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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

36C25523Q0304 03-30-2023

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X One Dental Services - Leavenworth VAMC

The purpose of this amendment is to:

1. Update the Statement of Work.

2. Provide answers to questions submitted. See: Answers to Questions - RFQ

3. Extend the response date from 04/03/2023 11:00 am CDT to 04/05/2023 11:00 am CDT.

Betty Flores Contracting Officer Statement of Work For Dental Manufacturing Eastern Kansas Health Care System

General: Contractor shall provide all labor, material, and equipment necessary to fabricate full and partial acrylic dentures with clasps and other miscellaneous services for the following: Department of Veterans Affairs VA Medical Centers (VAMC):

Dwight D. Eisenhower, VAMC, 4101 S 4th St., Leavenworth, Kansas 66048

Pick-up and Deliveries: Contractor shall be required to make daily pickups and deliveries (Monday thru Friday) to the facilities. The contractor may satisfy this requirement by making a daily phone call to the Dental Department between the hours of 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM local time to determine if a contractor pickup is required. All materials delivered shall have the patients' last name and only last four digits of social security number affixed to it.

Denture Services:

1. Contractor price for a finished denture shall include the following:

a) Custom impression trays for secondary impressions.

b) Fabricate the custom tray

c) Box and pour master cast

d) Record base with occlusal rims

e) Articulate and set-up teeth in wax for try in.

f) Finished denture – remount and check and adjust occlusion as indicated.

2. Contractor shall be required to use Lucitone 199 or equivalent product.

3. Processing of dentures shall be by heat cure technique.

4. Finished dentures shall be evaluated for the following:

a) Balance occlusion, or as requested by doctor.

b) Aesthetics.

c) Contour and polish.

d) Denture teeth shall be supplied by Contractor.

5. The Contractor shall provide the cast framework for removable partial dentures and finish to completion.

6. Contractor shall not alter borders.

Miscellaneous Services: Contractor shall provide the following:

1. Pour, pindex, and base crown and bridge dies. Solid cast as indicated.

2. Repairs – dentures and removable partial dentures (RPD)

3. Reline – dentures and removable partial dentures (RPD)

4. Fabricate custom impression trays.

5. Construct surgical and occlusal splints.

6. Improve contact in fixed cases, (Crown or fixed partial dentures). Adding porcelain or gold solders in full cast restorations.

7. Fabricate crown and bridges: material will be based on the situation of the patient. Note: Noble High Alloy will not be used.

8. Abutments shall be custom titanium abutments fabricated by the Contractor. On occasion, a UCLA abutment may be utilized.

Quality of the Product:

The government requires a finished denture to be of a higher quality than a typical "economy type" denture.

Delivery Schedule:

The following delivery schedule is required for the below listed procedures. All delivery times are based on Lab workdays.

*Example: If the contractor makes an on-site pick-up for denture repair on Monday, the Government requires on-site delivery of the repaired denture no later than the close of business (4:30 PM) on Wednesday.

Federal Holidays: Holidays observed by the Federal Government are listed below plus any other day specifically declared by the President of the United States.

Monthly Invoices: All monthly invoices shall be sent electronically. Monthly invoices shall provide an itemized listing of all appropriate charges, the designated contract number, obligation number and vendor tax ID number.

Disinfection:

1. All impressions and other items that have contacted oral tissues will be properly disinfected prior to the sending it to dental lab. Rinse and remove gross bioburden, disinfect with ADA approved surface disinfectant, Cavicide 1.

2. All materials returned to the VA shall have been disinfected by use of an ADA approved chemical disinfectant.

Delivery:

Department of Veterans Affairs 4101 South 4th St.

Buillding 91 Leavenworth, KS 66048 Answers to Questions – RFQ

Q1. Should our quoted price for item 0001, include the estimated cost to fabricate the custom tray or not?

Line Item: 0001 - Complete Dentures. Includes- box and pour impressions, construct baseplates with either gothic arch tracers or wax rims, set up denture teeth for try-in, process and finish complete denture.

