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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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is extended,

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning __________ copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE

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RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR

OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendmen t, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) None 36C248 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8) Orlando VA Healthcare System 13800 Veterans Way Orlando FL 32827 36C248 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8) Orlando VA Healthcare System 13800 Veterans Way Orlando FL 32827 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C24824Q0169 11-30-2023

X X X

12/15/2023 AT 16:00 PM EST

X The purpose of this amendment is to answer questions and to extend solicitation. As a result;

a. Section B.3 Statement of Work is updated. Reference page two for further information.

b. Answers to participant questions is referenced on page three.

c. Request for Information is now closed and will no longer be entertained.

d. Offers due date is extended from 12/12/2023 at 16:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) to 12/15/2023 at 16:00 PM EST.

B.3 STATEMENT OF WORK Changes Section B.3, number 4. DEFINITIONS on page 14 reads as:

4. DEFINITIONS:

Cost per Test (CPT) - Contractors are required to provide a price for each test that can be performed on its equipment. The per test price shall include costs covering (1) 5 year equipment use, (2) all reagents, standards, quality controls, supplies, consumable/disposable items, parts, accessories and any other item required for the proper operation of the Contractor’s equipment and necessary for the generation and reporting of a test result, (3) all necessary maintenance to keep the equipment in good operating condition (This element includes both preventive maintenance and emergency repairs) and (4) training for Government personnel. Contractors shall provide delivery, installation and removal of equipment at no additional charge.

Section B.3 number 4. DEFINITIONS on page 14 is change to:

4. DEFINITIONS:

Cost per Test (CPT) - Contractors are required to provide a price for each test that can be performed on its equipment. The per test price shall include costs covering (1) 5 year equipment use, (2) all reagents, standards, quality controls, supplies, consumable/disposable items, parts, accessories and any other item required for the proper operation of the Contractor’s equipment and necessary for the generation and reporting of a test result, (3) all necessary maintenance to keep the equipment in good operating condition (This element includes both preventive maintenance and emergency repairs) and (4) training for Government personnel. Contractors shall provide delivery, installation and removal of equipment at no additional charge.

Contractor Middleware Management system: A Contractor Middleware Management System consists of a contractor Installation Manager (IM) software that acts as a middleware utilized to regulate laboratory environments. This technology allows users to support various hardware instruments (e.g., chemistry/hematology/immunology lab instruments or microbiology instruments) and manage them from Laboratory Information Systems (LIS). The IM software shall be compatible with the Laboratory information system (LIS), shall be approved Enterprise Risk Assessment (ERA) and Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) connectivity to facilitate safe data transmission within VA network and send data following Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines.

Throughput: The speed that the equipment processes and/or operates reported in units per hour.

VistA: VistA is the Hospital Information System (HIS) developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. VistA is used by clinical staff in every phase of the healthcare delivery process. VistA Imaging is the image-enabling component of the VistA HIS. VistA Imaging is a controlled image management and storage system. No system is permitted to interface with VistA Imaging except through a defined interface that has been validated by the VistA Imaging process. The VistA Imaging Program maintains a list of validated third-party devices that interface to VistA Imaging on the VistA Imaging DICOM page at www.va.gov/imaging/DICOM.asp.

Section B.3 number 5.5 is hereby added to the Statement of work on page 18.

5.5 CONTRACTOR MIDDLEWARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

5.5.1 The Contractor shall provide Instrument Manager (IM) software that is compatible with VistA or interfaces directly with Data Innovations Middleware Instrument Manager, most recent version.

5.5.2 The contractor shall supply a Middleware system and/or software (Instrument Manger - Data Innovations), that is compatible with the VISTA Hybrid Lower-Level Protocol Receiver/Sender M routine Interface for Health Level 7 (HL7) version 1.6 used at the VA for Laboratory Information Systems and supports Auto-Verification. The contractor shall include all required licenses for instruments, thin clients, quality control programs and provide newly/updated IM versions and instrument drivers available.

5.5.3 The Contractor shall provide all licensing fees to Instrument Manager middleware and any workstations and instruments connected to contractor’s required middleware.

5.5.4 Middleware should be open for bidirectional interfacing of front-end automation, reference laboratories, and laboratory /clinical information systems, third party middleware applications, and laboratory instrumentation, current and future generations, for all other vendors and/or laboratory sections at no additional cost.

5.5.5 The Contractor shall provide the server(s) (or utilize the VA virtual server) and Data Innovations’ Instrument Manager Middleware software or other middleware that is compatible with VistA, and provide technical support for the virtualization of the virtual server for the duration of the contract.

5.5.6 The Contractor shall provide 24/7 technical support for all hardware and software of the Middleware and its connections.

5.5.7 The Contractor shall provide all updates, upgrades, revisions, patches, and fixes at no cost to the government.

5.5.8 The Contractor shall utilize the VA national site-to-site VPN or work with the VA Officer of Cyber and Information Security and Information Security Officers to establish a client-based VPN.

5.5.9 The Contractor shall ensure all proposed instruments/systems that requires Remote Connection capability shall be included under the current active MOU interconnection Security Agreement.

5.5.10 The Contractor is responsible to provide hardware and software support to LIS interface to include patches, updates, enhancements, and new versions of software and drivers. Information Technology (IT) support is included to provide management, consultation or troubleshooting to any problem and/or situation within a reasonable time frame.

CONSOLIDATED RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

1. To ensure vendors have enough time to create a complete and high-quality response to this request, will VA Caribbean consider extending the due date to 12/19? We would like to get everything in before the holiday break but still allow time for the government to accept and give an initial review of responses before the end of year.

ANSWER: Reference page one, block 11 and block 14.

2. What is intended by "middleware".

ANSWER: Reference page two, for definition for Middleware and update to the statement of work.