ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS
CDC Adult Vaccine Contracts
Period: July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded three new contracts for the purchase of the following adult vaccines:  Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, combination Hepatitis A & B, Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (23 Valent), Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids, and Zoster vaccines. The three contractors and their contract numbers are listed below:

Contract No. 200-2007-25839—Akorn, Inc.
Contract No. 200-2007-25840---GlaxoSmithkline
Contract No. 200-2007-25841---Merck  

The contract performance of period is July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.  These Ordering Instructions provide pertinent ordering information for each contract.  Attachment 1 is the certification form used for the Optional Use – Purchase of Hepatitis Vaccines contract clause.  Note, Vaccines for Children (VFC) funds cannot be used to purchase vaccines included on these contracts.

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AKORN, INC
Contractor				
Akorn, Inc				
2500 Millbrook Drive
Buffalo Grove, IL  60089-4694

Contract No.  200-2008-25839
The following table lists the adult vaccine products and prices available from the Akorn, Inc.
contract:

Item: 0001
Vaccine:  Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids
Brand Name:  Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids Absorbed for Adults
NDC No.  143620111-1
Package Size:  Pack of 1 15-Dose Vial
Price Per Dose $12.95
Minimum Order Size: 60 Doses

NDC No. 17478-0130-10  
Package Size:  Pack of 1 15-Dose Vial  
Price Per Dose $12.95  
Minimum Order Size:  60 Doses

NDC No. 17478-0131-10  
Package Size:  Pack of 10 .5mL single Dose Vial
Price Per Dose $12.95  
Minimum Order Size:  60 Doses

Akorn, Inc is supplying Td vaccine manufactured by MassBiologic.
Prices include $1.50 per dose for Federal Excise Tax.

Ordering Address				
Akorn, Inc					
200 Millbrook Drive			
Buffalo Grove, IL 60060		

Remittance Address
Akorn, Inc
Lockbox #3950
3950 Paysphere Circle
Chicago, IL 60674

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GlaxoSmithKline

Contractor						
GlaxoSmithKline					
Three Franklin Plaza (3F0625)
P.O. Box 13619
Philadelphia, PA 19101

Contract No. 200-2008-25840

The following table lists the vaccine products and prices available from the GlaxoSmithKline contract: 
Item:  0001
Vaccine:  Hepatitis A (Adult)
Brand Name:  Havrix
NDC No. 58160-0826-11
Package Size:  Pack of 10 Single Dose Vials
Price Per Dose: 18.99
Minimum Order Size:  30 Doses

NDC No. 58160-0826-46
Package Size:  Pack of 5 Single Dose Syringes Without Needles
Price Per Dose: 18.99
Minimum Order Size:  30 Doses

Item:  0002
Vaccine:  Hepatitis B (Adult)
Brand Name:  Engerix
NDC No. 58160-0821-11
Package Size:  Pack of 10 Single Dose Vials
Price Per Dose:  $24.90
Minimum Order Size:  25 Doses

NDC No. 58160-0821-46
Package Size:  Pack of 5 Single Dose Syringes Without Needles
Price Per Dose:  $24.90
Minimum Order Size:  25 Doses

Item: 0003
Vaccine:  Hepatitis A and B Combination (Adult)
Brand Name:  Twinrix
NDC No. 58160-0815-11
Package Size:  Pack of 10 Single-Dose Vials
Price Per Dose: $38.46
Minimum Order Size: 30 Doses

NDC No. 58160-0815-46
Package Size:  Pack of  5 Single Dose Syringes Without Needles
Price Per Dose: $38.46
Minimum Order Size: 30 Doses
Prices include $0.75 per dose for Federal Excise Tax     
Prices include $1.50 per dose for Federal Excise Tax.

