6505--Neuraceq - Radiopharmaceuticals

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Networking Contracting Office (NCO 01) located in Newington, CT, intends to enter into a sole source procurement, pursuant to the authority of FAR 6.302-1, with SOFIE Co., for the following requirement:

VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE

STATEMENT OF WORK

F-18 Florbetaben (NeuraCeq) Radiopharmaceutical

General Description:Â

Neuraceq is a radioactive diagnostic agent indicated for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging of the brain to estimate -amyloid neuritic plaque density in adult patients with cognitive impairment who are being evaluated for Alzheimer s Disease (AD) and other causes of cognitive decline.

Radiopharmaceutical preparation and delivery of F-18 Florbetaben (NeuraCeq) doses performed at contractor facility provided by a board-certified radiopharmacist and delivered to the PET/CT Service at VA Connecticut Healthcare located at 950 Campbell Ave., West Haven, CT, building one, sub-ground floor. Deliveries will be made Monday through Friday between 7:00 am and 3:00 pm. Personnel assigned by the contractor to perform services covered by this contract shall be licensed in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia. Because of the critical need of these supplies in a timely manner, only vendors within a 60-mile radius of VA Connecticut need to respond to this RFQ.

Clinical Duties:Â

Contractor s employees will deliver to the PET/CT Service and give deliveries directly to the PET Technologist on duty. Delivery personnel will be bonded by the contractor.

Administration:

Contractor will bill on a monthly basis.

All services rendered will be itemized by date of service, radiopharmaceutical provided, and unit cost.

Security and Confidentiality:

Responsible for maintaining Automated Data Processing (ADP) security.

Responsible for maintaining patient information in the strictest confidence in accordance with the Privacy Act.

Work Hours:

The services covered by this contract shall be furnished by the contractor as defined herein.Â

Work hours:Â Monday through Friday, 7:00 am - 3:00 pm.

Delivery Orders:

Due to the demands of the Medical Center care requirements, there shall be no restriction to the number of orders which may be placed by VA, nor the number of deliveries required per day. In the event that the requirements may be determined in advance, a longer delivery time will be scheduled accordingly.

The delivery order shall specify: contract item (s) and quantity, time (s) of delivery and applicable VA order number.

Orders can be placed orally by telephone and/or online.

Delivery Location:

VA Connecticut Healthcare System. 950 Campbell Ave. West Haven, CT 06516. PET Center and/or Mobile PET Unit; building one.

Deliveries will be made Monday-Friday (excluding holidays which are listed below) between the hours of 7:00 AM and 3:00 PM.

Federal Holidays are as follows and include any other days specifically declared by the President of the United States to be deemed a holiday.

New Year s Day

Juneteenth

Thanksgiving

Martin Luther King s Birthday

Independence Day

Veterans Day

Presidents Day

Columbus Day

Christmas

Memorial Day

Labor Day

Access to the VAMC location during non-business hours shall be obtained by contacting the AOD located in the Emergency Department who will contact VA Police to accompany the delivery Person to the PET Center and supervise the delivery.

Deliveries will be supervised by the COR or their designee before beginning delivery operations. Contractor will contact the COR prior to delivery to arrange for delivery supervision.

Delivery Commitment:

Time of delivery specified or mutually agreed to at the time of receipt of telephone order shall become mandatory upon the Contractor. Failure to perform in accordance with the delivery commitment may be grounds for termination of contract in accordance with the provisions for default.

Person Authorized to Place Orders:

In addition to the Contracting Officer, the COR is authorized to place orders under this contract, as well as any Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist employed by the West Haven VA Hospital.

Notification:

The services specified herein may be changed by written modification. The modification will be prepared by the VA Contracting Officer.

The NAICS code for this requirement is 325412.

Sofie Co. is the only vendor that manufactures and distributes Life Molecular Imaging Agent, Neuraceq (F-18 Florbetaben) in the Northeast. Only the Brand Name exists.

This notice of intent is not a solicitation nor is it a request for proposal. However, interested parties that believe they can satisfy the requirement must clearly identify their capability to do so in writing by Monday, July 15, 2024, at 12 pm EST time. Response should be sent to Jerry Choinski at Jerry.Choinski@va.gov. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. A determination not to open this requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.