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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

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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 VAMC Providence Chalkstone Avenue Providence RI 02908 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C24121R0003 12-23-2020

X X X ** HOUR & DATE for Receipt of Offers is EXTENDED to: 10:00

AM, 01/26/2021

See CONTINUATION Page X The above referenced solicitation in block 9A for Solid Waste and Recycling Program Services for VISN 1 located throughout New England states is hereby modified as follows:

1. Vendor questions and Government answers are listed below.

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

3. VISN 1 Service Schedule has be en revised; see below.

4. Section E.6 has been revised; see below.

5. Receipt of offers is extended by 5 days now due on 01/26/2021 no later than 10:00 AM.

Victor E. Martin Contracting Officer

CONTINUATION PAGE

1. Question: There are containers that we saw on property with the Government personnel leading us and they stated the containers are absolutely needed at certain facilities and are yet nowhere to be found on the contract.

Answer: Regarding the Brockton Campus – question about Building 45 and compactor – Currently Building 45 is under construction due to new Laundry – New Laundry should be open hopefully within the next 9 to 12 months or possibly sooner (Estimate) that is why no one could find the compactor in Building 45. Once the New Laundry is open, they will need a compactor and 8-yard container.

2. Question: There are containers that are called open tops ($7K to buy) that are actually compactors and must be compactors ($36k to buy).

Answer: Customers have been questioned and service schedule has been revised.

3. Question: There are containers that are listed as being serviced 4 times a week and they are actually serviced 4 times a year according to the personnel. by “site”?

Answer: Customers have been questioned and service schedule has been revised.

4. Question: Could I get the attendees for your site visits that were held?

Answer: See below; site visit attendees.

5. Question: I am requesting an extension to next week for this requirement?

Answer: Extension has been made; read page 1.

SITE VISIT ATTENDEES (in accordance with site visit Government point of contacts)

· Location and address: Jamaica Plain Campus, 150 South Huntington Avenue, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 VAMC Site Visit attendees: DBI Waste Systems representative and Hamilton Alliance representative.

· Location and address: West Roxbury Campus, 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132 Site Visit attendees: DBI Waste Systems representative and Hamilton Alliance representative.

· Location and address: Brockton Campus, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301 Site Visit attendees: DBI Waste Systems representative and Hamilton Alliance representative.

· Location and address: Providence VAMC, 830 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI 02908-4799 Site Visit attendees: DBI Waste Systems representative and Hamilton Alliance representative.

· Location and address: VA Bedford Healthcare System (Edith Course Rogers Memorial Hospital), 200 Springs Road, Bedford, MA 01730 Site Visit attendees: See attached.

· Location and address: Manchester VAMC, 718 Smyth Road, Manchester, NH 03104 Site Visit attendees: See attached.

E.6 52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999)

(a) The Government shall award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror/Contractor whose offer conforming to the solicitation shall be most advantageous to the Government, price, technical capability, and past performance factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

· Price

· Technical Factors (Subfactor) with subfactor (6) being the 2nd least significant factor and subfactor (7) being the least significant factor. An overall rating will be assigned for Subfactors one (1) through seven (7).

· Waste Management Approach (Subfactor 1)

· Management Approach (Subfactor 2)

· Technical Approach (Subfactor 3)

· Service Schedule Management (Subfactor 4)

· Subcontracting Plan (Subfactor 5)

· SDVOSB Qualitative Factor (Subfactor 6)

· VOSB Qualitative Factor (Subfactor 7)

· Past Performance

PRICE

Price (follow these instructions):

1) Standard Form 1449 (page 1), Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items, with blocks 12, 17, 30a, 30b, and 30c completed by the offeror.

2) Solicitation Section B.3, Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs, with offerors proposed contract line item prices inserted in appropriate spaces.

3) Attachment A, Price Schedules, with offerors proposed line item prices inserted in appropriate spaces.

4) Solicitation Clauses "Offeror Representation and Certifications -Commercial Items", completed by offeror at (https://SAM.gov), or a Reps and Certs print out may be submitted.

The Government shall not pay any cost incurred in preparation and submission of this offer.

TECHNICAL FACTORS

The Contractor shall provide supporting document that they possess adequate resources, capability, experience, responsibility and integrity to meet the technical capabilities to comply with the requirements of the resulting contract. This shall include the following:

The evaluation will be divided into seven (7) sub-factors, with subfactor (6) being the 2nd least significant factor and subfactor (7) being the least significant factor.

