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0001 08-05-2026 None

36C244

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 4 Commodities 1

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36C24426Q0820

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The purpose of this requirement is to provide vendor question and answer and to clarify Statement of need requirement of 24 hour notice.

The statement of need is hereby updated to change 24 hour delivery notice to 48 hour delivery notice.

ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REMAIN UNCHANGED.

BENJAMIN VILLASENOR

CONTRACTING OFFICER

Amendment 0001 to Solicitation 36C24426Q0820 - Five (5) Year IDIQ for Bulk Rock Salt and Bagged Ice Melt for the Erie VA Medical Center

Question and Answer:

Question 1: Section B.2, 3B.c states the contractor must be prepared to deliver bulk road salt within 24 hours of Program Manager notification. Given normal freight lead times and the potential for regional demand spikes on rock salt during active winter weather events, a 24-hour turnaround may be difficult to consistently guarantee, particularly for multi-day or widespread events affecting supply and trucking availability across the region.

Could you clarify:

Whether there is any flexibility in this timeframe (e.g., 48 hours), or How "notification" is defined/measured for purposes of the 24-hour clock, and whether any allowance is made during declared regional emergencies or widespread winter events.

Answer 1: We have revised the delivery requirement to 48 hours from Program Manager notification. Notification begins when the Program Manager requests delivery by phone or email.

No specific exception for regional weather events. A 48-hour delivery requirement provides reasonable flexibility while still meeting Erie’s operational needs.

Updated Statement of Need:

Statement of Need Erie VAMC Bulk Road Salt and Bagged Ice Melt

1. GENERAL: The contractor shall provide and deliver bulk road salt and bagged ice melt to the Erie, PA VA Medical Center (VAMC). Specifically, the deliveries will be delivered to our Salt Building or other on-site location when notified via email or phone.

The purpose is to melt snow and ice from asphalt and concrete lots and drives. The period of performance for this contract shall consist of a base year starting October, 2026 and four (4) ordering years to be utilized by the government at their convenience.

2. BACKGROUND:

Storage Capacity: The Erie VAMC has limited storage capacity for bulk road salt and ice melt. The maximum capacities are 40 ton of road salt and 16 pallets of bagged ice melt. In a severe lake effect event, these quantities could deplete in a single storm.

Usage: The Erie VAMC has an asphalt footprint of slightly over 12 acres. Salt usage is 1 ton per acre, given application three times daily (once each shift). In a 24-hour snowfall event, this equates to a usage of 36 tons of road salt. An additional 6 pallets of bagged ice melt would be used on sidewalks. The occurrence of a multi-day event would require that Erie VAMC be resupplied with both products within 48 hours.

3. SPECIFIC TASKS:

A. There will be no minimum seasonal quantity.

B. Replenishment orders are not expected to be placed by Erie VAMC after September 30th of each contract year.

C. Erie VAMC personnel shall be responsible for moving the product from the communicated drop location to the onsite storage location.

D. All cutsheets and Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) must be submitted to Project Manager for evaluation with bid submittal. Substitute chemical compositions may be submitted to Project Manager for evaluation of suitability for this contract.

E. Roads or other foreign material shall be absent from the delivered product.

Presence of material other than road salt shall be cause for delivery rejection.

F. Product shall be compatible with dispersion using hand, drop and broadcast spreading, without the need for personal protection equipment.

G. Product shall be colored to visually ensure proper dispersion of the solid product, but the product shall not be permanently staining to pavement.

H. The bidder must bid on both products, but the bid for each product shall be separated. The bidder shall communicate which product the bid will cover.

I. All deliveries of bulk salt shall be invoiced in whole-ton increments only. The total delivery quantity shall be rounded to the nearest whole number (e.g.,

9.86 tons shall be invoiced as 10 tons; 9.43 tons shall be invoiced as 9 tons).

No decimals shall appear on invoices submitted for payment.

3A. Product Supply:

The contractor shall provide and deliver the following two products:

Description Qty

Bulk Road Salt (per whole ton) 200 Tons

Ice Melt (per pallet) 24 Pallets

3B. BULK ROAD SALT

a. Specifications:

The acceptable product shall have a minimum composition of 98% Sodium Chloride and treated with Yellow Prussiate of Soda (YPS) or similar anticaking compound.

Salt product shall be in pellet form. Flake product will not be accepted.

Individual pellet size shall be between 1/4” and 5/8” in diameter.

Product shall be colored to visually ensure proper dispersion of the solid product, but the product shall not be permanently staining to pavement.

Product shall arrive in a free flowing, dry, and usable condition. Product must not be frozen, caked, wet, or clumped. Product shall be completely free of any foreign debris. Product delivered that is not in conformance to this specification shall be cause for delivery rejection.

