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36C256

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 Galleria Financial Center 5075 Westheimer Road, Suite 750 Houston TX 77056-5643

36C256

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 Galleria Financial Center 5075 Westheimer Road, Suite 750 Houston TX 77056-5643

To all Offerors/Bidders

36C25626Q0067

11-05-2025

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** HOUR & DATE for Receipt of Offers is EXTENDED to: 12-01-2025 1600 CST x 1

The purpose of this amendment is to post questions and answers (Q&As) and to revise language in the solicitation.

See attached Q&As. This amendment will need to be signed and returned with quote submission to be eligible for award.

B.3 Delivery Schedule, B.4 Statement of Work, Section 3, 4, 5 & 7; and E.15 Addendum 52.212-2 Evaluation is updated and replaced with the attached version.

POC: Jeneice Matthews, jeneice.matthews@va.gov

Andres Apolinar Contracting Officer

To: All Offerors

The Network Contracting Office (NCO)-16 in support of the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) received the following questions in response to Request for Quotation (RFQ) 36C25626Q0067.

Please see below for the Offeror’s questions and NCO 16’s respective answers accordingly.

1. Question #1: Is this the actual solicitation and is this a service or construction?

Answer #1: Yes, this is the actual solicitation. This is a Commodity. Purchase of On the Right Track Privacy Curtains or equivalent including installation.

2. Question #2: May we ask if all these tracks are going to be straight tracks, or are there going to be any bends?

Answer#2: There will be Bends.

3. Question #3: If there are bends, we need to know how many and what degree, regular or reverse?

Answer #3: Unknown.

4. Question #4: We would also need to know what we are attaching to. (Ceiling grid? Drywall? etc).

Answer #4: The Retro Fit will be to existing track. There may be some with New Hardware needed

5. Question #5: Good afternoon, I am requesting information on this project for bidding. I did not see the layout of the track system and its locations attached to the bid as a drawing. Is there a layout drawing available that I could have emailed?

Answer #5: The Retro Fit will be to existing track.

6. Question #6: Also is there a preferred vendors list for materials for this job?

Answer #6: On The Right Track

7. Question #7: Pg 5 of the solicitation shows a delivery date of 12/31/25 for materials. How do we account for longer times?

Answer #7: See attached document: Revised Section B.3 Delivery Schedule, Delivery Date and Statement of Work_Final #4. Delivery.

8. Question #8: Will the VA provide storage for materials and product?

Answer #8: See attached document: Statement of Work_Final. Revised #3. Salient Characteristics, 3.g. Storage.

9. Question #9: Regarding Contractor Experience (Pg 42) Does subcontractor experience meet this requirement?

Answer #9: See Section E.15 (a), FACTOR 1- TECHNICAL, SUBFACTOR 2- Contractor Qualifications (a).

The Contractor shall submit up to three (3) Contractor technical experience entries performing as the prime Contractor with technical quote. See Attachment B, Relevant Experience Form.

Failure to demonstrate five years technical experience and submit up to three (3) Contractor technical experience entries performing as the prime Contractor shall result in Contractor’s technical quote as technically unacceptable.

10. Question #10: Can a phasing plan be provided?

Answer #10: Yes, a phase plan can be provided. Completion date shall be within Delivery Schedule.

11. Question #11: A Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Nonmanufacturer that would be providing the end product of a domestic large business manufacturer for this opportunity; Can you please confirm if a waiver will be in place for this RFQ or if we are still permitted to respond by including a copy of our authorized distributor letter from the Original Equipment Manufacturer?

Answer #11: See attached document: Addendum 52.212-2 Evaluation Revised (a)1. a Technical/ Management Approach

12. Question #12: Are you able to please advise if the copy of the company liability insurance needs to be provided for both the prime contractor and the original equipment manufacturer performing the installation on-site?

Answer #12: The prime contractor.

13. Question #13: In section B.3 Delivery Schedule, it indicates that the requested delivery date for this RFQ is 12/31/2025. Can you please advise when installation for the privacy curtains is expected to be completed as well?

Answer #13: See attached document: Revised Section B.3 Delivery Schedule, Delivery Date and Statement of Work_Final #4. Delivery.

14. Question #14: Can you please advise if an updated reflected ceiling floorplan is available that would indicate the requested track layout?

Answer #14: No ceiling floor plan is available.

15. Question #15: Would all On the Right Track privacy curtain configurations be approved as retrofitted installs on the existing tracks?

Answer #15: Yes.

16. Question #16: Will any existing 2nd tracks within the private rooms need to be removed?

Answer #16: See Statement of Work_Final #5 Privacy Curtain Removal and Installation

17. Question #17: Would it be permitted to reconfigure existing tracks within the private rooms to implement an improved track layout?

Answer #17: Yes

18. Question #18: Are there any areas of the hospital without existing On the Right Track privacy curtains that will require installation as well?

Answer #18: Yes

19. Question #19: Would it be permitted for the installation team to perform an on-site field measurement prior to the order being placed to confirm accurate track configurations and ceiling heights?

Answer #19: Yes

20. Question #20: Does the final quote pricing need to include a breakdown of all individual parts, components, and total quantities being provided?

Answer #20: Yes

21. Question #21: I’m putting together a proposal for the privacy curtains for the Houston VA hospital. You gave the linear feet of curtains needed in each room in the attachment, but this doesn’t tell us how many pieces of curved track we will need per room. Typically, privacy curtains in medical facilities are installed on tracks with bends like shown in the below pictures. Does the final quote pricing need to include a breakdown of all individual parts, components, and total quantities being provided?

Answer #21: Yes