Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a contractor to provide a new, fully integrated Tablet and Capsule Automation system and a redesigned loop sorter area for the Dallas Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) in Lancaster, Texas. The system must meet specific performance requirements, including throughput, reject rate, and operational cost per prescription. The contractor will be responsible for designing, developing, and installing the system, as well as providing training and maintenance support. The contract will be awarded based on a best-value tradeoff, with factors including technical approach, software architecture and cybersecurity, project management and schedule, testing and acceptance approach, past performance and relevant experience, documentation, training, and sustainment, warranty, technical assistance, and long-term sustainment, and small business participation/subcontracting.
• The system must be able to process 90,000 prescriptions per day, with the potential for increased workload in the future.
• The contractor must provide a proof-of-concept simulation/mathematical model and throughput cost analysis to demonstrate the system's ability to meet performance requirements.
• The system must be designed to integrate with the existing CMOP Pharmacy Operating System (POS) and data infrastructure.
• The contractor must provide a comprehensive training program for operators, pharmacists, IT, and maintenance personnel.
• The contractor must provide a warranty and technical assistance for the system, with a minimum warranty term and response times specified in the solicitation.