Salt product shall contain no more than 1% water.

b. Maximum seasonal quantity is not expected to exceed 250 tons.

c. At all times, the contractor shall be prepared to deliver Erie VA Medical Center with bulk road salt within 48 hours of Program Manager notification of need. Notification begins when the Program Manager requests delivery by phone or email.

d. Minimum quantity shall be 5 tons, and maximum quantity shall be 25 tons per delivery.

e. Rejection of a delivery due to nonconformance to the specifics of this Statement of Need shall be followed by a delivery within 24 hours of product that meets the specification criteria at no additional cost to the government.

The Contractor is responsible for the cost of removing rejected shipments from the Erie, PA VAMC property.

3C. BAGGED ICE MELT

a. Specifications:

Composition shall be Calcium Chloride with Calcium Magnesium Acetate (CMA) a built-in corrosion inhibitor.

Product shall be able to melt ice down to an ambient temperature of at least -25oF.

Product shall be fast acting.

Product shall be in pellet or granular form. Flake product will not be acceptable.

Product shall be safe for use on concrete, asphalt, and vegetation.

Product shall be colored to visually ensure proper dispersion of the solid product, but the product shall not be permanently staining to pavement.

Containment bags holding the ice melt shall be weatherproof and waterproof.

Product inside bags shall be dry and not clumped, and immediately usable for specified purposes.

b. Maximum seasonal quantity is not expected to exceed quantity two thousand bags at 50 pounds each.

c. Ice melt shall be delivered on pallets with each pallet weight not to exceed 2500 pounds (Quantity of fifty bags weighing 50 pounds each).

d. Minimum quantity to deliver shall be four pallets (two hundred 50-pound bags) and a maximum of eight pallets (four hundred 50-pound bags).

e. Pallets shall be placed or moved in the delivery vehicle by the contractor or subcontractor/driver and shall be unloaded by fork-lift without a loading dock by the Government.

f. Rejection of a delivery due to nonconformance to the specifics of this Statement of Need shall be followed by a delivery within 48 hours of product that meets the specification criteria at no additional cost to the government.

The Contractor is responsible for the cost of removing rejected shipments from the Erie, PA VAMC property.

4. DELIVERY:

A. Contractor shall deliver bulk road salt and bagged ice melt to the Erie, PA VAMC Salt Building at 135 E. 38th St, Erie, PA 16504 or to a similar location on the Erie, PA VAMC main campus as directed by the Program Manager.

Area of delivery will be easily accessible by the delivery truck.

B. Deliveries shall be made Monday-Friday between the hours 7 AM and 4 PM, excluding federal holidays. Deliveries outside of the stated hours shall be only made by mutual consent between the contractor and Project Manager.

C. Contractor assumes responsibility for safe and legal transport of the product to Erie, PA VAMC.

D. Contractor acknowledges that deliveries will be expected during adverse winter weather conditions. Contractor also acknowledges that if the product can be legally procured and acceptable roads are open for transport (interstate highways and local roads to and from the interstate highway), there shall be no allowance for delay due to weather.

E. Contractor shall provide weigh slips to Erie, PA VAMC at the time of delivery, which lists the amount of salt delivered.

5. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Erie, PA VA Medical Center

135 East 38th Street

Erie, PA 16504

6. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

Exact period of performance start and end dates to be determined at time of contract award

Base: October 1st, 2026 – September 30th, 2027

OY 1: October 1st, 2027 – September 30th, 2028

OY 2: October 1st, 2028 – September 30th, 2029

OY 3: October 1st, 2029 – September 30th, 2030

OY 4: October 1st, 2030 – September 30th, 2031

7. CONTRACT PRICING TERMS

This contract will be awarded as a firm fixed price, however the Government understands the market conditions of Rock Salt can fluctuate.

The unit prices established under this contract shall not change for the first twenty-four

(24) months of the base contract ordering period. If extraordinary market conditions result in a substantial increase in the Contractor’s cost of rock salt or pelletized salt, the Contractor may submit a written request ninety (90) days prior to the anniversary of the contract.

The request shall:

Identify the specific item(s) for which adjustment is requested.

Include supporting documentation demonstrating the increase in the Contractor’s actual acquisition costs or recognized market index.

Clearly Identify the requested revised unit prices.

The Government will review the request and supporting documentation. Any price adjustment shall become effective only upon written agreement of both parties through bilateral modification. The Government is under no obligation to approve any requested price increase.

Price adjustments shall be limited to documented, reasonable increases in attributable market conditions and shall not exceed the demonstrated increase in Contractor’s costs. Decreases in market prices may also result in a downward adjustment upon mutual agreement.

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