36C10G19R0050-0002003.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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is extended,

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning __________ copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY is not extended.

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is not, A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

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B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) none 36C10G U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs OPAL | Strategic Acquisition Center 10300 Spotsylvania Ave | STE 400 Fredericksburg

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22408-2697 36C10G U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs OPAL | Strategic Acquisition Center 10300 Spotsylvania Ave | STE 400 Fredericksburg

VA

22408-2697 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C10G19R0050 09-27-2019

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X See Continuation Page

David Barber Contracting Officer Continuation Page 36C10G19R0050 The purpose of Amendment 0002 is:

1. Amend Solicitation 36C10G19R0050 for proposal submission.

2. Pursuant to the General Accountability Office (GAO) decision on protest B-418223.1; B-418223.2, the Government has re-evaluated its set-aside determinations and is amending the solicitation as outlined in this amendment.

Please provide any questions regarding the Request for Proposal (RFP), no later than (NLT) 5:00 pm Eastern Time (ET) on February 19, 2020 to vacosacmspv2.0rfp@va.gov.

The response due date and time to this solicitation is NLT 12:00 pm ET on March 6, 2020. All responses must be submitted in accordance with information presented in the instructions to offerors.

Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure they have the most current information about this acquisition. Please note all contractors doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database.

Offerors who have already submitted proposals:

Proposal revisions are not required; however, Offerors may revise and re-submit any aspect of their previous proposal submission.

1. If an Offeror does not wish to revise any aspect of their previous proposal submission, they shall provide written confirmation that their initial proposal submission, in its entirety, is still valid. This confirmation shall also re-affirm the 180-calendar day Minimum Acceptance Period from revised solicitation closing date.

2. If an Offeror chooses to revise any Volume of their prior proposal, they shall follow the instructions below:

a. For any Volume that the Offeror re-submits with changes, they will be required to submit a new Volume in its entirety. Any revisions shall be submitted in accordance with Attachment 1: Solicitation 36C10G19R0050 – Conformed Copy.

b. For any unrevised Volume, the Offeror shall provide written confirmation identifying which Volumes from their initial proposal submission remain unrevised and are still valid.

c. Offeror shall also re-affirm the 180-calendar day Minimum Acceptance Period from revised solicitation closing date.

3. All resubmissions and confirmations shall be in electronic format only (.PDF, .DOC, .DOCX, or .XLS files) and shall be submitted to vacosacmspv2.0rfp@va.gov. Hard copies are not required.

4. Offeror shall submit a signed copy of Amendment 0002, acknowledging receipt of the Amendment.

New Offerors:

New Offerors shall follow all proposal submission instructions in accordance with Attachment 1: Solicitation 36C10G19R0050 – Conformed Copy.

The following changes are hereby made to this RFP:

1. Section B.1 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA updated as follows:

2. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (PoP):

2. Section C.2 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAY 2019): FAR clauses 52.219-6, 52.219-14, and 52.219-27 are added.

3. Section C.5 52.216-22(d) will now read as follows:

(d) Any order issued during the effective period of this contract and not completed within that period shall be completed by the Contractor within the time specified in the order. The contract shall govern the Contractor's and Government's rights and obligations with respect to that order to the same extent as if the order were completed during the contract's effective period; provided, that the Contractor shall not be required to make any deliveries under this contract after February 28, 2030.

4. Added Section C.18 VAAR 852.219-10 VA NOTICE OF TOTAL SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (JUL 2016)(DEVIATION)

5. Added Section C.19 VAAR 852.219-11 VA NOTICE OF TOTAL VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (JUL 2016)(DEVIATION)

6. Section E.6.1. will now read as follows:

Provisions that are incorporated by reference (by Citation Number, Title, and Date), have the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the CO will make the full text available.

The following provisions are incorporated into 52.212-1 as an addendum to this solicitation:

The below Tiered Evaluation language only applies to Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) associated with VISNs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 17, and 22. CLINs associated with Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 17, and 22 will be set-aside for Small Business concerns using a Tiered Evaluation approach. All other CLINs associated with remaining VISNs will utilize Full and Open Competition procedures.

