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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:

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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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Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center 2002 Holcombe BLVD Houston TX 77030 4298

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center 2002 Holcombe BLVD Houston TX 77030 4298

To all Offerors/Bidders 36C25619Q0565

05-06-2019 X x x

This amendment is being issued to provide answers to vendor questions. Please view questions and answers on the continuation page of this document.

* See page 2 *

Reuben A. Zepeda Contracting Officer

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Q. Is it safe to assume the time of bid submission remains the same (11:59pm) considering the extended quote due date is now 5/9/2019?

A. Yes, 11:59pm CST of 5/9/2019 is the closing date and time.

Q. Would the government consider removing “Keys shall be patent protected for a minimum of 11 years (2030)” in effort to avoid unfair competitive advantage for Assa Abloy.

A. See Section - Programming Devices 4

Q. Would the government please elaborate on the delivery schedule? “The Government seeking contractor who can deliver all materials within 8 weeks from NTP. Installation shall be completed within 180 calendar days after the date of delivery for a total of 240 Days.” 8 weeks plus 180 calendar days does not calculate to 240 days. Should this be 236 days, or should this be 220 days? Please elaborate.

A. See section XVIII. Delivery Schedule

Q. Would the government please elaborate what maintenance is required for the five year extended “maintenance period.

A. See Section III. MAINTENANCE A

Q. How many days will be allowed for the VA to approve final quantiles?

A. See section I. General Requirements: C

Q. How much advance notice will need to be given to the VA in order to orchestrate a proper audience for the Key meeting?

A. See schedule I. General Requirements: C

Q. Will a VA Tier/4 BI Clearance be a requirement in order to access network closets and remote network cabinets in Mechanical Bays, or will the VA supply an escort and programming?

A. See part XVIIII. Identification Cards in SOW.

Q. 4 x 4-hour training sessions for total contract or per site.

A. per site, main campus and 9 CBOCs

Q. How many doors have wrap plates? Pg 12 of 48, Paragraph B.1?

A. Approx. 1000

Q. Is OSHA-30 training only for PM or everyone?

A. PM; the rest of the employees should have current 10-hour OSHA training

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Q. For proposal evaluation what is the relative weighting of Price versus Technical and Past Performance?

A. Since this is a supply contract the only evaluation factors other than price will be the items identified under the QUALIFICATIONS clause of the SOW and that all workers have the OSHA 10 hour and the supervisor must have OSHA 30 hour

Q. Does the VA have a desired Period of Performance or priority for the different locations?

A. Main campus would be first then CBOCs

Q. Does the VA have any specific integration requirements while the new system is installed on top of the old system?

A. Enrolling the different areas staff should be completed before install

Q. We strongly recommend increasing the Period of performance to 365 days as the current POP will dramatically increase project cost for overtime and weekend work.

A. Yes, if no additional costs are incurred

Q. This is contingent on Open Options export compatibility to import into the MEDECO CLIQ software.

The term group structure, is this meant to say Reader Groups?

A. Yes, Reader Groups

Q. Please explain maintain the open options as existing conditions. Does this mean that the system is left in existing condition and still functional?

A. Yes, this would fall under programming.

Q. Where do we provide Pricing for this request, it is not included in the pricing pages.

A. This would fall under programming

Q. Is this request to provide Servers And work stations or just to provide the specifications of the Servers and workstations?

A. There will be one server and 2 work stations for main campus and 9 remote servers and 9 work stations for the CBOCs.

Q. Where do we provide Pricing for this request, it is not included in the pricing pages?

A. Juniper switch install and in for the wall programmers

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Q. This is an open-ended request. Quoting this may require a switch for every wall mounted programmer.

Can the VA provide how many Wall Programmers will be at each location?

A. There should be one on each main and elevator lobby. SOW calls for 49 total.

Q. Where do we provide Pricing for this request, it is not included in the pricing pages?

A. This would be under installation.

Q. Five (6) MEDECO local key programming devices or approved equal Clarify if we are to provide FIVE or (6) units.

A. 5 (five)

Q. Will the VA provide this data digitally, in a compatible format, that will import in the Medeco CLIQ product?

A. This should be extracted from the Open Options Database and input into the MEDCO Database.

Q. Does Specific departments mean Groups of people in a department? How will this process work? How many groups are anticipated?

A. As many as there are Access Levels in open Options Database (123+; *note: some staff have multiple access levels assigned.

Q. Does this statement, issuance of all keys, mean we will issue keys to employees, or issue keys to specific departments as mentioned above?

A. issue keys to employees after enrolling.

Q. Do the replacement parts come form the material ordered in the pricing schedule? If overage occurs will VA purchase additional hardware as needed?

A. Requirements should be included in the survey.

Q. Please clarify the quantity of the Lock sets. Is it 550, or 1000?

A. 1000

Q. Explain the difference between final acceptance and the date the Government takes possession. Who’s choice is it and how is it decided to accept or take possession.

A. The VA will determine. Warranty periods generally start from the time of beneficial use by the VA.

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