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Changes to section E.4 Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 Instruction to Offerors This amendment to Solicitation change the verbiage on “Section E.4 Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 Instruction to Offerors,” Submission of Required documents FROM:Please scroll down to the “To:” part to see new changes highlighted in yellow.

SUBMISSION OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: Submission of Required Documents listed herein is a condition precedent to award of a contract. In general, LIMIT your response to no more than thirty-five (35) typewritten pages with a 12pt font-size and Times New Roman font-type, including, at a minimum, the following documentation:

1) SF 1449. As a minimum, include—

a) Complete block 17a and "Remit to" address, if different than mailing address

b) Complete blocks 30a, 30b, and 30c; Signature, Print Name & Title of Signer, Date Signed. Electronic Signatures and Dates are acceptable.

2) Revised Table A.

a) Offerors shall revise, complete and submit Table A (see Section D). Table A is the List of all rooms the contractor shall perform the removal of existing Patient Lifts or perform removal of tracks/components from previous lift, and perform installation of new Patient Lifts as required.

b) Offerors shall indicate whether installation at each room requires General Construction or not.

c) Offerors shall indicate whether movement of any lights, sprinklers, televisions, or other fixtures in order to install ceiling lifts is required at each room or not.

3) Factor 1 – REPAIR SERVICE, PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND EXTENDED WARRANTY PLAN.

a) Offerors shall provide:

i) A narrative describing the offeror’s plan to provide repair services, preventive maintenance, and extended warranty to the proposed Patient Ceiling Lifts for delivery at PVAHS. Warranty shall include all parts, labor, and travel. Describe specific steps the offeror will take, as well as the key milestones necessary to fully provide repair services, preventive maintenance, and extended warranty to the proposed Patient Ceiling Lifts for delivery at PVAHS. The narrative must address the schedule risks that the offeror has identified regarding the repair services, preventive maintenance, and extended warranty and describe the steps the offeror plans to take to mitigate those risks.

ii) A project schedule, depicted in a Gannt Chart format, that shows the major tasks the offeror plans to perform to provide repair services, preventive maintenance, and extended warranty services to the proposed Patient Ceiling Lifts for delivery at PVAHS; the planned duration of each task; the dependencies between the tasks (i.e. show which tasks are dependent upon the completion of other tasks); the key milestones in the performance of repair services, preventive maintenance, and extended warranty; and the total duration, from start to finish, for the performance of repair services, preventive maintenance, and extended warranty. The project schedule must be presented in a Gannt Chart format and must be accompanied by a narrative that briefly describes what work will be accomplished for each major task and milestone identified in the Gannt Chart.

4) Factor 2 - Price.

a) Offerors shall complete and submit the schedule of services and price in the Price Schedule of this solicitation in order for their offer to be acceptable.

b) Offerors shall complete and submit the Price Schedule of this solicitation by indicating the installation of Patient Lifts that require General Construction as Optional Line Items. The Government may or may not exercise the option to purchase these Optional Line Items at the time of award at the same price/rate as the Optional Line Items indicated in the Offerors submission/Price Schedule.

5) Authorization Letter

a) Offeror must be an authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed clinical surveillance software and must submit an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM dated within 90 days from the date established in this solicitation as the “Submission of Offers” deadline.

6) Submissions can be sent in multiple emails to avoid computer system email size limitation to the CO. Offers submitted by any other method will not be considered. All proprietary information shall be clearly marked. The use of hyperlinks in quotes is prohibited. Late submissions will not be accepted for evaluation. The contractor is responsible for confirming the Government’s receipt of the contractor’s offer.

(End of Addendum to 52.212-1) This amendment to Solicitation change the verbiage on “Section E.4 Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 Instruction to Offerors,” Submission of Required documents TO:

SUBMISSION OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: Submission of Required Documents listed herein is a condition precedent to award of a contract. In general, LIMIT your response to no more than thirty-five (35) typewritten pages with a 12pt font-size and Times New Roman font-type, including, at a minimum, the following documentation:

1) SF 1449. As a minimum, include—

a) Complete block 17a and "Remit to" address, if different than mailing address

b) Complete blocks 30a, 30b, and 30c; Signature, Print Name & Title of Signer, Date Signed. Electronic Signatures and Dates are acceptable.

2) Revised Table A.

a) Offerors shall revise, complete and submit Table A (see Section D). Table A is the List of all rooms the contractor shall perform the removal of existing Patient Lifts or perform removal of tracks/components from previous lift (infrastructure), and perform installation of new Patient Lifts as required.

b) Offerors shall indicate whether installation at each room requires General Construction or not.

c) Offerors shall indicate whether movement of any lights, sprinklers, televisions, or other fixtures in order to install ceiling lifts is required at each room or not.

d) Offerors shall identify the estimated costs of installing new infrastructure by the manufacturer.

3) Price/Cost Schedule (section B.3).

a) Offerors shall complete and submit the schedule of services and price in the Price Schedule of this solicitation in order for their offer to be acceptable.

4) Authorization Letter

a) Offeror must be an authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed clinical surveillance software and must submit an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM dated within 90 days from the date established in this solicitation as the “Submission of Offers” deadline.

5) Submissions can be sent in multiple emails to avoid computer system email size limitation to the CO. Offers submitted by any other method will not be considered. All proprietary information shall be clearly marked. The use of hyperlinks in quotes is prohibited. Late submissions will not be accepted for evaluation. The contractor is responsible for confirming the Government’s receipt of the contractor’s offer.

(End of Addendum to 52.212-1)