-Surgical, B.Braun Medical. *One award will be made in the aggregate for Group A, line items 1 through 17, Group B, line items 1 through 6. The Government may award two separate contracts for Group A and B, or one contract will be awarded for both groups. To be considered for award, offerors must submit a price for the base year and all four option years for the groups proposed. 2. Is your Company interested in submitting a response to a solicitation? ________ 3. As this is a national standardized contract, our preference is for a base plus four option years to provide our customers continuity and consistency of product by allowing long term committed purchases of your product. If interested, please indicate Base year and how many Option periods, not to exceed 4. _________________ 4. If an award were to be made based on the above requirements, would your company be able to begin supplying the product in the estimated quantities within 60 days of the contract award date? ___________ 5. If your company is not interested in participating, please respond with the reason why. This aids our market research for future procurements. ______________________________________________________________________ If you could provide your responses by next Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Andrew Cazares at Andrew.Cazares@va.gov if you have any questions.
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