Amendment 1 Language 7-6-21.docx

The following revisions are hereby incorporated into solicitation SPE2DX-20-R-0001:

The solicitation closing date displayed in Block 8 Offer Due Date/ Local Time (page 1) is amended to 08/02/2021- 3:00 PM EST.

The solicitation closing date stated in Block 9. Submission Instructions (page 3) is amended to 08/02/2021- 3:00 PM EST.

The solicitation closing date displayed on the Solicitation Response Sheet for “No Offer” (page 8) is amended to 08/02/2021- 3:00 PM EST.

Caution Notice, section 7, paragraph 4 (page 5) is amended to the following:

Offerors are advised that the DLA Troop Support is not awarding the TRICARE Pharmacy (TPharm) contract. The TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) awarded the TPharm contract to Express Scripts, Inc. The Defense Health Agency is the contracting office that will award and administers the TPharm5 contract. The NPV (GEN-IV) Contract will be providing pharmaceutical replenishment Materiel to the TPharm5 contractor.

Statement of Work, Section 1, paragraph D. Program Items (page 25) is amended to the following:

For purposes of this NPV (GEN-IV) contract, “Program” items include pharmaceutical or pharmaceutical-related products that are in compliance with TRICARE’s Pharmacy (TPharm) Award, DHA regulations, and 32 CFR 199.4. Hereafter, “Program items” and “items” refers to pharmaceutical or pharmaceutical-related products to be administered by the NPV. Pharmaceutical-related products are items such as syringes, bottles, cups, and other items required to administer pharmaceuticals. Program items shall contain prices derived from the following:

· Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS)

· DVA FSS Big 4

· DLA Troop Support Pharmaceutical Distribution and Pricing Agreement (DAPA)

· TRICARE Uniform Formulary (UF)

· DVA National Contract

· DoD Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)

· DLA Troop Support Pharmaceutical National Contract

· Incentive Agreements

· Regional DAPA

All program items are brand name specific, specialty, or generic commercial products identified by a manufacturer's commercial item description and conform to the manufacturer's commercial specifications. All program items must be included on the Tricare formulary and shall be Trade Agreements Act (TAA) compliant unless an active Non-Availability Determination (NAD) has been issued.

Statement of Work, Section 7, paragraph F(9). Order Placement/Delivery (page 41) is amended to the following:

9. Delivery of Emergency Orders. The contractor shall deliver all emergency orders to the TPharm ordering facility’s receiving location within 6 hours following receipt of the order. Pharmaceuticals which require drop shipment from the manufacturer shall be excluded from the 6-hour delivery requirement. The NPV shall make every effort to expedite emergency orders for pharmaceuticals that require a drop shipment.

FAR 52.212-1 Addendum #2 Solicitation Provisions- Preparation & Organization of Proposals Minimum Solicitation Requirements Table (page 93) is amended to the following:

Delivery of Emergency Orders (excluding drop ship items) to the TPharm ordering facility within 6 hours following receipt of the order

FAR 52.212-1Addendum #3 Solicitation Provisions- Volume 1 Non Price Proposal- Submission- Technical Responses, Sections 1 and 2 (page 95) are amended to the following:

1. DEMONSTRATION OF CAPABILITY TO MEET NPV (GEN-IV) DAY-TO-DAY REQUIREMENTS FOR BRAND, GENERIC, AND SPECIALTY ITEMS.

Note: The NPV Day-to-Day Requirement Spreadsheet is included as an attachment to the solicitation in Sam.Gov as Attachment #1. When the spreadsheet is completed, the offeror must submit as Tab 1(F) of the Non-Price Proposal. The offeror shall complete the spreadsheet for all items it has the capability projects to of having in its distribution centers at the time of the site visit, which will occur no earlier than 30 days after solicitation closing. beginning of the ordering period which is anticipated to commence 90 to 120 days after date of award. By completing the NPV Day-to Day Requirement Spreadsheet, the offeror is certifying that it has the capability to successfully or unsuccessfully meet the minimum 90% breadth (number of items) and 90% depth coverage (quantity of each item) for normal day to day NPV requirements as indicated in spreadsheet provided as Attachment #1. The Government reserves the right to conduct a site visit upon request. If the Government determines that a site visit is required, the offeror will be contacted no earlier than 30 days after the solicitation closing date to schedule a visit. An agenda will be provided by the Government prior to the site visit.

