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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice Rev. March 2010 R Small Business set-aside Pharmacy Courier 37129 36C24918Q0161 12-22-2017 N 492110 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 9 1639 Medical Center Parkway Suite 400 Murfreesboro TN 37129 Karen Williams 615-225-5636 Lexington VA Medical Center Cooper Division and Leestown Division 1101 Veterans Drive 2250 Leestown Road Lexington, KY 40502

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karen.williams13@va.gov karen.williams13@va.gov

1. Action Code. 36C24918Q0161

2. Date. December 19, 2017

3. Contracting Office Zip Code. 37129

4. Product or Service Code. R602

5. Contracting Office Address. 1639 Medical Center Pkwy, STE 400, Murfreesboro, TN 37129

6. Subject. Lexington VA Medical Center Pharmacy Courier Service

7. Closing Response Date. December 22, 2017, 2:00pm Central Time

8. Contact Point Karen L. Williams 615-225-5636 karen.williams13@va.gov

9. Place of Contract Performance.

Lexington VA Medical Center Cooper Division and Leestown Division 1101 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40502

10. Set-aside Status. SB A. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

B. The solicitation number is 36C24918Q0161 and is issued as request for quotation (RFQ).

C. Provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-95 (Effective 19 Jan 2017).

D. This is a Total SB set-aside. The associated NAICS code and small business size standard is 492110, 1500 Employees.

E. See Statement of Work and Price Cost Schedule for services required.

F. Description of requirements for the items to be acquired. See SOW for Lexington VA Medical Center.

G. The Period of Performance is 1-1-2018 thru 12-31-2018.

H. FAR 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS -- COMMERCIAL, applies to this acquisition and addenda to the provision are included. SEE 52.212-1 ADDENDA, for information concerning: Submitting quotes.

I. 52.212-2, EVALUATION -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS, IS NOT used, SEE 52.212-1 ADDENDA for information concerning documents to include with quote and evaluation factors.

J. Offerors shall complete FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, and include with its offer. Hyperlink: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm K. FAR 52.212-4, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS, applies to this acquisition and addenda are attached.

L. The following FAR VAAR Clauses Apply:

1. 52.252-2. CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998).

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

FAR: http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html VAAR: http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/

2. 52.217-8. OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999)

3. 52.232-18. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS (Apr 1984)

4. 52.232-40. PROVIDING ACCELERATED PAYMENTS TO SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTORS (DEC 2013)

5. 852.203-70. COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING (JAN 2008)

The bidder or offeror agrees that if a contract is awarded to him/her, as a result of this solicitation, he/she will not advertise the award of the contract in his/her commercial advertising in such a manner as to state or imply that the Department of Veterans Affairs endorses a product, project or commercial line of endeavor.

6. 852.232-72. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS (NOV 2012).

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause-

(1) Contract financing payment has the meaning given in FAR 32.001 External link to a government website.

(2) Designated agency office has the meaning given in 5 CFR 1315.2(m).

(3) Electronic form means an automated system transmitting information electronically according to the accepted electronic data transmission methods and formats identified in paragraph (c) of this clause. Facsimile, e-mail, and scanned documents are not acceptable electronic forms for submission of payment requests.

(4) Invoice payment has the meaning given in FAR 32.001 External link to a government website.

(5) Payment request means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment submitted by the contractor under this contract.

(b) Electronic payment requests. Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this clause, the contractor shall submit payment requests in electronic form. Purchases paid with a Government-wide commercial purchase card are considered to be an electronic transaction for purposes of this rule, and therefore no additional electronic invoice submission is required.

(c) Data transmission. A contractor must ensure that the data transmission method and format are through one of the following:

(1) VA’s Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment System. (See Web site at http://www.fsc.va.gov/einvoice.asp.)

(2) Any system that conforms to the X12 electronic data interchange (EDI) formats established by the Accredited Standards Center (ASC) and chartered by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The X12 EDI Web site (http://www.x12.org External link to a non-government website) includes additional information on EDI 810 and 811 formats.

(d) Invoice requirements. Invoices shall comply with FAR 32.905 External link to a government website.

