SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Pharmaceutical Repackaging Service
- Notice Date
- 9/28/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 493110
— General Warehousing and Storage
- Contracting Office
- VA National Acquisition Center - Department of Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- VA79710RP0179
- Response Due
- 10/12/2010
- Archive Date
- 12/11/2010
- Point of Contact
- Fran De Rosa
- E-Mail Address
-
erosa@va.gov<br
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SUBJ: Sources Sought Notice for Pharmaceutical Repackaging Service This purpose of this Source 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. SUMMARY: The VA National Acquisition Center issued this Sources Sought Notice to locate potential sources to serve as a unit-of-use re-packager/distributor of oral, solid pharmaceuticals, as needed by the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) healthcare facilities, to satisfy VA inpatient and outpatient needs. The capabilities of the potential re-packager are to provide receipt, warehousing, inventory management, repackaging and labeling, packaging, on-line ordering capability, and distribution of pharmaceutical products. PROGRAM OVERVIEW: The VA National Acquisition Center (NAC) will purchase the products separately from this service, and arrange for delivery of such products to the re-packager for repackaging. The re-packager shall have the capability to provide repackaging of product in pharmacy grade, round, High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE), white plastic containers that include a child resistant convertible cap and tamper evident seal. All plastic must be identified with a number 1, 2, or 3 designations for recycling. The contractor is responsible for supplying, printing, and applying labels to the repackaged unit of use product following all regulatory requirements. Bar codes must be clear and defined with no break in the bar code graphics. All products shall be stored in a warehouse capable of maintaining drugs at USP controlled temperature, and segregated from contractor's other products. Contractor will receive orders from the facilities electronically, through a web-based interface and provide a fax line for manual orders, and ship FOB Destination to approximately 160 hospitals located in every state, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam, and to 7 Consolidated Mail Outpatient facilities. Shipping costs will be a component of the contractor's repackaging fee. The re-packager must apply an adhesive label to each case used to ship full case quantities that accurately identify the contents of the case. All pallets shall be wrapped using black shrink wrap to encapsulate the pallet and containers. VA estimates that approximately 6.7 million bottles of various sizes ranging from 120cc - 950cc will be repackaged each year for a specific number of drugs. The re-packager shall possess a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) certification for Class III (narcotic and non-narcotic), Class IV, and Class V controlled substances. The re-packager's control, accounting, and repackaging procedures shall conform to applicable FDA laws, regulations, and requirements including those governing Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) that prevent misbranding or adulteration of government owned products. The re-packager must have two years proven past experience as a re-packager in performing the breadth and depth of the repackaging services stated herein. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this industry is 493110, and the corresponding small business size determination to this NAICS code is established as not exceeding the $25.5 M threshold. This threshold is determined by taking the annual average gross revenue of the business concern for the last three fiscal years. See Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19.1 for additional information on how to apply this threshold. Based on the NAICS code, please indicate your company's business size. Please remember, earnings of any parent / subsidiary / sibling business relation will affect your business size status. If your firm meets the FDA and DEA requirements stated above and can provide the breadth and depth of the repackaging service stated herein, please respond to this notice. Please remember to include your business size based on the above threshold. Interested sources may respond to this notice at their earliest convenience, but no later than October 12, 2010. Responses will be accepted via email at fran.derosa@va.gov or regular mail. Please address your response to the VA National Acquisition Center, P.O. 76, Building 37 (001AL-A2-3b-R), Hines, IL 60141, Attn: Fran De Rosa.
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