Defense Personnel Support Center, Attn: DPSC-M Bldg 9-4, 2800 S. 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19145-5099

65 -- MEDICAL PRIME VENDOR COMMERCIAL ASSET VISIBILILTY DATA DUE 081597 POC Maureen Keating 215-737-5772 Mike McCarron 215-737-7656 The Defense Personnel Support Center (DPSC), Medical Readiness Integration and Initiative Office,DPSC MRII, announces the initiation of a Commercial Asset Visibility (CAV) Project to support DoD Medical Readiness. This presolicitation notice solicits Prime Vendors' comments regarding thd scope of work as defined herein. A discussion of your orgianization's ability to meet such requirements is also required. The CAV Project is an effort to update the mobilization requirements with current pharmaceutical products that are emerging as product-of-choice in the market place today. This presolicitation notice is for Prime Vendors to provide DPSC, on a monthly or quarterly basis, the average monthly usage based on sales, both commercial and military, of all the Prime Vendors National Drug Code (NDC) items. This information is to be furnished in an ASCII Text File or Microsoft "Access" format. The data will cite NDC, quantity, associated NDC unit weight and cube. This data is to be submitted to the DPSC point of contact. DPSC is not looking for dollar values. This data is critical in maintaining planning lists with current items, for supporting operations with the latest technology, and acquiring commercial asset visibility for the Prime Vendors' military and commercial sales. The objective of the CAV project is to ensure that the military services are planning for the most current items, supportable by the industrial base. Prime Vendors are requested to submit responses that explain in sufficient detail their understanding of the DPSC requirement, and how they intend to accomplish the submission of the data required. DPSC will conduct an information meeting on Tuesday, 5 August 97, starting at 9:30AM. This meeting will be held at the Defense Personnel Support Center, 2800 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, Pa, Building 9, 4th floor, Medical Integration conference room. DPSC requests that both the Prime Vendors' government representative and the Information Management Systems' person from the Prime Vendors' company attend. Following the information meeting, the Prime Vendors will be requested to furnish their responses, questions, and understanding of how to sumit the data to DPSC. Date for receipt of the Prime Vendors' information is by close of business, Friday, 15 August 97 to Maureen Keating, DPSC MRII, 2800 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19145-5099. Fax responses are acceptable. In the next phase, the information material received from the Prime Vendors will be defined and placed in the Commerce Business Daily again under a Broad Agency Announcement. Listed will be the exact services required by DPSC. The Prive Vendors will submit prices for the cost of submitting data in an ASCII Text File or Microsoft "Access" format. The data will cite NDC, quantity, associated NDC weight and cube. Also, any important information cited by the Prime Vendors in their original informational responses received by 15 August 97. DPSC plans to award a fixed price Licensing Agreement with the pharmaceutical Prime Vendors. Points ofContact are: Maureen Keating, Contracting Officer, DPSC MRII, 215-737-5772, FAX 215-737-5555 or Michael McCarron, DPSC MRPP, 215-737-7656, FAX 215-737-8144. Please advise Ms Keating or Mr McCarron, as soon as possible, the names of the representatives from your company that will be attending the meeting in August. Address any questions to the above points of contact. (0196)

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