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Notice ID:36C26121Q0805
THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. No Solicitation is currently available. All information contained in this Sources Sought Announcement is preliminary, as well as subject to modification, an...
THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. No Solicitation is currently available. All information contained in this Sources Sought Announcement is preliminary, as well as subject to modification, and is in no way binding on the Government. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this request. The information requested will be used solely within the Department of Veterans Affairs to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside of the Government. The determination of a procurement strategy, based upon the comments submitted in response to this Sources Sought Announcement, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Potential Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for an award (See Internet Site https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/). Potential Offerors must also have a current Online Representations and Certification Application on file with SAM. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 562112, Hazardous Waste Collection, size standard is $ 41.5 million. NOTE: Please ensure that System For Award Management (SAM) indicates this NAICS code if you are interested in the requirement. Only firms seriously interested and truly capable should send their information and/or capability statement and any questions by email to olivia.duarte@va.gov no later than 3:00 PM Pacific Time, June 24, 2021. Before responding please carefully read and consider the following: As this is a service acquisition, the Small Business Administration and the Federal Acquisition Regulation have a Limitations on Subcontracting requirement. For all small businesses, to include SDVOSB and VOSB, At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern. See FAR 52.219-14 and FAR 52.219-27 available in full text at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/52_217_221.html Description of Services The VA Central California Health Care System (VACCHCS) 2615 E. Clinton Ave., Fresno, CA 93703 has a requirement for controlled substance destruction of expired medication. The purpose of this service would be to maintain compliance with VHA Directive 1108.01 and Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations and provide proper disposal of controlled substances that are deemed damaged, expired, returned, unusable, or otherwise unwanted that are lawfully possessed by registrant. Disposal of controlled substance stock held for destruction are required to be completed at least quarterly. A DEA-licensed destruction company should be scheduled at least quarterly to meet this requirement but are not limited to the quarterly scheduled appointments. For purposes of this contract, the reverse distributor may be referred to as contractor or vendor. Any contractor that reverse distributes a controlled substance shall be registered as a reverse distributor and must be compliant with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations governing reverse distribution. Services required under this contract shall be performed in accordance with Federal Laws including but not limited to Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations. Contractor shall be compliant with any requirements of the VA as listed in this contract. Contractor shall provide a representative to perform duties for each on-site pick up of expired or unusable controlled medications at VACCHCS pharmacy service. Contractor shall be able to accommodate up to 12 pick-ups per period of performance based on VACCHCS Pharmacy needs. For purpose of this contract, period of performance will be Base plus 4 option years. VACCHCS pharmacy service shall provide contractor a minimum of a two-week notice to schedule pick-ups. Anticipated need for pick-up services would occur monthly. The Government will use this information when determining its business type decision: (a)Â Business Size (Large/Small) (b)Â Business Socio-Economic Status (SDVOSB, WOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, etc.) (c) SAM record (d)Â DUNS number (e) Ability and experience with similar projects. (f) List of projects similar in scope. DISCLAIMER This Sources Sought notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this request that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. The Government will not compensate an offeror for providing information in response to this sources sought. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to cancel this requirement at its discretion. This is simply a sources sought notice. Â Â Â Â
