6505--Sodium Bicarbonate Injection Vial Restricted to Made in America

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE: The VA Enterprise Procurement Office intends to issue Request for Proposal (RFP) 36E79726R0041 for a restricted procurement for Sodium Bicarbonate Injection Vials, for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) (inclusive of Consolidated Mail Order Pharmacies (CMOPs) and Option 2 State Veterans Homes (SVH)), Department of Defense (DoD) (inclusive of Tricare Mail Order Pharmacies (TMOPs)), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Indian Health Service (IHS), and Federal Health Care Center (FHCC). VA proposes to solicit for and award a firm-fixed requirements-type contract for sodium bicarbonate for injection (sodium bicarbonate) that is limited to suppliers with product manufactured in the United States in accordance with FAR 6.103-3 Industrial Mobilization: engineering, developmental, or research capability: or expert services. VA will award one contract to the responsible offeror who will be able to provide an uninterrupted source of supply for the contracted items.

The contract period will be for one year plus four pre-priced one-year option periods. The contract items will be distributed through the VA s and DOD s respective Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor Programs. Offerors must state the exact name (name that appears on label) by which the drug will be supplied and have an NDC number that is unique to the offeror.

The successful offeror/contractor's label with its unique NDC shall be the only label on the product. Contractors shall not affix their label over another label on the product. VA labels must be able to securely adhere on top of the successful offeror/contractor s label.

Glass bottles ARE acceptable. All tablets/capsules/carton/bottles must be compatible with automated dispensing units (Baxter ATC Canisters, Opti-fill, etc.) Solicitation # 36E79726R0041 will be electronically issued in commercial item format in accordance with FAR Part 12 on or about October 21, 2026, with a tentative closing date of November 18, 2026. The NAICS code for this procurement is 325412.

Any future amendments and other miscellaneous documents will be available electronically for download at Sam.gov. No paper copies of the solicitation will be available, and no telephone requests for paper copies of the solicitation will be accepted. Interested offerors are advised to continuously check Contracting Opportunities at SAM.gov for any changes to this solicitation.

All responsible sources may submit an offer that if timely received, will be considered. The point of contact for this procurement is Teresa Hussain. Questions can be e-mailed to [email on the source notice].

The estimated annual requirements are as follows: REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION ITEM DESCRIPTION PACKAGE SIZE (VIALS) TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUAL USAGE (Bottles) 1 SODIUM BICARBONATE 84MG/ML INJ, 50ML VIAL 1 65,587