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Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

Amarillo VA Health Care System

Pharmacy Services

6010 Amarillo Blvd West

Amarillo TX

CONTACT INFORMATION

VHA RPO West – NCO 17 Health Care Resources Branch 11495 Turner Rd El Paso, TX 79936-1372

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Carolyn Reneau Carolyn.reneau@va.gov 469-578-2997

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

HCHV – After Hours Pharmacy Service – Amarillo TX - Please see below This is a Sources Sought Notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources, small and other than small businesses, to perform a potential requirement. Respondents are required to be registered and in good standing in The System for Award Management (SAM) https://sam.gov/content/home Purpose and Objectives: Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method.

NAICS code: 621399 and the size standard is $10M.

NOTE: Respondent claiming SDVOSB and VOSB status must be certified in US Small Business Administration’s VetCert System, https://veterans.certify.sba.gov Project Requirements: NCO 17 on behalf of the Amarillo Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Pharmacy Service located at 6010 Amarillo Blvd West Amarillo, TX 79106-1990 is conducting market research to find available contractors within the greater Amarillo, TX area to provide Virtual Pharmacy services to complete pending medication/supply orders (henceforth referred to as “medication orders”) for the Amarillo VA Medical Center. This includes the professional pharmacist review and problem solving needed to assure medication orders are safe and accurate. The contractor must be a U.S. based company capable of providing pharmacy services to be completed via a secure web-based system provided by the contractor.

Place of Performance: The contractor must be a U.S. based company capable of providing pharmacy services to be completed via a secure web-based system provided by the contractor.

Anticipated period of performance: Base plus four (4) one-year options beginning August 2025.

Information sought: Response to this announcement shall not exceed 5 pages and should include the following information:

(1) A tailored capability statement indicating the firm’s ability to provide the services required in the Performance Work Statement Synopsis below. The firm must include all certifications, qualifications, and training certificates to perform the work outlined in the Performance Work Statement.

(2) Each capability statement submittal shall also include the following business information:

a. Organization Name

b. Organization Address

c. Organization UEI Number

d. Point of Contact (including name, title, addresses, telephone number, fax number and Email address)

e. Business size under NAICS 621399

f. Socio-economic status (IF SDVOSB or VOSB - provide SDVOSB or VOSB CVE verification)

(3) Information should be provided electronically in a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format.

All information must be received no later than November 15, 2024, by 2:00pm CT

Email information to:

Carlos Jaquez, Contracting Officer, carlos.jaquez@va.gov Carolyn Reneau, Contract Specialist, carolyn.reneau@va.gov

Subject line " 36C25720D0082 After Hours Pharmacy Service – Amarillo TX Contractor Name"

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or returned.

Disclaimer and Important Notes. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).

Synopsis SERVICES REQUIRED. The Contractor shall provide Virtual Pharmacy services to complete pending medication/supply orders (henceforth referred to as “medication orders”) for the Amarillo VA Medical Center.

This includes the professional pharmacist review and problem solving needed to assure medication orders are safe and accurate. The contractor must be a U.S. based company capable of providing pharmacy services to be completed via a secure web-based system provided by the contractor. The contractor will connect to the VA Veterans Health Information System and Technology Architecture (VISTA) computer system utilizing a Virtual Private Network (VPN) via VA Citrix Access Gateway (CAG). The contractor will have access to the VISTA Pharmacy package and electronic medical record at the Amarillo VA Medical Center. The contractor shall provide a sufficient number of licensed pharmacists to process all orders to completion.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE. Services will be provided in Contractor-provided facility.

The Virtual Pharmacy Services Contractor shall provide drug knowledge resources and pharmacist medication order review and entry services as stated for the Amarillo VA medical center. The Contractor will review authorized physician medication orders that are faxed, scanned, transmitted to or accessed by the contractor during the required time periods identified in the Performance Work Statement.

The pharmacist shall evaluate each prescription for drug-drug interactions, contraindications for recorded drug allergies, appropriate doses/titration scales/pain scales, accurate directions, and as applicable, appropriate order start time to ensure the final order will be active at the appropriate time and understandable to the nurse administering or patient taking the medication.

The Contractor will:

· Provide daily shift ‘sign off’ (by fax, voicemail, or web-based as agreed to by the COR at the Amarillo VA Medical Center) to include a summary of outstanding issues for follow-up by VA Pharmacy staff.

· Provide monthly report of activities under the contract (i.e., number of orders, number of questions answered, etc.) furnished to the Amarillo VA Medical Center. This report will be monthly and sent to the COR at the facility.

· Provide quarterly reports on quality improvement indicators for Amarillo VA Medical Center including:

Potential prescribing errors and other medication errors Suspected adverse drug reactions or events Information on new drugs and subsequent educational needs for VAMC staff Reports will be quarterly and sent to the COR.

· Upon award provide policies and procedures for the virtual pharmacist services. These shall include orientation via written material and in-services, if required to the COR at the Amarillo VA Medical Center covered by this contract, involving clinical leadership, including night nursing supervisors, as well as pharmacy staff.

· Comply with all applicable policies, rules and regulations of the Amarillo VA Medical Center of which they have been duly notified and shall not knowingly engage in any activity detrimental to the interest of the Amarillo VA Medical Center.

· Comply with all applicable standards of the Joint Commission including maintenance of competency training for all staff providing services to the Amarillo VA Medical Center.

· Complete and input all transcription notes directly into VISTA.

Hours of Coverage:

Amarillo

Federal Holidays

Start at 7:00 p.m. on the holiday and end at 7:00 a.m. the next day

Incumbent: Wong Pharmacy Services, Inc. 13634 E Williams Field Rd. Amarillo, TX 79106-1990 End of Document

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