36C24427Q0018 0001 Amendment to Philadelphia Radiopharm Solicitation.pdf

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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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0001 10-14-2026 N/A None

36C244

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 4 1010 Delafield Road Pittsburgh, PA 15215

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Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 4 Same as block 6

To all Offerors/Bidders 36C24427Q0018

10-08-2026 X

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The purpose of this Amendment is to provide additional information based on requested clarification. Please see the continuation page for questions asked and answered

This amendment also adds: C.8 VAAR 852.216-71 ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENT OF CONTRACT PRICE(S) BASED ON A PRICE INDEX (MAR 2018) to the solicitation and resulting contract.

Keri Hester Contracting Officer

CONTINUATION PAGE

Questions and Answers

• Contract Dates: Page 1 lists an anticipated ordering period of 11/01/2026 – 10/30/3031, Page 28 references an intended purchase order period of 12/01/2026 – 11/30/2031.

Could you please verify the dates listed?

• All ordering periods/purchase order periods are intended to be 11/01/2026 – 10/31/2031. I will correct the dates on the contract award.

• CLIN 0016 – Sestamibi: The end date is listed as 10/31/2027, while the other products list 10/31/2031. Should this reflect the full five-year period?

• Yes. I will correct this on the contract award.

• Ordering Clauses: Pages 10-11 Sections C.1-C.3 contain blank timeframes. Will these be completed in the final solicitation?

• This was an oversight. This is the final solicitation. The time frame is 11/01/2026

– 10/31/2031. This will be completed on the contract award.

• Performance: Page 26 references coagulation analyzers and related equipment rather than radiopharmaceuticals. Could you verify this language?

• I referenced coagulation in error twice:

- on page 25 when I addressed the quotation submission. Quotations should be submitted to me at: keri.hester1@va.gov. Email subject line:

36C24427Q0018 Philadelphia Radiopharmaceuticals _ [Company Name].

- on page 26, the applicable sentence should read: Relevant contracts include delivery of radiopharmaceuticals and calibration sources to facilitate imaging procedures and equipment quality control for the Nuclear Medicine Department at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center.

• Past Performance Questionnaire: Page 28 references an attached questionnaire that we could not locate on SAM.gov. Could you confirm where this document is?

• This is an error. There is no past performance questionnaire. Please address any past negative performance (less than satisfactory) ratings in the last three years.

Additionally, you may provide any performance information to assist in evaluating your past performance. The CO and the end user will use all other methods as outlined in the solicitation to rate past performance.

• Economic Price Adjustment. The previous solicitation (Section C.9, Pages 29-32) included annual CPI-based price adjustments, which are not listed in the new solicitation.

Given the five-year term, could you clarify how annual price adjustments will be addressed under the new agreement?

• The government would prefer a firm-fixed price offer that takes price uncertainty into consideration. However; given the nature of this requirement and the previous solicitation, I am including VAAR 852.216-71, Economic Price Adjustment of Contract Price(s) Based on a Price Index (MAR 2018) in its entirety in the attached pages. The solicitation and resulting contract now includes this clause.

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C.8 VAAR 852.216-71 ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENT OF CONTRACT

PRICE(S) BASED ON A PRICE INDEX (MAR 2018)

(a) To the extent that contract cost increases are provided for by this economic price adjustment clause, the Contractor warrants that the prices in this contract for the base period and any option periods do not include any amount to protect against such contingent cost increases.

(b) The Base and Adjusting Indexes, for the purpose of price adjustment under this clause, shall be as contained in CPI-U Medical Care Index as published by US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

All adjustments authorized under this clause shall be made by using the Base Index and Adjusting Indexes, which are published at Table 1, CPI-U: U.S. City Average, Medical Care Index, available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t01.htm

(1) The Base Index, for the purposes of price adjustment under this clause, shall be the most recent Index published prior to the date for receipt of offers, or the due date for receipt of best and final offers if discussions were held whichever is later. The Base Index shall remain constant for the entire term of the contract, including all option periods.

(2) The Adjusting Index shall be the most recent Index published prior to the date of contract adjustment, as specified in paragraph (d) of this clause.

(c) The percentage difference between the Base Index and the Adjusting Index, rounded to the nearest .01 percent (e.g., 4.57%), will be used in calculating all adjustments to the following line items:

The prices for these line items will be multiplied by the percentage increase or decrease and the resulting amount will be added to or deducted from the original line item price for that contract period (e.g., Base Year) to arrive at the new contract price for those line items from the effective date of the adjustment to the beginning of the next contract adjustment period, rounded to the same number of decimal points as the prices originally bid. Calculations for option year contract terms will be based on the prices in the schedule for those option years.

