Mspv Make Ppe In America   2

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) manages the United States largest integrated healthcare system, providing care at 1,243 healthcare facilities, including 172 medical centers and 1,062 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics), serving approximately 9 million enrolled Veterans each year. The healthcare system receives the majority of medical and surgical supply support through the Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor (MSPV) program. The objective of this procurement is to establish, or modify existing, FAR 13 BPAs supporting the VA MSPV program. VA seeks to award all items which comply with the statutory requirements of the Make PPE in America Act as well as existing safety standards for consumable medical and surgical supplies for all sites covered under the VA MSPV program. VHA aims to ensure availability and consistency of medical/surgical supplies and to obtain volume-based, standardized pricing. VHA desires to continue the practice of achieving cost avoidance while simultaneously balancing clinician considerations for obtaining quality medical/surgical supplies. Please see RFQ for complete description.

*** To level-set the commercial manufacturing community on the requirement and address questions for interested companies an INDUSTRY DAY will take place during the week of 18 December, 2023. Details on the Industry Day will be published as an amendment to this solicitation within the next week ***

Background
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) manages the United States’ largest integrated healthcare system, providing care at 1,243 healthcare facilities, including 172 medical centers and 1,062 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics), serving approximately 9 million enrolled Veterans each year. The healthcare system receives the majority of medical and surgical supply support through the Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor (MSPV) program. The objective of this procurement is to establish, or modify existing, Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) supporting the VA MSPV program. VA seeks to award all items which comply with the statutory requirements of the Make PPE in America Act as well as existing safety standards for consumable medical and surgical supplies for all sites covered under the VA MSPV program.
VHA aims to ensure availability and consistency of medical/surgical supplies and to obtain volume-based, standardized pricing. VHA desires to continue the practice of achieving cost avoidance while simultaneously balancing clinician considerations for obtaining quality medical/surgical supplies.

Work Details
Establish Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) or modify active BPAs in support of the Medical Surgical Prime Vendor Product Catalog for Make PPE in America compliant items. This Request for Quote (RFQ) is being issued under tiered evaluation procedures.

Period of Performance
BPAs awarded under this Statement of Work (SOW) will have a total Period of Performance (POP) not to exceed 60 months.

Place of Performance
The geographic location(s) where the products will be delivered are not explicitly mentioned in the provided text.