H365--Base YR + 4 OPTN YRs - STC VA HCS Pharmacy Hood Certifications & Wipe Sampling/Testing Commence Approx 2/1/2021

The Department of Veterans Affairs Network 23 Contracting Office (NCO 23), on behalf of The US Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System of Saint Cloud, MN, hereinafter referred to as VA-STC located at 4801 Veterans Drive, Saint Cloud, MN 56303-2015, contemplates issuing a Request for Quote (RFQ) in order to award a single, firm fixed-price contract for provision of required testing and services identified in the most current versions of United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Chapter and Chapter in addition to any services required by the St. Cloud VA Health Care System using Controlled Environment Testing Association (CETA) Certified National Board of Testing (CNBT) professionals. The performance period will be from time of contract award through end of the 1-year base period, currently estimated to be 2/1/2021 1/31/2022. There will also be a potential 4 Option Years offered for this contract. The solicitation and any subsequent award will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 13, and relevant sections of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and Veterans Administration Acquisition Regulation (VAAR).

The applicable NAICS Code is: 541380 TESTING LABORATORIES. The small business size standard is $16.5 million.

This requirement is a 100% SET-ASIDE competition for SD/VOSB s only. All qualified offerors are invited to provide their proposal. The Contractor shall provide all testing and certification activities required for compliance of all primary and secondary engineering controls (PECs and SECs) used for compounding sterile preparations in accordance with the RFQ Performance Work Statement (PWS).

The tentative issue date for any actual solicitation will follow on/about December 22, 2020. The date is not firm and may change due to events out of our control. Offerors are responsible for checking the website, https://beta.sam.gov, regularly to obtain possible amendments. All parties must obtain all notices and amendments to the solicitation through this website. Hard copies will not be mailed. Proposals must be submitted in accordance with the proposal instructions outlined in the solicitation. Proposals will be due not less than 7 days after the issuance of any solicitation.

This notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for offers. The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation as a result of this notice.

All respondents must be registered AT TIME OF OFFER in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at http://www.sam.gov and complete online Representations and Certifications at http://www.sam.gov. All respondents must be certified AT TIME OF OFFER in the Veteran Business (VIP) database at https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov to prove/validate SD/VOSB certification.

No other information is available until issuance of the solicitation. Questions will not be answered before solicitation is posted.

Questions regarding the solicitation must be in writing. Please submit written questions via email to Contracting Officer, Angela Beck: angela.beck@va.gov; no telephonic inquiries will be accepted. Responses to questions pertaining to the solicitation will be provided through December 31, 2020 only.