Combine Solicitation – 65– Radiopharmaceuticals Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT IMAGING FSS RFQ
Notice Type: Combine Solicitation
Posted Date:
Office Address: VA Connecticut;
Subject: 65-- Radiopharmaceuticals Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT IMAGING FSS RFQ
Classification Code: 65 - Medical, dental & veterinary equipment & supplies
Solicitation Number: VA24116Q0187
Contact: Sean PowersContracting Specialist 203-937-4757 sean.powers2@va.gov or lori.daley@va.gov
Setaside: N/AN/A
Place of Performance (address):
Place of Performance (zipcode): 06516
Place of Performance Country:
Description:
i. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The Government acknowledges this solicitation will be an award to multiple vendors dependent of the offers received for this requirement. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. PAPER COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE.
ii. Solicitation VA241-16-Q-0187_2 is issued as a request for quotes using Simplified Acquisition Procedures pursuant to FAR Part 13. Written documentation will not be issued for this quote.
iii. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-72A. It is the contractor's responsibility to be familiar with applicable clauses and provisions.
iv. This requirement is for RADIO PHARMACEUITIAL supplies. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 325412 with a size standard of 1250 employees.
v. The VHA NCO 01 - Contracting Office requires the following items. Offerors SHALL BE REQUIRED MEET ALL THE MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS LISTED BELOW.
STATEMENT OF WORK - RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
1. Contractor to provide Radiopharmaceutical products as listed herein, as requested by authorized
2. Contractor will provide for the placement of one or more telephone delivery order (s) per day for items listed in the Pricing and Cost Schedule, 24 hours per day, seven days a week, including holidays.
3. Contractor must be licensed by the
4. DELIVERY ORDERS:
Normally orders shall be placed during the workday and delivery shall be required by
The delivery order shall specify: contract item (s) and quantity, time (s) of delivery and applicable
Orders can be placed orally by telephone, fax transmission or on-line website.
Contractor shall routinely provide two (2) deliveries per day.
5. DELIVERY LOCATION:
Deliveries will be made to:
Attn:
Building One, Ground Floor G141
6. EMERGENCY ORDERING PROCEDURES:
An added cost is provided in the Pricing and Cost Schedule for additional deliveries in excess of two (2) per day. Depending upon the availability of the product, the Contractor shall make deliveries within 2 hours when orders are placed
7. DELIVERY COMMITMENT:
Time of delivery specified or mutually agreed to at the time of receipt of telephone order shall become mandatory upon the Contractor. Failure to perform in accordance with the delivery commitment may be grounds for termination of contract in accordance with the provisions for default.
8. PERSON'S AUTHORIZED TO PLACE ORDERS:
The following VACHS are authorized to place orders under this contract:
9. SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS
Contractor to provide Radiopharmaceutical products as listed herein, as requested by authorized
CAUTION TO BIDDERS. Please insure to fill in the Excel Attachment of the offer relating to the items you are offering to the Government. Please only enter the cells for NDC (if known), QTY and PRICE. Be careful not to change any other cells as they are formulas that help calculate totals.
Base Year:
A. Tc99m Products Est. Quantity Unit Est Unit Price Estimated Total Price
1 Tc99m Medronate/MDP UD 450 EA
2 Tc99m HDP UD 2 EA
3 Tc99m MAA UD 50 EA
4 Tc99m Sulfur Colloid UD 40 EA
5 Tc99m Filtered Sulfur Colloid UD 8 EA
6 Tc99m Tilmanocept/Lymphoseek UD 8 EA
7 Tc99m DTPA Aerosol UD 30 EA
8 Tc99m NaTc04 UD (10 mCi) 40 EA
9 Tc99m NaTc04 MD 5000 mCi
10 Tc99m NaTc04 (linearity source) Vial 8 EA
11 Tc99m Mertiatide/MAG3 UD 25 EA
12 Tc99m Succimer/DMSA UD 1 EA
13 Tc99m Mebrofenin/Choletec UD 25 EA
14 Tc99m Disofenin/Hepatolite UD 1 EA
B. Longer Lived Products
15 I-123 Caps (100 uCi) 35 EA
16 I-123 Caps (200 uCi) 2 EA
17 I-123 Caps (2 mCi) 5 EA
18 I-123 MIBG (Adreview) 1 EA
19 I-131 TX Capsule (up to 6 mCi) 18 EA
20 I-131 DX Capsule 5 mCi 8 EA
21 I-131 DX/TX Capsule each add'l mCi 250 mCi
22 In-111 Octreoscan 15 EA
23 In-111 DTPA/Cisternography 1 EA
24 In-111 Prostascint 1 EA
25
26
27 Ga-67 Gallium Citrate 2 EA
28 I-123 DaTscan 25 EA
29 Radium-223/XOFIGO (60-220 uCi) 3373 uCi
30 SM-153 Samarium Lexidronam (Quadramet) 1 EA
C. Cardiology Products
31 Tc99m Tetrofosmin/Myoview 1000 EA
32 Tc99m Sestamibi /Cardiolite 10 EA
33 Tl-201 Thallous Chloride 2 EA
D. Labeling Services
34 Tc-99m Labeled Exametazine WBC 15 EA
35 111-In Labeled WBC 1 EA