(1) Waste Management Approach – The bidding contractor will provide an explanation of their waste management approach. The Government prefers the most cost-effective waste prevention approach. The Government will choose the approach which will reduce the most overall waste generated, while also pursuing strategies that reduce disposal fees and minimize environmental impacts by diverting waste from treatment and disposal facilities, including landfill and incineration without energy recovery. The Government prefers the most environmental approach in accordance with EPA’s Waste Management Hierarchy. EPA’s Waste Management Hierarchy prioritizes waste management approaches, from most to last environmentally preferred as follows:

a. Source Reduction and reuse;

b. Recycling and composting;

c. Energy recovery (e.g., waste-to-energy incinerators; and

d. Treatment and disposal

(2) Management Approach - For offers to be properly evaluated, bidding contractors must provide adequate documentation and explanations to meet all the requirements spelled out in the Performance Work Statement above. Bidding contractor must submit current required permits and business licenses allowing (or that will allow) them to perform the work as required.

(3) Technical Approach – The bidding contractor will provide an explanation of how they will provide verifiable weights of solid waste and recycling removed. The bidding contractor will provide a plan for ensuring that waste removal containers are maintained in an acceptable condition, such as, cleaning and sanitizing them on a regular basis, and what type of method will be used to do so.

(4) Service Schedule Management - The bidding contractor will provide evidence of properly maintained vehicles and insurance. Bidding contractor will provide a written plan of the service, including a sample schedule of waste removal days. Bidding contractor must provide a list of Treatment Storage and/or Disposal Facility (TSDF), Universal Waste and recycling facilities which will be used in support of this contract.

(5) Subcontracting Plan – If you are planning to sub-contract some or all this work, please provide the name and address(s) of all subcontractor(s) (if applicable) and a description of their planned subcontracting effort.

(6) VIP verified SDVOSB - VIP verified SDVOSB offerors shall receive full qualitative enterprise credit for their SDVOSB status. This qualitative factor is the 2nd least significant factor.

(7) VIP verified VOSB - VIP verified VOSB offerors shall receive partial qualitative enterprise credit for their VOSB status. This qualitative factor is the least significant factor.

Special Remark: Please limit your response to no more than forty (40) typewritten pages with a 12-font size addressing all technical factors (1) to (5). Technical Factor response must be separately provided (e.g., placed behind the proposal submitted).

PAST PERFORMANCE

1) Provide (3) references (but no more than 8 references) of work similar in scope and size performed in the past 3 years with current contact information to include an active contact’s name, e-mail, phone number, address, and organization to include a brief description of the work completed, and a contract # (if applicable). References will be checked by the Contracting Officer to ensure your company can perform the Performance Work Statement. References can be attached to Standard Form 1449 as specified above in Instruction to Offerors above.

2) Past Performance shall include: Demonstration the Prime Contractor has successfully performed a Solid Waste and Recycling Services within the last Three (3) years on at least Three (3) service contracts of equal or greater size and complexity within the same or similar scope of work as work is identified in the performance work statement (PWS) as described by the specifications of this solicitation in the price range of $1,000,000 to $10,000,000.00

3) Past performance information may also be obtained from other sources available to the Government to include, but not limited to, Past Performance Retrieval System (PPIRS), Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS), or other databases.

TECHNICAL AND PAST PERFORMANCE WHEN COMBINED, ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN PRICE.

The goal of this solicitation and ensuing contracts is to sustain orderly 24/7 hospital operations at medical facilities throughout New England with reliable, efficient solid-waste disposal. The VA looks to the contractor community for orderly seamless operations. This entails timely mobilization by awardees and a reasonable time for onset of performance upon notice to proceed. Each VAMC campus is unique and requires its own staggered mobilization and onset date depending on local conditions. The VA is a trusted business partner for the small-business community and welcomes proposals from incumbents and new entrants who are committed to ensuring successful outcomes.

Proposals shall be emailed to Mercedes.Blanton@va.gov on or before the due date.

Any proposal not including all evaluation criteria will not be considered.

Last day for any questions will be Thursday, December 29, 2020 no later than 10am and shall be emailed to Mercedes.Blanton@va.gov

Notes* This is a Small Business Set-aside, multiple award with a potential of eight (8) awards. Ensure to specify which site(s) you are submitting an offeror for.

*Offerors are encouraged to propose price reductions and/or discounts which must be applied to the proposed pricing.

*The VA will evaluate Offerors based on their service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) status; an Offeror must be registered and certified in VetBiz.gov Vendor Information Pages (http://www.VetBiz.gov).

