FY26: VISN 8 Pharmacy Emergent First Fill Prescription Services
- Client
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- RFP Number
- PHAR-1973
- Posted
- —
- Category
- Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy & Related Services
- Budget
- Looking for Proposals
- NAICS
- 524292
- Set-aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
- Contact
- Colleen Houser
Description
AI GeneratedThe Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a vendor to provide pharmacy emergent first fill and emergency pharmaceutical benefits management products and services to beneficiaries in the Veterans Integrated Service Network 8. The agency needs to solve the challenge of providing continuous, twenty-four-hour coverage for veteran beneficiaries within this network and the Southeastern States Network Consortium during off-hours. The project covers services managed by the Clinical Contact Center, which operates twenty-four hours a day, three hundred sixty-five days per year, including all eleven federal holidays. The scope of work requires the vendor to establish an after-hours point of contact and phone number for emergencies and non-formulary approvals for emergent prescriptions. The selected provider must also deliver an emergent enrollment process to assist patients, agency staff, and contract pharmacies on a continuous, year-round basis. All performance of the work will occur offsite from the government authority located in Tampa, Florida. The agency has set aside this procurement opportunity entirely for small businesses. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States. The agency is currently looking for proposals and has not disclosed a specific budget.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from RFQ 36C24826Q0092 VISN 8 Emergent Pharmacy First Fill Presc Svs.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is soliciting competitive quotes for a single-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract for VISN 8 Emergent Pharmacy First Fill Prescription Services. The contractor will provide emergent first fill and emergency pharmaceutical benefits management products and services to Veterans Affairs beneficiaries within VISN 8 and extended coverage through the Clinical Contact Center. The solicitation is set aside totally for Small Busines…
- Issued by
- Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8)
- How to submit
- Electronic
- Submission details
- Submit signed and dated offers to the specified office at or before the exact time specified using SF 1449 or letterhead stationery.
- Contract term
- Base Period 1 (01/24/2026 - 01/23/2027) plus four one-year ordering periods through 01/23/2031
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
- Place of performance
- Offsite / VISN 8 network coverage area (Tampa, FL region and Southeastern States Network Consortium)
How proposals are evaluated
| Technical | |
| Past Performance | |
| Price |
Scope of work
- Emergent First Fill and Emergency pharmaceutical benefits management products and services
- Twenty-four hour Clinical Contact Center coverage for veteran beneficiaries
- After-hours point of contact and phone number for non-formulary approvals and emergency situations
- Emergent enrollment process 24/7/365 to assist patients, VA staff, and contract pharmacies
- Same-day prescription filling for presented VA veteran prescriptions
- Maintenance of a quality assurance system for network retail pharmacies
- Electronic invoice submission in arrears and monthly reporting
Minimum qualifications
- All pharmacies must have current retail licensure from the jurisdiction within which they reside
- Must maintain a quality assurance system for retail pharmacies included in the network
- Onshore (USA Organization Only)
Documents to include with the bid
- Standard Form 1449 (signed and dated)
- Technical description of items/services being offered
- Price and discount terms
- Offeror Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.212-3)
- Past performance information (recent/relevant contracts, references, malpractice claims, tort liability, regulatory actions)
- Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance (VAAR 852.219-75)
Official SAM.gov notice
- Solicitation number
- 36C24826Q0092
- Agency
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Buying office
- 248-Network Contract Office 8 (36C248)
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Responses due
- Dec 30, 2026, 10:00 AM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Dec 2, 2025
- NAICS
- 524292 · Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds
- Product/service code
- Q517
- Set-aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
- Place of performance
- FL
- Contracting contact
- Colleen Houser, Contracting Officer
colleen.houser@va.gov
727-201-6880
Read the official notice description
This amendment is to correct the due date for quotes on the SF1449. changed from 12/02/2025 to 12/18/2025. VISN 8 is anticipating a Firm Fixed Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract for VISN 8 EMERGENT PHARMACY FIRST FILL PRESCRIPTION SERVICES Base plus Four Option Years at the following VISN 8 VA Medical Centers and their outlying CBOCs, and CMBOCs. Locations are listed below. Bay Pines, Tampa, Orlando, North Florida/South Georgia, Miami, West Palm Beach, San Juan PR, and the Clinical Contact Center, Tampa FL. See PWS for futher information. Quotes are due NLT 10:00AM EST; December 30, 2025.
Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).
Incumbent
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of Veterans Affairs, NAICS 524292, performed in FL
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| PALISADE HERITAGE HEALTH, LLC36C24826N0223 · VISN 8 EMERGENCY FIRST FILL PHARMACY SERVICES | $362.2K | Jan 23, 2027 |
| PALISADE-HERITAGE JV LLC36C24926N0121 · PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGEMENT - FOR EMERGENCY PHARMACEUTICALS FOR VETERANS | $337.8K | Sep 30, 2026 |
| PALISADE-HERITAGE JV LLC36C26025N0336 · THIRD-PARTY 1ST FILL PHARMACY (RX) SERVICES | $215.2K | May 31, 2026 |
| PALISADE-HERITAGE JV LLC36C26025N0332 · THIRD-PARTY 1ST FILL PHARMACY (RX) SERVICES | $72,000 | May 31, 2026 |
| PALISADE-HERITAGE JV LLC36C24924N0076 · PHARMACY BENEFIT YEAR TWO | $217.6K | Sep 30, 2024 |
Top vendors in this category: Department of Veterans Affairs, NAICS 524292, since Oct 1, 2024
188 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. OPTUMRX ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC$756.4M
- 2. TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP$696.7M
- 3. SIGNATURE CHOICE II, LLC$164.4M
- 4. RECEIVIA, INC.$9.2M
- 5. HEALTHEQUITY, INC.$4.1M
Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.
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