RFP Amendment - 36C26223R0067 0001 - Nurse Staffing Services - VALLHS.pdf

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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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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 NUMBERED 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 amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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Contractor

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06-07-2023

36C262

Department of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office 22

4811 Airport Plaza Drive

Suite 600

Long Beach CA 90815

36C262

Department of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office 22

4811 Airport Plaza Drive

Suite 600

Long Beach CA 90815

To all Offerors/Bidders

36C26223R0067

06-01-2023

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The purpose of this amendment is to revise Section D.4 - REFERENCE CONTRACT WORKSHEET-NURSE STAFFING SERVICES

EXPERIENCE-ATTACHED and Section E.2 - INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—PROPOSAL SUBMISSION.

Please see pages 2-4.

All other Terms and Conditions of the Solicitation and any resulting Contract remain unchanged.

Alice McGruder, Contracting Officer

E.2 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

1. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

a. Period of Acceptance of Offer. By submitting an offer, the Offeror agrees to hold prices in its Offer firm for a period of 120 calendar days from the date specified for the receipt of offers. FAR 52.212-

1(c) is tailored to extend the period of acceptance for offers from 30 calendar days to 120 calendar days.

b. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 15 procedures. In order to be considered for award, offerors shall complete and return all information designated in the enclosed FAR Clauses 52.212-1, Addendum to 52.212-1, regarding proposal submission.

c. The Government anticipates making one or more awards in response to this solicitation.

d. In order to be eligible for contract award, offerors must submit proposals to provide all nurse services listed in Section B.2 – Schedule of Services and Price and Section D.2 – Price Worksheet.

An offeror who does not submit complete price proposals will be deemed ineligible for contract award.

e. UEI Number. Provide the Unique Entity Identifier Number assigned to your firm in the space provided in section B.1 Contract Administration Data.

f. Solicitation Questions/Technical Inquiries: Offeror questions and inquiries concerning the solicitation will be accepted from the solicitation posting date until June 08, 2023 11:00 AM

PST. Questions shall be sent via email sent to Melissa.Renteria@va.gov. Answers to questions shall be issued via an amendment to the solicitation.

g. Offerors Shall Complete and Provide the Following Documents:

i. SF 1449 - Completed Block 17a, and signed offer (blocks 30a, b, and c) of SF 1449

ii. Signed SF 30(s)

iii. Completed section B.1 Contract Administration Data.

iv. Completed Price Proposal – Section B.2 Schedule of Services and Price and Attachment D.2

Price Worksheet

v. Completed and signed Section C.8 VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on

Subcontracting – Certificate of Compliance for Services And Construction (Nov 2022)

vi. Completed Section E.10 FAR 52.212-3 – Offeror Representations and Certifications—

Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEC 2022).

vii. Completed Attachment D.1 Reference Contract Worksheet Nurse Staffing Services in response to the Experience evaluation factor.

viii. Completed Attachment D.4 Reference Contract Worksheet – Nurse Staffing Services

Experience.

h. Proposal Submittal. Proposals shall be emailed to Melissa.Renteria@va.gov by 11AM Pacific

Standard Time by June 29, 2023. Email size shall not exceed 7MB. It is the responsibility of the

Offeror to ensure their proposal submission has been received. Offerors shall submit their proposals in three (3) volumes submitted as three (3) files as indicated below:

i. Volume 1 – SF 1449 completed and signed; Section B.1 Contract Administration Data completed; Section B.2 Schedule of Services and Price completed in its entirety; signed amendments; completed and signed Section C.8 VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of

Limitations on Subcontracting – Certificate of Compliance for Services And Construction

(Nov 2022); and Completed Section E.10 FAR 52.212-3 – Offeror Representations and

Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEC 2022). All documents shall be in PDF format.

mailto:Melissa.Renteria@va.gov mailto:Melissa.Renteria@va.gov

ii. Volume 2 – Cover Letter (optional) and Offeror’s Response to Step 1- Acceptability of

Proposals, using the format provided in Attachment D.4 Reference Contract Worksheet –

Nurse Staffing Services Experience, and Offeror’s response to Factor 1 – Experience using the format provided in Attachment D.1 Reference Contract Worksheet Nurse Staffing

Services. All documents in PDF format.

iii. Volume 3 – Completed Attachment D.2 Price Worksheet in Excel format.

