SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Needles / Syringes (VA-20-00024381)
- Notice Date
- 2/11/2020 11:40:17 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339112
— Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NAC PHARMACEUTICALS (36E797) HINES IL 60141 USA
- ZIP Code
- 60141
- Solicitation Number
- 36E79720Q0005
- Response Due
- 2/19/2020 8:59:59 PM
- Archive Date
- 05/28/2020
- Point of Contact
- Andrew Cazaresandrew.cazares@va.gov(708)786-4990
- E-Mail Address
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andrew.cazares@va.gov
(andrew.cazares@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- Page 4 of 4 Sources Sought Notice- National Contracts Standardization Program The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. Offers are not being solicited at this time. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request for information. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Acquisition Center is conducting market research for the procurement of needles and syringes of various types and sizes for the Pharmacy Personnel Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Indian Health Service (IHS), and Federal Health Care Center (FHCC). This procurement will result in a national mandatory requirement contract for the above agencies (for outpatient pharmacy use only).� Other companies with the same/similar product will be blocked out for ordering; therefore, it is our goal to award lower than FSS/Open Market prices on the resultant national contract based on purchases of a committed volume.� These products will be awarded in the aggregate for the base year and all option years included in the solicitation. Please provide a response to the following: 1. Is your Company able to meet the following minimum requirements: National Product Code: Offerors shall provide a separate and distinct twelve-digit Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) or Universal Product Code number (UPC) number unique to the offeror or manufacturer for the product proposed. Does your company/the manufacturer have a unique GTIN or UPC? _____________ If the offeror is not the manufacturer of the offered items, the offeror shall submit a letter of commitment from the manufacturer to the offeror which will assure the offeror a source of supply sufficient to satisfy the Government's requirements for the contract period. Name of Manufacturer: _________________ (Small or Large Business) Would you be able to provide a letter of commitment from the manufacturer of the offered product? _____________ Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor: This requirement is for ordering by Pharmacy Personnel at the Department of Veterans Affairs and participating Other Government Agencies. The contractor shall ensure that chargeback agreements with the PPVs have been executed with sufficient time to permit the PPVs to begin timely distribution of Government orders, if an award is made. Does your company currently have a business-to-business agreement with the PPV? _________ d. Under NAICS code 339112, is your company size (check one): Large Business ______ Small Business ______ If your company is a small business, are you Veteran-owned/Service-Disabled Veteran-owned? (Please note you must be VetBiz certified to qualify for a VOSB/SDVOSB set-aside) ___________ e. If a small business, does your company manufacture at least 50% of the product offered? _________ f. Is the offered end-product U.S end-made or designated end made product? _________ g. Can your company meet the following product description and usage? ________ i. If so, for which groups can your company provide products? Note that an offer will only be considered for a group if the offeror can provide all products and estimated quantities within that group. ______________________________________________________________________ If your company can provide products for one or more of the groups below, please indicate the quantity per box and box quantity per case that your company offers to its commercial customers for each applicable group. GROUP A: NEEDLES, NON-SAFETY Needle, hypodermic: straight, sterile, stainless steel, single use, ISO color-coded luer lock polypropylene hub. BPA, DEHP, PVC free. Not made with natural rubber latex, disposable. Individually blister packed. Gauge, length, bevel type, wall type, and usage requirements below: GROUP A: NEEDLES, NON-SAFETY Item Gauge Length Bevel Wall Type Qty Quantity per box Quantity of boxes per Case 1 19G 1 inch Regular Thin 41,160 2 19G 1.5 inch Regular Thin 90,480 3 22G 1 inch Regular Regular 39,480 4 22G 1.5 inch Regular Regular 77,640 5 23G 1 inch Regular Regular 12,720 6 25G 5/8 inch Regular Regular 15,000 7 25G 1 inch Regular Regular 11,520 8 25G 1.5 inch Regular Regular 24,360 9 26G 3/8 inch Intradermal Regular 1,680 10 27G � inch Regular Regular 16,680 11 30G 1 inch Regular Regular 2,280 GROUP B: SYRINGES, STERILE Syringes, Sterile: sterile, single-use syringe. Translucent barrel/plunger with black graduated markings. BPA, DEHP, PVC free. Not made with natural rubber latex, disposable. Individually blister packed. Volume capacity, tip type, graduation scale, material type and usage requirements below: GROUP B: SYRINGES, STERILE Item Capacity Tip type Graduation Scale Material Qty Quantity per box Quantity of boxes per Case 1 1ml Luer Lock 0.01ml Polycarbonate 79,200 2 1ml Luer Lock Insulin U-100 Polycarbonate 18,120 3 1ml Slip Tip 0.01ml Polypropylene 12,240 4 3ml Luer Lock 0.1ml Polypropylene 281,280 5 5-6ml Luer Lock 0.2ml