A1. It should include the cost to fabricate the custom tray.

Q2. How are we to quote Item 0001, 0002, 0009, with or without the cost of the teeth? If without, how are we to provide the estimated cost of the teeth in this Solicitation?

Line Item: 0002 - Removable partial Dentures (RPO) includes- pour impressions, box and pour altered cast impressions, construct base plates and centric recording rims, set denture teeth for try-in, process and finish RPO.

Line Item: 0009 - Transitional Removable Partial Denture Includes – Pour impressions, construct Base Plates and Centric Rims, fabricate clasps and set Denture Teeth for try in, process and finish RPO.

A2. Denture teeth shall be supplied by the Contractor, not the VA. Please see change in SOW.

Q3. Are we to quote the cost of the RPO as if the contractor is finishing from the doctor’s framework or if the contractor is fabricating the cast partial framework?

A3. The Contractor will fabricate the cast framework and finish to completion.

Q4. Line 0010: What type of crowns are to be fabricated (i.e. PFM with base, noble or high noble allow or all of the above, monolithic zirconia, layered zirconia, full cast base, noble of high noble allow or all of the above?

Line Item 0010: Pour Crown and Bridge Impressions

- Fabricate crown and bridges

- Fabricate custom implant abutments and crowns

A4. We have used all listed types of crowns; the choice relies heavily on the situation of our patient. We would not however, use High Noble Alloy in either PFM or Full cast crowns.

Q5. Line 0010 if determined we need to quote on a PFM or a Full Cast crown, should the estimated cost of alloy be included in the cost estimate or will that be charged at time of fabrication based on the actual amount of alloy required to fabricate crown.

Q4. The actual amount of alloy required to fabricate the crown will be charged out at time of fabrication.

Q6. Line 0010: For implant crowns, see above, and also what type of abutments should be quoted? With the VA be providing the abutments and if so, what type of abutments will they be sending (Nobel Biocare, Custom UCLA, Titanium, etc)

A6. The abutments will be custom titanium abutments fabricated by the Contractor. On very rare occasions, a UCLA abutment may be utilized.

Q7. Turnaround times: For Implants at 7 days, does that include the fabrication of the abutment too or just the crown? If it includes the fabrication of the abutment, would the facility consider increasing the number of days from 7 to 9?

A7. Yes, 9 days is perfectly acceptable.

Q8. Is the contractor responsible for the cost of shipping in or outbound?

A8. Outbound from the Contractor.

Q9. Price list item #10 "fabricate crown and bridges, fabricate custom implant abutments and crowns". What implant system do you plan for us to order genuine implant abutments, Nobel Biocare, Straumann or other system? Will the abutments be titanium or zirconia or both? Will you be providing all the implant parts for these cases? What type of crowns will you want on top, PFM High Noble, full zirconia, Layered zirconia, FGC high nobel?

A9. We restore Zimmer, Nobel, Straumann, Biohorizons, Keystone and Astratech. A clone custom abutment system is acceptable as well. Typically, zirconia crowns are fabricated with an occasional noble FGC. The VA will send the impression coping and analog with the impression.

Q 10. Will the complete dentures and removable partials include lab teeth such as Meyerson teeth or upgrade teeth such as Blueline DCL? If upgrade teeth are included in the price, please specify the upgrade teeth name.

A10. We would utilize an upgraded tooth; Blueline DCL is the preferred choice in this solicitation.

Q11. What do you mean "no identifying marks indicating the company name or any identifying product"? All of our technical documents have our company name on the documents including our past performance documents filled out about our performance. Please clarify.

3) page 41 under Non-Priced Responses, a) .... It shall be typed with no identifying marks indicating the company name or any identifying product and will not contain any reference to price and/or cost.

A11. It is referring to past performance criteria. Please make sure that the company name and pricing is not indicated in the information that you provide to us.

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