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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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(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 36C250 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 10 260 E. University Avenue Cincinnati OH 45219 36C250 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 10 260 E. University Avenue Cincinnati OH 45219 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C25021Q0518 04-06-2021

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This solicitation has been amended to include the following:

1. This solicitation will now close on Tuesday, April 13,2021 @ 4:00pm est.

2. Attachment 1: Que stions & Answers.

All other requirements/information provided in Solicitation remains the same.

Dionna T. Jones-Banks

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Attachment 1: Questions & Answers

Question 1: Does the VA supply the social media content to the contractor, or does the contractor generate the content?

Answer: The VA and contractor will provide content for this social media contract.

Question 2: Is there one specific radio program or preference that the VA utilizes for the morning drive messages? And who generates that content?

Answer: Please refer to the CLIN structure in the full solicitation, CLIN 0002 outlines the B105 radio station or similar stations. VA uses a few morning drive radio programs to reach its specific targeted market catchment area for the 15 counties that are served among Southern Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and Southeast Indiana. The radio content is generated and delivered by the VA.

Question 3: Who generates the video content?

Answer: Video content is done by the vendor under the production guidance and instruction from the VA.

Question 4: What is the expected budget range for this project?

Answer: No additional budget information will be provided. Please review public information on USspend.gov for additional public information. The previous contract number is 36C25019P0965.

Question 5: Are there examples of the social media posts, radio content and/or video content?

Answer: Yes, visit the Cincinnati VA Medical Center Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/VeteransAffairs. This page contains examples for content for the past three years.

Question 6: Is there an incumbent?

Answer: Please see answer provided under question 4.

Question 7: Is there a preference for in-state bidders?

Answer: All bidders registered in SAM can provide a response to this Solicitation.

Question 8: Will the award be based on the lowest cost bidder?

Answer: The award will be based on the factors listed on page 36 of the Solicitation, under E.6 52.212-2 EVALUATION—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014).

Question 9: How many vendors will be awarded?

Answer: There will be one vendor awarded.

Question 10: What is the period of performance?

Answer: Only the public information (Shared under Question 4/Answer) available can be shared regarding the previous contract. Any additional information requested would have to be requested through a formal FOIA request.