Department of Veterans Affairs, National Acquisition Center, P.O. Box 76, Bldg. 37, Hines, IL 60141-0076

65 -- AMANTADINE HCL. CAPSULES SOL RFP-797-NC-99-0012 DUE 070699 POC Deborah Koval (708) 786-4946 WEB: click here to download the solicitation, http://www.va.gov/oa&;mm/busopp/sols.htm. E-MAIL: click here to contact the Contracting Officer by E-Mail, deborah.koval@med.va.gov. COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR PROCUREMENT OF AMANTADINE HCL. CAPSULES. SOLICITATION RFP-797-NC-99-0012 DUE 070699 at 3:00 PM POC Deborah Koval (708) 786-4946. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposal is being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued. This procurement is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The Solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-11. The purpose of this solicitation is to establish a firm fixed price National Contract for Amantadine Hcl. Capsules for purchase through the Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor Programs. Delivery of product is to be made to the Distribution Centers of the PPVs (names and address to be provided upon award). Requirements for time, place, method of delivery or performance, and payment shall be determined between the awarded contractor and the PPV contractors. Contractor shall notify the VA Contracting Officer within 15 days from receipt of award notice if an agreement can not be reached. VA, DoD, IHS and BOP will purchase from this National Contract, all their requirments for Amantadine listed in the schedule. The contract resulting hereunder will be in effect for one (1) year plus four (4) one-year option periods. Capsules must be compatible with automated dispensing units (Baxter ATC Canisters, Optifill etc). Contractor shall enter into a DAPA with Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP) if one is not already in place for the contract items. If a DAPA is already in effect, the DAPA shall be modified to reflect the prices awarded to the contractor under this solicitation. Contract items shall not be provided in glass bottles. Vendor must state the exact name (name that appears on label), by which the drug will be supplied, and have a unique NDC number. All tubes in the inner pack, must be individually boxed. Solution does not need a boxed inner pack.Each contract item must have a bar code label which includes, at a minimum, the NDC. It is also desirable that the bar coding includes the expiration date and lot number. The VA intends to award only one (1) contract for Amantadine Caps., therefore, offerors are required to propose a price for both items as award will be made in the aggregate (all or none). If the offeror is not the manufacturer, a copy of the signed agreement between the vendor and the manufacturer for the maximum term of the contract, or a possible five (5) years, must be submitted before award. ITEMS: AMANTADINE CAPS, 100 MG., 100s -- Est. 9,509 BT; AMANTADINE CAPS, 100 MG., 500s -- Est. 5,665 BT. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation and has the lowest aggregate price. Applicable Clauses: 52.212-4 -- Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items with Deviation; 52.213-1 Fast Payment Procedure; 52.247-34 F.O.B. Destination (applicable to DoD EDI Phase II orders only); 52.216-21 Requirements with Deviation; 52,217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract; 52.232-17 Interest; 852.270-4 Commercial Advertising; AS1335 Therapeutic Equivalence; AS1345 Recalls; AS1350 Testing Facilities; AS 1910 Manufacturing Facilities; AS1911 Place of Performance; AS1504 Contractor's Report of Sales; AS1514 Cost Recovery Fee; AS1515 Option Pricing; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items; 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. Addresses of the Pharmaceutical Prime Vendors and Clauses that require completion by the offeror, will be sent to interested parties upon request, and must be completed and submitted with proposed prices. Complete offers must be sent to VA National Acquisition Center, P.O. Box 76, Hines, IL 60141, Attn: Deborah Koval, and be received by 3:00 PM on 7/6/99. Questions should be directed to Deborah Koval at (708) 786-4946. Posted 06/03/99 (W-SN338587). (0154)

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