Bariatric Vitamins

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This is not a solicitation announcement. The VA National Acquisition Center, National Contract Service is conducting market research only to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and is issuing this Sources Sought Notice for Bariatric Supplements.

Should a solicitation be issued in the future for these products, it would include the requirements of VA and other participating agencies, including Indian Health Service (IHS), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and Federal Health Care Center (FHCC), although annual requirements of the products have not been identified at this time. Products would be shipped from the contractor to the Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor(s) (PPV). Participating agencies then order their product from the PPV(s). Please provide a response to the following:

1. Is your Company able to meet the following minimum requirements:

National Drug Code: Offerors shall provide a separate and distinct eleven-digit National Drug Code (NDC) or Universal Product Code (UPC) unique to the offeror (e.g., 00012-3456-78) for each product proposed. The first five numbers of the eleven-digit NDC number for each product proposed shall identify the offeror. Does your company have a unique NDC (Labeler Code)?

If the offeror is not the manufacturer of the offered items, the offeror would be required to 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:

Is the Manufacturer a Large or Small business (using the SBA size standards for NAICS code 325412?

Would your company be able to provide a letter of commitment from the manufacturer of the offered drug?

Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor: All Ordering Activities under the Department of Veterans acquire their pharmaceutical requirements through the PPV(s). The contractor shall ensure that chargeback agreements with the PPV(s) have been executed with sufficient time to permit the PPV(s) to begin timely distribution of Government orders, if a solicitation is issued and award is made. Does your company currently have a business-to-business agreement with the PPV(s)?

Under NAICS code 325412, is your company size (check one): Large Business

Small Business

If a small business, does your company manufacture (measure, weigh, mix, and compound) at least 50% of the product offered?

f. Is the offered end product U.S end-made or designated country end made product?

g. Please complete the 3rd and/or 4th columns of table below, indicating the strength/amount of each nutrient per tablet/capsule offered by your company in the corresponding rows.

Nutrient Strength - Required range or amount Bariatric Vitamin Chewable Tablet Bariatric Vitamin Oral Tablet/Capsule Vitamin A 5,000-10,000 IU   Vitamin D (D3) 3000 IU   Vitamin E 15mg   Vitamin K 90-300 mcg   Thiamine (B1) 12 mg min; pref 50-100mg   Cobalamin (B12) 350-1000 mcg   Folic acid 400-800mcg   Iron 18mg   Calcium 1200-2400mg   Zinc 8-22mg   Copper 1-2mg   Additional Nutrient    Additional Nutrient    Additional Nutrient    Additional Nutrient    Product NDC or UPC:    Tablets/Capsules per Bottle    h. Please provide a product label for your product(s) that contains all nutrients listed in the table above. 2 . Should a solicitation be issued for Bariatric Supplements, would your company be interested in submitting a proposal?

3. For national standardization contracts, VA s preference is for a base year 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.

4. If a solicitation were to be issued and 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?

5. 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 March 13, 2024, it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact adrienne.albachiara@va.gov if you have any questions.