Q&A3.pdf

Question: Are the 250-1,000 Pallets all drugs and vaccines or miscellaneous (non-scheduled) products, and if non-drug, can you provide a breakdown?

Answer: Not all pallets will be drugs or vaccine, some push backs will be non-drug. It could all be non-drug or a combination of drug and non-drug. We cannot give a breakdown at this time.

Question: Is this requirement for guaranteed space available or ad-hoc (pay as you use monthly)?

Answer: There will be a guaranteed minimum but we may have surge requirements up to the maximum of the range given.

Question: On page 8, what does “unserviceable material” mean?

Answer: These are items that have shelf-life expiration or damage, ect. which would deem the items unserviceable (unusable).

Question: On page 10, we have a system that can manage expiration dates, we would need to know how soon in advanced the government would like notification of the expiration.

Answer: 6-12 months in advanced is adequate for our needs.

Question: Should we provide both emergency (expedited) and non-emergency (return goods from exercises and deployment) rates?

Answer: Yes, in some cases, goods may be shipped back to the warehouse.

Question: There are many applications for barcodes, which application and what content does the government require to be captured?

Answer: This will be determined at the time of award. Please provide barcoding capabilities in proposals.

Question: How do we capture billing for man hours for emergency calls, responses, reporting, ect?

Answer: During emergency, contracted warehouses will be activated and de-activated by NVS through the contracting officer. Please provide the rates with the proposal, and the exact quantities will be identified on individual task orders.