Attachment B FDG Radiopharm Evaluation Criteria Opp.pdf

Evaluation Criteria for Atlanta Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (ATL VA HCS) Nuclear Medicine (NM) Service Select F18 Radiopharmaceuticals Contract

Responses to this solicitation will be evaluated in part using the nine (9) criteria below. The evaluators will be provided a scoring outline that includes assessment of full solicitation responses in the framework of these criteria.

01. Potential contractor shall provide

a. a copy of the company’s business license,

b. a copy of the company’s certificate of insurance, and

c. a copy of the company’s Radioactive Materials License (RAM).

02. Potential contractor shall provide a written description detailing the potential contractor’s ability to meet the requirements indicated in the solicitation Statement of Work (SOW).

The description must include but is not limited to:

a. potential contractor’s ability to meet compliance and regulation requirements,

b. potential contractor’s ability to meet the required delivery times, and

c. potential contractor’s ability to meet quality control (QC) measures.

03. Potential contractor shall provide a price list (quote) that clearly indicates the unit, the unit price, and total price for each line item potential contractor can provide on the list of radiopharmaceuticals in price and cost schedule of the solicitation. The quote shall be specific regarding all aspects of costs and credits (for late deliveries, for unused returns, …) of the contract.

04. Potential contractor shall clearly identify radiopharmaceuticals on the list of radiopharmaceuticals in price and cost schedule of the solicitation that potential contractor cannot readily supply. Potential contractor will clearly specify the cost to special order any such items if potential contractor is able to provide such and will clearly specify the required prior notice potential contractor needs to obtain and deliver such items.

05. Potential contractor shall provide evidence potential contractor has performed for at least ten years the type of work described in the SOW. For evidence to be considered relevant, the evidence must pertain to a contract of size and scope similar to the one of this solicitation. The evidence must pertain to a recent contract involving potential contractor—a contract active within the past ten years.

06. Potential contractor will provide one or more contingency protocols, as relevant, for minimizing negative effects in the event of F18 shortages.

07. Potential contractor shall provide a list of at least three (3) references with experience with potential contractor’s practices relevant to the products and services of the solicitation. Each reference shall be from a different present or past customer of the potential contractor. Each reference shall be able to speak to potential contractor’s present and past performance [over at least the past three (3) years] as a radiopharmaceutical laboratory. Potential contractor shall provide for each reference:

name, position and/or title, company, email address, and phone number. The primary questions the evaluators will ask the references are:

a. Has potential contractor delivered radiopharmaceuticals on time per contract parameters during regular business hours?

b. Has potential contractor delivered in a timely, or perhaps exemplary, manner radiopharmaceutical doses needed for performance of “add on” studies? – specifically, add-on standard business hours; specifically, add on evenings;

specifically, weekends; specifically, holidays?

c. Has potential contractor been available in a timely, or perhaps exemplary, manner to resolve issues? – specifically, via phone; specifically, via email? and

d. Has potential contractor delivered radiopharmaceuticals with correct doses in correct containers—properly labeled, properly shielded, and properly quality controlled?

08. Potential contractor shall provide any information, in addition to that requested above, that potential contractor believes warrants consideration of the evaluators in its efforts to identify the appropriate company to execute the contract of this solicitation.

Scoring details for each item above. {The scoring criteria below should not be shared with potential contractors.}

01. Potential contractors must submit items in 1. Potential contractors not submitting such will not be considered.

02. (20 pts) Potential contractor score will reflect the completeness and clarity of the contractor’s response regarding this item. Potential contractor will receive 0, 5, 10, 15, or 20 pts as determined by the evaluators. Potential contractor that does not provide a response to this item will receive 0 for this item.

03. (20 pts) Potential contractor score will be 20 minus (5 multiplied by the number of radiopharmaceuticals it is unable to offer). Potential contractor that is unable to offer 2 or more of the listed radiopharmaceuticals will receive 0 for this item.

04. (10 pts) Potential contractor score will reflect the completeness, clarity, and operational impact on the ATL VA HCS NM Service of potential contractor’s response regarding this item. Potential contractor will receive 0, 5, or 10 pts as determined by the evaluators.

Potential contractor that does not provide a response to this item will receive 0 for this item.

05. (10 pts) Potential contractor score will reflect assessment of the size, scope, and complexity of other radiopharmaceutical contracts as compared to the contracting requirements of the ATL VA HCS. A potential contractor will receive 0, 5, or 10 pts as determined by the evaluators. Potential contractor that does not provide a response to this item or is unable to provide evidence of 10 years experience providing radiopharmaceutical contracts will receive 0 for this item.

06. (10 pts) Potential contractor score will reflect the completeness, clarity, and operational impact on the ATL VA HCS NM Service of the contractor’s response regarding this item. Potential contractor will receive 0, 5, or 10 pts as determined by the evaluators.

Potential contractor that does not provide a response to this item will receive 0 for this item.

07. (10 pts) Potential contractor score will reflect the completeness, clarity, and operational impact on the ATL VA HCS NM Service of the contractor’s response regarding this item. Potential contractor will receive 0, 5, or 10 pts as determined by the evaluators.

Potential contractor that does not provide a response to this item will receive 0 for this item.

08. (20pts) Potential contractor score will reflect the success potential contractor has had in providing radiopharmaceuticals to past and present customers. Potential contractor will receive 0, 5, 10, 15, or 20 pts as determined by the evaluators’ assessments of references responses to the questions of this item. Potential contractor that does not provide a response to this item will receive 0 for this item.

09. (5pts) Potential contractor score will reflect added value of factors identified and offered by potential contractor. Potential contractor will receive 0, 1, 3, or 5 pts as determined by the evaluators.