About this opportunity
AI summaryThe buyer seeks a contractor to deliver first and urgent fill outpatient pharmacy benefits services in Wichita, Kansas, under a three-year contract. The contractor must dispense new agency-written prescriptions without refills, adhere to emergency medication formulary lists, dispense AB-rated generics, and maintain a geographically accessible network featuring 24-hour locations and Monday through Sunday coverage. Eligible offerors must be certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses listed in the Small Business Administration certification database and must complete a limitations on subcontracting certification. The buyer evaluates quotations using technical capability, past performance, and price, with technical and past performance combined carrying more weight than price. Prospective vendors must submit questions by November 9, 2026, and deliver complete packages digitally via email or online.
Scope of work
- First and urgent fill outpatient pharmacy services
- Third-party pharmacy benefit services supporting the First Fill Prescription Voucher Program
- Pharmacy network locations with extended and after-hours operating access
- Dispensing new prescriptions with no refills based on emergency medication formulary lists
- Pharmacy benefit systems, tools, and continuous system maintenance
- Reporting, data, and documentation to support billing and quality assurance
- Quality control program ensuring compliance with formulary and prior-authorization requirements
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| Technical Capability | Not specified |
| Past Performance | Not specified |
| Price | Not specified |
Minimum qualifications
- Small business concern under NAICS code 524292 size standard of $45.5 Million
- Certified SDVOSB listed in the SBA certification database at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/ at the time of offer and award
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)
Documents to include with your response
- Signed SF 1449
- Complete price responding to all CLINs
- Signed VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction
- Non-price technical and past performance response
- Acknowledgment of amendments
Key dates
- Questions due
- November 9, 2026, at 1pm CST
- Proposals due
- 11-23-2026 1pm CST
- Period of performance
- 01/04/2027 - 01/03/2030
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit quotation via secure electronic format to Maria Riza Owen at [email protected] no later than November 23, 2026, at 1pm CST; remove any reference to price or cost within the non-price response.
Contract details
- Term
- Three (3) year ordering periods (01/04/2027 - 01/03/2030)
- Set-aside / preference
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
- Place of performance
- Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center, 5500 E. Kellogg Dr., Wichita KS 67218, associated CBOCs, and HBPC programs
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- 36C25527Q0015
- Agency
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Buying office
- 255-Network Contract Office 15 (36C255)
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Responses due
- Nov 23, 2026, 2:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 30, 2026
- NAICS
- 524292 · Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds
- Product/service code
- Q517
- Contracting contact
- Maria Riza R Owen, Contracting Officer
maria.owen2@va.gov
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
Likely prior awards for this requirement
Likely matchAwarded by the same buying office (36C255) with descriptions matching "pharmacy benefits". The notice does not name its current contract, so confirm before relying on it.
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| PALISADE-HERITAGE JOINT VENTURE II, LLC36C25524P0137 · PHARMACY BENEFITS SERVICE - EMERGENCY FILL | $134.4K | Jan 3, 2026 |
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
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| PALISADE STRATEGIES, LLC36C26326P0176 · EMERGENT FIRST FILL SERVICES | $30,000 | Dec 31, 2030 |
| PALISADE-HERITAGE JOINT VENTURE II, LLC36C24725P0186 · EMERGENCY PHARMACY SERVICES | $646.3K | Dec 31, 2027 |
| PALISADE-HERITAGE JOINT VENTURE II, LLC36C26324C0003 · FIRST FILL PRESCRIPTION SERVICE | $246.4K | Nov 5, 2027 |
| PALISADE-HERITAGE JV LLC36C26127N0065 · EO 14398 PHARMACY REFILL SERVICES | $25,000 | Oct 31, 2027 |
| PALISADE-HERITAGE JV LLC36C26127N0008 · EO 14398 OPTION YEAR | $42,000 | Sep 30, 2027 |
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.