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ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—COMMERCIAL ITEMS Provisions that are incorporated by reference (by Citation Number, Title, and Date), have the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available.

The following provisions are incorporated into 52.212-1 as an addendum to this solicitation:

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FAR SUBPART 13.5 SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES

Note that FAR part 13.5 Simplified Acquisitions Procedures for Certain Commercial items procedures will be used. The lowest price technically acceptable source selection process is appropriate when best value is expressed to result selection of the technically acceptable proposal with the lowest evaluated price.

1.0 OFFER SUBMISSION

Offerors shall submit their offer via email to Raccshi Wilson at Raccshi.wilson@va.gov by 0700 am, EST, June 22nd, 2018. Address Subject Line: 36C24618Q0785 VAMC Richmond, VA.

Offers shall be assembled by the following Sections; each section shall be easily identified.

Section A - Offer Form (Standard Form 1449) Signed and dated, include the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard in Block 10. Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number shall be entered in the block with the Offerors name and address.

Section B – Pricing Pricing shall be submitted as requested in the Schedule of Services. Total price will be evaluated by the Government; proposed prices should reflect a clear understanding of the requirements and commensurate with the performance work statement.

Section C– Offerors Representations and Certifications A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications that the offeror shall complete electronically). An offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/.

All Offerors shall be registered and current in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at time of award.

To be eligible to submit an offeror. All offerors shall be verified in the Vendor Information Page (VIP) www.vip.vetbiz.gov. Unverified SDVOSBs or VOSBs will be considered non-responsive to the requirements of the solicitation. Offers from unverified SDVOSBs or VOSBs are considered deficient and will not be evaluated.

Section D – Technical The Technical Volume shall not exceed thirty (25) pages in length, minimum 12-point font. Page limitation includes any drawings, charts, pictures, etc., and excludes section dividers, table of contents, figures/tables, glossary of terms and cross-referencing indices and resumes -all of which are not considered content pages.

Section E – Past Performance Identify all federal, state, and local government contracts as well as any private/commercial contracts of similar scope, size, complexity that are ongoing or have been completed within the last three years.

2.0 AWARD BASIS

This acquisition will utilize the Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procedure to make a best value award. For those offerors determined to be technically acceptable, award will be made to the vendor with the lowest overall price. Your proposal must demonstrate a clear understanding of the standards and requirements outlined in the solicitation

The contract will be awarded to the offeror with the lowest price technically acceptable offer based on the factors listed below. A rating of “acceptable” or “unacceptable” will be assigned to each non priced factor

Price

Factor 1: Price

Your prices shall be submitted in accordance with the Price Schedule contained in the solicitation. Total price will be evaluated by the Government. In evaluating the offeror’s proposed price for this service, the government concern includes determining price reasonableness.

3.0 TECHNICAL QUESTIONS

Offerors should submit all technical questions regarding this solicitation to the Contracting Officer in writing, via email, to Raccshi.wilson@va.gov on or before June 21st, 2018 2:00pm EST.

Address Subject Line: 36C24618Q0785 Medrad Stellant Injectors Systems, Richmond VAMC

Telephonic (verbal) questions Will Not be addressed.

All responses to questions, which may affect offers, will be incorporated into a written amendment to the Request for Quote.

4.0 DUE DATES

All offers shall be submitted by 0700 AM EST. June 22nd, 2018 via email to Raccshi Wilson at Raccshi.wilson@va.gov

Facsimile are not authorized under this announcement.