This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 2014-N-16606 and is being issued as a request for proposals (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-75. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 424210 with a small business size standard of 100 employees. THIS IS A FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov, in order to be considered for award.
This combined synopsis solicitation notice is a request for competitive proposals. This requirement is for pharmaceutical and medical/surgical supplies and may result in the award of one or more Fixed Price Contracts. The term of the resulting contract(s) shall be four (4) months from the effective date of the contract. A Government review of performance will be performed through CPARS. CPARS is the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System that reports to the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) which provides timely and relevant information on Contractor performance for use in source selection. The anticipated Period of Performance for this requirement is September 15, 2014 thru December 31, 2014.
Attachment A - RFP 2014-N-16606 attached to this notice is a listing of the supplies required broken down by: Pharmaceutical & MedSurge requirements and Dimensions. The workbook outlines the prices, quantities, respective manufacturer part number and National Drug Code (NDC) for the four month period of performance. Line item numbers 1-107 are the supplies/pharmaceuticals required to address this requirement and are under the Pharma & MedSurge tab. The Dimensions tab contains the dimensions required for packaging described in the solicitation below. The spreadsheets have been left unlocked to allow vendors to copy portions of the spreadsheet and create their own. If you have an alternate NDC#, Manufacturer #, UOM, Eaches, or dimension, please reflect such in your proposal and on a spreadsheet. The alternate proposal should be easily recognizable and well defined. Offerors are not required to propose on all line items in order to be considered for award, however the Government will consider additional administrative costs in its price evaluation. The part numbers, where identified, are provided for specification purposes and responses may be either for the specified product or equal item. You may respond by either using the attachment or submitting your own list of products proposed.
The specific delivery points will be identified later, however delivery could be anywhere within the 50 United States, US Territories and/or US Interest(s).
In order to be considered for award, the offeror shall be at least one of the following: 1) the manufacturer of the products, 2) an authorized distributor of the manufactured products or 3) an authorized reseller of the manufactured product. Vendors may propose on any items which they are authorized to sell. Multiple awards are anticipated and will be made if in the Government's best interest after consideration of the additional administrative costs.
In your response, shipping costs should be included with the UoM price. Also see E.1.1, below.
All questions/inquiries must be submitted to the contracting officer via electronic mail (e-mail) not later than 2:00 PM EST on July 22, 2014. Inquiries submitted via telephone will be re-directed to an e-mail submission. Submit offers and/or any questions to the attention of David M. Kelley at [email protected]. Questions will be answered by July 24, 2014. Proposals are due on August 8, 2014 5:00 PM EST.
Offerors who fail to complete and submit the requirements of this combined synopsis/solicitation may be considered non-responsive. Proposals received prior to the RFP closing date will be considered by the CDC. Late proposals will not be accepted.

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