36C24624Q0109_1.docx

36C24624Q0109

PAGE 1 OF

1. REQUISITION NO.

2. CONTRACT NO.

3. AWARD/EFFECTIVE DATE

4. ORDER NO.

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER

6. SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE

a. NAME

b. TELEPHONE NO. (No Collect Calls)

8. OFFER DUE DATE/LOCAL

TIME

9. ISSUED BY

CODE

10. THIS ACQUISITION IS

UNRESTRICTED OR

SET ASIDE:

% FOR:

SMALL BUSINESS

HUBZONE SMALL

BUSINESS

SERVICE-DISABLED

VETERAN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS

WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS

(WOSB) ELIGIBLE UNDER THE WOMEN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

EDWOSB

8(A)

NAICS:

SIZE STANDARD:

11. DELIVERY FOR FOB DESTINA-

TION UNLESS BLOCK IS

MARKED

SEE SCHEDULE

12. DISCOUNT TERMS

13a. THIS CONTRACT IS A

RATED ORDER UNDER

DPAS (15 CFR 700)

13b. RATING

14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION

RFQ

IFB

RFP

15. DELIVER TO

CODE

16. ADMINISTERED BY

CODE

17a. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

CODE

FACILITY CODE

18a. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY

CODE

TELEPHONE NO.

UEI:

EFT:

PHONE:

FAX:

17b. CHECK IF REMITTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND PUT SUCH ADDRESS IN OFFER 18b. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN BLOCK 18a UNLESS BLOCK BELOW IS CHECKED

SEE ADDENDUM

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

ITEM NO.

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

QUANTITY

UNIT

UNIT PRICE

AMOUNT

(Use Reverse and/or Attach Additional Sheets as Necessary)

25. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

26. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT (For Govt. Use Only) 27a. SOLICITATION INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-3 AND 52.212-5 ARE ATTACHED. ADDENDA

ARE

ARE NOT ATTACHED.

27b. CONTRACT/PURCHASE ORDER INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-5 IS ATTACHED. ADDENDA

ARE

ARE NOT ATTACHED

28. CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN _______________

29. AWARD OF CONTRACT: REF. ___________________________________ OFFER

COPIES TO ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND

DATED ________________________________. YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION

DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY

(BLOCK 5), INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE

ADDITIONAL SHEETS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED

SET FORTH HEREIN IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

30a. SIGNATURE OF OFFEROR/CONTRACTOR 31a. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER) 30b. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (TYPE OR PRINT) 30c. DATE SIGNED 31b. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (TYPE OR PRINT) 31c. DATE SIGNED

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

(REV. NOV 2021)

PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.212

7. FOR SOLICITATION

INFORMATION CALL:

STANDARD FORM 1449

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES

OFFEROR TO COMPLETE BLOCKS 12, 17, 23, 24, & 30

36C24624Q0109 02-14-2024 Audrey Wooten 757 315 3419 02-22-2024

10 AM

EST

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 100 Emancipation Drive Hampton

VA

23667 X 325414 1250 Employees N/A X 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

Department of Veterans Affairs Financial Services Center

PO BOX 149971

Austin

TX

78714-9971 512-460-5049 512-460-5221 x See CONTINUATION Page Please See Section B of price schedule Microbiology Reagent and Consumable Base with option years See CONTINUATION Page X Audrey Wooten

A.2 VAAR 852.233-71 ALTERNATE PROTEST PROCEDURE (OCT 2018)

(a) As an alternative to filing a protest with the Contracting Officer, an interested party may file a protest by mail or electronically with: Executive Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Risk Management and Compliance Service (003A2C), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420 or Email: EDProtests@va.gov.

(b) The protest will not be considered if the interested party has a protest on the same or similar issue(s) pending with the Contracting Officer.

