Pre-Solicitation Notice for RFP GSC-QF0B-11-0002.docx

Pre-Solicitation Notice

RFP #: GSC-QF0B-11-0002

NAICS Code: 49312 Classification Code: 99

Contracting Office Address:

GSA/ FEDSIM

Crystal Plaza 3 2100 Crystal Drive Suite 800 Arlington, VA 22202

Title:

Managed Service support for Government Owned Pharmaceutical, Medical Supplies and Medical Equipment (Baltimore and Memphis)

Description:

This pre-solicitation notice is being issued by GSA/ FEDSIM to acquire Managed Services for Government Owned Pharmaceutical, Medical Supplies and Medical Equipment. The requirement will be for a total period of 10 years, structured as a 5 year multi-year base contract period (in accordance with FAR 17.104), with 5 one-year optional periods.

The solicitation will utilize the procedures of FAR Part 12, “Acquisition of Commercial Items,” in conjunction with the procedures of FAR Part 15, “Contracting by Negotiation” and will be issued as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The NAICS will be 49312 “Refrigerated Warehouse and Storage”. This NAICS has a size standard of $25.5M for average annual receipts.

The Government, in order to maintain the health of the nation’s people stores, manages, and distributes pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and medical equipment from sites located throughout the United States and its territories. GSA/ FEDSIM is soliciting for Contractor support involving the receipt, storage, and management of Government owned pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and medical equipment in accordance with the attached draft Statement of Work (SOW). The Contractor shall provide all necessary expertise, labor, materials, and space to safely and securely receive, store, stage, and prepare for shipment pallets containing these items in two separately managed sites.

Site A: Will be located within 20 driving miles of Baltimore International Airport in Maryland. It will be used to manage ambient, refrigerated/freezer and Schedule III, IV, and V (refer to Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1308) controlled products as well as equipment and related medical items. The Contractor shall manage a minimum of 43,000 pallets of medical products at this site, broken out as 38,200 pallets ambient and 4,800 pallets of refrigerated/frozen. Throughout the document this site will be referred to as Site A.

Site B: Will be located within 20 driving miles of Memphis International Airport in Tennessee. It will be used to manage ambient, refrigerated/freezer and Schedule III, IV, and V (refer to Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1308) controlled products as well as equipment and related medical items. The Contractor shall manage a minimum of 9,000 pallets of medical products at this site, broken out as 7,000 pallets ambient and 2,000 pallets of refrigerated/frozen. Throughout the document this site will be referred to as Site B.

For purposes of allowing interested Small Business concerns to gauge the scope of the required services, a draft Statement of Work (SOW) is being included in this pre-solicitation notice. It is anticipated that a low price, technically acceptable evaluation method will be utilized.

It is being noted that one of the potential pass/fail criteria is the minimum requirement that the Prime Contractor shall have direct experience, during the last 5 years, in receiving, storing, managing, and distributing pharmaceuticals and medical product within a single facility.

Under this acquisition, the Government intends to establish a Bidder List for distribution of the official solicitation. Firms that have an interest in receiving a copy of the official RFP shall submit an email request for inclusion in the Bidder List to the following individuals:

FEDSIM Contracting Officer (Jonathan Todd): jonathan.todd@gsa.gov FEDSIM Contract Specialist (Brendan McDonough): brendan.mcdonough@gsa.gov

Requests shall be submitted no later than 11:00 A.M. EST on Friday, April 15, 2011.

Only those firms requesting to be included on the Bidder List will be provided a copy, via email, of the final RFP, applicable attachments, and any subsequent RFP Amendments. The request shall include the following information:

1. Name and address of firm.

2. Email address that the final RFP should be sent to.

3. Contractor point of contact with phone number and email address.

4. Size standard of firm as listed in CCR.

It is anticipated that the final RFP will be issued and emailed to those firms on the Bidder list on or about April 18, 2011 with a 30 day closing period.