SPECIAL NOTICE
65 -- Radiopharmaceuticals: Nuclear Medicine
- Notice Date
- 8/16/2022 4:08:22 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 325412
— Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- 241-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 01 (36C241) TOGUS ME 04330 USA
- ZIP Code
- 04330
- Solicitation Number
- 36C24122Q1041
- Archive Date
- 10/15/2022
- Point of Contact
- Jerry Choinski, Contracting Specialist, Phone: 203-932-5711
- E-Mail Address
-
jerry.choinski@va.gov
(jerry.choinski@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- The Department of Veterans Affairs, Networking Contracting Office (NCO 01) located in Newington, CT, intends to enter into a sole source procurement, pursuant to the authority of FAR 6.302-1, with Cardinal Health, Inc., for the following requirement: STATEMENT OF WORK RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS Contractor to provide Radiopharmaceutical products as listed herein, as requested by authorized VA Staff, in order to support the West Haven Campus of VA Connecticut Healthcare System (VACHS) 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516. All radiopharmaceutical supplies provided under this contractor shall be F.O.B. Destination; fuel surcharges shall not be allowed nor added to the invoice. All radiopharmaceuticals provided shall be USDA and USP approved. VA Connecticut prefers procurement of radioisotopes derived from non-High Enriched Uranium (HEU) sources as long as adequate supplies are available. Contractor will provide for the placement of one or more telephone delivery order (s) per day for items listed in the Pricing and Cost Schedule, 24 hours per day, seven days a week, including holidays. Contractor must be licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and be regularly established in the business of providing radiopharmaceuticals. Offeror must provide copies of licenses and certifications along with quote to the Contracting Officer. DELIVERY ORDERS: Normally orders shall be placed during the workday and delivery shall be required by 6:00 am or 11:00am the following workday, depending on what is specified when the order is placed. Due to the demands of VACHS patient care requirements, there shall be no restriction to the number of orders which may be placed by VA, or the number of deliveries which may be required per day. In the event that the requirements may be determined in advance, a longer delivery time will be scheduled accordingly. The delivery order shall specify: contract item (s) and quantity, time (s) of delivery and applicable VA order number. Orders can be placed orally by telephone, fax transmission or on-line website. Contractor shall routinely provide two (2) deliveries per day. DELIVERY LOCATION: Deliveries will be made to: WEST HAVEN CAMPUS: VA Connecticut Healthcare System VA Connecticut Healthcare System Attn: Nuclear Medicine Department 115, or Attn: PET Center Building One, Ground Floor G141 Building One, Sub ground 114 950 Campbell Ave. 950 Campbell Ave West Haven, CT 06516 West Haven, CT 06516 EMERGENCY ORDERING PROCEDURES: An added cost is provided in the Pricing and Cost Schedule for additional deliveries in excess of two (2) per day. Depending upon the availability of the product, the Contractor shall make deliveries within 2 hours when orders are placed between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 p.m. on weekdays and within 2 hours when orders are placed weeknights (between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 am), weekends and holidays. DELIVERY COMMITMENT: Time of delivery specified or mutually agreed to at the time of receipt of telephone order shall become mandatory upon the Contractor. Failure to perform in accordance with the delivery commitment may be grounds for termination of contract in accordance with the provisions for default. SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS Contractor to provide Radiopharmaceutical products as listed herein, as requested by authorized VA Staff, in order to support the West Haven campus of VA Connecticut Healthcare System (VACHS), 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516. The NAICS code for this requirement is 325412. Cardinal Health, Inc. is the only contractor capable of providing all the Nuclear Medicine and PET radiopharmaceuticals used on a daily and weekly basis. Products such as XOFIGO, ILLUCCIX, and NETSPOT are dispensed exclusively through Cardinal Health. The other radiopharmaceutical contractors are located farther away and can only provide a minimum of products that are required. This notice of intent is not a solicitation nor is it a request for proposal. However, interested parties that believe they can satisfy the requirement must clearly identify their capability to do so in writing by Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 12 pm EST time. Response should be sent to Jerry Choinski at Jerry.Choinski@va.gov. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. A determination not to open this requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
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- SN06428370-F 20220818/220816230119 (samdaily.us)
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