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01-18-2023

693-23-2-093-0236

36C244

Department of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office 4

Lebanon VA Medical Center

1700 S. Lincoln Avenue

Lebanon PA 17042

36C244

Department of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office 4

Lebanon VA Medical Center

1700 S. Lincoln Avenue

Lebanon PA 17042

To all Offerors/Bidders

36C24423Q0315

01-11-2023

X

X X

The purpose of this Amendment is to provide answers to questions proposed by vendors and to extend the due date for responses to RFQ 36C24423Q0315.

The original due date for responses of 1:00PM, ET, Friday, January 20, 2023 is being extended to

1:00PM, ET, Monday, January 23, 2023.

Please see pages 2 and 3 for the vendor QA.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Keith. J. Costantino

Branch Chief

I. The purpose of this solicitation amendment is to answer vendor questions for solicitation 36C24423Q0315.

II. Contractors submitted 9 questions. The Government has included those questions verbatim and provided answers below:

Question 1: Are Inpatient, Outpatient and Unit Dose the only pharmacy locations to be inventoried or are there any off sites/clinics?

Answer 1: Inpatient, outpatient and unit dose are the only pharmacy locations to be inventoried.

Question 2: May we review your most recent inventory summary report and/or line item detail report with corresponding dollar values?

Answer 2: We are not able to provide the most recent inventory summary report or line-item detail report. The dollar amounts for the inventory last year are: Inpatient - $1.6 million; Outpatient $856,000.00.

Question 3: Will the ScriptPro and Parata ATP2 dispensing machines need to be physically counted or will Pharmacy staff provide count information to the vendor to be data entered?

Answer 3: Pharmacy staff will provide count information.

Question 4: Will there be any price files to be utilized in addition to the McKesson file(s)? For example, Direct Pricing?

Answer 4: Yes

Question 5: Will Narcotics/Controlled Substances need to be physically counted or provided via a list?

Answer 5: A list of these counts will be provided to the contractor.

Question 6: Are there any time (hours of operation), access or security restrictions that we should be aware of?

Answer 6: As stated in the solicitation, the inventory to be completed in one day on a weekend. Pharmacy hours are 6am to 10pm 7 days/week.

Question 7: What was the approximate start and end time for the most recent prior inventory and how many counters were on the inventory team?

Answer 7: 7am -2pm; approximately 26 hours which included 8-10 hours of VA staff prepping for inventory day.

Question 8: In the event an item is not found in the inventory file and must be added on-site, what is the process for obtaining the price?

Answer 8: VA staff will be on site to provide the information if needed.

Question 9: Will you be supplying lists of any type? For example, Emergency Kits, Tray

Lists etc.?

If yes, will lists be supplied electronically (e.g. MS Excel)?

Do those lists contain current NDC numbers?

Do you have a rough estimate of the percentage of the overall dollar value for the inventory contained on lists?

Answer 9: The following reports will be provided on the day of inventory: controlled substance vault inventory; Scriptpro report; Fastpak report. The lists contain current

NDC numbers. Lists will be provided the day of inventory and can be sent electronically or hardcopy The estimate of the percentage of the overall dollar value for the inventory contained on lists: controlled substance vault inventory $92,930.00; Scriptpro

$16,855.98; Fastpak $13,446.32.

III. The Government has answered all timely vendor questions, and the question period has closed. The Government will not accept further questions relating to this solicitation.

The solicitation response time has been extended to 1:00PM, ET, Monday, January 23, 2023.

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