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Virtual Pharmacy Services for VA Illiana Health Care System, VA Northern Indiana Health Care System, Battle Creek VAMC, and Aleda E. Lutz VAMC

Prior Information Notice

General Information
Country:   United States
Notice/Contract Number:   fbo:va-251-10-ri-0001
Publication Date:   Jan 15, 2010
Deadline:   Oct 7, 2009
Funding Agency:   Department of Veterans Affairs
Buyer:   Danville VAMC
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   United States

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This is a sources sought announcement (SSA) for firms interested in providing professional inpatient pharmacy services virtually to complete pending inpatient orders (including those administered by the intravenous route) for VA Illiana Health Care System (VAIHCS), Danville, Illinois, VA Northern Indiana Health Care System (NIHCS), Marion, Indiana and Fort Wayne, Indiana, Battle Creek VAMC, Battle Creek, Michigan, and Aleda E. Lutz VAMC, Saginaw, Michigan, when the inpatient pharmacies are closed. Provide after hour, offsite inpatient pharmacy services Monday through Friday (except Federal Holidays): 11:00 p.m. CST until 7:00 a.m. CST the next morning and Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays: 4:00 p.m. CST until 7:30 a.m. CST the next morning. Pharmacists shall provide prescription verification and appropriate clinical recommendations to referring VAIHCS nurses and physicians. Pharmacists shall be readily available for telephone consultations regarding urgent/emergent medications and clinical needs including professional review and problem solving needed to assure safe and appropriate medication processing. Contractor shall assist with quality assurance reviews for locum tenens pharmacists. Contractor shall provide a sufficient number of licensed pharmacists to verify all orders. Contractor shall provide pharmacists, technical support personnel, medical and telecommunication equipment, supplies, and supervision necessary to perform and implement pharmacy services to meet the needs of all facilities described herein. The services provided under this contract are not to be performed outside of the United States. Contractor must be a U.S. based corporation capable of providing pharmacy services to be completed via secure web-based system provided by the contractor. Contractor shall provide and maintain the means for enabling and maintaining system connectivity. Contractor shall install and maintain external communication systems required for secure, VA-compliant image and data delivery to its pharmacists and shall configure, install and maintain all remote workstation software at its pharmacists reading stations. In order to have remote access, contractor shall apply for and install the One-VA VPN. Microsoft Windows XP is the Governments operating system. No costs for modifications/upgrades of equipment, additional equipment or software that may be required shall be incurred by the VA. VAIHCS, VANIHCS, Battle Creek VAMC, and Saginaw VAMC shall provide a point to point connection via T1 line or VPN access to the contractors location. VAIHCS, VANIHCS, Battle Creek VAMC, and Saginaw VAMC shall provide a firewall (for VA protection only) to the connection if needed. The NAICS code for this requirement is 446110, size standard is $7 million. Depending on the market research, the intended contract period is anticipated to be one (1) base year with four (4) one-year option renewals. Estimated solicitation issuance is on or around November 2009 with an estimated award in February 2010. This is not a request for proposal and no solicitation is available. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this SSA, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing the information provided to the Government. This SSA does not constitute a commitment by the Government and is for informational and planning purposes only to determine if a set-aside is appropriate. Any information provided in response to this market survey will be used for informational purposes only and will not be released. Any proprietary information submitted will be protected if appropriately marked. Vendor participation is not a promise of future business with the Government. If interested in this solicitation, provide your company contact, company name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, and the applicable socio-economic category, if any, i.e. service-disabled veteran owned small business, veteran owned small business, HUBzone small business, or Small Business. Provide a list of current/recent (within the past 3 years) contracts for providing virtual pharmacy services including company name, point of contact, address, telephone number, and fax number, dollar value of contract, and length of contract. Responses to this notice must be submitted in writing (e-mail or fax is acceptable) and received no later than October 7, 2009. No telephone inquiries will be accepted.
Set-aside code: N/A
Contact: Cari SnyderContract Specialist 217-554-4534

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Email: Contracting Officer (Cari Snyder)

Updated on 2009/10/02
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