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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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(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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SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

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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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 36C25020Q0953 Department of Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System Network Contracting Office 10 2215 Fuller Road Ann Arbor MI 48105 Y Department of Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System Network Contracting Office 10 2215 Fuller Road Ann Arbor MI 48105 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C25020Q0953 08-27-2020

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1. The purpose of Amendment # 0003 is to answer contractors' questions.

2. See attached CONTINUATION PAGE

CONTINUATION PAGE 0003

3. Questions and Answers

a. QUESTION: Can you please confirm the location of performance?

ANSWER: Ann Arbor VAMC located at 2215 Fuller Road in Ann Arbor, MI 48105 and Toledo CBOC located at 1200 South Detroit Avenue in Toledo, OH 43614.

b. QUESTION: Please define "in-room pickup".

ANSWER: This refers to each room in which sharps are generated in throughout the facilities (Ann Arbor & Toledo). The contractor will have to go into each room to switch out sharps containers as they fill up.

c. QUESTION: Is this a full-service contract, which we have an employee exchange sharps containers throughout the medical facility or do we swap out clean with full sharps containers in one specified waste collection room near the loading dock (dock-to-dock service)?

ANSWER: It is a full-service contract. The contractor will exchange sharps containers throughout the facilities.

d. QUESTION: Are bidders required to only use sharps containers and products manufactured by Stericycle as no other manufacture’s containers securely fit the Stericycle BioSystems locking wall mounts shown in the solicitation?

ANSWER: Yes, that is correct.

e. QUESTION: “Sharps containers shall be compatible with the existing hardware/mounting brackets”. Does the VA own all of the Stericycle manufactured 2- and 3-gallon locking wall mounts, 4-gallon cabinets, and 8 gallon and 17-gallon dollies currently in use?

ANSWER: The VA does not own the existing hardware/mounting brackets.

f. QUESTION: The locking wall mounts shown in the solicitation are used for the 2- and 3-gallon sharps containers. 50% of the total sharp’s containers are of the 4-gallon size. Are the 4-gallon sharps containers being required to be placed in the Stericycle BioSystems locking wall cabinets or the locking wire wall brackets?

ANSWER: It would be in the locking wall cabinets or locking ring.

g. QUESTION: Are the 8-gallon sharps containers which sit on the floor required to be placed in a wire dolly or wire step-on dolly? (Referenced in the SMS BioSystems Product Guide for sharps). If so, which type of dolly – wire dolly or step-on dolly?

ANSWER: Both.

h. QUESTION: If dollies are required what are the quantities of each type?

ANSWER: Wire dolly= 80% and Step on dolly= 20%

i. QUESTION: Are the 17-gallon sharps containers which sit on the floor required to be placed in a wire step-on dolly or black dolly? (Referenced in the SMS BioSystems Product Guide for sharps) If so, which type of dolly – black dolly or wire step on dolly?

ANSWER: Both.

j. QUESTION: If dollies are required what are the quantities of each type?

ANSWER: Black dolly= 10% and Wire Step on dolly= 90%

k. QUESTION: “…729 each. Is this an annual or monthly number?”

ANSWER: Ann Arbor and Toledo estimated totals are monthly.

4. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.