If the offeror will be able to meet the full weekly quantity as specified for that item, the offeror should place an "X" in that cell in the spreadsheet. Offerors may utilize AB rated bioequivalent generic items to demonstrate their capability to meet the day-to-day requirements. If utilizing an AB rated bioequivalent generic item its NDC should be indicated on the spreadsheet in the column entitled “Bioequivalent Generic.” Offerors are required to fill in the quantities for any items it will not be able to fully support by the time of the site visit. the ordering period begins. Fully support means the offeror is certifying that it will have the full monthly quantity in its distribution centers by the time of the site visit start of the ordering period. The offeror should not fill in the quantity unless it will be unable to meet the full weekly quantity stated in the spreadsheet by the time of the site visit the ordering period begins.

The procedure for filling in the spreadsheet is as follows:

(i) For each NPV item that the offeror is indicating it will have the full weekly quantity on hand by the time of the site visit the ordering period begins (for the exact NDC item listed or a bioequivalent generic item), it shall place an "X" in each cell in the final column.

(ii) The offeror should only place a quantity in the final column of the NPV spreadsheet if it will not be able to meet the minimum quantity (for the exact NDC item listed or a bioequivalent generic item) by the time of the site visit the ordering period begins.

(iii) The offeror should identify and state the reason in the column entitled “Unavailability Issues” for items not available due to a manufacturer backorder, product recall, manufacturer discontinuation, manufacturer restricted allocation or have NDC identification issues.

DLA Troop Support will validate the responses in the “Unavailability Issues” column with the respective manufacturers. If DLA Troop Support is able to confirm with the manufacturer the provided reason the item will be excluded from the breadth and depth calculations.

2. DEMONSTRATION OF CAPABILITY TO MEET WRM BACK-UP REQUIREMENTS (APPLIES TO PRIMARY SUPPLIER ONLY)

Note: The WRM Requirement Spreadsheet is included as an attachment to the solicitation in Sam.Gov as Attachment #2. When the spreadsheet is completed, the offeror must submit as Tab 1(G) of the Non-price Proposal. The offeror shall complete the spreadsheet for all items it has the capability projects to of having in its distribution centers at the time of the site visit, which will occur no earlier than 30 days after solicitation closing. beginning of the ordering period which is anticipated to commence 90 to 120 days after date of award. By completing the NPV WRM Requirement Spreadsheet, the offeror is certifying that it has the capability to successfully or unsuccessfully meet the minimum technical requirement of 75% breadth (number of items) and 25% depth (quantity of each item) of the WRM requirements spreadsheet provided in Attachment 2. The Government reserves the right to conduct a site visit upon request. If the Government determines that a site visit is required, the offeror will be contacted no earlier than 30 days after the solicitation closing date to schedule a visit. An agenda will be provided by the Government prior to the site visit.

If the offeror will be able to meet the WRM required quantity as specified for that item, the offeror should place an "X" in that cell in the spreadsheet. Offerors are required to fill in the quantities for any items it will not be able to fully support by the time of the site visit beginning of the ordering period. Fully support means the offeror is certifying that it will have the WRM required quantity in its distribution centers by the time of the site visit start of the ordering period. The offeror should not fill in the quantity unless it will be unable to meet the WRM required quantity stated in the WRM spreadsheet by the time of the site visit the ordering period begins.

The procedure for filling in the spreadsheet is as follows:

(i) For each WRM item that the offeror is stating it will have the total government requirement quantity on hand at the time of the site visit the ordering period begins, it shall place an "X" in each cell in the final column.

(ii) The offeror should only place a quantity in the final column of the WRM spreadsheet if it will not be able to meet the minimum WRM required quantity by the time of the site visit the ordering period begins.

(iii) The offeror should identify and state the reason in the column entitled “Unavailability Issues” for items not available due to a manufacturer backorder, product recall, manufacturer discontinuation, or manufacturer restricted allocation.

DLA Troop Support will validate the responses in the “Unavailability Issues” column with the respective manufacturers. If DLA Troop Support is able to confirm with the manufacturer the provided reason the item will be excluded from the breadth and depth calculations.

