2011 DECEMBER

GAO RULING INVOLVING
MICHIGAN FIRM AND VA
STIRS UP A STORM

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The GAO recently ruled on an appeal filed by Aldvera, a Michigan-based SDVOSB which claimed the VA ignored the VetsFirst law when awarding a contract to a non-veteran company. The VA, in turn, then issued a memo saying it would not abide by the GAO ruling, causing a Congressional Hearing into the matter. The GAO decision is HERE and the hearing is available for viewing HERE. The situation has sparked much debate over the VA's commitment to provide opportunities to Vetrepreneurs, especially SDVOB's.
-Edward L. Ronders)

DoD PROPOSING CHANGES
TO FAR SUPPLEMENT

FROM Bill Elmore at SBA Vets! Thanks Bill. FYI, DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to incorporate a proposal adequacy checklist for proposals in response to solicitations that require submission of certified cost or pricing data.

Comments are due by January 31, 2012. Links follow.

DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM.

PROPOSED RULES.

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplements:

Proposal Adequacy Checklist (DFARS Case 2011-D042) Pages 75512-75517 [FR DOC# 2011-30907] PDF | Text | More

TRICARE KICKS OFF PROCUREMENT
FOR DEFENSE/VA PHARMACY SYSTEM

NextGov- The TRICARE Management Activity on Wednesday "kicked off the process to develop a joint electronic pharmacy system for the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments with a request for information to industry for commercial products that could handle the task." The combined system would "manage 190 million prescriptions a year."

TRICARE said, "It wants a single solution to track prescription and medication orders and improve patient safety." Notably, MHS fills 50 million prescriptions while VA fills 140 million annually. And industry sources, who declined to be identified, said "the ability to handle this scale of transactions, which makes the program the largest pharmacy system in the world, will be a key criteria as the procurement process moves forward."

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