36 Tc-99m- Heat Denatured RBCs 1 EA
E. Non-Radioactive Nuclear Pharmaceuticals "Cold Kits"
37 Ultratag Vial 30 EA
38 Pyrophosphate/PYP vial 15 EA
39 ACD vial 2 EA
40 Soda Lime Filtering Cartridge 40 EA
41 Dry-All Filtering Cartridge 40 EA
42 WBC Blood Kit (ACD & Hetastarch) 15 EA
F. PET Products
43 F-18-FDG UD 800 EA
44 F-18 FDG UD Linearity Source 6 EA
45 F-18NaF (8-15 mCi) 10 EA
46 F-18 Florbetapir/Amyvid 3 EA
47 F-18 Florbetaber/Neuroceq 3 EA
48 C11-Choline 10 EA
G. Delivery
49 Emergency Weekday 10 EA
50 Emergency Weekend and Holiday 10 EA
Total Base Year:
vi. 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition
vii. 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items. The Government will award a firm-fixed price purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror, whose quote is lowest price and technically acceptable. The Government reserves the right to issue an award without discussion.
viii. 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. The Contracting Officer will review the vendor's online certifications at http://sam.gov to ensure that they are accurate and complete. If the vendor does not have active representations and certifications registered online they will be disqualified from being considered for award
ix. 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, is hereby incorporated by reference.
ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS
Clauses that are incorporated by reference, (by Citation Number, Title, and Date), have the same force, and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available.
The following clauses are incorporated into 52.212-4 as an addendum to this contract:
52.232-40 PROVIDING ACCELERATED PAYMENTS TO SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTORS (
(a) Upon receipt of accelerated payments from the Government, the Contractor shall make accelerated payments to its small business subcontractors under this contract, to the maximum extent practicable and prior to when such payment is otherwise required under the applicable contract or subcontract, after receipt of a proper invoice and all other required documentation from the small business subcontractor.
(b) The acceleration of payments under this clause does not provide any new rights under the Prompt Payment Act.
(c) Include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts with small business concerns, including subcontracts with small business concerns for the acquisition of commercial items.
(End of clause)
VAAR 852.203-70 COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING (
The bidder or offeror agrees that if a contract is awarded to him/her, as a result of this solicitation, he/she will not advertise the award of the contract in his/her commercial advertising in such a manner as to state or imply that the
(End of Clause)
VAAR 852.211-73 BRAND NAME OR EQUAL (
(Note: As used in this clause, the term "brand name" includes identification of products by make and model.)
(a) If items called for by this invitation for bids have been identified in the schedule by a "brand name or equal" description, such identification is intended to be descriptive, but not restrictive, and is to indicate the quality and characteristics of products that will be satisfactory. Bids offering "equal" products (including products of the brand name manufacturer other than the one described by brand name) will be considered for award if such products are clearly identified in the bids and are determined by the Government to meet fully the salient characteristics requirements listed in the invitation.
(b) Unless the bidder clearly indicates in the bid that the bidder is offering an "equal" product, the bid shall be considered as offering a brand name product referenced in the invitation for bids.
(c)(1) If the bidder proposes to furnish an "equal" product, the brand name, if any, of the product to be furnished shall be inserted in the space provided in the invitation for bids, or such product shall be otherwise clearly identified in the bid. The evaluation of bids and the determination as to equality of the product offered shall be the responsibility of the Government and will be based on information furnished by the bidder or identified in his/her bid as well as other information reasonably available to the purchasing activity.
VAAR 852.232-72 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS (
(a) Definitions. As used in this clause-
(1) Contract financing payment has the meaning given in FAR 32.001.
(2) Designated agency office has the meaning given in 5 CFR 1315.2(m).
(3) Electronic form means an automated system transmitting information electronically according to the Accepted electronic data transmission methods and formats identified in paragraph (c) of this clause. Facsimile, email, and scanned documents are not acceptable electronic forms for submission of payment requests.
