S06 Amendment 36C25620Q1164 A0003 Answer Solicitation Questions etc. .pdf

Contract Opportunity Amendment to a Previous Combined Solicitation

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Q301

Surgical Pathology Consults and Specialized Testing G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery VA Medical Center Jackson, MS 39216

39531

36C25620Q1164

09-21-2020 10:00 EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA

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Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System Network Contracting Office 16 400 Veterans Avenue BLDG T102 Biloxi MS 39531

C. Robert Oravetz / Contracting Officer Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System 400 Veterans Avenue BLDG T102 Biloxi, MS 39531

Department of Veterans Affairs G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery VA Medical Center ATTN: Pathology Department 1500 E. Woodrow Wilson Drive Jackon, MS 39216

39531

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https://www.va.gov

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christopher.oravetz@va.gov

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The purpose of this amendment is the following:

1). Answer contractor questions about this solicitation. Responses to questions submitted by contractors are provided in the document entitled “S05 FINAL Master List Vendor Questions and Responses Solicitation 36C25620Q1164” that is contained within this amendment.

2). Remove Wage Determination 2015-5153 REV 11 (06-26-2020) from this requirement. IAW FAR 22.1101 a wage determination is not required because the appropriate exemption applies.

3). Extend the response date for submission of offers. (There will be no other extensions to this solicitation and contractors shall submit final, complete offers on or before the response date that is indicated below).

Solicitation Close Date Change From: 09-18-2020 by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time Change To: 09-21-2020 by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time

All other terms and conditions of the original solicitation remain the same.

“S05 FINAL Master List Vendor Questions and Responses Solicitation 36C25620Q1164”

Surgical Pathology Consults and Specialized Testing G.V (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center

Jackson, MS

# Contractor

Question Government Response

1. Two contractors asked if this was a new requirement or an existing or follow on contract with an incumbent contractor.

This procurement is a new requirement for the facility. There is no existing contract for these services with an incumbent contractor. However, Mayo Clinic Laboratories has assisted the facility with these types of services when needed.

2. Is the yearly volumes for this bid 22 tests? Yes, the yearly volume is 22 tests.

3. Is the facility in need of Encephalopathy Autoimmune Evaluation for serum or spinal fluid?

Serum

4. We have the following questions regarding FAR 52.232-36 Payment by Third Party

(MAY 2014):

The clause states that the Contractor "agrees to accept payments due under this contract, through payment by a third party in lieu of payment directly from the Government, in accordance with the terms of this clause. The third party and, if applicable, the particular Governmentwide commercial purchase card to be used are identified elsewhere in this contract."

However, the third party and purchase card are not identified in the solicitation. Please clarify.

Also, in section B.1 Contract Administration Data, item #2, both options have been checked. Please confirm which is the correct form of payment by the Government.

The Department of Veterans Affairs pays contractors for completed services under VA contracts but uses a third-party billing affiliate (Tungsten Network) to process payments to contractors from the VA. Technically, payments are being made from a third party however such payments originate from the Department of Veterans Affairs which must approve such payments before they are disbursed by the Tungsten Network (3rd party). For this reason, this clause was checked by default when the solicitation was created. It is mandatory that invoices for payment be submitted electronically IAW FAR 852.232-72 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests. For more information please refer to the links below.

http://www.tungsten-network.com/US/en/veterans-affairs/ http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/

5. Can you provide the CPT Codes for the 3 tests below?

• Item 0001, Testing for Surgical Pathology Consults, Quantity=10

• Item 0002, Immunohistochemical Stains, Quantity=10

• Item 0003, Encephalopathy Autoimmune Evaluation, Quantity=2

Item 0001 – CPT Code: 83520, Item 0002 – CPT Code: 83516, 86335 Item 0003 – CPT Codes: 86255 x 19, 86341 x 1, 83519 x 3

6. What testing is in scope for Item # 0001 Testing for Surgical Pathology Consults?

Do you need our complete Surgical Pathology test offerings priced out or do you only need a slide consultation?

Identification and classification of amyloid subtypes technical component and diagnostic pathologist interpretation.

Slide consultation pricing only.

7. What specific IHC stains markers for item # 0002 are going to be ordered? Are they with Interpretation, or are they without interpretation?

Interleukin 1-Beta (FINTB), Bullous Pemphigoid, Beta-2 Transferrin, Immunoassay non-antibody http://www.tungsten-network.com/US/en/veterans-http://www.tungsten-network.com/US/en/veterans-http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/

8. With respect to future tests that may be needed at the facility (item #2, Background, SOW);

What Genetic Screens are going to be ordered? What disease/syndrome are being tested for?

What Mutation Detections Assays are going to be ordered? What disease/syndrome are being tested for?

What Peripheral Neuropathy genes panels are going to be ordered? What are the components of the panel? What disease/syndrome is being tested for?

Future tests may be needed at the facility due to an ever-expanding patient care mission. The future tests that were referenced in Item 2 (Background) in the SOW was provided for informational purposes only. It is not known at this time if/when the facility will need and/or will acquire the testing categories that were referenced in this section. For the purposes of this procurement only the specific services referenced in Item 5 (Scope of Services) in the SOW and the Price/Schedule (in the solicitation) are needed.

9. With the Federal Holiday on Monday, September 7, and the complexity of the services required, would the Government consider extending the RFP deadline by 1 week

The solicitation will be extended as needed to give contractors sufficient time to prepare final offers in response to this solicitation. Please review the Contract Opportunities website https://beta.sam.gov/search?index=opp for amendments to this solicitation that may extend the close date.

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