H--Pharmacy Room Testing and Certification Services

A.1 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / SOURCES SOUGHT INQUIRY The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO 19, Rocky Mountain Acquisition Center (RMAC) is seeking information and sources to perform, evaluate, and certify facility and environmental controls for compounding sterile preparations at the Montana Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 3687 Veterans Drive, Fort Harrison, MT 59636 and Billings, MT Community Based Outpatient Clinic, 1775 Spring Creek Lane, Billings, MT 59102. The contractor shall comply with USP 797, CETA Controlled Application Guide (CAG) 003-2006 and CETA Compounding Isolator Testing Guide CAG 002-2006. The NAICS code is 561210 Facilities Support Services. Size Standard is $38.5 million. Firms responding should indicate whether they are, or are not, a small business, a socially and economically disadvantaged business, veteran owned small business/service disabled veteran owned small business or a woman owned business. The general definition of a small business is one that is independently owned and operated, is not dominated in the field of operation in which it is proposing on Veterans Administration contracts and with its affiliate. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based upon responses hereto for any subsequent acquisition. Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a foreign-owned/foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees on this effort. Respondents will not individually be notified of the results of any Government assessments. The Government s evaluation of the capability statements received will factor into whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a set-aside for small businesses, or any small business designation (e.g. SDVOSB, HUB Zone, 8(a), WOSB, VOSB, etc). All prospective vendors must be registered and current in the System for Award Management (SAM). Visit www.sam.gov for details. In addition, all SDVOSBs and VOSBs must be registered and current within VetBiz. Visit www.vetbiz.gov for details. The information submitted shall contain the company s business size status. This is a request for information and sources only, which may or may not lead to a future solicitation! This is not a request for proposal (RFP). The VA will not pay for any information received resulting from this sources sought notice. Requests for copies of a solicitation shall not be honored or acknowledged. Information should be forwarded to the Contract Specialist. Because this is a request for information only, answers to questions will not be posted. If your organization can provide these services and is interested in this opportunity, please respond to Francisco Velazquez, Contract Specialist, Department of Veterans Affairs, NCO 19, 6162 South Willow Drive, Suite 300 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 or via e-mail at [email protected] and [email protected] with a statement describing your capabilities. The capability statement shall include a point of contact, complete mailing address, telephone number, email address and state the company s business size status. Any questions shall be addressed to the Contract Specialist, in writing, at the email address provided. The deadline for this information is 1:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, Monday, January 11, 2019.