36C10G22R0025 0005 - Signed.pdf

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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 required to sign this document and return ___________ copies to the issuing office. 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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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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36C10G

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

OPAL | Strategic Acquisition Center

10300 Spotsylvania Ave | STE 400

Fredericksburg VA 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 36C10G22R0025

12-14-2022 X

X X

** HOUR & DATE for Receipt of Offers is EXTENDED to:

X 1

Please see the Continuation Pages for full details of this Amendment.

The POC for this modification is Mr. John Tarver, John.Tarver@va.gov

MAX ANDRADE

Contracting Officer

12-14-2022

CONTINUATION PAGES

This amendment coordinates with the solicitation announcement 36C10G22R0025 which was originally posted on September 01, 2022.

The purpose of this Amendment is to disclose and incorporate the following Corrective Actions due to Two (2) Protest actions received, one received on September 28, 2022, and the other received on October 19, 2022:

1. All Medical Surgical Prime Vendor Program (MSPV) verbiage is now removed from the requirement. A determination was made that terms and conditions from this Walker requirement conflicted with the current and upcoming MSPV contracts therefore the best action was to remove all MSPV verbiage and requirements from this Walker requirement.

2. Group 1 under this Walker requirement is now 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-

Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside, (while Group 2 and Group 3 of this

Walker requirement are still maintained as 100% Small Business (SB) Total Set-asides). The Risk Management and Compliance Service (RMCS) Team conducted a review and analysis of this Solicitation and the Market Research obtained, as a result of the Two (2) Protest actions received. Based on this review and re-examination of the

Market Research previously conducted and received under this requirement, a determination was made that this solicitation is now 100% SDVOSB Set-Aside for the

“Group 1” category only, and the remaining two (2) categories (“Group 2” and “Group 3”) are still 100% SB Set-Aside.

3. Amended the solicitation/multi-award IDIQ setup to a single award set-up in each group (up to three total awards). Based on a follow-up review resulting from the

Protest actions received, a determination was made to remove the following language from the requirement: “As a result of the awards, the Statutory Authority 38 U.S.C. §

8123 which states “the Secretary may procure prosthetic appliances and necessary services required in the fitting, supplying, and training and use of prosthetic appliances by purchase, manufacture, contract, or in such other manner as the Secretary may determine to be proper, without regard to any other provision of law” is being delegated to the decentralized locations so that it empowers and allows VAMCs and Clinical

Determination to directly place orders (through non-competition methods) based on the prescribed Veteran’s/Patient’s needs. There shall be no local competition amongst the multiple awardees as a result of this solicitation, per the exemption to the fair opportunity process found under FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(B), due to the unique and specialized clinical prescription of the Walker to be ordered and utilized. Lastly, Awardees shall not challenge a local VAMC’s choice to order/use one awardee’s products over the other awardees.” As a result of this change, the requirement is now a single award set-up in each group (up to three total awards) which previously this requirement was up to 5 total awards per group (totaling up to 15 total awards).

The purpose of this Amendment is to incorporate the following:

1. Supply the Solicitation document titled "36C10G22R0025 Solicitation - FY22 Walkers v4" which provides updates in GREEN highlights (all throughout the solicitation), per the

“Corrective Actions” listed above.

2. Extend the Solicitation Closing date from October 19, 2022, to now January 03, 2023, at

3PM (Eastern Standard Time).

• Previous versions of the Solicitation are no longer valid towards this solicitation requirement.

• Previous Proposal submissions are no longer considered valid due to the recent changes.

Please submit a new proposal package(s)/submission(s) which adhere to this Amendment.

• See attached document: 36C10G22R0025 Solicitation - FY22 Walkers v4.