Medical/Surgical and Veterinary Items

The Department of Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support is seeking vendors for a Corporate Exigency Contract (CEC) program aimed at ensuring the availability of veterinary and medical/surgical material inventory to support military readiness during mobilization, war, contingencies, and humanitarian or emergency operations. This contract will establish partnerships between the DoD and industry manufacturers or distributors to maintain critical inventory. The resulting contract will be an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) fixed-price agreement with an Economic Price Adjustment clause, covering a one-year base period plus nine one-year option periods. Vendors awarded the contract are responsible for the availability, inventory control, and rotation of stock for specific product line items listed in the solicitation. The solicitation follows FAR Part 12 procedures and will allow the government to purchase items from Federal Supply Schedule, Distribution and Pricing Agreement, or other approved pricing arrangements. Multiple awards may be made to offerors who submit technically acceptable and advantageous proposals. The standing solicitation will remain active for five years unless updated or rescinded, with proposals accepted via the DLA Internet Bid Board System starting around July 20, 2012, and reviewed weekly on Fridays. Point of contact for the solicitation includes Acquisition Specialist Clara Carrfelder and Contracting Officer Asheai N. Patterson, with the place of performance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.