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1. REQUISITION NO.

2. CONTRACT NO.

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10. THIS ACQUISITION IS

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% FOR:

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DPAS (15 CFR 700)

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17b. CHECK IF REMITTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND PUT SUCH ADDRESS IN OFFER 18b. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN BLOCK 18a UNLESS BLOCK BELOW IS CHECKED

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25. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

26. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT (For Govt. Use Only) 27a. SOLICITATION INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-3 AND 52.212-5 ARE ATTACHED. ADDENDA

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28. CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN _______________

29. AWARD OF CONTRACT: REF. ___________________________________ OFFER

COPIES TO ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND

DATED ________________________________. YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION

DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY

(BLOCK 5), INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE

ADDITIONAL SHEETS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED

SET FORTH HEREIN IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

30a. SIGNATURE OF OFFEROR/CONTRACTOR 31a. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER) 30b. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (TYPE OR PRINT) 30c. DATE SIGNED 31b. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (TYPE OR PRINT) 31c. DATE SIGNED

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

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PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.212

7. FOR SOLICITATION

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STANDARD FORM 1449

OFFEROR TO COMPLETE BLOCKS 12, 17, 23, 24, & 30

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

36C259-21-AP-1419

36C25921Q0685 08-13-2021 Dale R. Childress II 303.712.5735 08-30-2021

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36C259 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office

NCO 19

6162 South Willow Drive, Suite 300 Greenwood Village CO 80111 X 325413 1250 Employees N/A X 36C554 VISN 19 Laboratories Varioius locations

36C259 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office

NCO 19

6162 South Willow Drive, Suite 300 Greenwood Village CO 80111

Submitted Electronically Department of Veterans Affairs Financial Service Center PO Box 149971 Austin TX 78714-9971 Contractor shall provide a full range array of microbiology media, supplies, identification kits, biochemical reagents.

This solicitation is only open to Federal Supply Schedule Holders on GSA.

This is a FAR Part 8 Procurement.

See CONTINUATION Page X X Ronnie Jones

VA-VHA-2020 E9AB8090

Table of Contents

SECTION B - CONTINUATION OF SF 1449 BLOCKS

B.1 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

(continuation from Standard Form 1449, block 18A.)

B.1.1. Contract Administration: All contract administration matters will be handled by the following individuals:

B.1.1.1. CONTRACTOR: Name:

B.1.1.2. GOVERNMENT: Dale Childress II, Contract Specialist Department of Veterans Affairs Rocky Mountain Network NCO 19 Contracting 6162 S. Willow Drive, Suite 300 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Telephone: 303-712-5721

FAX: 303-712-5850

E-mail: Dale.Childress2@va.gov NCO19Services2@va.gov

B.1.2. CONTRACTOR REMITTANCE ADDRESS: All payments by the Government to the contractor will be made in accordance with:

B.1.3. GOVERNMENT INVOICE ADDRESS: Invoices shall be submitted in arrears:

c. Other [X] MONTHLY IN ARREARS B.1.4. GOVERNMENT INVOICE ADDRESS: All invoices from the contractor shall be submitted electronically to the VA Financial Services Center for payment processing, free of charge. For any questions about the e-invoicing program, please contact the FSC at the phone number or email address listed below:

1. OB10/Tungsten e-Invoice Setup Information: (877) 752-0900

1. OB10/Tungsten e-Invoice email: USClientServices@ob10.com

1. FSC e-Invoice Contact Information: (877) 353-9791

1. FSC e-invoice email: vafsccshd@va.gov

1. The following two codes will be required when creating a vendor profile in OB10:

OB10 Buyer Number AAA544240062 Promo Code: VAPC7Y18 B.1.5. DUNS NUMBER: Please provide the Dun and Bradstreet Number assigned to your firm in the space provided: 956711444

B.1.6. TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: Please provide the tax identification number to be utilized for this contract: 770441625 B.1.7. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Services required herein shall be for the following time period:

Base Year: October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 Option Year 1: October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023 Option Year 2: October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024 Option Year 3: October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025 Option Year 4: October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026

B.2 STATEMENT OF WORK MICROBIOLOGY MEDIA, KITS, REAGENTS, and SUPPLIES

1. SCOPE:

Contractor shall provide a full range/wide array of microbiology media, supplies, identification kits, biochemical reagents for rapid/full identification, American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) quality control (QC) organisms, and disposable supplies related to processing and complete work-up of specimens for microbiology cultures. Media, kits, reagents, and QC-organisms are specific for required microbiology testing for patient specimens, and quality control requirements. Supplies shall shipped/delivered to Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center (RMRVAMC) located at 1700 North Wheeling Street, Aurora CO, 80045, VA Cheyenne Health Care System located at 2360 East Pershing Blvd., Cheyenne WY, 82001, VA Sheridan Health Care System located at 1898 Fort Road, Sheridan, WY 82801, and VA Montana Health Care System located at 3717 Veteran’s Drive Fort Harrison MT, 59636, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System located at 500 Foothill Dr., Salt Lake City, Utah 84148, VA Oklahoma City Health Care Systems located at 921 NE 13th St. Oklahoma City, OK 73104, and the VA Muskogee Health Care System located at 1011 Honor Heights Dr., Muskogee, OK, 74401.