(b) Options. The Government shall evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) Written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of Provision)

D.2 VISN 1 SERVICE SCHEDULES

VA Maine Healthcare System (402)

Bangor CBOC 35 State Hospital Drive, Bangor, ME, 04401

Caribou CBOC 163 Van Buren Drive, Ste 6, Caribou, ME 04736

Portland CBOC 144 Fore Street Portland, ME, 04101

Rumford CBOC 431 Franklin St. Rumford, ME, 04726

White River Junction VA Medical Center (405)

On-call

On-call

Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital (Bedford VA/518)

Bedford VA 200 Springs Rd.

Bedford, MA 01730

Bedford VA 200 Springs Rd.

Bedford, MA 01730

Bedford VA 200 Springs Rd.

Bedford, MA 01730

Bedford VA 200 Springs Rd.

Bedford, MA 01730

Bedford VA 200 Springs Rd.

Bedford, MA 01730

Bedford VA 200 Springs Rd.

Bedford, MA 01730

Bedford VA 200 Springs Rd.

Bedford, MA 01730

Bedford VA 200 Springs Rd.

Bedford, MA 01730

30-yard Monthly

Bedford VA 200 Springs Rd.

Bedford, MA 01730

35-yard or greater for collection at loading dock with a height of 46 inches 2x per week

VA Boston Healthcare System (523)

Jamaica Plain Campus 150 South Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02130

Jamaica Plain Campus 150 South Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02130

Jamaica Plain Campus 150 South Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02130

Jamaica Plain Campus 150 South Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02130

Jamaica Plain Campus 150 South Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02130

Jamaica Plain Campus 150 South Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02130

/Recycling

Jamaica Plain Campus 150 South Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02130

Jamaica Plain Campus 150 South Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02130

Jamaica Plain Campus 150 South Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02130

Jamaica Plain Campus 150 South Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02130

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301

West Roxbury Campus 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132

West Roxbury Campus 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132

West Roxbury Campus 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132

West Roxbury Campus 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132

West Roxbury Campus 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132

West Roxbury Campus 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132

West Roxbury Campus 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132

West Roxbury Campus 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132

West Roxbury Campus 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132

West Roxbury Campus 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132

West Roxbury Campus 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132

Manchester VA Medical Center

Manchester VA Medical Center (VA Owned) 718 Smyth Road Manchester, NH 03104

Manchester VA Medical Center (VA Owned) 718 Smyth Road Manchester, NH 03104

Manchester VA Medical Center (VA Owned) 718 Smyth Road Manchester, NH 03104

VA Portsmouth CBOC – Government Installation/Interagency Agreement Pease International Tradeport 302 Newmarket Street Portsmouth, NH 03803

Friday, 7:30 AM until 4:30 PM

VA Tilton CBOC (Leased) 630 West Main Street Suite 400 Tilton, NH 03276

Friday, 7:30 AM until 4:30 PM

VA Central Western Massachusetts (631)

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

Trash

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

Trash

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

VA Central Western Massachusetts 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053-9764

Trash

VA Providence Medical Center (650)

VA Providence Medical Center 830 Chalkstone Ave.

Providence, RI 02908-4799

Trash

VA Providence Medical Center 830 Chalkstone Ave.

Providence, RI 02908-4799

VA Providence Medical Center 830 Chalkstone Ave.

Providence, RI 02908-4799

VA Providence Medical Center 830 Chalkstone Ave.

Providence, RI 02908-4799

VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Newington Campus 555 Willard Avenue Newington, CT 06111 Building 3/ Loading Dock Single Stream/ Recycling

Newington Campus 555 Willard Avenue Newington, CT 06111 Building 3/ Loading Dock

Newington Campus 555 Willard Avenue Newington, CT 06111 Building 3/ Loading Dock Area Metal/ Recycling

Newington Campus 555 Willard Avenue Newington, CT 06111 Building 3/ Loading Dock Area

West Haven Campus 950 Campbell Avenue West Haven, CT 06516

Recycling

West Haven Campus 950 Campbell Avenue West Haven, CT 06516

West Haven Campus 950 Campbell Avenue West Haven, CT 06516

West Haven Campus 950 Campbell Avenue West Haven, CT 06516 Building 1/ Loading Dock Area

West Haven Campus 950 Campbell Avenue West Haven, CT 06516

West Haven Campus 950 Campbell Avenue West Haven, CT 06516 Building 2/ Loading Dock

West Haven Campus 950 Campbell Avenue West Haven, CT 06516 Building 2/ Loading Dock Single Stream/ Recycling

West Haven Campus 950 Campbell Avenue West Haven, CT 06516

Recycling

West Haven Campus 950 Campbell Avenue West Haven, CT 06516

See attached document: S30 Bedford Sign-In Sheet from Site Visit.

See attached document: S30 Manchester Sign-In Sheet from Site Visit.