3650--763-26-2-228-0242 -Lancaster CMOP Low to Medium Volume TCA and Sorting Loops Project (VA-26-00039446)

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 seeks design, furnishing, installation, integration, and commissioning of a new Tablet and Capsule Automation (TCA) system and loop sortation area at the Dallas Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy in Lancaster, Texas, with proposals due August 7, 2026, at 3:00 PM CDT and questions due July 10, 2026, at 10:00 AM CT. A mandatory site visit is scheduled for July 7, 2026, at 12:30 PM CT.

Place of performance is the Dallas CMOP facility at 2962 S. Longhorn Drive, Lancaster, TX 75134-2118. The procurement carries no set-aside. NAICS code is 332999 (All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing); PSC code is 3650 (Chemical and Pharmaceutical Products Manufacturing Machinery).

The system must accommodate a minimum of 350 dispensers supporting 350 unique National Drug Codes and achieve throughput of 449 prescriptions per hour (763.3 vials per hour) with a maximum reject rate of 2.1% per shift and 98 percent product selection accuracy with 100 percent failure detection. The project has two sequential phases: loop sortation area installation and acceptance by June 30, 2027, followed by low/medium-volume TCA hardware and software installation and acceptance by June 30, 2028. Software must utilize Microsoft .Net technology and Windows Server platforms with source code provided in escrow. The contractor must integrate with the legacy Pharmacy Operating System and VA national data infrastructure on Microsoft SQL Server 2019/2022, provide 24/7 data transmission, supply two complete software sets, maintain five percent spare dispensing units, and ensure all equipment is current-generation and commercially supported for a minimum of ten years post-acceptance.

The contractor must handle Protected Health Information under HIPAA and HITECH regulations per a Business Associate Agreement. All vendors must register in SAM.gov at proposal submission and remain registered through contract completion. Payment is milestone-based via electronic funds transfer upon completion and acceptance of each contract line item.