(e) Exceptions. If, based on one of the circumstances below, the contracting officer directs that payment requests be made by mail, the contractor shall submit payment requests by mail through the United States Postal Service to the designated agency office. Submission of payment requests by mail may be required for:

(1) Awards made to foreign vendors for work performed outside the United States;

(2) Classified contracts or purchases when electronic submission and processing of payment requests could compromise the safeguarding of classified or privacy information;

(3) Contracts awarded by contracting officers in the conduct of emergency operations, such as responses to national emergencies;

(4) Solicitations or contracts in which the designated agency office is a VA entity other than the VA Financial Services Center in Austin, Texas; or

(5) Solicitations or contracts in which the VA designated agency office does not have electronic invoicing capability as described above.

7. 852.237-70. CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES (APR 1984)

The contractor shall obtain all necessary licenses and/or permits required to perform this work. He/she shall take all reasonable precautions necessary to protect persons and property from injury or damage during the performance of this contract. He/she shall be responsible for any injury to himself/herself, his/her employees, as well as for any damage to personal or public property that occurs during the performance of this contract that is caused by his/her employees fault or negligence, and shall maintain personal liability and property damage insurance having coverage for a limit as required by the laws of the State of Kentucky. Further, it is agreed that any negligence of the Government, its officers, agents, servants and employees, shall not be the responsibility of the contractor hereunder with the regard to any claims, loss, damage, injury, and liability resulting there from.

M. FAR 52.212-5. CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS, applies to this acquisition.

The following additional FAR clauses are applicable to the acquisition.

1. 52.219-28. POST AWARD SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REREPRESENTATION (JUL 2013)

2. 52.222-3. CONVICT LABOR (JUNE 2003)

3. 52.222-21. PROHIBITION OF SEGREGATED FACILITIES (APR 2015).

4. 52.222-26. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (SEPT 2016)

5. 52.222-36. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES (JUL 2014)

6. 52.222-50. COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (MAR 2015)

7. 52.223-18. ENCOURAGING CONTRACTOR POLICIES TO BAN TEXT MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING (AUG 2011)

8. 52.225-1, BUY AMERICAN--SUPPLIES (MAY 2014) (41 U.S.C. CHAPTER 83)

9. 52.225-13. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PURCHASES (JUNE 2008)

10. 52.232-33. PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER—SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (JUL 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332)

11. 52.222-41. SERVICE CONTRACT LABOR STANDARDS (MAY 2014)

12. 52.222-42. STATEMENT OF EQUIVALENT RATES FOR FEDERAL HIRES (MAY 2014)

13. 52.222-55. MINIMUM WAGES UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 13658 (DEC 2015).

14. 52.222-62. PAID SICK LEAVE UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 13706 (JAN 2017)

N. The Following FAR and VAAR Provisions Apply (See https://www.acquisition.gov/?q=browsefar and https://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/ for full text)

1. 852.252-70. SOLICITATION PROVISIONS OR CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (JAN 2008) The following provisions or clauses incorporated by reference in this solicitation must be completed by the offeror or prospective contractor and submitted with the quotation or offer. Copies of these provisions or clauses are available on the Internet at the web sites provided in the provision at FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference, or the clause at FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference External link to a government website. Copies may also be obtained from the contracting officer.

FAR 52.212-3. OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS

2. 852.270-1, REPRESENTATIVES OF CONTRACTING OFFICERS (JAN 2008)

The contracting officer reserves the right to designate representatives to act for him/her in furnishing technical guidance and advice or generally monitor the work to be performed under this contract. Such designation will be in writing and will define the scope and limitation of the designee’s authority. A copy of the designation shall be furnished to the contractor

3. 852.273-74. AWARD WITHOUT EXCHANGES (JAN 2003)

The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without exchanges with offerors. Therefore, each initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a cost or price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct exchanges if later determined by the contracting officer to be necessary

4. FAR 52.212-3. OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS

O. Additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions (such as contract financing arrangements or warranty requirements) determined by the contracting officer are necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices.

P. Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating do not apply Q. Offers are due on December 22, 2017, 2:00pm Central Time.

R. Contact Karen Williams at 615-225-5636, karen.williams13@va.gov

See attached document: SOW - Lexington Pharmacy Courier Service.

See attached document: Price Cost Schedule.

See attached document: 52.212-1 Addendum.

See attached document: P07 WAGE DETERMINATIONS.