SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Radiopharmaceutical Supply Contract
- Notice Date
- 5/10/2024 11:24:07 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 325412
— Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- 260-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 20 (36C260) VANCOUVER WA 98662 USA
- ZIP Code
- 98662
- Solicitation Number
- 36C26024Q0554
- Response Due
- 5/17/2024 1:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 06/16/2024
- Point of Contact
- Jose E Ronstadt, Jose Ronstadt, Phone: 360-852-9885
- E-Mail Address
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jose.ronstadt@va.gov
(jose.ronstadt@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- 36C26024Q0554 Page 2 of 2 THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION. THE SUBMISSION OF PRICING, CAPABILITIES FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, AND OTHER MARKET INFORMATION IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED AND ALLOWED UNDER THIS RFI IN ACCORDANCE WITH (IAW) FAR 15.201(e). DISCLAIMER This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. IAW FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. SOURCES SOUGHT DESCRIPTION This is NOT a solicitation announcement. This is a sources-sought synopsis only. The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification relative to NAICS 325412. 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. Responses to this sources-sought synopsis are not considered adequate responses for a solicitation. DISCLAIMER This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Request to order specific product to be used as an Imaging pharmaceutical and administered by IV injection or orally by a Nuclear Medicine Technologist. Administered prior to the Nuclear Medicine study. STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) Contract Title: Radiopharmaceuticals (Nuclear Medicine) Product is used as an Imaging pharmaceutical and administered by IV injection or orally by a Nuclear Medicine Technologist prior to the Nuclear Medicine study. Supplies will be ordered as required. Orders will be placed directly to the Contractor by the Radiology/Nuclear Medicine Technologist. The items shall be ordered by 4:00 pm on the previous day for delivery by 7:30 am the following day. (Items ordered Friday shall be delivered by Monday at 7:30 am.) Stat orders are required to be delivered the same day as they are ordered. Contractor shall be available for order placement and delivery twenty-four (24) hours per day 365 days per year. Emergency orders may be required after normal working hours, weekends or during Federal Holidays (Normal working hours 7:30 am to 4:30 pm). Items delivered after hours under this contract may include shipping and/or delivery charges. Stat deliveries must be delivered to the VA Portland HCS within 90 minutes of order receipt, this is estimated to occur approximately three (3) times per week during normal working hours. Contractor shall accept telephone and/or facsimile orders (no requirement for a hard copy Purchase Order). Product availability information will be available at the time of order placement. Contractor shall verify all orders received via facsimile. Contractor shall include with each dose delivered two (2) identical, self-adhesive labels/stickers that will be used for tracking and maintaining records within the Nuclear Medicine Department. Turnaround time for leukocyte labeling will be a maximum of three (3) hours from pick-up of blood to delivery of labeled white blood cells. Contractor shall provide two (2) copies of shipping invoice with each delivery. Deliveries will be made directly to the VA Portland HCS, Nuclear Medicine Department located in Building 100, 2nd Floor, Room 2D159. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION: The Contractor shall contact the Contracting Officer on all matters pertaining to the administration of the contract. Only the Contracting Officer is authorized to make commitments or issue changes which will affect price, quantity, quality, services or delivery of this contract. RESPONSIBILITY: The Government may evaluate the quality of professional and administrative service provided, but retains no control over the medical, professional aspects of serviced rendered (e.g. professional judgements and/or diagnosis for specific medical treatment). LICENSES AND PERMITS: The Contractor, shall without additional expensed to the Government, be responsible for obtaining necessary licenses including current State Medical License and permits for complying with any applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes and regulations in connection to the performance of the type of service required. INVOICES AND PAYMENT: All payments made under the contract will be made weekly/monthly, in arrears. No advance payments will be authorized. The Contractor shall submit a weekly/monthly invoice by the fifteenth (15th) of the month for the previous month s service. The Contractor shall not invoice until all required documentation is complete, i.e., operation report dictated and signed by the Contract employee. Invoices will be returned when documentation is missing, inaccurate or incomplete. The invoice shall contain the contract number, obligation number, date of service, name of individual who provided the service and the contracted charge for the service provided. The invoice must include the information outlined in FAR Clause 52.214-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items. Invoices shall comply with FAR 32.905. Invoices shall be submitted through VA s Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment System (IPPS). (See Web site at http://www.fsc.va.gov/einvoice.asp.) Payments made by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under this contract shall constitute the total cost of services provided by the Contractor. Contractor hereby agrees that in no event shall Contractor bill, charge, collect a deposit from, seek compensation, remuneration, reimbursement from or have any recourse against the beneficiary, the beneficiary s family, private insurer, Medicare or any other entity acting on the beneficiary s behalf for services provided pursuant to this contract. Billings rendered by the contractor to the VA for services furnished by a VA beneficiary under the terms of this contract shall be billings in full. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: June 30, 2024 July 1, 2029 PERSONNEL POLICY: The parties agree that the Contractor is an independent Contractor . The Contractor s employees, agents and subcontractors shall not be considered VA employees for any purpose.
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- Record
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