Ordering Address				
GlaxoSmithKline				
Vaccine Service Center			
Three Franklin Plaza, 3F0610	
1600 Vine Street			
Philadelphia, PA  19101

Remittance Address
GlaxoSmithKline
P O Box 740415
Atlanta, GA 30374-0415

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Merck Vaccine Division

Contractor	
Contract No.  200-2008-25841
Merck Vaccine Division		
P.O. Box 4
WP97B-358
West Point, PA 19486-00004

The following table lists the adult vaccine products and prices available from the Merck contract:
Item:  0001
Vaccine:  Hepatitis A (Adult)
Brand Name: Vaqta, Not Available
NDC No.  00006-4841-00
Package Size:  Pack of 1 Single Dose Vial
Price Per Dose: $20
Minimum Order Size:  30 Doses

NDC No.  00006-4841-41
Package Size:  Pack of 10 Single Dose Vial
Price Per Dose: $19.75
Minimum Order Size:  30 Doses

Item: 0002
Vaccine:  Hepatitis B (Adult)
Brand Name:  Recombivax-HB
NDC No. 00006-4995-00
Package Size:  Pack of 1 Single Dose Vial
Price Per Dose: $23.78
Minimum Order Size:  25 Doses

NDC No. 00006-4995-41
Package Size:  Pack of 10 Single Dose Vials
Price Per Dose: $23.372
Minimum Order Size:  25 Doses

Item:  00003
Vaccine:  Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (23 valent)
NDC No. 00006-4943-00
Package Size:  Pack of 10 Single dose 0.5mL Vials
Price Per Dose:  $18.93
Minimum Order Size:  50 Doses

NDC No. 00006-4739-00
Package Size:  Pack of 1 5-dose 2.5mL vial
Price Per Dose:  $16.26
Minimum Order Size:  50 Doses

Item:  00004
Vaccine:  Zoster (Adult)
Brand Name:  Zostavax
NDC No. 00006-4963-41
Package Size:  Pack of 10 Single Dose 0.6mL vial
Price Per Dose: $107.67
10 Doses

NDC No. 00006-4963-00
Package Size:  Pack of 1 Single Dose 0.6mL vial with diluent
Price Per Dose: $113.16
10 Doses

Prices include $0.75 per dose for Federal Excise Tax.

Ordering Address				
Merck Vaccine Division		
Order Management Center		
P.O. Box 4, ZB  750			
West Point, PA 19486

Remittance Address
Merck and Co., Inc
P O Box 7780-3061
Philadelphia, PA 19182-3061

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The following information is applicable to all of the above listed contracts:
PAYMENT DISCOUNT:  RETURN PRIVILEGES
Net 30:  None
TIME OF DELIVERY: 	PACKAGING/PACKING
Within 15 days form date of order						
Standard Commercial Manner

METHOD OF PAYMENT:
Payment for orders utilizing Federal, State, or local funds will be made not later than 30 days after receipt of an invoice by the ordering office.  You are further advised that the Prompt Payment Act, Public Law 97‑177 (96 Stat. 85, 31 USC 1801) is applicable to payments under this contract and requires payment of interest on overdue payments and improperly taken discounts.  Upon receipt and acceptance of partial deliveries, payment shall be made in accordance with the provision stated above.

INSPECTION/ACCEPTANCE:
Inspection/acceptance required by this contract will be completed no later than three working days after receipt of vaccine.

The following Optional Use Policy is applicable only to GlaxoSmithKline:

OPTIONAL USE:
Immunization projects (grantees) may place orders against these contracts using federal 317 grant funds and/or state funds.  In addition, county or local health departments and other publicly funded agencies within the project’s jurisdiction may be authorized to purchase adult Hepatitis A, adult Hepatitis B and combination adult Hepatitis A&B vaccines directly from the CDC contracts, if first approved by the immunization project.  These local agencies should submit a letter to their immunization project requesting that they be authorized to purchase these adult Hepatitis vaccines directly from the contractor at CDC contract prices.  The letter should include the certification form attached hereto as Attachment 1, or similar form.  If the immunization project approves the agency’s request, the request should then be submitted to Ms. Nancy Norton at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) either by E-mail or fax.  Ms. Norton’s e-mail address is Nnorton@cdc.gov  and her fax number is 770-488-2777 (a fax cover sheet to the attention of Nancy Norton should accompany any fax transmission).  Agencies which have been previously approved do not need to resubmit.     

