36C25722Q0765_2.docx

SUBJECT*

OXYGEN EQUIPMENT - INVACARE INC - $2,224,070.00

GENERAL INFORMATION

Network Contracting Office 17

5441 Babcock Road Ste. 302 San Antonio TX 78240

POINT OF CONTACT*

Oneka Robertson Oneka.Robertson@va.gov Oneka.Robertson@va.gov 210-694-6318

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

4500 S. Lancaster

Dallas TX

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice See attached document: 36C25722Q0765_1.

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice

This is a pre-solicitation notice for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, “Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items,” as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued.

This solicitation is issued as an RFQ. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-06 Effective May 26, 2022 This solicitation is set-aside for Veteran Owned Small Business The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 339113, with a small business size standard of 750.

The FSC/PSC is 6515.

The Dallas VA Medical Center located at 4500 S. Lancaster Rd., Dallas, TX 75216 is seeking to purchase an Invacare Home Oxygen Concentrators.

Please indicate which items are open market and/or on FSS schedule.

ITEM INFORMATION

1RC1040LX02 - PLATINUM 10 CONCENTRATOR W/ SENSOR

IOH260 - HOMEFILL READY RACK

IRC5P02V - PERFECTO 2V WITH SENSOR

IOH270 - HOMEFILL READY RACK

IOH 200 - INVACARE HOMEFILL II OXYGEN COMPRESSOR

HF2POSTD - CYL W HOMEFILL COMPATIBLE POST VALVE

TAGRP305014-PK - CART D/E CYLINDER SINGLE 6

HF2PC9 - HOMEFILL 2 CONSERVER M9

HF2POST9BAG - CASE CYLINDER M9 POST VALVE

Brand Name Only NTVHCS is requesting “brand name only” Home Oxygen Concentrators manufactured by Invacare. Brand Name Only request applies to all line items listed in this combined synopsis.

The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html.

The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition:

1. FAR 52.212-1, “Instructions to Offerors–Commercial Items”

2. FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Items” [Attention CO: www.sam.gov registration is required to be complete at time of submission of response.]

Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://www.sam.gov/portal in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Items.” If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required.

The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition:

· FAR 52.212-4, “Contract Terms and Conditions–Commercial Items” Oct 2018

· FAR 52.212-5, “Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders” Jan 2021

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html.

The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition:

1. FAR 52.212-1, “Instructions to Offerors–Commercial Items”

1. FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Items”

1. FAR 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/

(End of Provision)

(End of Addendum to 52.212-1)

1. FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

1. FAR 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2020)

Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://www.sam.gov/portal in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Items.” If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required.

The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition:

· FAR 52.212-4, “Contract Terms and Conditions–Commercial Items”

· FAR 52.212-5, “Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders”

· VAAR 852.212-70 PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES APPLICABLE TO VA ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS (APR 2020)

(a) The Contractor agrees to comply with any provision or clause that is incorporated herein by reference to implement agency policy applicable to acquisition of commercial items or components. The following provisions and clauses that have been checked by the Contracting Officer are incorporated by reference.

[X] 852.203–70, Commercial Advertising.

[] 852.209–70, Organizational Conflicts of Interest.

[] 852.211–70, Equipment Operation and Maintenance Manuals.

[X] 852.214–71, Restrictions on Alternate Item(s).

[] 852.214–72, Alternate Item(s). [Note: this is a fillable clause.] [] 852.214–73, Alternate Packaging and Packing.

[] 852.214–74, Marking of Bid Samples.

[] 852.215–70, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and Veteran-Owned Small Business Evaluation Factors.

[] 852.215–71, Evaluation Factor Commitments.

[] 852.216–71, Economic Price Adjustment of Contract Price(s) Based on a Price Index.

[] 852.216–72, Proportional Economic Price Adjustment of Contract Price(s) Based on a Price Index.

[] 852.216–73, Economic Price Adjustment—State Nursing Home Care for Veterans.

[] 852.216–74, Economic Price Adjustment—Medicaid Labor Rates.

[] 852.216–75, Economic Price Adjustment—Fuel Surcharge.

[] 852.219–9, VA Small Business Subcontracting Plan Minimum Requirements.

[] 852.219–10, VA Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside.

[X] 852.219–11, VA Notice of Total Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside.

[] 852.222–70, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Nursing Home Care for Veterans.

[] 852.228–70, Bond Premium Adjustment.

[] 852.228–71, Indemnification and Insurance.

[] 852.228–72, Assisting Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses in Obtaining Bonds.

