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MARKET RESEARCH The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Acquisition Center is conducting market research for the procurement of medical tapes of various types and sizes for the Pharmacy Perso... MARKET RESEARCH The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Acquisition Center is conducting market research for the procurement of medical tapes of various types and sizes for the Pharmacy Personnel Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Indian Health Service (IHS), and Federal Health Care Center (FHCC). This procurement will result in a national mandatory requirement contract for the above agencies (for outpatient pharmacy use only). Other companies with the same/similar product will be blocked out for ordering; therefore, it is our goal to award lower than FSS/Open Market prices on the resultant national contract based on purchases of a committed volume. These products will be awarded in the aggregate for the base year and all option years included in the solicitation. Please provide a response to the following: Is your Company able to meet the following minimum requirements? National Product Code: Offerors shall provide a separate and distinct twelve-digit Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) or Universal Product Code number (UPC) number unique to the offeror or manufacturer for the product proposed. Does your company/the manufacturer have a unique GTIN or UPC? If the offeror is not the manufacturer of the offered items, the offeror shall submit a letter of commitment from the manufacturer to the offeror which will assure the offeror a source of supply sufficient to satisfy the Government's requirements for the contract period. Name of Manufacturer: Would you be able to provide a letter of commitment from the manufacturer of the offered product? Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor: This requirement is for ordering by Pharmacy Personnel at the Department of Veterans Affairs and participating Other Government Agencies. The contractor shall ensure that chargeback agreements with the PPVs have been executed with sufficient time to permit the PPVs to begin timely distribution of Government orders, if an award is made. Does your company currently have a business-to-business agreement with the PPV? ___ NAICS code 339112, is your company size (check one): Large Business _ ___ Small Business _ If your company is a small business, are you Veteran-owned/Service-Disabled Veteran-owned? (Please note you must be VetBiz certified to qualify for a VOSB/SDVOSB set-aside) If a small business, does your company manufacture at least 50% of the product offered? Is the offered end-product U.S end-made or designated end made product? Can your company meet the following product description and usage? If your company can provide products below, please indicate the quantity per box that your company offers to its commercial customers for each product Medical Tapes Tape, Cloth: surgical tape, conformable, no-stretch silk-like cloth. Hypoallergenic, non-sterile. Not made with natural rubber latex. Product dimensions and annual use listed below: Item Dimensions Annual Units Quantity per Box Quantity of boxes per case 1 1” x 10 yd 64,094 2 2” x 10 yd 5,609 Offered items must be either brand name or equal to one of the following: 3MTM DuraporeTM Tape, Water Resistant Cloth: surgical tape, non-sterile cloth, multi-directional stretch. Water-resistant, hypoallergenic, non-sterile. Not made with natural rubber latex. Product dimensions and annual use listed below: Item Dimensions Annual Units Quantity per Box Quantity of boxes per case 3 1” x 10 yd 1,008 4 2” x 10 yd 14,198 5 3” x 10 yd 3,816 6 4” x 10 yd 9,994 Offered items must be either brand name or equal to one of the following: 3MTM Medipore H TM Tape, Paper: surgical tape, gentle adhesion, conformable, no-stretch breathable paper. Hypoallergenic, non-sterile. Not made with natural rubber latex. Product dimensions and annual use listed below: Item Dimensions Annual Units Quantity per Box Quantity of boxes per case 7 1” x 10 yd 61,992 8 2” x 10 yd 26,222 Offered items must be either brand name or equal to one of the following: 3MTM MicroporeTM *One award will be made in the aggregate for line items 1 through 8. To be considered for award, offerors must submit a price for the base year and all four option years for all line items. Is your Company interested in submitting a response to a solicitation? As this is a national standardized contract, our preference is for a base plus four option years to provide our customers continuity and consistency of product by allowing long term committed purchases of your product. If interested, please indicate Base year and how many Option periods, not to exceed 4. If an award were to be made based on the above requirements, would your company be able to begin supplying the product in the estimated quantities within 60 days of the contract award date? If your company is not interested in participating, please respond with the reason why. This aids our market research for future procurements. If you could provide your responses by next Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Deborah Fassl at Deborah.Fassl@va.gov if you have any questions.