- Country: USA
- Summary: Supplies - Orthotics - VISN 10 Sites
- UST Ref No: 122686112
- Deadline: 18 Jul 2025
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: Government
- Tender Value: Refer Document
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: 36C25025Q0517
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Questions and Government Answers (in red): Vendor question: Section 2.2.1 Not Otherwise Classified Codes Reimbursement: Firstly, please understand that all manufacturer pricing is proprietary. Vendor has serious concerns that providing you with this competitively sensitive information will unduly expose it and its provider clinics to significant antitrust liability, including price fixing claims, since collecting negotiated rates from every provider would place you in the role of a clearinghouse. Whether knowingly or unknowingly, maintaining such information about each supplier s negotiated prices could lead to the unintended consequence of allowing suppliers to level set their prices and increase their negotiating leverage against providers, thereby increasing the prices they charge to providers. This would also unfairly prejudice the providers in a price squeeze since reimbursement levels are set regardless of the price a provider pays for the items provided. Secondly, we do not buy these items in bulk , and it is inaccurate to represent these items this way. These items are purchased on an as needed basis. Thirdly, please clarify the process for coming to the reimbursement rate for NOC codes. We do not understand how you determine the Overhead percentage and profit percentage . Can you please clarify? Is this amount what will be negotiated? Lastly, you indicate the Labor rate will reflect the CMS rate minus the discount offered in the pricing schedule. However, the manufacturer invoice would already reflect any discounts provided. Why would a second discount be taken on labor for calculating the reimbursement rate on a NOC code?Government Answer: There are national costs estimates in place for certain NOC items. Should a NOC item be provided that has a national cost estimate in place, the price will be accepted as is so long as it falls within that Government national estimate. If the NOC item is more than the national estimate, then the price w... - Documents:
S06-SOW-Updated-Konopinski.docx
P09-VISN-10-Facility-Locations.xlsx
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CLICK HERE TO LOGINSupplies - Orthotics - VISN 10 Sites - USA Tender
The VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF, a Government sector organization in USA, has announced a new tender for Supplies - Orthotics - VISN 10 Sites. This tender is published on USARFP under UST Ref No: 122686112 and is categorized as a Tender. Interested and eligible suppliers are invited to participate by reviewing the tender documents and submitting their bids before the deadline on 2025-07-18.
The estimated tender value is Refer Document, and full details, including technical specifications and submission requirements, are provided in the official tender documents. Ensure all submissions meet the criteria outlined to be considered for evaluation.
