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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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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 amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and d ate specified.

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(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 05-02-2019 90C Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 9 1639 Medical Center Parkway Suite 400 Murfreesboro TN 37129 90C Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office - 9 1639 Medical Center Parkway Suite 400 Murfreesboro TN 37129 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C24919Q0188 04-17-2019

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1. The purpose of this Amendment is to respond to questions received for Solicitation 36C24919Q0188.

2. The RFQ due date remains the same at WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019 AT 10:00 am CDT.

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Lori L Ellis Contracting Officer

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Amendment A00002-Response to Vendor Questions

The following questions were received from potential offerors, with reponses to those questions:

Question 1. I’m a bit confused by the drastic decrease in procedures this year, especially with the addition of a second hospital. Is there a particular reason for this?

RESPONSE: We have not added an additional facility. We will be training internal staff to help cover during normal business hours.

Question 2. Can you please clarify the statement regarding scheduled care and maintenance during the life of the line under “1.3 Scope of Work"?

1.3 Scope of Work •Provide Registered Nurse (RN) that can place peripherally inserted central catheters in patients on an as needed basis.

The company will be called by the TVHS Nursing staff, Administrative Officer of the Day [AOD] or the Nurse of the Day [NOD]; no advance notice is required. RN(s) shall arrive within 4 hours of request to the NM of the unit requesting requesting service.

•RN s hall provide all scheduled care and maintenance for the life of the device, all insertion related procedural supplies.

Current best practice standards call for weekly sterile dressing changes on all vascular devices or when clinically indicated. Are weekly changes to be performed by the contracted company instead of the in-house nursing staff? And if so, are those supplies, which are not insertion related, but required for on-going maintenance, provided by the hospital?

RESPONSE: Yes, they are required to come back and complete dressing changes and provide their own supplies

Question 3. Did you intentionally limit Key Personnel, or would you consider amending the qualifications?

3.1 Qualifications (of Key Personnel)

•IV Therapy Ce rtification (by Infusion Nurses Society) Remark: there are 2,880 CRNIs listed in the national US membership organization today

RESPONSE: Anyone that will be placing PICCs must have their IV Therapy Certification (by Infusion Nurses Society) in order to be credentialed at TVHS.

(End of Amendment A00002)