Contract Opportunity Special Notice * * * * PRODUCT SERVICE CODE * SUBJECT CONTRACTING OFFICE'S ZIP-CODE SOLICITATION NUMBER ARCHIVE DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE RECOVERY ACT FUNDS NAICS CODE CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS POINT OF CONTACT (POC Information Automatically Filled from User Profile Unless Entered) DESCRIPTION See Attachment AGENCY'S URL URL DESCRIPTION AGENCY CONTACT'S EMAIL ADDRESS EMAIL DESCRIPTION GENERAL INFORMATION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION * = Required Field Contract Opportunity Special Notice 6505 Industry Day Pharmaceuticals (Amended to update email addresses) 20422 36C24521Q0319 30 N 325412 Department of Veterans Affairs VAMC(688) 50 Irving Street NW Washington DC 20422 Contracting Officer Chantey Bost
[email protected] 202-745-2485 VISN 5 Industry Day - Pharmaceuticals Page 5 of 5 INDUSTRY DAY ANNOUNCEMENT: The purpose of this announcement is to schedule an Industry Day to provide information about the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 5 mission, the pharmaceutical acquisition process, and to obtain input from pharmaceutical provider industry representatives and distributors with expertise in and knowledge of the acquisition and supply of open market pharmaceuticals. In addition, the event is to provide preliminary information on anticipated requirements, business/contract considerations and possible acquisition strategies. Furthermore, interested parties will have the opportunity to express technical, contractual and procedural concerns. Date: March 30, 2021, 9:00am 2:00pm Eastern Standard Time Delivery Platform: Microsoft Teams DISCLAIMER: There is no commitment by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), NCO 5, to issue a solicitation, make an award, or to be responsible for any monies expended by interested parties in support of this event. The VA is neither committed nor obligated to pay for information provided, and no basis for claims against the VA shall arise as a result of a response to this Special Announcement/ Industry Day. Ground Rules for Virtual Industry Day Industry proprietary questions/comments or Government verbal responses submitted as part of the scheduled One-on-One sessions will not be published Industry general, frequently asked questions (FAQs) with Government written responses from One-on-One Sessions may be published Nothing presented in this Industry Day or the One-on-One sessions commits the Government to any acquisition approach, agreement or contract Future published Solicitations will take precedence over presentations or responses to any question(s) Background and Requirement VISN 5 seeks to identify business entities capable of providing ALL the pharmaceutical drugs listed for a bulk funded contract on an as needed basis to the VISN 5, Veterans Healthcare System locations listed below. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) identifier for this commodity is 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing. Current State All listed pharmaceutical drugs are procured using various individual contract vehicles and Government Purchase Card actions. Desired State One or more vendors capable of providing all listed pharmaceutical drugs as a bulk funded action is desired. One-on-One Sessions The Government will conduct one-on-one sessions with vendors in order to obtain best practices from similar contracts as well as suggestions/recommendations for possible improvements in the source selection, award, and contract management processes. This is not a Question and Answer session. This is a one-on-one session with Industry designed specifically to obtain best practices. Sign-Up for the One-on-One Sessions will be available at the Industry Day. 30-minute slots Must register on March 30, 2021 1. What is your commercial solution(s) to meet the stated requirement? 2. What is your approach to achieve delivery? 3. Describe your experience with satisfying like or similar requirements. Attendees must pre-register for the Virtual Industry Day event using the attached RSVP form. Requirement Description VISN 5 seeks to identify business entities capable of providing ALL the pharmaceutical drugs listed below for a bulk funded contract on an as needed basis to the VISN 5, Veterans Healthcare System locations listed below. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) identifiers for this commodity are 325412, Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing and 446110, Pharmacies and Drug Stores. Vigabatrin (SABRIL) Desmopressin (STIMATE) Treprostinil (TYVASO) Alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor (ZEMAIRA) Glutamine (ENDARI) Methadone Cherry Liquid Methadone Tablets Immune globulin (HIZENTRA) Erdafitinib (BALVERSA) Alemtuzumab (LEMTRADA) Deferiprone (FERRIPROX) Amifampridine (FIRDAPSE) Valbenazine (INGREZZA) Remdesivir (VEKLURY) Tiopronin (THIOLA) VISN 5 LOCATIONS This list of locations is for reference only. There may be locations not yet on the list or new locations added to the VISN 5 region. Baltimore VA Maryland Healthcare System, 10 N Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201 Beckley VA Medical Center, 200 Veterans Ave, Beckley, WV 25801 Clarksburg Louis A Johnson VA Medical Center, 1 Med Center Dr, Clarksburg, WV 26301 Huntington VA Medical Center, 1540 Spring Valley Dr, Huntington, WV 25704 Martinsburg VA Medical Center, 510 Butler Ave, Martinsburg, WV 25405 Washington, DC VA Medical Center, 50 Irving St NW, Washington, DC 20422 DISCLAIMER: There is no commitment by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), NCO 5, to issue a solicitation, make an award, or to be responsible for any monies expended by interested parties in support of this event. The VA is neither committed nor obligated to pay for information provided, and no basis for claims against the VA shall arise as a result of a response to this Special Announcement/ Industry Day. RSVP Send this RSVP form to:
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[email protected] by Friday, March 26, 2021, 12:00pm (Eastern Standard Time) with E-mail SUBJECT LINE: VISN 5 Industry Day - Pharmaceuticals Company Name: Address: Business Size: DUNS Number: Point of Contact (Phone and Email): Please include Capability Statement.