(d) The dates of contract adjustment shall be the starting dates of each option year, if not already included in these dates. The Contracting Officer shall retain a copy of the Base Index in the contract file and, on each date of adjustment specified in this paragraph (d), shall obtain a copy of the Adjusting Index. The Contracting Officer shall calculate the adjustment due and shall, within 5 business days, issue a modification to the contract adjusting the unit or contract prices, as specified in paragraph (c). The adjusted unit or contract prices shall be effective for all orders placed or services provided after the date of contract adjustment as specified in this https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t01.htm paragraph (d) until the beginning of the next contract adjustment period. If the Contracting Officer fails to act, the Contractor shall request in writing a contract adjustment and any subsequent adjustment shall be retroactive to the applicable date of contract adjustment specified in this paragraph (d). The Contractor’s entitlement to price increases for a prior contract period (base year or option year) is waived unless the Contractor’s written request for an adjustment under this clause is received by the Contracting Officer no later than 30 days following the end of the base year for changes applicable to the base year, or 30 days following the end of each option year for changes applicable to that option year. The Government’s right to contract decreases for prior contract periods (base year or option year) is waived unless the Contracting Officer processes a contract modification no later than 30 days following the end of the base year for changes applicable to the base year, or 30 days following the end of each option year for changes applicable to that option year. (e) An example of an adjustment calculation is provided herein for informational purposes only.

(1) The original contract price or line item prices for that contract term (e.g., base year) shall be used for all calculations during that particular contract term and new calculations shall be made for each and every contract adjustment period specified in paragraph (d) during that contract term.

(2) For purposes of this example, the contract prices for the line items as specified in paragraph (c) will be adjusted by the percentage calculated as follows:

Adjusting Index for the current period 196.6

Minus the Base Index -188.0

Equals the Index Point Change 8.6

Index Point Change Divided by the Base Index

8.6/188.0 = .0457 *

Result Multiplied by 100 Equals the Percentage Change

4.57% (The Index Point Change Percentage

* This figure shall be rounded to the fourth decimal place. When the fifth decimal is 1 to 4, the figure shall be rounded down, 5 to 9, rounded up.

(3) For a line item with an original bid price of $25.00 and a 4.57 percent Index Point Change increase as of the first contract adjustment period, as shown above, the calculations for a new contract price for the first contract adjustment period would be as follows: $25.00 × .0457 = $1.14, $25 + $1.14 = $26.14 **. The new contract price for this line item from the beginning of that first contract adjustment period until the start of the next contract adjustment period would be $26.14 and the Contracting Officer would issue a contract modification reflecting this price change. ** The unit price adjustment shall be rounded up or down, as in paragraph (e)(1) of this clause, to match the number of decimal places in the original bid.

(4) If the Adjusting Index went down for the second adjustment period, reflecting only a 3 percent Index Point Change increase over the Base Index, the new price for this sample line item would be reduced for the second contract adjustment period from $26.14 to $25.75 as follows: $25 × .03 = $0.75, $25 + $0.75 = $25.75. Note that the calculations for the second contract adjustment period are based on the original contract price for that contract term of $25.00. The contract price for this line item is modified to reflect this new price for the second contract adjustment period.

(5) At the start of the first option year and each subsequent option year period (as well as for each contract adjustment period specified in paragraph (d) during that option year, if different), the Contracting Officer shall recalculate the contract or unit prices for that first option year based on any changes between the Adjusting Index and the Base Index, from the original contract award date to the start of the first option period, and based on the Contractor’s new option year prices. Assume the Contractor’s bid price for the first option year for the above sample line item was $25.50 and the calculations shown in paragraph (e)(1) of this clause at the start of the first option period reflected a 6 percent Index Point Change. The new contract price for this sample line item at the start of the first option period would be calculated as follows: $25.50 × .06 = $1.53, $25.50 + $1.53 = $27.03. The Contracting Officer would process a contract modification reflecting a revised contract price of $27.03 for the first contract adjustment period in the first option year.

(f) Price adjustments pursuant to this clause, shall be documented by a contract modification issued by the Contracting Officer, show the Base Index (see paragraph (b)(1)), the Adjusting Index, the adjusted contract prices (see paragraph (c)), the mathematical calculations used to arrive at the adjusted contract prices, and the effective date of the adjustment (see paragraph (d)).

(g) At the start of each option year, the Contracting Officer shall, within 5 days of the start of the option year period, process a contract modification adjusting the option year prices by the then current Index Point Change percentage, if any, reflecting the new adjusted prices for that first contract adjustment period in that option year.

(h) In the event that discontinues, or alters substantially, its method of calculating the Index cited herein, the parties shall mutually agree upon an appropriate substitute for determining the price adjustment described herein. If the Contracting Officer determines that the Index consistently and substantially fails to reflect market conditions, the Contracting Officer may modify the contract to specify the use of an appropriate substitute index, effective on the date the Index specified herein begins to consistently and substantially fail to reflect market conditions.

(i) Any dispute arising under this clause shall be resolved subject to the ‘‘Disputes’’ clause of the contract.

(End of Clause)

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C.8 VAAR 852.216-71 ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENT OF CONTRACT PRICE(S) BASED ON A PRICE INDEX (MAR 2018)