Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor   3

This pre-solicitation notice is issued in accordance with FAR Part 5. The VA Office of Acquisition and Logistics, National Acquisition Center intends to issue Request for Proposal (RFP) VA-797-11-RP-0069 for "just-in-time" distribution of Government contracted pharmaceuticals to VA facilities, other Government agencies and State Veterans Homes in the 50 United States, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saipan, and the Philippines. Base performance period for the resultant contract is two years, with 3, two-year options that may be exercised unilaterally by the Government. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 325412 with a small business size standard of 750 employees. The proposal line items for the Great Lakes and Heartland Region will be set-aside for the exclusive participation of small business concerns, provided that a minimum of two offers are received from responsible small business concerns. The Great Lakes Region consists of Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) 11 and 12 plus Other Government Agency (OGA) facilities co-located within the region. The Heartland Region consists of VISNs 15 & 16 plus OGA facilities co-located within the region. The remainder of the proposal line items will be solicited under unrestricted, competitive negotiated procedures in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 12. Indefinite-Delivery, Requirements-Type Contracts will be made for each of the 14 Regions of the solicitation. The net cost of the products to be distributed under the resulting contract will be the combination of the product price and the awarded distribution fee. Prices for the pharmaceutical products to be distributed under the Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor (PPV) Program have been established separately through Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts, VA National Contracts, Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) and Basic Ordering Agreements. The solicitation will require offerors to propose a fee for the distribution of pharmaceutical products. The solicitation will require that offerors have the logistics capabilities and experience to service the approximately 750 customers with next-day deliveries. Among other things, prime vendors shall stock and deliver thousands of pharmaceutical items directly to ordering facilities. In addition to next-day deliveries, web-based ordering system with inventory management capabilities, consolidated paperless invoices, bar-coding of drugs and facility shelves, and consolidated report generators shall be required, Solicitation VA-797-11-RP-0069 will be electronically issued on or about April 28, 2011 with an anticipated closing date of June 9, 2011. The solicitation, any future amendments, and other miscellaneous documents will be available electronically for download at: http://www.fedbizopps.gov. No paper copies of the solicitation will be available. Interested offerors are advised to continuously check this website for any changes to the solicitation. All responsible sources may submit an offer that if timely received, will be considered. The Contracting Officer for this procurement is German "Arch" Arcibal. Please e-mail questions to both German.Arcibal@va.gov and Susan.Proctor@va.gov. THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. The National Acquisition Center will not evaluate any information in response to this notice.