[X] 852.232–72, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests.

[] 852.233–70, Protest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution.

[] 852.233–71, Alternate Protest Procedure.

[] 852.237–70, Indemnification and Medical Liability Insurance.

[X] 852.246–71, Rejected Goods.

[] 852.246–72, Frozen Processed Foods.

[] 852.246–73, Noncompliance with Packaging, Packing, and/or Marking Requirements.

[] 852.270–1, Representatives of Contracting Officers.

[] 852.271–72, Time Spent by Counselee in Counseling Process.

[] 852.271–73, Use and Publication of Counseling Results.

[] 852.271–74, Inspection.

[] 852.271–75, Extension of Contract Period.

[] 852.273–70, Late Offers.

[] 852.273–71, Alternative Negotiation Techniques.

[] 852.273–72, Alternative Evaluation.

[] 852.273–73, Evaluation—Health-Care Resources.

[] 852.273–74, Award without Exchanges.

(b) All requests for quotations, solicitations, and contracts for commercial item services to be provided to beneficiaries must include the following clause:

[] 852.237–74, Nondiscrimination in Service Delivery.

(End of Clause)

· 52.217-6 OPTION FOR INCREASED QUANTITY (MAR 1989)

· VAAR 852.236-90 RESTRICTION ON SUBMISSION AND USE OF EQUAL PRODUCTS (APR 2019)

(a) This clause applies to the following items:

LINE ITEM 0001 - 0009

· VAAR 852.219-74 LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING—MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE (JUL 2018)

· VAAR 852.247-73 PACKING FOR DOMESTIC SHIPMENT (OCT 2018)

· 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorprates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/ (End of Clause)

OCT 2020

(End of Addendum to 52.212-4) 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2020)

All quotes shall be sent to Oneka Robertson at Oneka.Robertson@va.gov Award will be based upon a comparative evaluation of quotes in accordance with the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of FAR 13. Comparative evaluation is the side by side pairwise comparison of quotes based on factors resulting in a Contracting Officer decision for the quote most favorable to the Government.

The Option to Increase Quantity will be evaluated at time of award.

The following are the decision factors:

52.212-2 EVALUATION—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

All proposals received will be evaluated for technical acceptability.

The Government will select for award the most advantageous proposal representing the best value to the Government based upon an integrated assessment of Non-Price factors (Technical, Delivery, and Past Performance) and the Price factor.

Technical and past performance, when combined, are significantly more important than price.

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

EVALUATION METHODOLOGY

The award decision will be based on the following:

1.Registered in www.sam.gov to receive Government contracts.

2.Registered in www.vip.vetbiz.gov as a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) depending on set-aside assigned.

3.Price

a. All line items in the Price Schedule must include a price. The total evaluated price will consist of the offeror’s total proposed price. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the prices are significantly unbalanced. Price realism may be performed by the Contracting Officer.

4.Technical

a. Technical Capabilities Statement referencing details in relationship to this requirement. All offers must provide a minimum of one (1) year warranty against all defects, workmanship, parts, and service.

5.Past Performance

a. Must provide a minimum of two (2) past performance experiences related to purchase in this requirement. The past performance experience must include the client’s POC with email and phone number. The past performance must be within the last three (3) years.

6. Delivery Delivery schedule requirements: 30 days after award date no later than 45 days after award date.

Offers will be evaluated against the SOW and the stated evaluation criteria. Each factor will be scored as “Acceptable” or “Unacceptable” as defined below.

Acceptable ALL of the minimum acceptable criteria are clearly met by the offeror. The offeror meets the minimum performance and technical capability requirements as defined in the solicitation.

Unacceptable Not all the minimum acceptable criteria were met by the offeror. An unacceptable offer contains one or more deficiencies that does not meet the performance and technical capability requirements defined in the solicitation.

The award will be made to the response most advantageous to the Government.

Responses should contain your best terms, conditions.

To facilitate the award process, all quotes must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows:

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition."

OR

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:"

Quoters shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s), if any.

This is an open-market small business solicitation for products as defined herein. The government intends to award a contract as a result of this Pre-Solicitation Notice that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein.

Questions shall be emailed to the contract specialist and received no later than 12:00 CST June 16, 2022 at Oneka.Robertson@va.gov Submission of your response shall be received not later than 12:00 EST June 21, 2022 at Oneka.Robertson@va.gov.

Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f).

Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to the Point of Contact listed below.

Oneka Robertson Oneka.Robertson@va.gov