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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.

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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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(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 36C26018R0161 00001 03-27-2018 None Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 20 5115 NE 82nd Ave, Suite 102 Vancouver WA 98662 Y Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 20 5115 NE 82nd Ave, Suite 102 Vancouver WA 98662 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C26018R0161 03-19-2018

X x x x This amendment serves to clarify section IV of the Statement of Work Section IV, paragraphs C-F has been amended below.

Please see continuation pages.

This amendment also serves to attach the General Contract Reference Form as stated in Evaluation Factor B - Past Performance Please see appendix A.

All other terms of the contract remain the same.

Sheryl Chesnutt Standard Form 30, Block 14 Continuation Pages 2-4 Section IV of the Statement of Work, paragraphs C-F is hereby amended in its entirety to the following:

C. Evaluation Process This acquisition is utilizing the Trade-off Process under FAR Part 15. As best value trade-off is being applied, the Government will not necessarily award to the offeror with the lowest price or the highest rated technical proposal. Since trade-off between overall proposal assessment and price is possible, the resulting award may not be the lowest price proposal.

Technical Evaluation Factors A and B are of the same importance and of equal weight. When Factors A and B are combined they are of the same importance and equal weight as the Factor C. In the event of a tie, Factor D will serve as the tiebreaker.

The Government intends to make award without discussions. However, it may be determined necessary to conduct discussions if award cannot be made on the initial proposals submitted. In this case, the SSEB will need to identify what questions the SSEB feels need to be asked of the offeror in order for the SSEB to complete the evaluation and make a recommendation for award.

D. Evaluation Factor A - Experience Offerors must provide examples of no more than 5 and no less than 3 relevant examples of performing electrical type work in hospitals, medical facilities or other facilities where infection control is of concern over the past 5 years. The information provided will assist the Government in accurately evaluating an Offeror’s experience. Offerors may submit proposals for only their firm or they may choose to compile a team consisting of the Offeror as the prime and one or more key subcontractors. When developing proposals, the Offeror should keep in mind that the Government will evaluate the experience of the entire team – the Offeror and all proposed subcontractors. The Offeror must provide a list of all proposed subcontractors including relevant and recent work examples. The list of references for subcontractors should contain the same information as the Offeror’s list. The Offeror is reminded that the proposed team evaluated by the Government is the team that is expected to be utilized on the projects performed under the SATOC contracts. An unapproved change in the make-up of the team may be cause for default on the part of the Contractor.

a. Relevant. The VA considers the most relevant experience to be work performed in hospitals, followed by work performed in other medical facilities followed by work performed in other facilities where infection control is a concern. In addition to a list of work examples, experience is demonstrated in the resumes of key personnel, including subcontractors.

b. Recent. The more recent the experience the more relevant it is. The preference is that the experience will be within the past 3 years or so and experience that is more than 5 years old tends to lose its relevance.

E. Evaluation Factor B – Past Performance Past Performance verification will be obtained primarily from the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), but may also be obtained from any available sources to include, but not limited to, the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), Electronic Subcontract Reporting System (eSRS), or other databases; interviews with Program Managers, Contracting Officer, and interviews with project points of contact/References identified in the proposal.

The Government reserves the right to obtain past performance information from any available source and may contact sources other than those identified by the contractor when evaluating past performance.

In the case of an Offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the Offeror will be determined to have an unknown past performance. In this event, past performance will be rated as “acceptable” (see FAR 15.305 (a)(2)(iv)).

Additionally, the Offeror shall complete the General Contract Reference Form for each sample project that is being submitted. The form is located in Appendix A.

The Government reserves the right to contact any one or all of the firms represented in the Offeror’s sample projects for past performance information. If it is determined that represented firms will be contacted, a standard list of questions will be developed so that all contacted firms are asked for the same information. All other Offerors will be rated in accordance with the responses received from their customers.

E. Price Evaluation Factor C – Coefficient Rate

The only price evaluation factor is the Coefficient Rate. Coefficient is defined as a multiplier which is applied to the total of all unburdened Direct Costs that results in a firm fixed price for that scope of work. Examples of coefficient cost components include, but are not limited to: overhead, profit, insurance, tax, bonding, and administrative costs.

Specifically, the coefficient should only include those items that cannot be identified as a separate cost item. Any cost that cannot be directly accounted for against a specific scope of work shall be included into the coefficient rate.

The coefficient rate shall be applied to the summation of the unburdened Direct Cost to determine the Task Order firm fixed price. The contractors OH/G&A, and profit are to be included in the coefficient factor plus any other multipliers deemed appropriate. Therefore, when Task Order pricing is submitted only one number (the coefficient rate) is to be applied to the summation of all direct costs.

Working in an occupied hospital shall not be an adjustment factor.

F. EVALUATION FACTOR D - TIEBREAKER

In the event two or more contractors are rated at equal levels, then a tiebreaker will be assessed to determine the outcome. The tiebreaker will be computed as follows:

· The distance from the offerors primary business office to the Puget Sound VA Medical Center.

· The distance of the offerors primary business office to the American Lake VA Medical Center.

These two distances will be combined together to form the overall cumulative distance. The distances will be calculated by using google maps. The offerors primary business address must be the one listed in the System for Award Management. The tie breaker will be the Offeror with the lowest cumulative distance.

See attached document: APPENDIX A.