36C26123Q0235 0003.docx

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6. ISSUED BY

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NUMBER

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NUMBER

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10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER

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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

E. IMPORTANT:

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.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

(REV. 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 ITEM 10A.

15C. DATE SIGNED

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERE

D CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES

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 reference to the solicitation and this amendmen t, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER

Contractor

16C. DATE SIGNED

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION

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STATES OF AMERICA

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.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF

CONTRACTING OFFICER

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

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Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.243 (Type or print) (Type or print) (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

(Number, street, county, State and ZIP Code) (If other than Item 6) (Specify type of modification and authority) such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.)

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13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF

SOLICITATIONS

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

612MCP

Department of Veterans Affairs

VA

Sierra Pacific Network (VISN 21) VA Northern California HealthCare System 5342 Dudley Blvd, Bldg 209 McClellan CA 95652-2609

612MCP

Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Veterans Affairs VA Northern California HealthCare System 3230 Peacekeeper Way, Bldg. 209 McClellan CA 95652-1012 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C26123Q0235 02-24-2023

X X X ** HOUR & DATE for Receipt of Offers is EXTENDED to: March 1, at 3:00pm PST X The solicitation is modified as follows:

1) answers to potential offerors' questions are are attached; and

2) the due date and time for submission of quotes IS EXTENDED to Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 3:00 pm PST.

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REQUEST FOR QUOTES 36C26123Q0235 AMENDMENT 003

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

We assume that the VA staff will be performing the daily and hourly tasking, is this correct?

Yes

In the previous contract (we are the incumbent), combustion analysis was added to the monthly tasking, but it is now in the PWS as semi- and annual testing, can you please confirm frequency?

As per the recent PWS; semi- and annual testing.

Deaerator tanks are listed in the PWS, but they do not appear on the equipment list. Can you please provide the number of Deaerator tanks; the model and manufacturer of each Deaerator tank?

There is one Deaerator tank. The DA Tank is a Shipco Part Number 27600 [National Board # 189]. ‘Magnetic Particle Testing’ would require certification authority. We will require yearly cleaning of internal surfaces from the contractor. For this part of the PWS “Deaerator: Inspection and wet magnetic particle testing of welds of pressure vessel interior” we will accept… equivalent non-destructive test techniques.

Does each site have exactly 1 Deaerator (DA) Tank and 1 Condensate tank? (Smaller sites may not have 1 of each, or any.)

Mather is only site with DA tank and Condensate tank. All other sites are just hot water boilers.

The DA Tank at Mather is too small for internal inspection so the 6-year Magnetic Particle Testing would not be possible due to no access to surfaces. If it is agreed with VA that the tanks are too small, would it be acceptable that item 3 from VHA 1810 could not be completed?

Acceptable that this test can be excluded from requirements in the contract.

How will emergency repairs be funded? Will there be an IDIQ, or should a certain dollar amount be added onto each contract year (i.e. $50k), which is replenished when exhausted?

There is an available CLIN that can be used to bill off when VA agrees with proposal for related work.

Please specify if significant (over $100 value) parts or devices discovered to be bad during Monthly PM or Semi-Annual inspections will be the responsibility of the contractor to pay for? Will both the parts and labor of any bad devices be billable back to the VA?

VA will provide parts and the vendor is responsible for installation and cost for installation unless it is identified outside of the parameters of the scope.

For boilers which will require replacing gaskets after reassembly will the cost of gaskets be billable as a replacement part?

VA stocks and provides gaskets for contractor to install as needed.

The last line of table for “Contractor Performance Requirements” on page 14 states that Contractor must spend a minimum of 2 days at each plant during scheduled service maintenance calls. Could you please verify that this is intended for the more involved semi-annual visits, rather than monthly PM which will take less than 2 days at each site?

Mather site only, minimum 2 days monthly PM time allotment required.

Scope Item #3 in the PWS states: “Deaerator: Inspection and wet magnetic particle testing of welds of pressure vessel interior” This test must be performed from inside the vessel. These tanks are not large enough for an adult person to get inside the access ports. Scope item number 3 cannot be done in the manner requested, can an alternative be offered by the VANCHS?

Acceptable that this test can be excluded from requirements in the contract.

For emergency call out requirements could you verify that there is a 4-hour onsite and 2-hour acknowledgement period as there are some conflicting values elsewhere in SOW.

2 hour response time is required to be onsite to evaluate and repair.

Below are the Serial numbers of equipment not previously listed in the Equipment Spreadsheet