DATSCAN (IOFLUPANE I-123) INJECTION, 5mCi VIAL

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 GE HEALTHCARE, for the following requirement:

Scope of Work

DaTscan (I-123 Ioflupane)

Manchester VA Medical Center

We are requesting a contract with GE Healthcare for the purchase and delivery of the radiopharmaceutical DaTscan (Iodine-123 Ioflupane) used for striatal dopamine transporter visualization using Nuclear Medicine SPECT brain imaging. DaTscan imaging assists the clinician in the evaluation of adult patients with suspected Parkinsonian syndromes.

Doses will be ordered directly from the GE Pharmacy in Woburn, MA by nuclear medicine personnel or a qualified radiologist. Orders may be placed two days prior to the administration of the dose.

Approximately six (6) doses per month will be needed. DaTscan is supplied as a 2.5 ml single-use vial of sterile solution for intravenous injection. GE Healthcare will produce, package, and deliver the individual unit dose for each patient.

Any cancellations of DaTscan medication may be made 48 hours before the scan date at no charge. If a dose was delivered but was unable to be administered to the patient due to an eligible issue , the product will be destroyed and GE will offer a credit for the value of the purchase price toward the existing account, up to five credits per year. Eligible issues include: 1) The patient could not make their appointment due to a situation outside the patient s control; 2) The dose was delivered too late and cannot be injected due to imaging protocol; 3) The patient did not stop a contraindicated medication per the product s package insert on the day of the study; and 4) The patient cannot be injected due to a medical condition on the day of the study.

We would like to request a contract which offers at least three option years for services.

Direct delivery of each vial will be made to the Nuclear Medicine modality of the Radiology Department of the Manchester VA Medical Center, 718 Smyth Road, Manchester, NH 03104.

The NAICS code for this requirement is 325412.

GE HEALTHCARE is the only vendor that manufactures and distribute DatScan in the Northeast. Only the name brand 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, November 25, 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.