This is a Small Business Set-Aside that will convert to Full and Open Competition if NO Acceptable Offers are received from responsible, Small Business Concerns. The Government will award to the Small Business whose offer is most advantageous to the Government, based on the requirements and evaluation criteria set forth in this Solicitation. If only one acceptable offer is received from a responsible, Small Business Concern, the CO will award directly to that firm, prior to the dissolution of the Small Business Set-Aside. No amendment will be issued to convert the Solicitation to Full and Open Competition. If the Small Business Set-Aside is dissolved, the Government will award to the Large Business whose offer is most advantageous to the Government, based on the requirements and evaluation criteria set forth in this Solicitation. All interested parties are encouraged to respond, regardless of business size; However, it must be noted that THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE FIRST AND FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION ONLY AFTER THE ABOVE CRITERIA IS NOT MET.

NOTICE: THIS PROCUREMENT (VISNs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 17, and 22 only) WILL BE CONDUCTED USING A TIERED EVALUATION OF OFFERS. THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WILL BE UTILIZED:

This set-aside procurement is based on a tiered or cascading order of precedence for evaluating offers. If a sufficient number of awards cannot be made at the first tier, the contracting officer may evaluate offers at the next lower tier, until a sufficient number of awards can be made. Consideration shall be given to tiers in the following order of priority:

(1) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSBs);

(2) Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB);

(3) all other small business concerns;

(4) other than small businesses (unrestricted).

Best value will be determined per VISN, and a single-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) per VISN will be established based on the Offeror who has been determined responsible, whose offer provides the best value within the applicable socioeconomic cascading group.

The above Tiered Evaluation language is only applicable to CLINs associated with VISNs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 17 and 22. All other CLINs/VISNs will utilize Full and Open Competition procedures.

7. Section E.6.2.9.2. will now read as follows:

The CO is the official point of contact for this solicitation. The CO has assigned Contract Specialists to coordinate with Offerors for solicitation questions, receive past performance questionnaires, and proposal deliveries. All solicitation documents for this requirement are available on the beta.sam.gov website under the “Contract Opportunities” section (formerly Federal Business Opportunities [FBO]) website at https://beta.sam.gov/.

8. Section E.6.2.9.3. will now read as follows:

Questions relating to this RFP shall be emailed to vacosacmspv2.0rfp@va.gov attention Justin Lumpkin at justin.lumpkin@va.gov and Tonya Modlin at tonya.modlin@va.gov. All questions shall be submitted utilizing the exact format found in Attachment 2 (of Amendment 0002), MS Excel Question and Answer Template. Only written questions submitted in this format will be accepted. All questions are due by February 19, 2020 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time. The Government is under no obligation to respond to questions received after the designated cut-off date for questions. The CO will provide the answers to questions to all prospective Offerors via the beta.sam.gov website’s “Contract Opportunities” section (formerly FBO) at https://beta.sam.gov/.

9. Section E.6.8.7. will now read as follows:

Under CLINs utilizing Full and Open Competition procedures and under Tier 3 or Tier 4 in the Tiered Evaluation CLINs, evaluation preference will be given to those Offerors having SDVOSB and VOSB socio-economic status, and those Offerors who propose to meet SDVOSB, VOSB, small business subcontracting goals identified in Section E.8 “Factor 4 – Veterans’ Involvement.”

10. Added Section E.6.8.7.2.:

Unless otherwise stated, all Clauses/Provisions will apply. The following additional guidance is provided:

52.204-5 only applies to Tier 4 and all Full and Open Competition/Unrestricted CLINs 52.219-6 only applies to Tiers 1, 2, and 3 52.219-14 only applies to Tiers 1, 2, and 3 52.219-27 only applies to Tier 1 852.219-10 only applies to Tier 1 852.219-11 only applies to Tier 2 852.219-74 only applies to Tiers 1, 2, and 3

11. Section E.8. ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEMS, Added the following language after “Proposal Evaluation” section:

TIERED EVALUATION APPROACH:

The following Tiered Evaluation approach only applies to CLINs associated with VISNs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 17, and 22. CLINs associated with VISNs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 17, and 22 will be set-aside for Small Business concerns using the below Tiered Evaluation approach. All other CLINs associated with remaining VISNs will utilize Full and Open Competition procedures.

