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GENERAL INFORMATION

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OPAL/National Acquisition Center

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1st Avenue, One Block North of Cermak

Hines IL

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Contract Specialist Youlanda Duggar Youlanda.Duggar@va.gov 708-786-4943

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The VA National Acquisition Center intends to issue Request for Proposal (RFP) 36E79724R0034 for an unrestricted procurement for Aspirin 25 MG/Dipyridamole 200MG Sustained Action (SA) Capsules for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Department of Defense (DOD), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and Indian Health Service (IHS). The VA will award one contract to the responsible offeror who will be able to provide an uninterrupted source of supply for the contracted items. The contract period will be for one year plus four pre-priced one-year option periods. The contract items will be distributed through the VA’s and DOD’s respective Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor Programs. Offerors must state the exact name (name that appears on label) by which the drug will be supplied and have an NDC or UPC number that is unique to the offeror. Solicitation #36E79724R0034 will be electronically issued in commercial item format in accordance with FAR Part 12 on or about November 8, 2024 with a tentative closing date of November 29, 2024 The NAICS code for this procurement is 325412. Any future amendments and other miscellaneous documents will be available electronically for download at the following URL: https://sam.gov. No paper copies of the solicitation will be available, and no telephone requests for paper copies of the solicitation will be accepted. Interested offerors are advised to continuously check this URL for any changes to this solicitation. All responsible sources may submit an offer that if timely received, will be considered. The point of contact for this procurement is Youlanda Duggar. Questions can be e-mailed to: Youlanda.Duggar@va.gov.

The estimated annual requirements are as follows:

ITEM DESCRIPTION PKG SIZE (PER BT) TOTAL EST ANNUAL USAGE (BT)

1 Aspirin 25 MG/Dipyridamole 200MG Sustained Action (SA) Capsules 60 37,545

All unit-of-use packaging identified in the Schedule of Supplies (i.e., 60 count bottles) shall contain a safety-cap capable of having the outer part of the cap deshelled and/or a convertible cap to produce a non-safety cap and a bottle with a minimum required size of 120cc volume. The safety cap must not exceed the diameter of the bottle. The bottle must have a cylindrical body and minimum of 5.75” circumference. The bottle must fit a label with a dimension of 5.25” x 2”. The 0.5” additional space is required to keep the bar code exposed and/or allow for the display of the expiration date and lot number. Glass Bottles are not acceptable

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