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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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(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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Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 1 Contracting Officer (90c) 830 Chalkstone Avenue Providence RI 02908 Mercedes Blanton, (401) 455-4904 or Mercedes.Blanton@va.gov Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 1 Contracting Officer (90c) 830 Chalkstone Avenue Providence RI 02908 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C24118Q0209 04-02-2018

X X X See CONTINUATION Page 523-3680162-4815-856700-2580 0100C10Z4 X The above referenced solicitation in block 9A for Sharps and Regulated Medical Waste Removal services for the Boston Healthcare System with related facilities located in Massachusetss is hereby modified as follows:

1. The period of performance has changed to 07/01/2018 - 06/30/2019; see below for the revised schedul e.

2. Vendor questions and Government answers are listed below.

3. Questions are in BLACK and answers are in RED.

4. Solicitation is extended by 7 days now closing on May 9, 2018 by 10 am.

5. Last day for questions Monday, April 30, 2017 by 11 am.

CONTINUATION PAGE

A.1 PRICE/COST SCHEDULE

ITEM INFORMATION

Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 07-01-2018 POP End: 06-30-2019

Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 07-01-2018 POP End: 06-30-2019

Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 07-01-2018 POP End: 06-30-2019

Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 07-01-2018 POP End: 06-30-2019

Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 07-01-2018 POP End: 06-30-2019

Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 07-01-2018 POP End: 06-30-2019

Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 07-01-2018 POP End: 06-30-2019

Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 07-01-2018 POP End: 06-30-2019

Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 07-01-2018 POP End: 06-30-2019

Base Year Total Amount: $________________________

Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 07-01-2018 POP End: 06-30-2019

Contract Period: Option 1 POP Begin: 07-01-2019 POP End: 06-30-2020

Contract Period: Option 1 POP Begin: 07-01-2019 POP End: 06-30-2020

Contract Period: Option 1 POP Begin: 07-01-2019 POP End: 06-30-2020

Contract Period: Option 1 POP Begin: 07-01-2019 POP End: 06-30-2020

Contract Period: Option 1 POP Begin: 07-01-2019 POP End: 06-30-2020

Contract Period: Option 1 POP Begin: 07-01-2019 POP End: 06-30-2020

Contract Period: Option 1 POP Begin: 07-01-2019 POP End: 06-30-2020

Contract Period: Option 1 POP Begin: 07-01-2019 POP End: 06-30-2020

Contract Period: Option 1 POP Begin: 07-01-2019 POP End: 06-30-2020

Option Year One (1) Total Amount: $________________________

Contract Period: Option 1 POP Begin: 07-01-2019 POP End: 06-30-2020

Contract Period: Option 2 POP Begin: 07-01-2020 POP End: 06-30-2021

Contract Period: Option 2 POP Begin: 07-01-2020 POP End: 06-30-2021

Contract Period: Option 2 POP Begin: 07-01-2020 POP End: 06-30-2021

Contract Period: Option 2 POP Begin: 07-01-2020 POP End: 06-30-2021

Contract Period: Option 2 POP Begin: 07-01-2020 POP End: 06-30-2021

Contract Period: Option 2 POP Begin: 07-01-2020 POP End: 06-30-2021

Contract Period: Option 2 POP Begin: 07-01-2020 POP End: 06-30-2021

Contract Period: Option 2 POP Begin: 07-01-2020 POP End: 06-30-2021

Contract Period: Option 2 POP Begin: 07-01-2020 POP End: 06-30-2021

Option Year Two (2) Total Amount: $________________________

Contract Period: Option 2 POP Begin: 07-01-2020 POP End: 06-30-2021

Contract Period: Option 3 POP Begin: 07-01-2021 POP End: 06-30-2022

Contract Period: Option 3 POP Begin: 07-01-2021 POP End: 06-30-2022

Contract Period: Option 3 POP Begin: 07-01-2021 POP End: 06-30-2022

Contract Period: Option 3 POP Begin: 07-01-2021 POP End: 06-30-2022

Contract Period: Option 3 POP Begin: 07-01-2021 POP End: 06-30-2022

Contract Period: Option 3 POP Begin: 07-01-2021 POP End: 06-30-2022

Contract Period: Option 3 POP Begin: 07-01-2021 POP End: 06-30-2022

Contract Period: Option 3 POP Begin: 07-01-2021 POP End: 06-30-2022

Contract Period: Option 3 POP Begin: 07-01-2021 POP End: 06-30-2022

Option Year Three (3) Total Amount: $________________________

Contract Period: Option 3 POP Begin: 07-01-2021 POP End: 06-30-2022

Contract Period: Option 4 POP Begin: 07-01-2022 POP End: 06-30-2023

Contract Period: Option 4 POP Begin: 07-01-2022 POP End: 06-30-2023

Contract Period: Option 4 POP Begin: 07-01-2022 POP End: 06-30-2023

Contract Period: Option 4 POP Begin: 07-01-2022 POP End: 06-30-2023

Contract Period: Option 4 POP Begin: 07-01-2022 POP End: 06-30-2023

Contract Period: Option 4 POP Begin: 07-01-2022 POP End: 06-30-2023

Contract Period: Option 4 POP Begin: 07-01-2022 POP End: 06-30-2023

Contract Period: Option 4 POP Begin: 07-01-2022 POP End: 06-30-2023

Contract Period: Option 4 POP Begin: 07-01-2022 POP End: 06-30-2023

Option Year Four (4) Total Amount: $________________________

The Government will evaluate prices for the option under FAR 52.217-8 by using the last year’s option prices to calculate the price for six months of effort, and adding that amount to the base and other option years to arrive at the total.

Contract Period: Option 4 POP Begin: 07-01-2022 POP End: 06-30-2023

1. Question: Can you please provide the completed Price/cost schedule of the previous vendor?

Answer:

Period of Performance: 10/01/2014 through 06/30/2018 Base Year amount: $208,443.12 Option One amount: $215,751.84 Option Two amount: $223,810.92 6 month extension amount: $111,905.46 3 month extension amount: $55,952.73

2. Question: We noticed in the Statement of Work the items below and wanted to ask you for clarification. ?

1. Page 8 of 106 - For each year of this contract, VABHS may request up to twenty-five (25) additional containers per main campus and up to five (5) additional containers per CBOC at no additional cost to VABHS. The charge for additional containers beyond fifteen/five will be billed under a separate line item on current obligation. Which is it 25 and 5 or 15 and 5? Please advise.

1. Page 6 of 106 - This service will render all sharps, RMW, chemotherapeutic and pathological waste non-recognizable and non-infectious for disposal as fuel in electrical co-generation and/or the waste will be recycled. Medical waste including sharps waste is not able to be recycled so would the VA also consider autoclave and/or incineration as potential disposal methods? Co-generation and incineration are the two most expensive disposal methods available for disposal and the disposal options need to be clarified. Autoclave also renders the waste unrecognizable and is a much more cost-effective disposal option. Trace Chemo and Pathological waste must be incinerated and can’t be autoclaved.

Answer: For clarification purposes it is a Performance Work Statement (PWS) not a Statement of Work (SOW).

#1 Answer: The above portion of the PWS is modified to read “For each year of this contract, VABHS may request up to twenty-five (25) additional containers per main campus and up to five (5) additional containers per CBOC at no additional cost to VABHS. The charge for additional containers beyond twenty five/five will be billed under a separate line item on current obligation.”

#2 Answer: This is the language requesting that our waste either be recycled or sent for a “waste-to-energy” process. Both methods exist in the industry.