65 -- PHARMACEUTICAL PRIME VENDOR-TRICARE NORTHEAST

Notice Date

October 25, 2000

Contracting Office

Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Directorate of Medical Materiel, Bldg 6, 700 Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111

ZIP Code

19111

Solicitation Number

SP0200-01-R-2503

Point of Contact

Lorinda Ferraiolo (215) 737-7014

E-Mail Address

Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via (lferraiolo@dscp.dla.mil)

Description

The Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Directorate of Medical Materiel plans to issue an unrestricted Request For Proposal (RFP) to solicit offers to select a Primary Supplier (PS) and a Secondary Supplier (SS) of pharmaceuticals for Government Medical Treatment Facilities (MTF) in the TRICARE Northeast Region (includes the states of ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CN, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, WV as well as the District of Columbia and northern VA). DSCP intends to award a "PS" contract for the TRICARE Northeast Region. An "SS" contract will be issued, if it is in the best interests of the Government. The proposed contract would include a base ordering period of 2 years with three 2-year option periods for both the "PS" and "SS". The potential maximum term of each contract would be 8 years. Current total annual pharmaceutical purchases by the MTFs in the region amount to $187,500,000. The estimated value of the 8-year "PS" contract is $1.5 billion. This acquisition will be awarded using a Tradeoff Process under Source Selection Procedures -- all technical evaluation factors, when combined, are significantly more important than price. In order to be initially considered for an award, at the time of closing of the RFP, each offeror must submit Business & Technical Proposals as set forth in the solicitation. The current estimated issuance date of the solicitation is 15 December, 2000 with an estimated closing date of 30 January, 2001. The solicitation will only be available via the Internet on the Department of Defense Procurement Gateway for downloading by potential offerors. Once the solicitation is available, a copy will be able to be obtained by going to http://progate.daps.mil/home Once the webpage appears click on the acronym "RFPs" under the Search menu. When the next page appears, indicate that you want to go to "DSCP -- Medical". The next page that appears will list all current DSCP Medical solicitations that are available for downloading. This solicitation will only be available by downloading from the above webpage. No requests for hard copies will be honored.

Web Link

When the solicitation becomes available, you can click (http://progate.daps.mil/home)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001027/65SOL001.HTM (W-299 SN5051B2)