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The following Optional Use Policy is applicable only to Merck Vaccine Division:

Immunization projects (grantees) may place orders against these contracts using federal 317 grant funds and/or state funds.  In addition, county or local health departments and other wholly government-owned and –operated facilities within the Grantee’s geographic jurisdiction may be authorized to purchase adult Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis  A&B combination vaccines.  Facilities should submit a letter to their immunization project requesting that they be authorized to purchase these adult Hepatitis vaccines directly from the contractor at CDC contract prices. The letter should include the certification form attached hereto as Attachment 1, or similar form.  If the immunization project approves the agency’s request, the request should then be submitted to Ms. Nancy Norton at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) either by E-mail or fax.  Ms. Norton’s e-mail address is Nnorton@cdc.gov   and her fax number is 770-488-2777 (a fax cover sheet to the attention of Nancy Norton should accompany any fax transmission).  Agencies which have been previously approved do not need to resubmit. The Contractor will determine if agencies requesting to purchase Hepatitis vaccines from their contract are wholly government-owned and -operated.  If the Contractor is unwilling to accept an order, the Contractor shall return the order to the ordering office within three workdays after receipt.    NOTE: This extended authorization does not apply to Pneumococcal Polysaccharide, Zoster , or Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoid vaccines

The following information is applicable to all of the above listed contracts:

OTHER:
a.	All vaccine will be ordered or confirmed by written purchase orders, each citing as a minimum the following:

(1)	Date of Order
(2)	Contract Number and Order Number
(3)	Item Description, Quantity and Unit Price
(4)	Delivery or Performance Date
(5)	Place of Delivery or Performance (Including Consignee)
(6)	Packaging, Packing, and Shipping Instructions, If Any
(7)	Accounting and Appropriation Data
(8)	Statement to indicate if partial deliveries are not acceptable
  (Lack of a statement shall be construed to mean partial
  deliveries are acceptable and payment shall be made as
  required elsewhere herein)
(9)	Any Other Pertinent Data

b.	Orders may be issued against this contract up to and including the last day of the contract period, provided delivery is called for within delivery period specified in the contract.

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RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF VACCINES OBTAINED BY GRANTEES
All vaccines obtained under Federal procurement contracts must be used solely for purposes of Federal immunization programs.  Sale of such vaccines to any person or entity is strictly prohibited.  Free distribution of such vaccines is also prohibited, except where such vaccines are administered in the context of Federal immunization program activities.

A COPY OF ALL PURCHASE ORDERS ISSUED UNDER THE CONTRACT SHALL BE FORWARDED TO:
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
National Center for Immunization and
Respiratory Diseases
Immunization Services Division
Vaccine Supply and Assurance Branch
Mailstop E-52
1600 Clifton Road, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia  30333

PRICE REVISIONS:
Each of these contracts includes a provision for the revision of unit prices at the option of the Contractors.  Effective dates for the price revisions, if applicable, shall be as follows: November 1, 2008 and March 1, 2009.  CDC will advise of any such price revisions.

Attachment 1

	AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ADULT HEPATITIS
	   VACCINES FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
	  AND PREVENTION (CDC) ADULT VACCINE CONTRACT(S)

As a condition for purchasing adult Hepatitis A, adult Hepatitis B and/or adult combination Hepatitis A&B vaccines from the CDC Adult Vaccine Contract(s), 

I/We	(Print Name/Address of Agency/Hospital/Clinic)  agree to the following conditions:

1.	I/We certify that in administering the adult Hepatitis vaccines purchased under the CDC Adult Vaccine Contract(s), I will provide each patient (parent or guardian) receiving such vaccine a copy of the currently approved “Vaccine Information Statement” prior to the administration of each dose of such vaccine.  Copies of Vaccine Information Statements can be found at the following CDC web site:  http://www.cdc.gov/NIP/publications/VIS 

2.	I/We will retain the signature portion containing the required information for a period of 10 years following the end of the calendar year in which the vaccine is administered and, upon request, furnish copies of the required information to an appropriate health department or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.

3.	No charge will be made to any patient for vaccine purchased from the federal consolidated contract(s).

4.	I/We agree to pay all appropriate charges for vaccine no later than 30 calendar days after the receipt of an invoice for the order.

5.	Failure to abide by the conditions of the contract(s) will result in termination of the right to purchase from the Federal consolidated contract(s).
Date
(Signature of Person Authorized to Sign for Facility)
(Print Name and Title)

This document can be found on the CDC website at:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vmbip/downloads/agm/ord-instr-av-0608.rtf