36C10E19Q0173-0002000.docx

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Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

VA

06-05-2019 00101 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration Office of Acquisition 1800 G. Street N.W.

Washington

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20006 00101 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration Office of Acquisition 1800 G. Street N.W.

Washington

DC

20006 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C10E19Q0173 06-05-2019

X X X

X The attached questions and answers are hereby incorporated into the above referenced solicitation.

Gregory Stevens Contracting Officer

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Q1. Is this a new or replacement contract? If replacement who is the incumbent and what is the contract number?

A1. New

Q2. Will the government clarify which specs that are listed as optional they want to see in a quote or are they leaving it up to industry to provide what they think best?

A2. Network Printing, Fax Printing, Network Printing (Scan to Folder), Copier

Q3. Can the government provide total meters from the current devices and tell industry how long they have had those devices? Any vendor who has been servicing the current devices up until now has a distinct advantage when it comes to pricing the maintenance portion of this solicitation.

A3. No

Q4. The government has the Konica Minolta Bizhub 658e which is a 65 ppm device listed for comparison. Will the government accept a 60 ppm device?

A4. Yes

Q5. Will the government accept a 270-sheet dual scan feeder?

A5. Yes

Q6. is the government requiring the ability to OCR scanned documents?

A6. No

Q7. Will the government accept a 50-page multi-position stapler?

A7. Yes

Q8. Is the government requiring post insertion ability?

A8. No

Q9. Does the government need the ability to authenticate via CAC/PIV card?

A9. Yes, or you can use secure print.

Q10. The SOW provided lists all the capabilities the bizhub 658e can accomplish, including multiple finishing types and paper drawers. However, not all these accessories can go on each unit. Please clarify which of the following are required:

A10.

- fax

- number of paper drawers -4/5 -Staples, -Scan -printing -duplex printing and coping