6505--Supplies - Radioactive Isotopes - Ann Arbor

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 10, seeks radioactive isotopes and radiopharmaceutical supplies for the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center and Toledo Community-Based Outpatient Clinic through a full and open competition RFQ with quotes due August 13, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Questions close July 30, 2026.

The VA will award a firm-fixed-price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract for a five-year period from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2031. Place of performance is Toledo, Ohio, with deliveries also directed to Ann Arbor, Michigan. The NAICS code is 325412, Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing; PSC code is 6505, Drugs and Biologicals.

Contractor must hold USNRC licensing and comply with all applicable federal and state regulations. More than 90 percent of Technetium-99m unit doses must derive from Low Enriched Uranium sources, consistent with VA policy preferring non-High Enriched Uranium radioisotopes for national security and nuclear proliferation prevention. The contractor must supervise operations through a certified Nuclear Medicine Pharmacist, deliver routine orders during standard business hours (Monday–Friday, 6:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. EST) with first deliveries between 6:30–6:45 a.m. to Ann Arbor and 7:30–7:45 a.m. EST to Toledo; provide 24/7 after-hours coverage; fulfill STAT emergency orders within 90 minutes; calibrate doses to 10 percent accuracy; accept product returns for credit; and integrate with the VA's NMIS inventory system. The contractor must also execute a Business Associate Agreement addressing HIPAA compliance and Protected Health Information safeguards, along with information security, records management, and privacy requirements specific to VA operations. Award will be based on comparative evaluation of technical capability, past performance, and price.