NOTE: DLA Troop Support will utilize a Non-Government employee of CACI, Inc.-Federal Contractor to assist in the review of Technical Requirement – War Readiness Materiel (WRM) in the Source Selection Process. Non-Government advisors may assist in and provide input regarding the evaluation, but they will not determine ratings or rankings of offerors’ proposals. The Non-Government employee has signed a Non-Disclosure/Conflict of Interest statement.

The technical evaluation assesses the offeror’s capability to satisfy all requirements. In conducting the evaluation, the Source Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB) will use information provided by the offeror in its proposal. The burden is on the offeror to provide a complete and thorough proposal. Missing proposal information or component(s) identified above and/or non-adherence to proposal format instructions provided in Addendums to FAR 52.212-1 of the solicitation will be considered incomplete. As a result, the offeror may be eliminated from further consideration of award.

FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items (Oct 2014) Technical Requirements, Sections 1 and 2 (page 101) are amended to the following:

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

The following technical requirements prescribe the minimum standards to be determined acceptable under each technical requirement:

1. Tab 1(F) – Demonstration of Capability to Meet NPV (GEN-IV) Day to Day Requirements for Brand, Generic, and Specialty: Meets the minimum 90% breadth (number of items) and 90% depth coverage (quantity of each item) for normal day to day NPV requirements as indicated in spreadsheet provided as Attachment #1. Vendors should include the completed spreadsheet in Tab 1(F) of their Technical Proposal submission - (non drop shipment items must be stocked in the contractor's distribution centers).

For an item to be included in the Breadth calculation, it must meet the 90% Depth requirement.

NPV Day-to-Day Example: Offeror indicated it can provide 950 of the 1000 items listed on the spreadsheet. Offeror also indicated that it can meet the 90% depth requirement on only 900 of these items. Offeror has indicated that it can meet both the breadth and depth requirements.

The Government will may conduct site visits at the offerors’ distribution centers to verify the offerors capability to meet the 90% breadth and 90% depth for technical requirement #1. If the Government determines that a site visit is required, the offeror will be contacted Site visits will occur no earlier than 30 days after the solicitation closing. DLA Troop Support will utilize the E-Z Quant Software Program with a 98% confidence level and 5% error rate to randomly select the number of NDCs to be verified during the site visits for the NPV Day-to-Day requirement. The NDC population that will be used for this sample will be derived from a combined list of NPV Day-to-Day and WRM NDCs. The offeror must meet the 90% breadth and depth requirement by the time of the site visit to be considered technically acceptable if award is made on initial offers without discussions. If discussions occur, an offeror can become technically acceptable by demonstrating its ability to meet technical requirement #1 during a second site visit at its distribution center prior to the request for final proposal revisions.

2. Tab 1(G) – Demonstration of Capability to meet WRM Backup Requirements (applies to lines 0001AA-0002AD only): The offeror meets this minimum technical requirement if the offeror shows it has 75% breadth (number of items) and 25% depth (quantity of each item) of the WRM requirements spreadsheet provided as Tab 1(F) of the Technical Proposal.

For an item to be included in the Breadth calculation, it must meet the 25% Depth requirement.

WRM Back-Up Example: Offeror indicated that it can provide 800 of the 1000 items listed on the spreadsheet. Offeror also indicated that it can meet the 25% depth requirement on only 750 of these items. Offeror has indicated that it can meet both the breadth and depth requirements.

The Government will may conduct site visits at the offerors’ distribution centers to verify offerors capability to meet the 75% breadth and 25% depth for technical requirement #2. If the Government determines that a site visit is required, the offeror will be contacted Site visits will occur no earlier than 30 days after the solicitation closing. DLA Troop Support will utilize the E-Z Quant Software Program with a 98% confidence level and 5% error rate to randomly select the number of NDCs to be verified during the site visits for Technical Requirement #2. The NDC population that will be used for this sample will be derived from a combined list of WRM NDCs. The offeror must meet the 75% breadth and 25% depth requirement by the time of the site visit to be considered technically acceptable if award is made on initial offers without discussions. If discussions occur, an offeror can become technically acceptable by demonstrating its ability to meet technical requirement #2 during a second site visit at its distribution center prior to the request for final proposal revisions.

The Attachments section is hereby amended to the following:

Attachment 3: NPV GEN-IV Specialty List (updated 7/1/2021)- update includes a note to offerors and additional estimated total purchased volume data Attachment 5: NPV GEN III FY2018, FY2019, FY2020 Sales

All other terms and conditions remain the same.