Presolicitation
Sacubitril/Valsartan Tablets (VA-27-00014055)
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThis is a presolicitation: the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Enterprise Procurement Office plans to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for sacubitril-valsartan tablets on or about December 18, 2026, with a tentative closing date of January 7, 2027. One unrestricted contract is planned, for one year plus four pre-priced one-year options, serving VA, Department of Defense (DoD), Bureau of Prisons, Indian Health Service and Federal Health Care Center users through pharmaceutical prime vendors (wholesalers that distribute drugs to the government). SAM.gov lists a response due date of November 3, 2026, 2:30 PM Central. More in the summary
Advance notice of a coming solicitation, not a bid yet. If it asks for capability statements, sending one is free and puts you on Department of Veterans Affairs's list before the solicitation is posted. See the contact
AI summary Beta
The notice looks incomplete: The notice text stops at 'The estimated annual requirements are as follows:' with no list, so the quantities, strengths and Schedule of Supplies are not shown; the RFP is expected to be posted on SAM.gov on or about December 18, 2026. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
This is a presolicitation: the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Enterprise Procurement Office plans to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for sacubitril-valsartan tablets on or about December 18, 2026, with a tentative closing date of January 7, 2027. One unrestricted contract is planned, for one year plus four pre-priced one-year options, serving VA, Department of Defense (DoD), Bureau of Prisons, Indian Health Service and Federal Health Care Center users through pharmaceutical prime vendors (wholesalers that distribute drugs to the government). SAM.gov lists a response due date of November 3, 2026, 2:30 PM Central.
Who can bid
- A National Drug Code (NDC) that is unique to your company, with your label the only label on the product.
- If you are not the manufacturer, a letter of commitment from the manufacturer assuring a source of supply for the contract period (the market research questionnaire lists this as a minimum requirement).
How to submit: Not stated yet. The RFP will be issued electronically and posted on SAM.gov; questions go by email to james.sullivan3@va.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: Own NDC and own label only. You need an NDC unique to your company, and your label must be the only label, so a firm without its own labeler code cannot bid.
- Worth checking: Manufacturer commitment and wholesaler agreements. A non-manufacturer needs a manufacturer's letter of commitment, and chargeback agreements with the wholesalers must be in place before distribution.
- Worth checking: One winner; other products blocked from ordering. This is a national mandatory contract with one award, so similar products from other companies will be blocked from ordering.
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- Worth checking: Award across all strengths and sizes for all years. Products are awarded in the aggregate, so you must be able to supply every strength and size for the base year and all option years.
- Worth checking: Unit of use bottle and safety cap rules. Bottles must meet set size, cap and label-space rules, which may not fit a firm that packs in large bulk bottles.
- Worth checking: Trade agreements apply. The notice says trade agreements cover one or more items; the questionnaire asks whether the product is U.S.-made or from a trade agreement designated country.
- Worth checking: Estimated annual requirements not shown. The notice text ends before listing the quantities, so you cannot size a bid from this text.
- Minor: Supply start within 60 days of award. The questionnaire asks whether you could begin supplying the estimated quantities within 60 days of award.
- Minor: Market research questionnaire requested by October 28, 2026. VA asks interested firms to return the questionnaire to james.sullivan3@va.gov; the text does not make it a condition of bidding.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. Show which files.
- 36E79727R0007.docx (read)
- Market Research Questionnaire Sacubitril-Valsartan.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Supply sacubitril-valsartan tablets on one national contract for VA, DoD, the Bureau of Prisons, Indian Health Service and Federal Health Care Center; strengths and quantities are not shown.
- Be an uninterrupted source of supply for the contracted items.
- Pack in unit of use bottles of 60 and 180 count, each with a safety cap, a minimum 120cc volume, a cylindrical body, a minimum 5.75 inch circumference, and room for a 5.25 x 2 inch label.
- Use a National Drug Code (NDC: the unique product ID on a drug label) unique to your company, and keep your label the only label on the product; VA labels must stick on top of it.
- Supply through the VA and DoD pharmaceutical prime vendor programs, with chargeback agreements (agreements with the wholesalers on pricing and billing) in place in time to start distribution.
