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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF DECEMBER 20, 2013 FBO #4409
DOCUMENT

H -- Option Year Renewal of Pharmacy Microbiological Testing-VA247-13-C-0010 - Attachment

Notice Date

12/18/2013
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541380 — Testing Laboratories
 

Contracting Office

Janica Francis-Hunter;Department of Veterans Affairs;Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center;109 Bee Street;Charleston SC 29403-5799
 

ZIP Code

29403-5799
 

Solicitation Number

VA24714I0186
 

Response Due

12/27/2013
 

Archive Date

1/1/2014
 

Point of Contact

Janica Francis-Hunter
 

E-Mail Address

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Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTING SAFETY SERVICE DESCRIPTION: This is a sources sought to determine the availability of potential sources having the skills and capabilities necessary to provide the SPECIFIED REQUIREMENT. All interested vendors are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought including commercial market information. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. This is a sources sought synopsis only. Questions should be submitted by email to Janica.Francis@va.gov. Provide only the requested information below. The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classifications (Service Disabled/Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB/VOSB), Hub zone, 8(a), small, small disadvantaged, woman owned small business, FSS/GSA contract schedule holders or large business) relative to NAICS 541380, Testing Laboratories (size standard $14 Million). Responses to this synopsis will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After review of the responses to this sources sought synopsis, a solicitation announcement may be published on the FBO website. Responses to this sources sought synopsis are not considered adequate responses to the solicitation announcement. All interested offerors will have to respond to the solicitation announcement in addition to responding to this sources sought announcement. SPECIFIED REQUIREMENT: Network Contracting Office 7, Charleston, SC is seeking sources for a potential contractor to perform the following type of service: RHJ VA Medical Center has a pharmacy on the first floor which includes three ISO 5 cabinets; two large hoods in Infusion Room and one small hood in Chemotherapy Room. Microbiological sampling of clean rooms, anterooms (ISO Class 8) is recommended by draft document United States Pharmacopeia, chapter 797 (USP 797) and VA information letter 10-2006-008. The sampling strategy recommended by USP 797 for recertification is to sample for fungi and bacteria using an impactor and agar plates in the anteroom, near both the infusion and chemotherapy clean room doorways, inside the clean room twelve inches from the bio-safety cabinets/hoods. USP 797 recommends air sampling of clean rooms and anterooms semi-annually for medium risk compounding sterile preparation areas. USP 797 also recommends surface sampling and air sampling for fungi and bacteria inside ISO Class 5 bio-safety cabinets/hoods. According to USP 797, fungi and bacteria are not expected to be present in ISO Class 5 areas. The areas specified for testing are designated medium risk compounding sterile preparation areas. Baseline sampling has already been conducted for these areas. This information will be provided to the contractor as required. The contractor shall perform sample air sampling quarterly for fungi and bacteria using high volume sampling pumps capable of achieving and maintaining the required flow rate of 28 liters per minute and impaction samplers to conduct the sampling. Each air sample shall be collected for 25 minutes for a total sample volume of 980 liters. Also, the contractor shall perform surface and glove tip samples for bacteria using Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) contact plates and Malt Extract Agar (MEA) contact plates for sampling of fungi. The contractor shall perform following samples: a.Bacteria air sample analysis b.Fungi air sample analysis c.Bacteria and Fungi surface sample analysis d.Fungi glove dip sample analysis e.Bacteria glove dip sample analysis f.Prepare and submit laboratory test REQUESTED INFORMATION: (1) STATEMENT OF CABABILITY: Submit a brief description, five (5) pages or less, that demonstrates how your company has the supervision, facilities, labor and experience to provide quarterly microbiological testing in pharmacy infusion room in accordance with USP 797. Include past experience in performing these services to the VA, other Government (Federal or State) agency, or for a private facility. Please specify your availability to start date and your address. (2) BUSINESS SIZE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS: (a) Indicate whether your business is large or small (b) If small, indicate if your firm qualifies as a small, emerging business, or small disadvantaged business (c) If disadvantaged, specify under which disadvantaged group and if your firm is certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (d) Indicate if your firm is a certified Hub-zone firm (e) Indicate if your firm is a woman-owned or operated business (f) Indicate if your firm is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) (g) Include the DUNS number of your firm. (h) State whether your firm is registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ and/or the VetBiz Registry at http://vip.vetbiz.gov/. If not, please (i) NOTE that any future solicitation could only be awarded to a contractor who is registered in SAM and to receive award based on VOSB or SDVOSB status you must be registered in the VetBiz Registry. Responses must be emailed to Janica.Francis@va.gov no later than 1:00pm EST, Friday, December 27, 2013. Your response should include both the STATEMENT OF CABABILITY and BUSINESS SIZE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS information as explained above. Please place "Attention: Microbiological Testing" in the subject line of your email. This notice is to assist the VA in determining sources only. A SOLICITATION IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. If a solicitation is issued it will be announced at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/ChaVAMC/VAMCCO80220/VA24714I0186/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA247-14-I-0186 VA247-14-I-0186.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1132833&FileName=VA247-14-I-0186-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1132833&FileName=VA247-14-I-0186-000.docx

 

Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Ralph H Johnson VAMC;Department of Veterans Affairs;109 Bee Street;Charleston, SC

Zip Code: 29445
 

Record

SN03254474-W 20131220/131218235631-f6b3f35417979695bae4790db28e15e9 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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