Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor 2020

This pre-solicitation notice is issued in accordance with FAR Part 5.

The VA Office of Acquisition and Logistics, National Acquisition Center intends to issue Request for Proposal (RFP) 36W797-19-R-0001 for just-in-time distribution of Government contracted pharmaceuticals to VA facilities, other Government agencies and State Veterans Homes in the 50 United States, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saipan, and the Philippines. Base performance period for the resultant contract is 2 years, with 3, 2-year options that may be exercised unilaterally by the Government. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 325412 with a small business size standard of 1,250 employees.

A single Indefinite-Delivery, Requirements-Type Contract will be solicited under unrestricted, competitive negotiated procedures in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 12.

The net cost of the products to be distributed under the resulting contract will be the combination of the product price and the awarded distribution fee. Prices for the pharmaceutical products to be distributed under the Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor (PPV) Program have been established separately through Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts, VA National Contracts, Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) and Basic Ordering Agreements. The solicitation will require offerors to propose a fee for the distribution of pharmaceutical products.

The solicitation will require that offerors have the logistics capabilities and experience to service the approximately 750 customers with next-day deliveries. Among other things, prime vendors shall stock and deliver thousands of pharmaceutical items directly to ordering facilities, FOB Destination. In addition to next-day deliveries, web-based ordering system with inventory management capabilities, consolidated paperless invoices, bar-coding of drugs and facility shelves, and consolidated report generators shall be required. One or more of the items under this acquisition is subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements.

Solicitation 36W797-19-R-0001 will be electronically issued on or about 9/12/2019 with an anticipated closing date of 10/29/2019. The solicitation, any future amendments, and other miscellaneous documents will be available electronically for download at: http://www.fedbizopps.gov. No paper copies of the solicitation will be available. Interested offerors are advised to continuously check this website for any changes to the solicitation.

All changes that occur prior to the closing date will be posted to the FedBizOpps website. For changes made after the closing date, only those offerors that provide a proposal will be provided any changes/amendments and considered for future discussions and / or award.

All responsible sources may submit an offer that if timely received, will be considered. Questions or inquiries should be directed to the Contracting Officer Karen E. Ade, telephone 708-786-5231, e-mail karen.ade@va.gov.

THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. The National Acquisition Center will not evaluate any information in response to this notice.