- Contract type
- One national contract for the listed agencies, awarded in the aggregate; RFP in commercial item format under FAR Part 12 (price type not stated)
- Period of performance
- 1 base year + 4 pre-priced one-year option periods
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Not stated in the presolicitation; VA will award one contract to the responsible offeror able to provide an uninterrupted source of supply
- Offers due
- November 3, 2026, 2:30 PM Central
- How to submit
- Not stated yet. The RFP will be issued electronically and posted on SAM.gov; questions go by email to james.sullivan3@va.gov
What to include when you submit
- State the exact drug name as it appears on the label and give an NDC unique to your company.
- Give a separate eleven-digit NDC for each product offered; the first five digits identify your company.
- If you are not the manufacturer, send a letter of commitment from the manufacturer that assures a source of supply for the contract period.
- Watch SAM.gov for the RFP and amendments; no paper copies or phone requests are offered.
After award, you must have
- Chargeback agreements with the pharmaceutical prime vendors executed in time for them to start distributing government orders. From Market Research Questionnaire Sacubitril-Valsartan.docx:
The contractor shall ensure that chargeback agreements with the PPVs have been executed…
Not in the notice text
- The notice text stops at 'The estimated annual requirements are as follows:' with no list, so the quantities, strengths and Schedule of Supplies are not shown; the RFP is expected to be posted on SAM.gov on or about December 18, 2026.
- What the SAM.gov response due date of November 3, 2026 is for is not explained.
- Evaluation factors, how to send offers, and the pricing format are not stated.
- The contract's value and the place of delivery are not stated.
- SAM.gov states no set-aside; the notice text calls the buy unrestricted.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Not stated yet. The RFP will be issued electronically and posted on SAM.gov; questions go by email to james.sullivan3@va.gov. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- Nac Pharmaceuticals (36E797), Hines, IL
- Product/service code
- 6505 · Drugs and Biologicals
- Business type
- Medical & healthcare (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 325412)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE: The VA Enterprise Procurement Office intends to issue Request for Proposal (RFP) 36E79727R0007 for an unrestricted procurement for Sacubitril-Valsartan Tablets, for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) (inclusive of Consolidated Mail Order Pharmacies (CMOPs) and Option 2 State Veterans Homes (SVH)), Department of Defense (DoD) (inclusive of Tricare Mail Order Pharmacies (TMOPs)), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Indian Health Service (IHS), and Federal Health Care Center (FHCC). VA will award one contract to the responsible offeror who will be able to provide an uninterrupted source of supply for the contracted items. The contract period will be for one year plus four pre-priced one-year option periods. The contract items will be distributed through the VAs and DOD’s respective Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor Programs. One or more of the items under this acquisition is subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements. Offerors must state the exact name (name that appears on label) by which the drug will be supplied and have an NDC number that is unique to the offeror. The successful offeror/contractor's label with its unique NDC shall be the only label on the product. Contractors shall not affix their label over another label on the product. VA labels must be able to securely adhere on top of the successful offeror/contractor’s label. All unit of use packaging identified in the Schedule of Supplies, (60 & 180 count bottles) shall contain a safety-cap capable of having the outer part of the cap deshelled and / or a convertible cap to produce a non-safety cap and a bottle with a minimum required size of 120cc volume. The safety cap must not exceed the diameter of the bottle. The bottle must have a cylindrical body and minimum of 5.75 circumference. The bottle must fit a label with a dimension of 5.25 x 2 . The 0.5 additional space is required to keep the bar code exposed and/or allow for the display of the expiration date and lot number. Solicitation # 36E79727R0007 will be electronically issued in commercial item format in accordance with FAR Part 12 on or about December 18, 2026, with a tentative closing date of January 7, 2027. The NAICS code for this procurement is 325412. Any future amendments and other miscellaneous documents will be available electronically for download at SAM.gov. No paper copies of the solicitation will be available, and no telephone requests for paper copies of the solicitation will be accepted. Interested offerors are advised to continuously check Contracting Opportunities at SAM.gov for any changes to this solicitation. All responsible sources may submit an offer that if timely received, will be considered. The point of contact for this procurement is James Sullivan. Questions can be e-mailed to james.sullivan3@va.gov. The estimated annual requirements are as follows:
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