Question N Answer Board_12639524Q0034.pdf
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This document contains a question and answer board and solicitation for a five-year contract for plastic blood collection tubes. The government seeks 1,000 tubes and 1,000 caps per box, packaged separately. Tubes must be 8 ml in size and 13 x 100 mm in dimension. Questions are due by January 5, 2024 and quotes by January 12, 2024. The incumbent is Total Access Mobility Services LLC with a previous award of $60,500 on May 18, 2023 and delivery by July 18, 2023. Foreign products from designated countries will be considered if U.S. products are insufficient. The solicitation is issued by the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services.
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Ques�on and Answer Board - Solicita�on 12639524Q0034
1. Do the Tubes have to be sterile ?
A – These are an off the shelf commercial product to it would be whatever the industry standard calls for.
2. Are alterna�ve quan��es acceptable ?
A – No. The USDA/APHIS/NVSL standard for receipt of supply of this product is 1000 tubes/1000 caps per box (tubes and caps are in separate bags per case) in accordance with specifica�ons. No excep�ons.
• Commercial caps are packed as 500 per bag so the supplier can put 2 bags of 500 in the case of 1000 tubes
3. Are the tubes expected to be vacuum tubes?
A - NO
4. Will these tubes be used primarily for serum tes�ng?
A - YES
5. Will you accept imported products from foreign countries ?
A – Solicita�on 12639524Q0034 contains the following clauses and provisions regarding submission of quotes for foreign products:
FAR Clause 52.225-5 Trade Agreements. (NOV 2023)
FAR Provision 52.225-6 Trade Agreements Cer�ficate. (FEB 2021)
*** In accordance with Provision 52.225-6 (c) ; The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. For line items covered by the WTO GPA, the Government will evaluate offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute. The Government will consider for award only offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products unless the Contracting Officer determines that there are no offers for such products or that the offers for those products are insufficient to fulfill the requirements of this solicitation.
6. Previous Contract History
Award Number 12639523P0215 $ 60,500.00
Award Date 05/18/2023
Delivery Date 07/18/2023
Awardee TOTAL ACCESS MOBILITY SERVICES LLC
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7. There is a discrepancy in the documents about the number of plugs/caps in each case.
The schedule of supplies and services says:
Firm Fixed Priced Indefinite Quan�ty, Indefinite Delivery contract for 8 ml 13 x 100 mm plas�c blood collec�on tubes with caps Packed: 1000tubes/1000 caps per box (tubes and caps are in separate bags per case) in accordance with specifica�ons.
The Statement of Work says:
3.2 PACKAGING AND MARKING
The bleeding tubes with plug-type push-top caps shall be packaged together in units of 1,000 tubes per carton and 1,000 caps per carton. A minimum 200 pound test corrugated carton shall be used. The carton shall be lined with a polyethylene bag liner. An addi�onal 10% (ten) of the push-top caps shall be packaged in each carton, unless instructed otherwise by the agency.
For clarifica�on are you needing 1,000 or 1,100 caps per box? If it's 1,100 can the extra 100 caps be bagged separately from the other 1,000? So, in each box there would be three bags; A bag of 1,000 tubes, a bag of 1,000 caps, and a bag of 100 caps ?
A - ***Amendment_1 changes sec�on 3.2 PACKAGING AND MARKING in the Statement Of Work to remove the statement ( An addi�onal 10% (ten) of the push-top caps shall be packaged in each carton, unless instructed otherwise by the agency).
No addi�onal 10% of the push-top caps is needed
Note:
Most Commercial caps are packed as 500 per bag so the supplier can put 2 bags of 500 in the case of 1000 tubes
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