Pharmaceutical National Prime Vendor GEN III

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Medical Supply Chain is hereby soliciting offers to select a National Prime Vendor (NPV) to provide pharmaceutical products for the National Prime Vendor (GEN-III) Program. The NPV will need to provide next day deliveries (Mon-Fri) to the current TRICARE Pharmacy (TPharm) contractor Express Scripts, Inc. located in Tempe, Arizona. However, this location may change during the life of this NPV proposed contract. The NPV is also required, as a Back-Up to current CONUS Pharmaceutical Prime Vendors (PPV), to supply War Readiness Material (WRM) requirements as cited in the Statement of Work (SOW).

The awarded contractor will be responsible to furnish pharmaceutical products in accordance with the specified ordering, packaging, shipping, receiving, and unique requirements as stated in the solicitation. This acquisition will cover medical pharmaceuticals in the 6505 stock catalog/schedule and the current National Drug Code (NDC) database. One or more of the items under this aquisition is subject to Free Trade Agreements.

The NPV contract will have a base period of thirty months and three thirty month option periods for a potential ten (10) year contract. The estimated contract value including all options is $14B. Under this solicitation, the awarded contractor will be responsible to replenish pharmaceutical program items dispensed by the TPharm Ordering Facility(s).

This acquisition will result in a Firm Fixed-Price, Requirements Contract. Competition will be sought, promoted, and sustained through the issuance of a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) on a full and open competition basis.

This is a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Acquisition. DLA Troop Support will make an award to the responsive and responsible offeror whose proposal is determined to be technically acceptable and provides the lowest overall price to the Government considering the base and all option periods. Lowest Price is based on best overall distribution fee computation. In addition to the LPTA, it is the intention of the Government to use the Reverse Auction strategy to obtain the best distribution fee possible.

A pre-proposal conference is currently scheduled to be held at DLA Troop Support, in Philadelphia, on 14 October 2011 from 1-5 P.M. EST, in the Building 6 Auditorium. The pre-proposal conference will be held to explain and clarify the requirements of this solicitation and to respond to general questions raised by prospective offerors. If you plan to attend the pre-proposal conference you must contact Patrick Quigley at 215-737-7981 or patrick.quigley@dla.mil and Cheryl Zekas at 215 737-5744 or Cheryl.zekast@dla.mil to be placed on the attendee list.

Prospective offerors are requested to submit questions in writing (use of email is encouraged) by 10 October 2011, to allow inclusion of the questions in the agenda. Responses to all questions will be incorporated in an amendment to the solicitation.

Copies of the solicitation will be available no sooner than 2, October 2011. To obtain a copy of the solicitation, please visit the Federal Business Opportunites (FEDBIZOPPS) at https://www.fbo.gov/.  Once the solicitation is available on FEDBIZOPPS it will remain open for 45 days. All responsible sources that submit a proposal will be considered by the Agency.