6505--Intent to Sole Source PLUVICTO (lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan)

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 15 intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price contract under the authority of 41 U.S.C 253(c) (1) FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source to Advanced Accelerator Applications USA, Inc., 57 East Willow Street Millburn, NY, 07041 on behalf of John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital, 915 North Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63106. Advanced Accelerator Applications USA, Inc. is currently the sole manufacturer and authorized supplier of LUTATHERA® (lutetium Lu 177 dotatate) and PLUVICTO (lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan).

The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) with five, one year ordering periods. The NAICS code is 325412 (Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing) with a size standard of 1,300 Employees. The corresponding Product Service Code is 6505 (Drugs and Biologicals).

Interested firms may express their interest by providing a capabilities statement no later than March 28, 2024 at 10AM Central Standard Time. The capabilities statement must provide clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate the capability of the party to provide the required supply and/or services. Those interested firms must indicate whether they are large, small, small-disadvantaged, 8(a) or woman owned business and whether they are U.S. or foreign owned. Respondents who submit proprietary data shall clearly mark the data with appropriate markings. The Government will not pay for any information submitted as a result of this notice. This notice shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any supplies and/or services. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered.

This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is being issued for information purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or request for competitive proposals. A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. There will be no solicitation available for competitive proposals as market research has determined these services are only available from a single source without an unacceptable delay or duplication of cost and no other type of services will satisfy agency requirements.

If a firm believes it is capable of meeting the Government's requirement, it may identify their interest and capability to the Contracting Officer within five (5) business days of this publication. The point of contact for this action is Contracting Officer Mickeya Linzie, who can be reached at mickeya.linzie@va.gov. Phone calls will not be accepted. The Network Contracting Office 15 address is: VA Heartland Network 15, Network Business Office, Contracting Office, 3450 South. 4th Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048.