6505--Gallium Ga68 Doses Brand Name: NETSPOT

The contract is for the supply of NETSPOT (Gallium Ga-68), a radiopharmaceutical, under a total small business set-aside solicitation with NAICS code 325412, awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs through Network Contracting Office 4. The delivery is to the Philadelphia VA Medical Center, with performance beginning June 4, 2026, and concluding June 3, 2027, under FOB destination terms requiring 24/7 emergency delivery capability within 45-minute windows. The solicitation explicitly prohibits late submissions, and all questions must be submitted via email to joanne.skaff@va.gov by May 25, 2026, with quotations due by May 26, 2026. Pricing information is unpopulated, and the total contract value is not stated, but evaluation will be based on best value, with price as the sole explicit factor. Offerors must be registered in SAM.gov, provide UEI and CAGE codes, and affirm small business status per FAR 52.219-1, with post-award re-representations required under 52.219-28. The contract incorporates deviations from standard FAR clauses, including mandatory prohibitions on covered telecommunications equipment and FASCSA-listed items under 52.240-90 and 52.240-91, requiring immediate 72-hour reporting of non-compliance and flowdown to all subcontractors. All unit doses must be labeled with preparation and expiration times, dates, and amounts, while shipping containers must bear radioactive markings and exposure levels compliant with DOT and NRC standards. Bar-coded inserts are required for integration with the Nuclear Medicine Information Management System, and packaging must meet federal standards including 852.247-73. Invoicing is mandated through the Tungsten Network portal, with payment processed via EFT to the Austin Payment Center. Acceptance occurs at the delivery site under commercial item procedures per FAR Part 12, with inspection conducted by the government’s COTR at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. No formal section J attachments are listed, but two unstructured documents, SOW NETSPOT and Philly Netspot BNJA Signed_Redacted, are referenced in Section D. Personnel handling the product must comply with FDA, OSHA, and NRC regulations, and the contracting office has flagged heightened