The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Acquisition Center awarded Aphena Pharma Solutions-Tennessee, LLC, a subsidiary of Aphena Pharma Solutions Holdings, Inc., a single-award indefinite delivery contract (IDC) valued at $17,498,750 for pharmaceutical repackaging and distribution services. This IDC, which runs from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025, supports the VA's Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy program and approximately 140 other VA healthcare facilities nationwide. Aphena Pharma Solutions-Tennessee, a for-profit pharmaceutical manufacturing and services company, has the capacity to repackage up to 300,000 bottles of pharmaceuticals per month to meet the VA's requirements. The VA has also awarded Aphena Pharma Solutions-Tennessee a separate $383,458,720.32 IDC for pharmaceutical repackaging, distribution, and inventory management services across its healthcare system. Under these IDCs, the VA has issued numerous firm-fixed-price delivery orders to Aphena Pharma Solutions-Tennessee for specific pharmaceutical products and services, ranging from $200,000 to over $1 million per order.
The original pre-solicitation notice indicated that the VA intended to award a single contract to a responsible offeror that could serve as a unit-of-use repackager and distributor for generic pharmaceuticals needed by VA healthcare facilities, including 7 Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacies and approximately 140 other facilities. The contractor would be responsible for repackaging, warehousing, and distributing up to 300,000 bottles of various pharmaceuticals each month to support the VA's supply chain and healthcare delivery to veterans nationwide, including in U.S. territories. The contract does not have any set-aside designations, and the place of performance is Aphena Pharma Solutions-Tennessee's facility in Cookeville, Tennessee.
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