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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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is extended,

(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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11/2016) is required to sign this document and return ___________ copies to the issuing office.

is not, A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITE M 10A.

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SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR

43.103(b).

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 r eference 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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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 00001 04-20-2018 None 663A Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 20 1495 Wilmington Drive, Suite 360 DuPont WA 98327 663A Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 20 1495 Wilmington Drive, Suite 360 DuPont WA 98327 To all Offerors/Bidders

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THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO POST

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

A. Questions and Answers begin on page 2.

B. There are no other changes to the solicitation as a result of this amendment, and all other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

POC at Contracting, Darlene Anderson, 253-888-4905 darlene.anderson4@va.gov

DARLENE ANDERSON

Contracting Officer

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Questions and Answers:

Question 1: Is this a new requirement or is there an incumbent vendor? If available, can you please send along the incumbent contract number?

Answer 1: There is an incumbent vendor. The incumbent contract number is: VA260-14-C-0045.

Question 2: Can you tell me what sleep equipment (manufacturer and model) the scoring will need to be done on?

Answer 2: The laboratory titration equipment is ResMed (S9 platform). Data acquisition is achieved using Nihon Kohden system with Polysmith 10 software. All recordings shall be manually scored, see Performance Work Statement paragraph 2.2.2 on page 19.

Question 3: If you have an idea of the volume of scoring that would be needed that would be helpful in putting together a quotation.

Answer 3: Please see B.8 PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT paragraph 2.1.4. for an approximate number of tests per week. Please use Section D.2 PRICE WORKSHEET.

Question 4: How does the following statement work:

“Small business offers will be evaluated in precedence order (see Section E.5, FAR 52.212-1 ADDENDUM, paragraph 8): SDVOSB, VOSB, all other small businesses.”

Answer 4: Section E.5, FAR 52.212-1 ADDENDUM, paragraph 8 is on pages 75-76 of the Request for Quotations (RFQ) and explains how it will work.

Question 5: Do the SDVOSB and VOSB have any advantage? Meaning do they only get priority if their offer is equal to or less than the others? Is there any way to know who the bidders are and whether they are SDVOSB or VOSB?

Answer 5: See Section E.5, FAR 52.212-1 ADDENDUM, pages 73-78, especially paragraphs 2, 7, and 8. Award could be made to an SDVOSB without consideration of VOSB or all other Small Business concerns. In the same manner, VOSB is a tier above all other Small Business concerns. This is a Best Value Trade Off negotiated acquisition and not a low-price bid; price is only one of the items to be submitted. The companies planning to quote is not public information.

Question 6: Is this a new requirement? If not, who is the incumbent contractor?

Answer 6: It is not a new requirement. The incumbent contractor is: Sleep Care Inc.

Question 8: Will the sleep study be sent/ up loaded to the contractor in bulk, or will studies trickle in one by one throughout the week?

Answer 8: The VA sleep center will upload studies to the contractor daily.