Radiopharmaceuticals for nuclear medicine patients

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 20 (VA Puget Sound Health Care System) has issued Special Notice 36C26026Q0055 for radiopharmaceuticals needed to support nuclear medicine patient treatments. This Request for Quote (RFQ) solicitation seeks qualified vendors to provide radiopharmaceutical products and services under a five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with an ordering period spanning January 2026 through December 2030. The solicitation was posted on October 31, 2025, and represents an unrestricted contracting opportunity classified under NAICS code 325412 (Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing) with a small business size standard of 1,300 employees. This Special Notice includes the complete solicitation document, an itemized price list containing 40 radiopharmaceutical products and services, and responses to vendor questions that clarify specific procurement requirements and constraints.

The primary objective of this solicitation is to establish a reliable supply chain for nuclear medicine radiopharmaceuticals, including diagnostic isotopes (such as Tc-99m, I-123, Ga-67, In-111, and Ga-68) and therapeutic products ranging from 2 mCi to 150 mCi in dosage strength. Prospective contractors must submit quotes by November 4, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. PST and must limit their bids to items specified on the provided item price list without proposing additional products. Vendors are required to meet rigorous quality control standards, provide complete documentation of quality control results, ensure timely delivery to the VA Puget Sound facility, and replace any unusable doses at no charge to the government. All interested contractors must comply with federal and state regulatory requirements for radiopharmaceutical handling and are encouraged to review the Q&A responses, which address critical details such as specific dosage limitations for I-131 capsules and the requirement that all Tc-99m products be non-highly enriched uranium (Non-HEU).