Yttrium-90 TheraSpheres FOR RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS

Sources Sought Notice to negotiate a sole source contract to obtain Y-90 TheraSphere radioactive microspheres, direct patient care supply items, to be used in Interventional Radiology at VA Boston, West Roxbury Division to be procured from Biocompatible, Inc., 115 Hurley Rd., Building 3F, Oxford, CT 06478. The Yttrium-90 microspheres known as TheraSpheres are used to treat primary liver cancer. Each does is calibrated to be patient specific and is intended to prolong the patient's life while awaiting liver transplant. This is not a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate and award a base plus 4 potential option year contract to procure the Yttrium-90 TheraSpheres from Biocompatibles, Inc., the sole manufacturer of this proprietary technology. The applicable NAICS code is 325412. The FSC/PSC is 6505.

No solicitation will be posted to this site. Interested persons may contact the Contracting Officer via email at Valerie.DeAngelis@va.gov regarding this procurement and may identify capabilities of this kind. Responses are due no later than four (4) days after this notice. Responses will not be considered after that date. A decision not to compete this requirement is based upon this notice and the Limited Source Justification to be posted to this site.

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