(4) Invoice payment has the meaning given in FAR 32.001.
(5) Payment request means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment submitted by the contractor under this contract.
(b) Electronic payment requests. Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this clause, the contractor shall submit payment requests in electronic form. Purchases paid with a Government-wide commercial purchase card are considered to be an electronic transaction for purposes of this rule, and therefore no additional electronic invoice submission is required.
(c) Data transmission. A contractor must ensure that the data transmission method and format are through one of the following:
(1)
(2) Any system that conforms to the X12 electronic data interchange (EDI) formats established by the Accredited Standards Center (ASC) and chartered by the
(d) Invoice requirements. Invoices shall comply with FAR 32.905.
(e) Exceptions. If, based on one of the circumstances below, the contracting officer directs that payment requests be made by mail; the contractor shall submit payment requests by mail through the
(1) Awards made to foreign vendors for work performed outside
(2) Classified contracts or purchases when electronic submission and processing of payment requests could compromise the safeguarding of classified or privacy information;
(3) Contracts awarded by contracting officers in the conduct of emergency operations, such as responses to national emergencies;
(4) Solicitations or contracts in which the designated agency office is a
(5) Solicitations or contracts in which the
(End of Clause)
VAAR 852.246-71 INSPECTION (
(End of Clause)
52.207-4 ECONOMIC PURCHASE QUANTITY-SUPPLIES (
(a) Offerors are invited to state an opinion on whether the quantity (ies) of supplies on which bids, proposals or quotes are requested in this solicitation is (are) economically advantageous to the Government.
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(b) Each offeror who believes that acquisitions in different quantities would be more advantageous is invited to recommend an economic purchase quantity. If different quantities are estimated, a total and a unit price must be quoted for applicable items. An economic purchase quantity is that quantity at which a significant price break Occurs. If there are significant price breaks at different quantity points, this information is desired as well.
(c) The information requested in this provision is being solicited to avoid acquisitions in disadvantageous quantities and to assist the Government in developing a data base for future acquisitions of these items. However, the Government reserves the right to amend or cancel the solicitation and re-solicit with respect to any individual item in the event quotations received and the Government's requirements indicate that different quantities should be acquired.
(End of provision)
52.225-18 PLACE OF MANUFACTURE (
(a) Definitions. As used in this clause-
"Manufactured end product" means any end product in Federal Supply Classes (FSC) 1000-9999, except-
(1) FSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials;
(2)
(3) FSG 88, Live Animals;
(4) FSG 89, Food and Related Consumables;
(5) FSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials;
(6) FSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible;
(7) FSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products;
(8) FSC 9610, Ores;
(9) FSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and
(10) FSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials.
"Place of manufacture" means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture.
(b) For statistical purposes only, the offeror shall indicate whether the place of manufacture of the end products it expects to provide in response to this solicitation is predominantly-
(1) o In
(2) o Outside the United States.
(End of provision)
VAAR 852.252-70 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS OR CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (
The following provisions or clauses incorporated by reference in this solicitation must be completed by the offeror or prospective contractor and submitted with the quotation or offer. Copies of these provisions or clauses are available on the
[Contracting officer shall list all FAR and 48
(End of Addendum to 52.212-4)
x. 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (
(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:
(1) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (
Alternate I (
(2) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (
(3) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (
(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:
[X] (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (
[X] (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (
[X] (14)(i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (
[X] (25) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (
[X] (28) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (
[X] (29) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (
[X] (30) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999).
[X] (31) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (
[X] (32) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (
[X] (33) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (
[X] (34) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (
[X] (40) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (
[X] (42)(i) 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act (
[] (ii) Alternate I (
[] (iii) Alternate II (
[] (iv) Alternate III (
[X] (44) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (
[X] (51) 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other than System for Award Management (
(c) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c), applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:
(d) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (d) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records-Negotiation.
(1) The Comptroller General of
(2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved.
(3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law.
(e)(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this clause, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (e)(1) in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause-
(i) 52.203-13,
While not required, the contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations.
(End of Clause)
xiii. Questions regarding this requirement shall be emailed to sean.powers2@va.gov and maybe cc'd to lori.daley@va.gov no later than
xiv. Offers are due
Contracting Office Address:
Place of Delivery: Building 1 ground floor VAMC West Haven
950 Campbell Avenue
Point of contact(s):
Link/URL: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/WHVAMC/VAMCCO80220/VA24116Q0187/listing.html
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