VA GLA FDG Isotope

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. Responses to this sources sought notice must be in writing. The purpose of this sources sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential businesses interested and capable of providing the supplies described below.

VA Greater Los Angeles (GLA) Healthcare System Nuclear Medicine Service located in 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90073 is looking for a contractor to provide below listed radiopharmaceuticals for the anticipated period of performance 4/1/2024 through 3/31/2025. These requested radiopharmaceuticals are used for PET/CT tumor imaging.

Providing service must provide dose labels compatible with Nuclear Medicine Information System (NMIS) computerized radio-pharmacy database along with storage, preparation, labeling, and delivery of requested radiopharmaceuticals. VA GLA Nuclear Medicine Service requires routine orders to be delivered the next business days, and emergency orders to be delivered the same day and with the time specified during the placement of order.

Contractor must be able to comply: delivery time not to exceed 60 minutes from the time of telephone request during normal work hours on weekdays, and not to exceed 90 minutes from the time of telephone request during after hours, weekend, and holidays. The order will be placed as needed basis by the VA GLA Radiology Department. The quantities below are estimate only.

Item # Description/Part Number* Qty 0001 18-FDG bulk of 300 mCi in a shielded vial for integro inf 280 0002 18-FDG dose from shielded vial 1500 0003 18-FDG unit doses (12mCi/dose) 40 0004 18-F Sodium Floride (10 mCi) 350 0005 Stat delivery (if applicable) 100 If you are interested and are capable of providing the required supplies, please provide the following information. (1) Company Name, Address, Point of Contact (2) Size status and representations of your business, such as but not limited to:

Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), HUBZone, Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Large Business, etc. (3) Is your company considered small under the NAICS code 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation and Manufacturing? (4) Does your company have an FSS contract with GSA or the NAC or are you a contract holder with any other federal contract? If so, please provide the contract type and number.

(5) If you are an FSS GSA/NAC or other federal contract holder, are the referenced items/solutions available on your schedule/contract? (6) Please provide general pricing and product lead time for your products/solutions for market research purposes. (7) Please submit a capability statement that addresses qualifications and verifies ability to perform work described above. The Government is not obligated to nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources sought announcement.

This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. The VA is mandated by Public Law 109-461 to consider a total set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses.

However, if there are insufficient Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business responses, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 325412 (1,300 employees). Responses to this notice shall be submitted via email to Hestia.Sim@va.gov. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received no later than 1/30/2024 10:00 AM PT Local Time.

After review of the responses to this sources sought announcement, a solicitation may be published on the beta.sam.gov or GSA eBuy websites. Responses to this sources sought announcement will not be considered adequate responses to the solicitation. All interested offerors must respond to the solicitation in addition to responding to this sources sought announcement. Prospective bidders must be authorized re-sellers in order to participate in the solicitation process.

Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. Additionally, all Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses or Veteran Owned Small Businesses must be registered with U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) located at http://veterans.certify.sba.gov.