Request for Information - Enhancing Pharmacy Countermeasures in Independent Pharmacies Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : Request for Information - Enhancing Pharmacy Countermeasures in Independent Pharmacies

Deadline : 08 Jan 2025

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 111989936

Document Ref. No. : ICATT-2025-0001

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Description

Purpose:

Independent pharmacies are important for reaching rural populations, and their participation in the ICATT program is beneficial for offering access to testing, vaccines, and therapeutics. This RFI aims to collect insights from independent pharmacy partners, including vendors, advocates, and associations that support the implementation of medical countermeasures, such as testing, vaccines, and therapeutics, in independent pharmacies. The goal of this RFI is to understand the capabilities and infrastructure required for independent pharmacies to deliver health services to under-resourced populations and communities. Current capabilities and infrastructure could include program management, regulatory compliance, IT systems for patient/data management, communication systems, and reimbursement models. The Government welcomes additional stakeholder input on infrastructure solutions to challenges faced across the above service delivery areas and state regulatory landscapes. This information will be used to develop strategies that enhance public health response capacity, improve the efficiency of medical service delivery to rural populations, and enable independent pharmacies to operate as a more cohesive group.

Background:

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Increasing Community Access to Testing (ICATT) program entered public-private partnerships with various national pharmacy chains, independent pharmacies, and laboratories to support community pharmacy and surge sites providing COVID-19 services for under-resourced populations. Since 2020, ICATT contractors have performed nearly 50, 000, 000 tests and administered nearly 900, 000 vaccines. As the country transitioned out of the Public Health Emergency (PHE), the ICATT program integrated vaccination delivery, medical assessment, and therapeutics disbursement to create a single point of access for acute care services.

The ICATT program has been re-branded as Increasing Communi...
Active Contract Opportunity
Notice ID : ICATT-2025-0001
Related Notice
Department/Ind. Agency : HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Sub-tier : CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Office: CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought (Updated)
Updated Published Date: Dec 17, 2024 01:38 pm EST
Original Published Date: Dec 17, 2024 01:33 pm EST
Updated Response Date: Jan 08, 2025 12:00 pm EST
Original Response Date: Jan 08, 2025 12:00 pm EST
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Updated Inactive Date: Jan 23, 2025
Original Inactive Date: Jan 23, 2025
Initiative: None

Classification
Original Set Aside:

Product Service Code: R799 - SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: OTHER
NAICS Code: 541614 - Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services

Place of Performance: Atlanta, GA 30341 USA

Documents

 Tender Notice

RFI-Independant-Pharm-Appendix-A.pdf