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(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 590-25-2-023-0043 590-25-2-023-0005 None Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 100 Emancipation Drive Hampton

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23667 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 100 Emancipation Drive Hampton

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23667 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C24625Q0300 01-10-2025

X X X 590-3650160-023-822300-2560 010022300 590-3650160-023-822300-2220 010022300 X The Purpose of this Amendment is to Provide the Technical Q&A and an Updated Pricing Worksheet for the Hampton Lab Courier solicitation.

1. The technical Q&A is hereby provided in this amendment, beginning on page 2.

2. The pricing worksheet is hereby updated and provided, starting on page.

3. Response due date and time to submit quote packages remain the same: January 23rd at 3:30 p.m.

4. Submit your complete package per Section E of the solicitation by the response date and time to be considered.

Satasha Stweart Contracting Officer Hampton VA Medical Center Lab Courier Service Technical Questions

1. For the price sheet, how many projected trips to North Battlefield VA Clinic (April 2025)?

a. 250 (daily runs from North Battlefield to Hampton and Portsmouth to Hampton.

b. 250 is the number of workdays minus holidays for the year.

2. For the pick-up from Hampton VAMC, the price sheet stated 250 trips, what is the destination?

a. 250 is the daily number from Portsmouth to Hampton

b. 250 is also the daily number from N. Battlefield to Hampton.

3. What is the current contract number?

a. 36C24624N0450

4. Who is the Incumbent?

a. Cardinal Messenger.

5. What was the previous award?

a. All public information on the previous award, 36C24624N0450, may be found via www.FPDS.gov.

6. How many drivers are currently being utilized?

a. We are not aware of how many drivers are currently being utilized by Cardinal Messenger.

b. It’s expected to have a driver at the ready for stat orders so, a minimum of two drivers, one for daily runs and one in case there’s a stat order needing pickup/delivery.

7. Will we be required to provide coolers and or icepacks, if so sizes and amounts per location?

a. No.

8. Looking at CLIN 0001 it seems as though we have one set route from Portsmouth VA to Hampton and everything else listed is as needed?

a. North battlefield to Hampton and Portsmouth to Hampton will be daily.

b. All other routes are as needed.

9. Is there a maximum as needed stats per day, week, or month?

a. We are unable to pre-determine the number of stats per day, week, or month.

10. Will the pickup be mainly from Hampton VA to other clinics or from the clinic to Hampton VA?

a. As needed can start from anywhere.

b. Daily runs will be from Hampton to N. Battlefield and Hampton to Portsmouth.

11. Will they be roundtrip?

a. Round trips are rare.

12. When North Battlefield location opens will it be a daily run to Hampton VAMC or will it be as needed as well?

a. N. Battlefield will be daily to/from Hampton.

b. Portsmouth will also be daily to/from Hampton.

c. Service will end at Hampton.

13. How many trips a day will the driver do?

a. Definitely two daily (N. Battlefield – Hampton and Portsmouth – Hampton).

b. As needed to other clinics will depend on task ordered and need.

14. I’m unclear about the 250 trips — could you kindly explain what that refers to?

a. 250 is the total of days of the year minus holidays and weekends.

15. What was the cost of the final full option year of the previous contract?

a. The current contract was for only one base year and totaled $20,000.00.

b. All information may be found on www.fpds.gov under the contract number stated above in questions 3 and 5.

16. How many drivers/vehicles are currently used to service the current contract?

a. We’re not aware of the number of drivers and vehicles being utilized.

b. At least 2 drivers in case of a stat need to an as needed location when the driver is making a daily run.

17. What is the vehicle size currently servicing this location?

a. Normal packages are the size of a carry-on.

b. Vehicles larger than a sedan is not necessary.

c. Portsmouth picks up at 1530.

d. We’re not sure what time N. Battlefield’s pick-up time will be.

e. May need minimum of two, one for Portsmouth and one for N. Battlefield.

18. How many cubic feet of storage are required for transportation, and what is the maximum size and quantity of items to be transported daily?

a. 3 cubic feet total (1 for refrigerated items, 1 smaller for frozen, and one for room temperature items).

19. Please clarify if the government will require the vendor to provide equipment (coolers, totes, locks, and temperature logs).

a. Vendor is not required to provide equipment.

b. Packages will already be packed and ready for transport.

20. What is the weekly, monthly, or annual estimated trip volume for as-needed trips in total, and/or as-needed trips per contract location, if any?

a. 250 trips for N. Battlefield to Hampton

b. 250 trips for Portsmouth to Hampton

c. 20 trips for CBOCS

d. Rare for as needed locations to Richmond VAMC and other affiliated medical clinics and centers outside of Hampton Roads local area. (maybe 3 times a year for Richmond and maybe more for local locations such as Ft. Eustis, Langley, etc.)

21. The pricing worksheet is not reflective of most of the Clinic Location in the SOW. There is no separate line for Richmond area related Services which are out of local area, and additionally if Portsmouth CBOC is intended for “daily” service should its trip quantity not read 250 instead of 20?

a. Rare for as needed locations to Richmond VAMC and other affiliated medical clinics and centers outside of Hampton Roads local area. (maybe 3 times a year for Richmond and maybe more for local locations such as Ft. Eustis, Langley, etc.)

b. Portsmouth to Hampton and N. Battlefield to Hampton will be daily runs, totaling 250 daily trips (250 for Portsmouth to Hampton and 250 for N. Battlefield to Hampton) for the year (365 minus weekends and holidays).

c. CBOCS are 20 trips for the year.

d. Richmond VAMC and affiliated medical centers/clinics outside of local area are rare and not included on the spreadsheet. Any stat need or courier need to these locations will most likely be done at that time.

22. The bid has two separate scope of work – one being mail deliveries, the other on demand specimen deliveries. Are you able to clarify?

a. For the base year, N. Battlefield to Hampton is separate from Portsmouth to Hampton and will have a separate CLIN.

b. For option years, it will be only one CLIN.

c. The scope of work is the same and will include miscellaneous and specimen pickups.

d. The laboratory will not ask a courier to pick up regular mail.

e. This requirement includes the normal daily runs, stat courier services for the lab and pathology departments only and N. Battlefield when it opens in April.

See attached document: Pricing Worksheet Updated.

Lab Courier Service