Amendment 0001 - RFQ 36C25625Q0129 - IONM Services Houston.pdf

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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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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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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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0001 01-18-2025

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 5075 Westheimer Road, Suite 750

Houston TX 77056-5643

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 5075 Westheimer Road, Suite 750

Houston TX 77056-5643

To all Offerors/Bidders

36C25625Q0129

01-04-2025

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X X

** HOUR & DATE for Receipt of Offers is EXTENDED to: 01-22-2025 15:00 CST x 1(one)

The purpose of this amendment is to post Questions and Answers (Q & A) for Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring Services for the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX.

A. Correct SF1449, page 1, block 6 solicitation issue date to 01-04-2025 and block 8, soliciation due date to 01-22-2025.

B. See continuation page 2 for response to Q & A.

C. This amendment 0001 will need to be signed and returned with quote submission to be eligible for award.

Stephanie Keo

VA-VHA-RPOC-2023-0081

Amendment 0001

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The Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16, Department of Veterans Affairs Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) in Houston, TX received questions in response to Request for Quote

(RFQ) 36C25625Q0129.

Please see below Contractor’s questions and NCO 16’s respective answers accordingly.

Contractor Questions

VA Responses

Q1 Please clarify the expected award date. Will the VA allow for minimum of 45 days between award and service commencement to allow for vendor to complete the hospital’s credentialing/onboarding processes?

The VA can provide no more than 30 days from the date of award for credentialing/onboarding process.

Q2 Please specify historic (e.g. CY 2024) volumes of case types:

- Neurosurgical

- Orthopedic

- Cardiothoracic

- Otolaryngologic

- Other

The VA Neurosurgery department have an estimated of 117 cases done in 2024.

This is an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract and cases are estimated based on the needs of the VA.

Please refer to Price/Cost Schedule in the solicitation.

Q3 Please clarify the case breakdown of weekday vs weekend. Can you please provide a chart with volume counts for case type and then split it out by day, such as in the below example:

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

ENT

SPINE

VASCULAR Volume counts

ORTHO

OTHER

The VA is unable to provide the exact breakdown of the volume count for the case type. However, VA Neurosurgery department have an estimated of 117 cases done in 2024.

Please refer to Section B.2 Price/Cost Schedule in the solicitation on the estimated number of cases.

Q4

What is the maximum number of concurrent cases that the Contractor will be expected to support? What’s the average concurrency?

Please refer to Section B.2 Price/Cost Schedule in the solicitation on the estimated number of cases.

Q5 Does the VA expect the Contractor to store the IONM equipment on site?

No. Each monitoring tech providing VA with IONM bring their own equipment.

Nothing is stored in at the VA and we do not expect to store any of contractor equipment.