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(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 04-11-2019 558-19-3-6181-0006

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Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 100 Emancipation Drive Hampton VA 23667 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 100 Emancipation Drive Hampton VA 23667 To all Offerors/Bidders

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558-3690162-6181-856400-2670 0100561Z4 The purpose of this Amendment is to answer questions received regarding this solicitation. Please find on Page 2.

Solicitation Questions and Answers

1. Is this an open market bid or GSA based? Small Business Set-Aside – FBO not GSA

2. Does the service vendor need to be escorted or badged? Contractor receives a Badge

3. Key Personnel – please confirm that in the instance of an employee termination, whether the reason is associated with this contract or for other reasons, the CO does not have to be informed 30 days in advance since giving such notice would be impossible. – Located in B.3 Special Contract Requirements 1.0 Key Personnel - The necessity is so that a new employee could be processed for a badge and we could receive back the terminated employees’ badge. There are times, when this cannot always be done, but this would be the norm and not the exception.

4. What are the hours of operation? Located in B.3 Special Contract Requirements 2.0 Work Hours.

5. How many cabinet lock boxes are located throughout the main VA Medical Center and at each satellite office? 356 – Vendor Provided (changes up or down a few as needed) Medical Center - 297 Legacy Tower (HR and Fiscal Offices) – 15 (Added to SOW 1. General) 411 W. Chapel Hill Street, Durham, NC 27701

6. What is the service frequency for shredding at each satellite office? Weekly for Medical Center and Legacy Tower and biweekly for CBOC’s - Wednesdays

7. Based on the text of your solicitation are we to assume that the baled cardboard pickups and the satellite location pickups should occur at no charge? Yes, pick-ups could range from 1 -2 times a week, depending on the volume of cardboard (250,000 lbs. estimated annually). Must have the ability to pick up the bails within a 24-hr notice due to the limited space where the bails are located

8. Please provide the FAR that supports “50/50 percent sharing of the current market value on cardboard (OCC) and aluminum cans”? We do not need a FAR Reference for this. This is part of the SOW, what the station is requesting. You either agree to participate in the buy back or you don’t.

9. What has been the historical average for paper? Approximately 225,555 lbs.

10. How many hours does it take your current vendor? Approximately 5-7 hours

11. The bid references recycling of glass and aluminum:

a. How is the glass and aluminum collected? At the back dock

b. Is the pickup location of glass, aluminum and cardboard the same area? Cardboard bailed at different dock.

12. Will the media be separated into dedicated containers? Yes, when pick-up requested

13. Certifications – what is a Certified Diagnostic Testing Facility? Please explain what it is and how it supports this work. E. 1 Instructions to Offerors, 2. Award Basis, Factor 1 – Technical Approach – The Correct Certification should be NAID Certified, National Association of Information Destruction.

14. Please provide the incumbent’s name, the amount of the current award, and the award number. Orange Recycling Services, LLC, VA246-14-D-0172, Base + 4 Options $194,889.30