Q--Emergent Medication Provision Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source

The Philadelphia VA Medical Center (VISN 4) is announcing its Intent to Award Sole Source a contract to provide Emergent Prescription Drug Services for its Community Based Outpatient Clinics and Emergency Departments to Heritage Health Solutions, Inc., 2604 Long Prairie Road, Suite 300, Flower Mound, TX 75022, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. This acquisition will be accomplished using commercial procedures in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 12 or 13 and in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, for Other Than Full & Open Competition. The Contracting Officer believes that it is in the best interest of the government to obtain Emergent Prescription Drug Services from the same source that other VISN 4 Medical Centers are obtaining their Emergent Prescription Drug Services. It is expected that the government will benefit from VISN-wide economies of scale and uniform procurement practices and procedures by contracting with Heritage Health Solutions across the VISN. While this is not a request for offers, the Contracting Officer would appreciate knowing about other SDVOSBs doing business in VISN 4 who could offer this service. A determination to compete this procurement will be based on responses to this notice and is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. The anticipated date of award is June 1, 2010. Please direct all inquiries and responses to the Contracting Officer, referencing VA-244-10-RQ-0212.