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* = Required Field Contract Opportunity Sources Sought Notice R499 SERVICE: FY20 Pharmacy Annual Wall to Wall Inventory 00921-3201 36C24820Q0314 01-24-2020 N

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561990 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8) VA Caribbean HCS (Admin Bldg) #10 Calle Casia Suite #4M440 San Juan PR 00921-3201 Rafael Rodriguez Rafael.Rodriguez2@va.gov VA Caribbean Healthcare System Pharmavy Dpt.

10 Casia Street San Juan, PR 00921

USA

SCOPE:

The Department of Veterans Affairs Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS) has a requirement to perform as annual Wall to Wall inventory in Pharmacy including San Juan VAMC, Mayaguez and Ponce pharmacies by an independent party. According to VHA Handbook 1761.2. Inventory will be performed once a year every February for Five (5) years- Base year and Four (4) Option years.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

Contractor shall provide the necessary personnel and equipment for the job to be performed. Contractor shall conduct a Wall to Wall inventory utilizing a barcode readers technology capturing the NDC/UPC of each item, the number of pieces and price contracted/open market and should be rounded to the nearest 10th.

SPECIFIC MANDATORY TASKS AND ASSOCIATED DELIVERABLES

Contractor shall provide the handheld scanners needed to perform the inventory.

Contractor shall be capturing the barcodes use for the UPDC or NDC on the merchandise.

Contractor shall be capturing or entry the prime vendor (MCKESSON CORP.) price of the merchandise.

Contractor shall be capturing or entry the number of pieces of the items (if the product is open, the quantity should be estimated to the nearest 10th of a bottle)

(a) Items in the Inpatient Pharmacies (WP and BV) OS-PAC machines SHALL be counted. The Pharmacy department will provide the contractor with the data so the data can be included within the required reports.

(b) Items in the Outpatient Pharmacy Optifill APS machine canisters SHALL be counted. The Pharmacy department will provide the contractor with the data, so the data can be included within the required reports.

(c) Items in the Inpatient Parata machines SHALL be counted. The Pharmacy department will provide the contractor with the data, so the data can be included within the required reports.

(e) Bulk Intravenous solutions SHALL be counted. The contractor will be provided the pricing data by the Pharmacy department, so the data can be included within the required reports.

(f) Opened bottles of medication other than what is used for compounding must be estimated to the nearest tenth (10th) of a bottle.

(g) Unit dose PRE-PACKED items SHALL be counted (these are individual doses or small strip-packages of individual doses).

(h) Items in the Emergency Pharmaceutical Cache WILL NOT be counted.

(i) Prosthetic items in unopened containers with a cost over $500.00 SHALL be counted and the pricing data will be provided by the respective facility. Items in question are located at the Outpatient locations only.

(j) Controlled substances will be counted by the Pharmacy personnel only. However, the contractor will be provided the data by the Pharmacy department, so the data can be included within the required reports.

Contractor shall supply at the end of the inventory a report with the information collected.

Contractor personnel need to wear the company ID Badges at all moments during the inventory. Pharmacy personnel will serve as escort and assist the contractor if they found problems during inventory (price needed, NDC look up, etc.).

Description:

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Only. This Request for Information (RFI) is intended for information and planning purposes only at this time; and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs. This Request for Information is intended for Socio-economic groups: Service Disable Veteran Owned Small Business and Veterans Owned Small Business. Because this is a Request for Information announcement, no evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. No solicitation exists. Therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs Service Area Office East/Network Contracting Office 8, San Juan, Puerto Rico Services Team, is conducting market research to identify potential sources with the intention to award Service Contract.

Responses to this notice should include company name, address, point of contact, phone number, fax number and point of contact e-mail, DUNS Number, Cage Code, size of business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). NAICS Code is 561990. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received in writing no later than 10:00am Eastern Standard Time (EST) on January 24, 2020. This notice will help the VA in determining available potential sources only. Do not contact VA Medical Center staff in regard to this requirement, as they are not authorized to discuss this matter related to this procurement action, all questions will be addressed during the solicitation stage by the Contract Specialist. All firms responding to this Request for Information are advised that their response is not a request for proposal therefore will not be considered for a contract award.