Polypropylene 104,700 6 10ml Luer Lock 0.2ml Polypropylene 29,328 7 20ml Luer Lock 1ml Polypropylene 163,123 8 30-35ml Luer Lock 1ml Polypropylene 98,314 9 50-60ml Luer Lock 1ml Polypropylene 251,280 10 50-60ml Catheter 1ml Polypropylene 82,464 GROUP C: SYRINGES/NEEDLE COMBO, NON-SAFETY Syringes/Needle Combo, Non-Safety: sterile, single-use polypropylene syringe with translucent barrel/plunger and black graduated markings. Sterile, stainless steel, single use, ISO color-coded luer lock polypropylene hub with regular bevel needle attached. BPA, DEHP, PVC free. Not made with natural rubber latex, disposable. Individually blister packed. Volume capacity, gauge, needle length, graduation scale, wall type and usage requirements below: GROUP C: SYRINGES/NEEDLE COMBO, NON-SAFETY Item Capacity Gauge Length Graduation Scale Wall Type Qty Quantity per box Quantity of boxes per Case 1 3ml 21g 1 inch 0.1ml Thin 13,800 2 3ml 22g 1 inch 0.1ml Regular 84,600 3 3ml 22g 1.5 inch 0.1ml Regular 48,120 4 3ml 23g 1 inch 0.1ml Regular 23,520 5 3ml 23g 1.5 inch 0.1ml Thin 15,120 6 3ml 25g 1.5 inch 0.1ml Regular 4,560 7 3ml 25g 5/8 inch 0.1ml Regular 33,240 8 10ml 20g 1.5 inch 0.2ml Regular 11,880 9 10ml 20g 1 inch 0.2ml Regular 7,680 10 10ml 21g 1 inch 0.2ml Regular 16,200 11 10ml 21g 1.5 inch 0.2ml Regular 9,120 12 10ml 22g 1 inch 0.2ml Regular 2,760 GROUP D: SYRINGES/NEEDLE COMBO, TUBERCULIN Syringes/Needle Combo, Tuberculin: sterile, single-use polypropylene slip-tip syringe with translucent barrel/plunger and black graduated markings. Sterile, stainless steel, single use, ISO color-coded luer polypropylene hub with regular bevel needle attached. BPA, DEHP, PVC free. Not made with natural rubber latex, disposable. Individually blister packed. Volume capacity, gauge, needle length, graduation scale, and usage requirements below: GROUP D: SYRINGES/NEEDLE COMBO, TUBERCULIN Item Capacity Gauge Length Graduation Scale Qty Quantity per box Quantity of boxes per Case 1 1ml 25g 5/8 inch 0.01ml 42,840 2 1ml 26g 3/8 inch 0.01ml 16,680 GROUP E: SYRINGES/NEEDLE COMBO, SAFETY Syringes/Needle Combo, Safety: sterile, single-use polypropylene syringe with translucent barrel/plunger and black graduated markings. Sterile, stainless steel, single use, ISO color-coded luer lock polypropylene hub with regular bevel needle attached and safety feature to reduce needlestick injury. BPA, DEHP, PVC free. Not made with natural rubber latex, disposable. Individually blister packed. Volume capacity, gauge, needle length, graduation scale, and usage requirements below: GROUP E: SYRINGES/NEEDLE COMBO, SAFETY Item Capacity Gauge Length Graduation Scale Qty Quantity per box Quantity of boxes per Case 1 0.5ml 30g 5/16 inch Insulin U-100 11,760 2 1ml 25g 5/8 inch 0.01ml 8,160 3 1ml 27g 0.5 inch 0.01ml 69,840 4 3ml 21g 1.5 inch 0.1ml 8,760 5 3ml 22g 1 inch 0.1ml 11,400 6 3ml 22g 1.5 inch 0.1ml 149,580 7 3ml 23g 1 inch 0.1ml 13,920 8 3ml 25g 5/8 inch 0.1ml 15,660 9 5ml 22g 1.5 inch 0.2ml 257,280 GROUP F: SYRINGES, ORAL Syringes, Oral: non-sterile, single-use polypropylene syringe for oral use. Syringes to include tip caps. BPA, DEHP, PVC free. Not made with natural rubber latex, disposable. Two colors of oral syringes are requested: 1.) Clear/Translucent barrel and plunger with graduated markings in readable color. 2.) Amber barrel with white/translucent plunger with graduated markings in readable color. Must meet USP requirements for photo-sensitive medications. Volume capacity, color, graduation scale, and usage requirements below: GROUP F: SYRINGES, ORAL Item Capacity Barrel Color Graduation Scale Qty Quantity per box Quantity of boxes per Case 1 1ml Clear/Translucent 0.01ml 44,400 2 3ml Clear/Translucent 0.1ml 40,200 3 5-6ml Clear/Translucent 0.2ml 274,320 4 10ml Clear/Translucent 0.2ml 263,400 5 1ml Amber (Light Resistant) 0.01ml 69,000 6 3ml Amber (Light Resistant) 0.1ml 75,600 7 5-6ml Amber (Light Resistant) 0.2ml 186,600 8 10ml Amber (Light Resistant) 0.2ml 141,000 *One award will be made in the aggregate for Group A, line items 1 through 11, Group B, line items 1 through 10, Group C, line items 1 through 12, Group D, line items 1 and 2, Group E, line items 1 through 9; and Group F, line items 1 through 8. The Government may award six separate contracts for Group A, B, C, D, E and F, or one contract will be awarded for all groups. To be considered for award, offerors must submit a price for the base year and all four option years for the groups proposed. 2. Is your Company interested in submitting a response to a solicitation? ________ 3. As this is a national standardized contract, our preference is for a base plus four option years to provide our customers continuity and consistency of product by allowing long term committed purchases of your product. If interested, please indicate Base year and how many Option periods, not to exceed 4. _________________ 4.�� If an award were to be made based on the above requirements, would your company be able to begin supplying the product in the estimated quantities within 60 days of the contract award date? ___________ 5. If your company is not interested in participating, please respond with the reason why.� This aids our market research for future procurements. ______________________________________________________________________ If you could provide your responses by next Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 it would be greatly appreciated.� Please contact Andrew Cazares at Andrew.Cazares@va.gov if you have any questions.
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