36C25721Q0191.docx

Contract Opportunity Special Notice

PRODUCT SERVICE CODE

SUBJECT

CONTRACTING OFFICE'S

ZIP-CODE

SOLICITATION NUMBER

ARCHIVE

DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE

RECOVERY ACT FUNDS

NAICS CODE

CONTRACTING OFFICE

ADDRESS

POINT OF CONTACT

(POC Information Automatically Filled from User Profile Unless Entered)

DESCRIPTION

See Attachment

AGENCY'S URL

URL DESCRIPTION

AGENCY CONTACT'S EMAIL

ADDRESS

EMAIL DESCRIPTION

GENERAL INFORMATION

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

* = Required Field Contract Opportunity Special Notice 7A20 License for Simplifi 797 w/Critical Point and USP 800 & 795 Compounding Module 78229 36C25721Q0191 N 511210 Department of Veterans Affairs VISN17 Network Contracting Activity 7400 Merton Minter Blvd. (10N17/90C) San Antonio TX 78229 Contract Specialist Jesus Casiano Jesus.Casiano@va.gov

(210) 617-6243 Jesus.Casiano@va.gov

BUSINESS

Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17 for the Logistics Service at the Olin E. Teague Veterans Medical Center, 1901 Veterans Memorial Drive, Temple, TX intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The VA intends to solicit and negotiate with Pharmacy OneSource, Inc. 525 Junction Rd Ste 5000, Madison, WI 53717. Pharmacy One Source. is the sole manufacturer and sole distributors for Simplifi 797 w/Critical Point and USP 800 & 795 Compounding Module. The Contractor will provide a Firm Fixed-Priced, Simplifi 797 w/Critical Point and USP 800 & 795 Compounding Module, which will be used by the Logistics Service at the Olin E. Teague Veterans Medical Center.

The Government believes that only one source can satisfy the agency requirements and intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.” Other sources may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement by Monday, December 07, 2020 at 10AM CST. Such information will be used for determining whether to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. All information shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No solicitation is available at this time. All inquiries must be submitted by email to Jesus Casiano at jesus.casiano@va.gov.

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) FORMAT

A. GENERAL GUIDANCE

1. Title of Project: Pharmacy One Source Simplifi 797 w/Critical Point and USP 800 & 795 Compounding Module multi-site license renewal

2. Scope of Work: The contractor shall provide a customizable pharmacy clinical documentation and reporting tool for VISN 17 facilities with the following features:

1. A. Product that includes Unit inspection product for managing JCAHO required inspections.

1. B. Versatile product offering includes online formulary information management solution.

1. C. Clinical documentation product with an interface to enter de-identified patient information that allows for quick and accurate collection of specific event information, and reliable recall of historic documentation.

1. D. System is fully customizable at the customer level. Changes can be made on the fly, and as they are needed.

1. E. VISN 17 passwords will be eight characters long including alphabetic, numeric and at least one punctuation symbol.

1. F. System will include a tool that searches an entry before being saved that searches for a social security number pattern. If found, the system will not allow the entry to be saved.

1. G. VISN 17 will only use the first letter of the patient last name and the last four numbers of the social security number to aid in documentation retrieval.

1. H. VISN wide adhoc report generation available.

1. I. Reporting capabilities include pharmacist activity time studies, dollar savings generated by intervention activity, Physician approval reporting, etc.

1. J. Report values must be adjustable by customer as needed.

1. K. Product must have the ability to weight the significance of activities through customer assigned relative value units (RVU) and must be able to provide reporting based on RVU significance.

1. L. Patient history reports are available

1. M. Vendor needs to demonstrate successful system implementation to a similar size health system.

1. N. System needs to have the ability to follow up continuously on reports as needed

1. O. Product needs to have the ability to attach files to the documentation forms in the system so that they can be opened and reviewed by other system users.

1. P. System needs to have facility specific antibiogram tables for pharmacist reference.

1. Q. System has email notification feature that will instantly send email copies of documentation to those requesting the notification.

1. R. Product should have an established interface to Micromedex drug information system that can be used to research medication information while in the system documentation window.

1. S. Full-service setup and ongoing support

3. Background: VISN 17 Pharmacy Services requires a customizable clinical intervention tracking and reporting tool.

4. Performance Period: Base year beginning December 14, 2020 with four option years:

Base year: 14 Dec 2020 – 13 Dec 2021 Option Year 1: 14 Dec 2021 – 13 Dec 2022 Option Year 2: 14 Dec 2022 – 13 Dec 2023 Option Year 3: 14 Dec 2023 – 13 Dec 2024 Option Year 4: 14 Dec 2024 – 13 Dec 2025

5. Type of Contract: firm-fixed-price

B. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The contractor shall furnish all necessary materials, supplies, equipment, personnel, and supervision to provide site license services via web-based software applications per Federal Supply Schedule contract number 47QTCA20D0034. Pricing for services will be in conjunction with the FSS schedule.

C. SPECIFIC MANDATORY TASKS AND ASSOCIATED DELIVERABLES

SIMPLIFI 797 W/CRITICAL POINT, USP 800 & 795 COMPOUNDING MODULE SITE LICENSE RENEWAL FOR THE FOLLOWING FACILITIES:

NORTH TEXAS:

VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, DALLAS

SOUTH TEXAS:

AUDIE MURPHIE VA MEDICAL CENTER, SAN ANTONIO

VALLEY COASTAL BEND-HARLINGEN

CENTRAL TEXAS:

OLIN TEAGUE VETERANS CENTER, TEMPLE

WEST TEXAS:

BIG SPRING-GEORGE H O’BRIEN JUNIOR

AMARILLO-THOMAS E CREEK

VA MEDICAL CENTER EL PASO

D. CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

The COTR and the Contractor will assure that-

1. A. No other information except what is in this contract will be shared with the contractor in any follow up communication.

1. B. None of the information in this contract includes Protected Health Information (PHI) or Individually Identifiable Information (III). Only de-identified data as defined by the HIPAA Privacy Rule, to include first initial of last name and last four of SSN will be entered on the website.

1. C. Contract performance does not require access to VA systems.