S05 - RFP (36C25919R0099) - Questions Answers - Amendment 0005.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFIARS

VHA Regional Procurement Office (RPO) West

Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19 6162 South Willow Drive

Suite 300 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Request for Proposal (RFP) #: 36C25919R0099

Solicitation #: 36C25919R0099 VISN 19 - Custom Surgical Sterile Packs / Custom Procedure Trays (CPTs)

Questions & Answers

Project: VISN 19 - Custom Sterile Surgical Packs / Custom Procedure Trays (CPTs) Solicitation: 36C25919R0099 Amendment: 0005 Location:

Date: November 16th, 2021

1Q) Are you able to provide all the excel BOMs with a Vendor Part Number and Vendor Name?

1A) The Manufacturer and the Manufacturer Part Number are provided on Attachment 1 - Price Schedule – Part A – Components Catalog(s), only for components required to be brand name only items.

2Q) Besides quotes and financials, do you need the excel files filled in with “manufacturers/assemblers” data?

2A) Contracting question: any required manufactures/assemblers data such as part numbers and country and origin are to be completed using the spreadsheets provided on ATTACHMENT 1 – PRICE SCHEDULE - PART A - COMPONENTS CATALOG in accordance with ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors, PART I – PRICE PROPOSAL.

3Q) Please clarify whether RFQ 36C25919R0099 is “BAA" or “TAA", as both are indicated in various portions of the RFQ. Under FAR 25.101(b) Set Asides for small business are required to be “BAA”.

3A) BAA – Amendment 0005 of this RFP removes reference to TAA and Trade Agreement Certificates.

4Q) Do the facilities intend to order via EDI directly to the pack awardee(s) or through the MSPV? If EDI, how would the “authorized ordering officers” be verified per the RFQ requirement? If EDI, would we be able to obtain as soon as possible in advance of the proposal due date the ISA/MOU and the FSC implementation guide?

4A) EDI directly, nomination, appointment, and validation of ordering officer status is made via eCERT.

Ordering officers would be monitored via station COR. Last part is for VHA CO EDI implementation team. (VHACOEDIActivate_Deactivate@va.gov)

5Q) Please clarify the term "annual rate of pack accuracy" that defines a KPI you wish the contractor to achieve with this metric.

5A) Has been removed from ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors, Part 3, General Standards of Responsibility.

6Q) Due to current significant nationwide transportation disruption and the unique ordering and receiving patterns at the facility level, can the delivery time frames be negotiated at time of award with the individual facilities to customize delivery frequency as opposed to stipulating “48 hours” ARO?

6A) Yes

7Q) Besides quotes and financials, do you need the excel files filled in with suggested product data?

7A) Same question as 2Q.

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8Q) (we) would like to respond the solicitation # 36C25919R0099, however the files are controlled. As a result, we don't have access to the attachments.

8A) As of August 4th, 2021, the controlled access was removed from the attached files in Contract Opportunities Solicitation # 36C25919R0099 and made accessible to all.