All proposals shall be subject to evaluation by a team of Government personnel. Any proposals that do not meet the following criteria will be eliminated from consideration:

1. All SDVOSB and VOSB concerns must be VetBiz Verified at the time of proposal submission and certified in SAM under NAICS code 423450 to qualify for Tier 1 and Tier 2, respectively. Offerors are solely responsible for obtaining this verification. The CO will not intervene with the Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) regarding the processing of applications.

1. All Small Businesses must be certified in SAM under NAICS code 423450 to qualify for Tier 3. Verification in VetBiz alone does not meet the requirements for size standard authentication. Offerors and subcontractors must also be certified in SAM.gov following SBA guidelines for certification as a small business.

After this initial assessment, all remaining proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation factors contained in this solicitation using a tiered approach based on an order of priority as established in 38 U.S.C. 8127. The review will consist of four tiers. The tiers are defined as follows:

Tier 1 – SDVOSB Concerns Tier 2 – VOSB Concerns Tier 3 – Small Business Concerns Tier 4 – Other Than Small Businesses (or Unrestricted)

1. Tier 1 proposals will be evaluated first. After review of Tier 1 proposals, if award can be made at a fair and reasonable price that offers best value to the United States, award will be made. If no offers are submitted at Tier 1 or if none of the Tier 1 proposals would result in award at a fair and reasonable price that offers best value to the United States, the Government will evaluate Tier 2 proposals for award.

1. After review of Tier 2 proposals (if needed), if award can be made at a fair and reasonable price that offers best value to the United States, award will be made. If no offers are submitted at Tier 2 or if none of the Tier 2 proposals would result in award at a fair and reasonable price that offers best value to the United States, the Government will evaluate Tier 3 proposals for award.

1. After review of Tier 3 proposals (if needed), if award can be made at a fair and reasonable price that offers best value to the United States, award will be made. If no offers are submitted at Tier 3 or if none of the Tier 3 proposals would result in award at a fair and reasonable price that offers best value to the United States, the Government will evaluate Tier 4 proposals for award.

Each tier represents a distinct set‐aside and will be evaluated as such.

If only one proposal is received and evaluated in a tier, the CO may award to that offeror if the proposal meets the requirements of the solicitation and the proposed price is fair and reasonable in accordance with FAR 19.502-2, VAAR 819.7005, VAAR 819.7006(c). If the proposal does not meet the requirements of the solicitation and the proposed price is not fair and reasonable in accordance with FAR 19.502-2, VAAR 819.7005, VAAR 819.7006(c), the CO will evaluate proposals received at the next tier.

The above Tiered Evaluation approach is only applicable to CLINs associated with VISNs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 17 and 22. All other CLINs/VISNs will utilize Full and Open Competition procedures.

12. Section E.8. ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEMS, Added the following language to the beginning of “Factor 4 – Veterans’ Involvement” section:

This factor only applies to Full and Open Competition CLINs and any Tiered Evaluation CLINs that reach Tier 3 or Tier 4. For this factor, the offers will determine if the Offeror meets any of the following:

13. Section E.17 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998): FAR provisions 52.203-11, 52.204-5, 52.209-2, and 52.225-25 are added.

14. Added Section E.18 52.219-1 SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REPRESENTATIONS (OCT 2014)

15. Added Section E.19 52.222-22 PREVIOUS CONTRACTS AND COMPLIANCE REPORTS (FEB 1999)

16. Added Section E.20 52.222-25 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMPLIANCE (APR 1984)

17. Attached to this Amendment is a conformed copy of Solicitation 36C10G19R0050, encompassing all changes from Amendment 0001 and 0002. All changes from Amendment 0002 are highlighted in yellow.

See attached document: Attachment 1 - Solicitation 36C10G19R0050 - Conformed Copy.

See attached document: Attachment 2 - MS Excel Question and Answer Template.