65 -- NOTICE TO VALUED SUPPLIERS OF NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH (NMCP). Under DOD procurement regulations, NMCP is required to use as its primary procurement method a Prime Vendor (PV) and the associated Distribution and Pricing Agrements (DAPA). If you choose to participate in this voluntary program, contact Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP). For the Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor Program, contact Mark Levin on 215-737-8740 or Anne Polimeni on 215-737-2149. For the Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor Program, contact Commander Fred Beal on 215-737-5744. You will be provided the information needed to submit a DAPA form and to negotiate a standard regional or national price with DSCP. After your items have been added to a DAPA, the NMCP medical logistics staff can place orders against your DAPA with our PV contractor. NMCP, along with other military medical treatment facilities is moving towards regional managed care product standardization agreements. In order to be considered as a candidate for either Command (NMCP) or regional product standardization, your pharmaceutical or medical surgical items must be on a PV DAPA. Point of contact at NMCP is Lisa Price who can be reached at 757-953-5737. Posted 05/11/99 (W-SN329963).

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