Chief A&MMS (90C), Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, 1201 Broad Rock Blvd, Richmond, VA 23249

65 -- MEDICAL/SURGICAL PRIME VENDOR PRE-SOLICITATION CONFERENCE SOL SOL 652-66-98 POC Art Nalley (804) 675-5490 or Charles McCarthy (804) 675-5484 WEB: SOL 652-66-98, http://www.cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/cbdpwd.cgi. E-MAIL: Med/Surg PV, McCarthy, Charles@forum va.gov. As part of an overall initiative to reduce its operating costs, the Department of Veterans Affairs wishes to test at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center (VAMC), 1201 Broad Rock Blvd., Richmond, Virginia 23249, the potential for reducing the total cost of delivering medical supplies to patients by forming partnerships between commercial distributors of medical and surgical supplies and VA medical centers. The VA, Furthermore, wishes to incorporate in its test the commercial process used by distributors to attract and service new customers so that other VA medical centers will be able to replicate test outcomes if the test is successful. A Pre-Solicitation Conference will be held with all interested parties on Wednesday, December 10, 1997 at 1:00 PM, EST. The meeting will convene in Building 507, A1, room 29. The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss the Scope of Work, and receive private sector comments for consideration and possible inclusion in the resulting solicitation. The annual volume of sales is estimated at 8 million dollars, the VA intends on awarding a multi-year (3 yr) contract. The successful distributor shall be expected to maintain an extensive medical and surgical product line inventory. It will have the capability and skill to distribute that inventory in low units of measure to and including all end use distribution points (deliver to dock, deliver to floor, deliver to nurse servers and nurse closets) in the VAMC and its satellites. The successful distributor will also have the capability and skill to provide complete inventory management, value-added analysis and process improvement. An advance copy of the proposed Scope of Work may be obtained prior to the Pre-Solicitation Conference by written request to the above address or FAX (804) 675-5588. Interested parties are encouraged to submit questions to be answered at the conference in advance. To ensure space availability, prospective attendees should notify the contracting officer, by written notice, name of company and individuals attending NLT December 5, 1997. Participation will be limited to no more than 3 persons from each company. This is not a request for proposals. (0317)

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