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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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(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 01-20-2026 36C528 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 2 3495 Bailey Avenue Building 3, 2nd floor Buffalo

NY

14215 36C528 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 2 3495 Bailey Avenue Building 3, 2nd floor Buffalo

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14215 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C24226Q0149

X X X ** HOUR & DATE for Receipt of Offers is EXTENDED to: 01-26-2026 12:00 EST X The purpose of this Amendment #A0001 is to provide answers to the following questions, update line items, add attachments, and to extend the date for receipt of offers to 1/26/2026 at 12:00pm EST.

Dolores Sachuk-Thompson Contracting Officer

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Solicitation # 36C24226Q0149, Attachment A , Amendment A00001

Question 1: For the pharmacy cleanrooms (main pharmacy suite and satellite pharmacy suite), could you please provide square footage for each cleanroom space?

Answer 1:

Room 101 Buffer room 144 square feet.

Room 102 Procedure room 94 square feet.

Room 103 Ante room 304 square feet.

Room 3c-08 Ante room 162 square feet.

Room 3C-08a Lab 79 square feet.

Question 2: For the pharmacy cleanrooms (main pharmacy suite and satellite pharmacy suite), could you please provide ceiling heights for each room?

Answer 2: Approximately 10 feet.

Question 3: For the pharmacy cleanrooms (main pharmacy suite and satellite pharmacy suite), could you please provide Floor plans or room layouts showing room boundaries and pressure relationships?

Answer 3: 1st and 3rd floor plans provided (attachments Floor Plan – First Floor & Floor Plan – Third Floor). The James J. Peters VA Medical Center uses an electronic building management system to control the pressures between rooms. Engineering staff will assist and adjust as needed during certifications. The real time pressure differential between the rooms is also visible at each location.

Question 4: For the pharmacy cleanrooms, could you clarify the number of terminal HEPA filters per room?

Answer 4: The room dimensions have been provided. Smaller rooms typically have one diffuser. Larger rooms may have more than one.

Question 5: For the pharmacy cleanrooms, could you clarify HEPA filter sizes and mounting type (ceiling-mounted, plenum, etc.)?

Answer 5: Typical diffusers sizes are 2 feet by 4 feet.

Question 6: For the pharmacy cleanrooms, could you clarify Whether any HEPA filters are shared across rooms?

Answer 6: No.

Question 7: Related to cleanroom certification, please confirm expected number of viable air samples per room.

Answer 7: All sampling/testing shall comply with the standards noted in the Statement of Work.

Question 8: Related to cleanroom certification, please confirm expected number of surface samples per room.

Answer 8: The contractor is expected to be a subject matter expert to ensure compliance with the standards noted in the Statement of Work.

Question 9: Related to cleanroom certification, please confirm expected Whether historical sampling plans or prior certification reports are available for reference.

Answer 9: Sampling plans from the previous contractor are not available.

Question 10: If sample quantities are left to contractor discretion, please confirm that assumption-based pricing is acceptable.

Answer 10: The contractor is expected to be a subject matter expert to ensure compliance with the standards noted in the Statement of Work.

Question 11: The pricing schedule references 91 total units, while the equipment list appears to include approximately 86 physical containment devices. Please confirm whether the additional units represent individual cleanroom rooms being counted as separate certification units for pricing purposes.

Answer 11: For pricing use the number of units identified on the equipment list. including the 1st and 3rd floor pharmacy clean rooms noted in the Statement of Work. Please see line item updates below.

Question 12: Can you please provide more information for the pharmacies. To quote correctly we would need the following: #of HEPAs, # of viable samples to be taken, Square footage of each room and finally the number and type of hoods in each pharmacy.

Answer 12: The hoods related to the main Pharmacy are on the equipment list room 1B-101. The Satellite pharmacy hood is 3C-08 on the equipment list. The number of samples must Comply with and ensure ISO 14644-1:2015 standards are met.

Question 13: Are the hoods in the pharmacy included in the equipment list that is provided?

Answer 13: Yes.

Question 14: For the equipment list- are they on an annual basis or semiannual? Are they all due at the same time or throughout the year? Do you have a schedule of due dates?

Answer 14: The expectation is semi-annually. Due to the number of hoods, the certification dates are all within a couple of weeks. The last semiannual certification visit was completed in December.

Question 15: For line item 0002- this looks like the test to be performed on the hoods? It is not very clear what that line item consists of.

Answer 15: Line 0002 in the Solicitation is how we itemize the task of certifying hoods. It’s how we identify services for invoicing for that specific contract year.

Line Item Update:

The description for line items 0001, 1001, 2001, 3001, and 4001 have been updated.

Original:

Semi-annual preventive maintenance, certification, and certification tagging of 91 fume hoods, biological safety cabinets, laminar flow clean benches, and pharmacy clean rooms.

Updated:

Semi-annual preventive maintenance, certification, and certification tagging of fume hoods as identified in the Statement of Work (SOW), biological safety cabinets, laminar flow clean benches, and pharmacy clean rooms.

Additional Attachments:

The followingattachments have been added as a result of this modification:

Floor Plan – First Floor Floor Plan – Third Floor

See attached document: Floor Plan - first floor.

See attached document: Floor Plan - third floor.

Solicitation # 36C24226Q0149, Attachment A , Amendment A00001