(End of Provision) Table of Contents

SECTION B - CONTINUATION OF SF 1449 BLOCKS

B.1 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

1. Contract Administration: All contract administration matters will be handled by the following individuals:

a. CONTRACTOR: TBD

b. GOVERNMENT: Contracting Officer 90 Audrey Wooten

2. CONTRACTOR REMITTANCE ADDRESS: All payments by the Government to the contractor will be made in accordance with:

3. INVOICES: Invoices shall be submitted in arrears:

4. GOVERNMENT INVOICE ADDRESS: All Invoices from the contractor shall be submitted electronically in accordance with VAAR Clause 852.232-72 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS: The offeror acknowledges receipt of amendments to the Solicitation numbered and dated as follows:

STATEMENT OF WORK

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

1. SPECIFICATIONS

Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) Richmond, Virginia, hereinafter referred to as the VAMC, requires Quality Control/Reagents/Consumable Supplies to be able to perform quality patient care. These media/reagents/supplies are used to recover and isolate microbiological organisms from patient specimens. All products provided must be certified compatible for use with VAMC validation.

2. CONTRACT TYPE AND TERM

The VAMC intends to award an estimated indefinite delivery indefinite quantity commercial supply contract for the reagents listed in the Schedule of Items, limited to the Hunter Holmes McGuire VAMC is located in Richmond, VA at 1201 Broad Rock Blvd. Richmond, VA 23249.

3. PRODUCT QUALITY AND QUALITY CONTROL

All products offered to the Richmond VAMC must be of the same consistent high quality as would be offered to the general commercial public in the United States.

(a) All products are purchased subject to acceptance by the VAMC Laboratory Service. Products that fail to meet the quality control criteria of the VAMC Laboratory Service will not be accepted. Products will be rejected and discarded or returned at the Contractor’s expense if found unsatisfactory by VAMC Laboratory Service when they are received, or later if deterioration of the product occurs before the expiration date. VAMC will not be financially liable for unacceptable materials.

(b) All products must be tested for quality control by the manufacturer, and only those products that pass quality control will be sent to VAMC. The contractor will demonstrate documentation of the quality control performance of any item upon request of the VAMC.

(c) Substitution of product may not be made without the approval of the VAMC Laboratory Service and the Contracting Officer or his/her designee.

(d) All defective or inferior products must be replaced within 48 hours at no cost to the VAMC.

(e) VAMC is not required to return unacceptable products, but may do so in the rare case where a limited number of items may be returned to solve a quality control problem.

(f) It is the vendor’s responsibility to provide VAMC with recall notice on any product that has been delivered to this facility that may be defective. Notification shall be made to the Contracting Officer via the most expedient method.

4. CUSTOMER SERVICE

A company representative shall visit or phone the VAMC Laboratory no less than once per quarter to review the account, provide product information, and answer questions or to handle any problems that may arise.

5. ONE LOT PER DELIVERY

The term “lot” as applies to this contract, is defined as being dispensed from a common reservoir.

Reagent/media product shall be shipped by one lot number per line item per delivery. Multiple deliveries per line item per delivery must be confirmed by the VAMC Laboratory prior to shipment. The VAMC Laboratory reserves the right to return all products delivered in multiple lot numbers.

6. ROTATION OF STOCK

To assure rotation of stock at the distributor, each lot of a product received must have an expiration date the same or later than previously received. ONLY ONE LOT of any item may be shipped per delivery, unless part is the “old” lot previously received and part is the “New” lot which will be shipped for the next delivery.

7. SHELF LIFE

All products must be received in the Laboratory with at least 2/3 of the shelf life remaining. The manufacturer/distributor will provide and update when necessary, a shelf life list (time from production to outdate) for each product purchased.

8. CERTIFICATES OF PERFORMANCE

Company shall provide “certificates of performance” for each lot shipped stating compliance with your company’s standards, FDA potency requirements, and CLSI standards where they exist.

9. PRODUCT SUBSTITUTION

No product substitutions will be accepted without the prior approval of the VAMC Laboratory Service and Contracting Officer.

