Description
The Indian Health Service is seeking sources for a pharmacy reverse distribution service for the Woodrow Wilson Keeble Memorial Healthcare Center in Sisseton, South Dakota. The service includes providing self-service shipping labels for expired medications, instructions for packaging, pickup of shipping containers, and applying returns credit to the pharmacy prime vendor account. The contractor will be responsible for all travel, lodging, and other costs related to the performance of the contract. The period of performance is 12 months from the date of award. The contractor will be required to provide an annual summary report and comply with certain performance standards and acceptable quality levels.
• The service must provide self-service shipping labels that cover shipping costs for expired medications.
• The contractor must provide instructions for pharmacy staff to properly package self-service shipping containers.
• The contractor must pick up shipping containers within 10 business days of the service unit's request for returns.
• The contractor must make available a certificate of receipt, manifest, invoice, or other suitable listing of expired medications received within 60 days.
• The contractor must accept all non-returnable items, including hazardous drugs, for destruction at no additional charge.
• The contractor must apply returns credit to the pharmacy prime vendor account within 120 days of return.