The goal of the Manufacturer Direct Program is to establish an alternative to manual open market purchase activity, re-engineer the business process with automated e-commerce business solution. The objective of this solicitation is to establish a Fixed Price (with Economic Price Adjustment) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract with NuVasive for their spinal orthopedic "procedural packages." These "procedural packages" include spinal implants, instrumentation sets, orthobiological products and ancillary accessories (such as bone cement, guide wire, etc.) that are necessary for the orthopedic surgery.

There are (3) three delivery methods (Just-In-Time (JIT), Direct Vendor Delivery (DVD) and Consignment) utilized to support DLA customers' requirement for orthopedic "procedural packages". Under the JIT delivery method, the Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs) will call the sales representative when a surgery is scheduled to discuss the case, make a product selection and inform him or her of the surgery date and time. The manufacturer's representative will transport the "procedural package" to the designated site at the scheduled time. The representative may be requested by the MTFs to have in their possession a number of "back-up" components available to the physician during the entire procedure. Under the "DVD" method, MTFs may order product in advance of a scheduled surgery or purchase replacement inventory on an as needed basis. Under this method all items are packaged for shipment to the delivery point cited on the purchase order. Under the "Consignment" method, an MTF have the products that make up the "procedural set" consigned to their facility.

This solicitation also contains an on-site personnel requirement for the contractor to provide advice and guidance to physician's before, during and after implantation of the device at the request of the Medical Treatment Facility. Technical support shall be available twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.

Market Research has revealed that there are no other manufacturers or distributors other than NuVasive who can provide DoD hospitals with the complete NuVasive "Procedural Package" (NuVasive spinal implants, use of the instrumentation sets, orthobiological products and the auxiliary products) at the required time for surgery and be available on-site if needed to answer questions on all these products. The NuVasive Sales Representatives are experts on NuVasive's products and are a vital part of helping to ensure that the patient is getting the necessary treatment. Only NuVasive has these capabilities.

NuVasive will have their product line loaded in the DLA Troop Support Medical Electronic Catalog (ECAT). All Orders, Order Acknowledgements and Invoice transactions are required to be electronic. Items will be delivered to various Department of Defense (DoD) research centers, hospitals, and clinics, and any federal customer participating in this program.

The term of the contract will be a one-year Base Period and four one-year unilateral Option Periods. This procurement has an estimated value of $8,000,000.00 for the Base Period, $8,054,400.00 for the first option period, $8,109,169.92 for the second option period, $8,164,312.28 for the third option period, and $8,219,829.60 for the fourth option period, for a total of approximately $40,547,711.80 over the five-year life of the procurement. The contract maximum is $126,711,599.37 over the 5-year life of the contract.

Solicitation SPE2DE-17-R-0007 is expected to be issued March 05, 2018 and can be found on the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. The point of contact is John R. Jackson, DSCP-FSC, 215-737-0850, [email protected]. The solicitation will not become available until the solicitation issue date.

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