Questions and Responses -36C25623Q0158.pdf

Questions and Responses

36C25623Q0158-Radiopharmaceuticals Supplies -Combine Synopsis

Contractor Question #1

The following products are classified as Ancillary Products and are typically priced at the time of order. Can these products be removed from the pricing grid?

Biodex Venti-Scan Aerosol Air Cushioned Face Mask

Biodex Pulmonex Splicer Tubing, Male

Biodex Venti-Scan Aerosol Tubing 24"

BD 19g x 1 ½

BD 23g x 3/4

BD 25g x 5/8

Co-57 Sheet source (GE camera)-10 mCi

Co-57 “S” vial (Dose Calibrator)-5 mCi

Co-57 line source (DSpect camera)-12 mCi

Co-57 point source (Siemens Camera)-.50 mCi

Gd-153 line source (Siemens Camera)-10 mCi

Plastic Sharps Container, Medium

Lead Syringe Shield

PET Vial/Syringe Shield

Government Response #1: Products will remain, contractor shall provide pricing for each item.

Contractor Question #2

We need specific details/sizing on the following:

Co-57 Sheet source (GE camera)-10 mCi

Co-57 “S” vial (Dose Calibrator)-5 mCi

Co-57 line source (DSpect camera)-12 mCi

Co-57 point source (Siemens Camera)-.50 mCi

Gd-153 line source (Siemens Camera)-10 mCi

Government Response #2: For Pensacola and Biloxi

Co-57 Sheet source (GE camera)-10 mCi

- TOTAL DIMENSIONS: 17.8” (45.2CM) X 25.2” (64.0CM)

- ATIVE DIMENSIONS: 16.5” (41.7CM) X 23.9” (60.7CM)

Co-57 “S” vial (Dose Calibrator)-5 mCi

- Source Description: The activity is uniformly distributed throughout approximately 3 milliliter of colored epoxy resin. The colored epoxy resin is sealed with a clear layer of inactive epoxy resin in a machined acrylic body. The source is sealed with a threaded and chemically bonded cap.

Co-57 line source (DSpect camera)-12 mCi

- The BM83-12 is a Co-57 line source for use in the Spectrum Dynamics D-Spect Cameras.

Total Length of Source-295mm. Active Volume – 0.8 mm D x 260 mm L. Doubly encapsulated in stainless steel housing.

For Biloxi (only)

Co-57 point source (Siemens Camera)-.50 mCi (This is the only descriptive information noted on the Technical Data page.)

- The BMSY-057 is a Co-57 point source intended for use as a QC source for the Siemens

Symbia SPECT/CT systems

Gd-153 line source (Siemens Camera)-10 mCi

- The BM53-10 is a doubly encapsulated Gd-153 line source intended for use in the Siemens

Symbia SPECT?CT systems. Total Length of Source – 485 mm. Active Volume is 3 mm D x467 mm L in a uniformly dispersed epoxy matrix

Contractor Question #3

Most VAs only have normal working hours and don’t take call on evenings or weekends, but we want to make sure we can accommodate the 120 minute turnaround after hours (after 4:00pm) .

Based on this statement, can you share with us roughly how many times they have been called out for emergent cases after normal business hours (4:00pm – 6:00am or weekends?

Government Response #3: Deliveries will be made Monday-Friday (excluding Federal holidays directly to the Nuclear Medicine Section, Bldg. 3, Room 2Dl 14, "Hot Lab", Gulf Coast Veterans Health

Care System (GCVHCS), Biloxi, MS at 7:00 AM; and to the Nuclear Medicine Section second floor

Room 2C106 "Hot Lab", Pensacola, FL at 7:30AM between the hours of 7:00 AM and 4:00 PM, except in the case of emergency.

Federal Holidays are as follows and include any other days specifically declared by the President of the

United States to be deemed a holiday.

New Year's Day

Martin Luther King ' s Birthday

Presidents' Day

Memorial Day

Juneteenth day

Independence Day

Labor Day

Columbus Day

Veterans' Day

Thanksgiving

Christmas

Deliveries outside the tour of duty rarely occurs an example is once or twice a year, if that for emergency studies. Emergencies cannot be predetermine.