Pharmacy Services

The vendor required to provide pharmacy consultation for tuberculosis medications and to assist with the ordering and procurement of tuberculosis medications for the twenty-four (24) departments.
- Clinical pharmacy consultation services:
•    Implement established medication ordering protocols
•    Annually review and update medication ordering protocol with department center and prevention input and as needed.
•    Respond to consultation requests from center nurse and physician consultants within 2 business days 
•    Inform center nurse consultants of consultation requests coming directly from department staff, center physicians and outside providers at the time of the request as appropriate. 
•    Provide information on medications used to treat tuberculosis e.g., resistance, drug interactions, adverse effects, and patients with comorbidities as requested by clinicians and department
•    Participate in education and training of the local health departments and other community partners in collaboration with department minimum once per year. 
•    Provide clinical assistance and oversight with medication operations.
•    Ensure that invoices for clinical pharmacy work are submitted on a quarterly basis to center for payment. 
•    Annually review with the center and school of pharmacy teams the statement of work and modify it, if necessary, in collaboration with center program and consultant staff.
- Medication ordering and operations
•    Will notify center consultant staff if concerns arise over inconsistencies in ordering practices of a department based on inventory reports and established ordering history. 
•    Coordinate with center to inform local health departments of medications in department inventories that are due to expire within 4 months in a quarterly report, to include the estimated cost of these medications. 
•    Work with center and local health departments to procure tb medications on a monthly basis for first-line drugs. 
•    Utilize state contract for medication through center to procure tb medications. 
•    Ensure medication invoices are checked with orders, processed, and sent to center for payment twice a month.
•    Obtain specialty and alternative antibiotics for tb treatment when needed as outlined in the specialty medication protocol. 
•    Provide for compounding of medications and special drug formulations if required
•    Maintain routine communication with appropriate center staff in regard to clinical and operational management services, to include monthly update calls. 
•    Coordinate with center on an annual basis to ensure 340b public health pricing has been secured for all 24 md local health departments and center.

- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Pre-Application Conference Date: January 16, 2026
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: January 22, 2026