THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE REPRESENTING A MARKET SURVEY AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, PROPOSAL ABSTRACTS, QUOTATIONS OR INVITATION FOR BIDS
The Department of Veterans Affairs is conducting a sources sought to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Veteran-Owned, Small Business, HUB Zone 8(a), Women-Owned, or small disadvantaged business concerns; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. Small businesses concerns shall be capable of providing the necessary equipment and personnel to furnish service in the volume required for all the items under this contract. Contractor shall meet all requirements of Federal, State or City codes regarding operations of this type of service.
The NAICS code is 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing
The intent of this notice is to determine the availability of qualified commercial sources technically capable of providing the items below:
1) FDG for Nuclear Medicine (See Below)
Potential offerors having the skills, experience, professional qualifications, and capabilities necessary to perform the described requirement are invited to provide a capabilities statement via e-mail. The Capability statements shall not exceed three (3) pages and must include the following: 1) Company name and Point of Contact information (address, telephone, e-mail, web-site, etc.); 2) DUNS number and CAGE code; 3) Small Business Size/Certification (to include 8(a), HUB Zone, SDVOSB, etc.); and (4) Familiarity and product knowledge.
Responses are due no later than 2:00 pm EST, Friday, October 31, 2014, and shall be electronically submitted to:
[email protected]. All responses will be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for a potential future acquisition. Response is strictly voluntary; no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow-up information requests.
Statement of Work:
The vendor is to supply FDG (fludeoxyglucose) F-18 in unit dose syringes (10-12 millicuries per unit dose syringe) and/or unit doses combined in multi-dose vials containing a maximum of up to 700 millicuries in the vial (multi-dose vials must fit into the Medrad Intego PET Infusion System) for one year, includes the delivery of the product. Option years may be quoted and added at the discretion of the contracting officer of the Atlanta VA Medical Center to the solicitation. Estimated volume is attached for base and option years pricing.
Workload Estimates
Year Estimated Volume of unit doses/year
Base Year 1900
Option year 1 2000
Option year 2 2100
Option year 3 2200
Option year 4 2300
Bid Protests Not Available