Description
The Department of Veteran Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 21, is issuing an intent to sole source notice for a controlled substance removal program for the VA Palo Alto Health Care System Pharmacy. The contractor will be responsible for providing a Controlled Substance Waste Disposal (CsRx) Program, which includes the provision, installation, and maintenance of secure disposal containers, training and program implementation support, compliance assurance and documentation, and ongoing customer and technical support. The contractor must comply with all federal, state, and local laws governing controlled substances and align with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) requirements, VA policies, and applicable healthcare and environmental industry standards.
Some key aspects of the job include:
• Providing secure disposal containers that immediately deactivate controlled substances upon deposit and prevent diversion and ingestion
• Ensuring compliance with DEA and VA requirements
• Providing training and program implementation support
• Maintaining a Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) program
• Implementing industry best practices for controlled substance security and loss/theft reporting procedures
• Meeting performance metrics, including on-time delivery rate, system uptime/availability, training completion rate, incident response time, and compliance rate