99--Pharmaceutical Supplies

Solicitation No. - VA-241-09-RQ-0275 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 1. The bid has two lines items, but you seem to prefer receiving a single bid on the two. Is this correct? Yes, one bid is required. 2. Can you please let me know what the Sodium Pertechnetate is going to be used for? Sodium pertechnetate is used to make up doses for patients at our site as needed. So it is used for a variety of medications. 3. With the Tetrofosim, the 1,250 EA is that 1,250 Vials and if so, what dose per Vial and same question with the Sodium Pertechnetate? Tetrofosmin is delivered as a single dose per syringe (not vial any more), the quantity of nuclide is 12-30 mCi depending on size of patient. Each dose is drawn up specifically for each patient. We get 4 syringes of pertechnetate per day and each syringe contains 100mCi of 99mTc pertechnetate. 4. Why are you only bidding bulk tech and a cardiac agent? We are bidding out these agents only because they are probably 70% of our pharmaceutical expensewe want to deal with a single company for most of our radiopharmaceuticals as the ordering process becomes too complex if we deal with more than one company. 5. Could you please help us define the nomenclature. We assume you have purchased it in the past. Do you have a CAS number or any other internationally recognized identification? These compounds are very well known by the following names: 99mTc sodium pertechnetate 99mTc Myoview, also known as 99mTc-tetrofosmin.