36C25520Q0433 0001.docx

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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 OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY is not extended.

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is not, A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

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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 date specified.

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589-20-3-5797-0056

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36C255 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 15 3450 S 4th Street Trafficway

Leavenworth KS 66048

36C255 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 15 3450 S 4th Street Trafficway

Leavenworth KS 66048 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C25520Q0433 07-07-2020

X x x

11:00 AM, 7/31/2020

589-3600160-5797-820100-2560 0100V2151 x

Home Sleep Testing Services - Columbia VAMC The purpose of this amendment is to answer questions.

1. Please see continuation pages for questions and answers.

2. No other questions will be answered.

3. All other terms and conditions remain the same.

Jeanine Wallace Contracting Officer

CONTINUATION PAGE

1. On page 42 Item 5.(b). indicates a signed QA Surviellance Plan is available in Section D. Section D on page 36 refers to several attachments, but I did not see this Plan included. Where may I find a copy of the QA Plan to sign and submit?

a. Attached

2. The Statement of Work on page 6 1. Introduction indicates that the “device is given to patients to use for up to 3 nights.” In terms of billable studies, is each patient considered one billable event or is each of the 3 nights considered billable tests? If each patient is the billable event rather than each study, what % of patients have one, two, and three nights of studies? This is important for us to understand in terms of cost of staff time to score.

a. Per night

3. I have an additional question. On page 7 item 10.c., this project indicates the home sleep testing equipment must be “compatible with…..the Alice 6 system.” That requires the use of Philips’s OneNight unit. However, in page 6, item 5. this requires “the ability to provide data from each night of the study, as well as the cumulative data, if multiple nights.” The Philips’s rep, as below, indicates that the second requirement is not available with the required unit.

a. We can combine the data manually if needed off each individual home Sleep Study. I’m not sure any system does this. We have Alice 6 system currently in our lab so we can download/transfer the data and see what we need.

4. Section B.3. paragraph 3 Says that we provide for the patient to ship the HST device back to us at no expense to the patient or VA. May the HST devices be shipped to the patient? Section B.3. Paragraph 5 states that “They will then hook up the device(s) to the patient, with specific instruction in order to continue to have the device(s) on for the duration of evaluation.”

a. The device will be shipped to the patient.

5. Are we allowed to ship the device to the patient and provide telephone and video support for its use?

a. yes

6. Confirming that the VA provides all interpretation services

a. The contractor will score and analyze the results but the VA will finalize and make recommendation.

7. Are attachments 1, 3, 4, 5 to be signed and submitted with the bid, or are these documents for after a successful bid?

a. All attachments will be signed after award.

8. Estimated Quantity page #4 360 is that number of patients will be needing home sleep study for a year or a number of studies contractors need to perform per year. Do you have the number of home studies conducted at Harry S Truman VA in 2019?

a. The contractor will need to complete 360 studies.

9. Do I need to submit any other documents other than SF1449?

a. All amendments will need to be signed and returned with the solicitation response, the attachment documents will be required after award.

10. Is fingerprinting, VA form 0752, and all security forms provided only if my company is selected?

a. Fingerprinting will be required after award has been made.