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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:

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None 36C244 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 4

1010 Delafield Road Pittsburgh PA 15215-1802 Contract Specialist is Mark Murray mark.murray4@va.gov 36C244 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 4

1010 Delafield Road Pittsburgh PA 15215-1802 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C24421Q1110 08-20-2021

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Tuesday, 08-31-2021, 12:00 PM ET.

The purpose of this Amendment is revise the Statement of Need for this requirement (attached).

Responses are due 08-31-2021, 12:00 PM ET to be considered for Award.

STATEMENT OF NEED

Title of Project: ABBOTT ID NOW-COVID-19 Test Kits

Scope of Work: The Vendor shall provide all resources necessary to accomplish the deliverables described in the statement of need (SON), except as may otherwise be specified.

Background: The Lebanon VA Medical Center (LVAMC) has a requirement to purchase brand name ABBOTT ID NOW COVID-19, manufactured by Abbott Rapid DX North America, LLC. The COVID-19 Assay are for use with the Abbott ID NOW system. The assays are intended to aid in the diagnosis or ruling out of COVID-19. On an average, the Lebanon VA Medical Center performs about 201-250 Influenza testing per year. Given the new epidemic with the coming winter will increase our testing capabilities. The kits are used in the clinical laboratory. Kits are packaged in assays of 24 single use pouches. Test kits are stored at room temperature until use and are not used past their expiration date. The contractor shall be responsible for providing reagents for performing COVID-19 testing. This will include 30 kits/month or 360 kits for the year.

Sole Source Justification: These reagent kits are patented product sold exclusively through Abbott Rapid DX. There are no resellers of this product. The instrumentation is owned and changing instrumentation would require a month-long validation and retraining of employees.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Abbott ID NOW COVID-19

· Manufacturer- Abbott Rapid DX (no substitutes)

· Product Number: 190-000

· Kit size-24 pouches with reagents per kit

· Quantity-Delivery of 30 kits each month

· Expiration dates shall be no less than 6 months from delivery date.

· One lot number of product is requested per shipment.

· Any deviation from the contract must be approved by the Contracting Officer Representative.

This will be a 1year contract for 30 kits, each kit including 24 pouches with reagents per kit, at the price of (dollar amount TBD) per test, (dollar amount TBD) per kit.

Period of Performance: 1 Year following Award

Delivery:

a. Kits shall be delivered once per month, in the quantities specified above, with the first shipment to begin on September 30, 2021.

b. Delivery shall be made to: Lebanon VA Medical Center (Attn. Warehouse), 1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon, PA 17042.

1. 1. Warehouse Supervisor: Dean Steckbeck, Phone: (717) 272-6621 x5973 Email: Dean.Steckbeck@va.gov Note: The Warehouse Supervisor has no authority to change the terms and conditions of the awarded contract.

c. Please contact the Contracting Officer Representative with any questions or concerns.

1. Nominated COR: Michelle Niebauer Phone: (717) 272-6621 x4188 Email: Michelle.Niebauer@va.gov

Note: The COR has no authority to change the terms and conditions of the awarded contract.

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