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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 17,1997 PSA#1973Chief A&MMS (90C), Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, 1201 Broad
Rock Blvd, Richmond, VA 23249 65 -- MEDICAL/SURGICAL PRIME VENDOR PRE-SOLICITATION CONFERENCE SOL
SOL 652-66-98 POC Art Nalley (804) 675-5490 or Charles McCarthy (804)
675-5484 WEB: SOL 652-66-98,
http://www.cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/cbdpwd.cgi. E-MAIL: Med/Surg
PV, McCarthy, Charles@forum va.gov. As part of an overall initiative to
reduce its operating costs, the Department of Veterans Affairs wishes
to test at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center (VAMC), 1201
Broad Rock Blvd., Richmond, Virginia 23249, the potential for reducing
the total cost of delivering medical supplies to patients by forming
partnerships between commercial distributors of medical and surgical
supplies and VA medical centers. The VA, Furthermore, wishes to
incorporate in its test the commercial process used by distributors to
attract and service new customers so that other VA medical centers
will be able to replicate test outcomes if the test is successful. A
Pre-Solicitation Conference will be held with all interested parties on
Wednesday, December 10, 1997 at 1:00 PM, EST. The meeting will convene
in Building 507, A1, room 29. The purpose of this meeting will be to
discuss the Scope of Work, and receive private sector comments for
consideration and possible inclusion in the resulting solicitation. The
annual volume of sales is estimated at 8 million dollars, the VA
intends on awarding a multi-year (3 yr) contract. The successful
distributor shall be expected to maintain an extensive medical and
surgical product line inventory. It will have the capability and skill
to distribute that inventory in low units of measure to and including
all end use distribution points (deliver to dock, deliver to floor,
deliver to nurse servers and nurse closets) in the VAMC and its
satellites. The successful distributor will also have the capability
and skill to provide complete inventory management, value-added
analysis and process improvement. An advance copy of the proposed Scope
of Work may be obtained prior to the Pre-Solicitation Conference by
written request to the above address or FAX (804) 675-5588. Interested
parties are encouraged to submit questions to be answered at the
conference in advance. To ensure space availability, prospective
attendees should notify the contracting officer, by written notice,
name of company and individuals attending NLT December 5, 1997.
Participation will be limited to no more than 3 persons from each
company. This is not a request for proposals. (0317) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0267 19971117\65-0001.SOL)
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