Olin E. Teague Veterans' Center, 1901 South 1st Street, Temple, TX 76504

R -- PHARMACEUTICAL RETURNS SERVICES SOL 674-4-97 DUE 102496 POC Garrett Briggs, Contract Specialist Services sought are for a pharmaceutical returns company to provide full service processing of expired and returnable pharmaceutical products for replacement, credit return, or destruction as appropriate to all existing regulations and policies. Contractor must be DEA-registered and meet allregulatory requirements. Contractor shall perform inventories and shipping preparations on-site. Contractor shall base credit value on prime vendor contract pricing for PV-purchase items. Contract requirements shall include quarterly collections at all VISN 17 facilities (Dallas, Bonham, Temple, Waco, Marlin, Austin, Kerrville, and San Antonio, Texas); term shall be FY1997 plus 2 option years. This is a commercial item/service acquisition and a small business set-aside--SIC 8999, business size NTE $5 million average annual sales. Requests for Solicitation 674-4-97 must be in writing (fax 817-771-4508). Award is subject to availability of FY97 funds. All responsible bidders may submit an offer which will be considered. (0281)

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