10. UNINTERRUPTED SOURCE OF SUPPLY

By submission of a quotation and acceptance of the contract, the offeror guarantees to provide an uninterrupted source of supply of the established item(s) from which to satisfy the Government's requirement for the performance period of the contract. If however, the contractor anticipates terminating production of an established item(s) and contemplates replacement with the alternative item(s), the VA reserves the right to evaluate the potential replacement item(s). There is no guarantee that the VA will evaluate any replacement item(s) favorably. If the VA determines the replacement item(s) is unacceptable, that item may be removed from the contract.

11. PLACEMENT OF ORDERS/ORDERING PROCEDURES

The Contractor shall provide supplies under this contract only as directed in delivery orders. In accordance with FAR 16.505, each delivery order will include: (i) the Date of order (ii) the Contract number and order number (iii) Contract item number and description, quantity, and unit price or estimated cost or fee (iv) Delivery or performance date (v) Place of delivery or performance (including consignee) (vi) Packaging, packing, and shipping instructions, if any (vii) Accounting and appropriation data (viii) Method of payment and payment office, if not specified in the contract (ix) Any other pertinent information.

Delivery orders for the products will be issued on an as needed basis for a bulk quantity of items.

1. Deliveries for all of the line items will be on an on-demand, as needed basis. Supplies for each Delivery Order may be requested either verbally or in writing with the contractor to meet their scheduling needs, up to the bulk delivery order total. Oral or telecommunication requests will be issued only by the Contracting Officer or an authorized Ordering Official from the VAMC located at 1201 Broad Rock Blvd., Richmond, VA 23249.

(b) The Contracting Officer may issue Delivery Orders under this contract obligating funds for the procurement of specific quantities of reagents prior to the Government needing delivery of said ordered quantities. Delivery Orders may be issued authorizing an Ordering Officer to place orders against the delivery order and schedule specific delivery dates and quantities up to, but not exceeding the total quantity authorized by the Contracting Officer.

12. DELIVERY

All supplies shall be delivered to the Richmond VAMC, 1201 Broad Rock Blvd., Room 3A170, Richmond, VA 23249.

All deliveries shall be accompanied by a delivery ticket or sales slip which shall contain: vendor’s name, order number, date of order, date of delivery, itemized list of products furnished including product description and quantity shipped.

13. CHANGES/MODIFICATIONS

Changes in the terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of the parties. All modifications for changes in: the prices, terms or conditions of this contract, will be prepared for signature by the VA Contracting Officer.

14. RECALLED AND DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS

The Contractor will immediately notify the Contracting Officer of any recalls of product or other important product safety issues. As appropriate, the Contractor will replace and/or reimburse recalled/defective products at no cost to the Government. The Contractor may be liable for costs of processing recalls, i.e. administrative and clinical services to replace recalled/defective products.

15. MSDS, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS and WASTE ANALYSIS The offeror is required to provide a list identifying any "hazardous materials" defined as hazardous under the latest version of Federal Standard No. 313 that may be provided as a part of this contract. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) shall be submitted for all products.

Contractor will provide a complete chemical analysis of waste, to include mercury Naazides, carcinogens, reproductive toxins, acute toxins and all other waste that may be considered ignitable, corrosive, reactive or toxic. Contractor will also be required to provide additional subsequent waste analysis studies in the case of any new test or new test formation introductions. Documentation of all analysis will be provided to the VA Contracting Officer for review by the VISN-23 Green Environmental Management Systems (GEMS) Coordinator prior to contract award or introduction of new product after award.

16. INVOICE/PAYMENT

The requirements of a proper invoice are as specified in clause 52.212.4. Invoices shall be submitted via OB10, an electronic invoice, by the Contractor on a timely basis to the respective VA Medical Center’s “bill to” address. The vendor must reference the order number under which the supplies were ordered on each invoice.

Payment to the Contractor will be made by:

Financial Service Center (FSC) ATTN: Accounts Payable, Department of Veterans’ Affair P O Box 149971, Austin, TX 78714 phone # 512-460-5380.

To improve the timeliness of payments and lower overall administrative costs, the VA strongly encourages contractors to submit invoices using its electronic invoicing system. VA intends to mandate electronic invoice submission via Tungsten, subject to completion of the federal rulemaking process.

Base

Base