2. PRICE DEFINITION:

The price shall include costs covering (a) full spectrum of microbiology media listed, (b) identification kits, (c) biochemical/chromogenic media, (d) rapid identification tests, (e) transport/collection kit, (f) consumables, (h) antigen kit testing, and any other item required for the proper operation of the contractor’s supplies and software necessary for data management. (f) ATCC QC organisms, (h) shipping, packaging, and handling (i) prompt delivery according to the schedule.

3. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

a. Offered media, kits, reagents, and supplies shall be capable of producing accurate and reproducible results up to the manufacturer’s defined guidelines without failures

b. If the media, kits, reagents and supplies do not produce results up to the manufacturer’s defined guidelines and/or produce results with failures, they will be replaced at no additional cost to the ordering facility.

c. Offered media, kits, and reagents shall be Clinical Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI), Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), & Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for patient testing.

d. The quality of the media, kits, reagents, and supplies shall be high enough to satisfy proficiency testing standards of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), CLSI, CLIA, FDA, Joint Commission, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

e. The contractor shall provide technical standard operating procedure templates required for patient testing for microbiological culture and assays.

f. A technical manual and quality control documents shall be furnished with materials supplied to VA.

g. The contractor shall provide the quality control standard letter at the beginning of the year as required by CAP and CLIA.

h. Contractor shall provide notification of backordered media, supplies, and reagents as soon as possible by email or a phone call to the ordering facility and provide a list of possible replacements for the backordered media to ensure there is no delay in patient testing.

4. DELIVERY/SHIPMENT SCHEDULE:

a. STAT Delivery: Contractor shall provide next day delivery of media, kits, reagents and supplies when an order is entered by an authorized ordering official at each facility. The media and supplies shall be delivered by the next calendar day or the next business day, in the case of a holiday.

b. ROUTINE Delivery: Contractor shall provide delivery of media, kits, reagents and supplies of standing orders as requested per each facility. Each facility shall have the ability to adjust standing order delivery dates, quantity, and product with by written email to the vendor. Change will go into effect within 5-10 business days of notice.

c. AS NEEDED Delivery: Contractor shall provide delivery of media, kits, reagents and supplies of media, kits, reagents and supplies when an order is entered by an authorized ordering official at each facility. The media and supplies shall be delivered as soon as possible, preferably by the next calendar day or the next business day, in the case of a holiday. Substitutions may be made for backordered items with prior approval from the facility.

d. Locations:

Rocky Mountain VA Medical Center Pathology & Lab, Micro Dept 113 (Rm D2-210) Aurora, CO 80045 POC: Neelam Ojha

Cheyenne VAMC lab 2360 East Pershing Blvd.

Cheyenne WY 82001 POC: Deborah Pahl

Fort Harrison VAMC lab 3717 Veteran’s Drive Lab 113 Fort Harrison MT 59636 POC: Traci Kalien and Jeannine Pembroke

Sheridan VA Healthcare System 1898 Fort Road Sheridan, WY 82801 POC: Annette Gaskill

Salt Lake City VA Medical Center (VAMCSLC) 500 Foothill Dr.

Salt Lake City, Utah 84148 POC: Brittanie Bennett

Oklahoma City VAMC 921 NE 13th St.

Oklahoma City, OK 73104 POC: Uyen Tran

Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center 1011 Honor Heights Dr.

Muskogee, OK, 74401 POC: Lisa Leatherman

5. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

a. Contractor shall provide a wide spectrum/array of microbiological media, kits, reagents, biochemical, and QC organism supplies for bacteriology, mycology, mycobacteriology, virology/PCR, parasitology, serology, transport media, and consumables.

b. Media should meet the performance for: observing defined hemolysis, depth (deep media), freshness, colony morphology, cracks, dehydration, sterility, clear chromogenic observation of colony growth, formulation appropriate to the growth of specific organisms, performance and pH of susceptibility media.

c. Media shall have an expiration date of at least 3 weeks beyond the date of delivery; kits shall have an expiration of at least 6 months beyond the date of delivery.

d. Contractor shall provide options for small and big packaging as needed

e. Contractor shall provide direct delivery from manufacturer, not from the stocked supplies from warehouse to ensure freshness of media/reagents.

6. TRANSITION PERIOD: Upon award of a contract, the transition period for the awarded contractor to have microbiology media, kits, reagents, and supplies delivered and fully operational shall be within 7 days to begin correlation studies after award. Contractor shall not exceed the required 30-day period contained herein.

B.3 SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES

Base Year: 10/1/21 through 9/30/22

VA Fort Harrison (436) Healthcare System

Option Year 1: 10/1/22 through 9/30/23

Option Year 2: 10/1/23 through 9/30/24

Option Year 3:10/1/24 through 9/30/25

Option Year 4: 10/1/25 through 9/30/26

Base Year: 10/1/21 through 9/30/22

VA Cheyenne (442) Healthcare System

Option Year 1: 10/1/22 through 9/30/23

Option Year 2: 10/1/23 through 9/30/24

Option Year 3: 10/1/24 through 9/30/25

Option Year 4: 10/1/25 through 9/30/26

Base Year: 10/1/21 through 9/30/22

Rocky Mountain Regional (554) Healthcare System

Option Year 1: 10/1/22 through 9/30/23

Option Year 2: 10/1/23 through 9/30/24