2. EVALUATION FACTORS AND CRITERIA

Proposal submittal requirement for STEP 1 – Acceptability of Proposals.

a. Proposal Acceptability Criteria – Experience Providing Nurse Staffing Services. To be considered “Acceptable,” the proposal must demonstrate experience providing nurse staffing services for each of the nurse specialties required for this procurement (nurse practitioner, registered nurse-general, registered nurse-specialty, licensed vocational nurse, and certified nurse assistant).

Offerors must include with their proposal (by completing Attachment D.4) the following information for each of the nurse staffing specialties:

i. Identify the name of the agency/activity where the staffing services for that nurse specialty were provided.

ii. Provide the contract number for the staffing services for that nurse specialty.

iii. Specify the dates the staffing services for that nurse specialty were provided to that agency/activity.

iv. Provide contact information (name, email, and phone number) for the point of contact at the agency/activity who can verify that the staffing services for that nurse specialty were provided

Offerors may satisfy this acceptability criteria by identifying one or more contracts under which the specific type of nurse staffing services were provided. For example, multiple nurse staffing specialties may be accounted for under a single staffing services contract, but the proposal must clearly account for and demonstrate that the Offeror (or the Offeror’s proposed subcontractor; or the

Offeror in combination with a proposed subcontractor) has provided each nurse staffing specialty under a nurse staffing services contract.

Offerors shall complete and submit with their proposal attachment D.4, Reference Contract

Worksheet – Nurse Staffing Services Experience. OFFERORS WHO FAIL TO COMPLY

WITH THIS PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENT, OR WHO FAIL TO FOLLOW

THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE WORKSHEET, WILL HAVE THEIR PROPOSALS

REJECTED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FURTHER FOR CONTRACT AWARD.

Proposal Submittal Requirements for STEP 2 – Tradeoff Analysis of Acceptable Proposals.

b. FACTOR 1 – Experience – This factor will be used to assess the Offeror’s offered experience providing nurse staffing services. The Government will assess the Offeror’s experience, as well as the experience of the Offeror’s proposed subcontractor(s), if any are proposed. Offerors shall describe their specific experience providing nurse staffing services by identifying reference contracts that demonstrate the offered experience. For each reference contract the Offeror submits as evidence of its experience providing nurse staffing services, the Offeror shall provide the following information using the Attachment D.1 Reference Contract Worksheet. No other format shall be used.

i. the legal name of the entity with whom the Offeror (or Offeror’s proposed subcontractor) held the contract;

ii. the contract number;

iii. in what geographic location the Offeror (or Offeror’s proposed subcontractor) performed the contract;

iv. the dates during which the Offeror (or Offeror’s proposed subcontractor) performed the contract;

v. the average monthly number of nurse staff the Offeror (or Offeror’s proposed subcontractor) provided for each nurse specialty under that contract; break out and specify numbers separately for each type of nurse staff specialty (e.g. Certified Nurse Assistants (CNAs), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs), Registered Nurses (RNs), specialty RNs, and

Nurse Practitioners (NPs).

vi. whether the provided reference contract is for services provided by the Offeror or provided by a proposed subcontractor of the Offeror’s;

vii. whether the Offeror (or Offeror’s proposed subcontractor) was the prime contractor or a subcontractor for that provided reference contract;

viii. the name, phone number, and email address of a person at the entity with whom the Offeror

(or Offeror’s proposed subcontractor) held the contract who can verify the information the

Offeror provides in the narrative description for this factor.

NOTE: The proposal submittal requirement in Attachment D.1 Reference Contract Worksheet Nurse

Staffing Services for STEP 2 – Tradeoff Analysis of Acceptable Proposals, is different from the information and format required in Attachment D.4 Reference Contract Worksheet – Nurse Staffing Services Experience for STEP 1 – Acceptability of Proposals. Offerors may identify one or more reference contracts for consideration for STEP 2 – Tradeoff Analysis of Acceptable Proposals but must complete a separate

Attachment D.1 Reference Contract Worksheet Nurse Staffing Services for each reference contract the

Offeror wishes to have considered for STEP 2 – Tradeoff Analysis of Acceptable Proposals . No other format shall be used.

Note: The information that is requested above is required for the Government to evaluate proposals for the

Experience evaluation factor under STEP 2 – Tradeoff Analysis of Acceptable Proposals. General statements claiming experience providing contracted nurse staffing services that do not include specific references to prior contract work, or that do not include the information required above, are not acceptable. FAILURE

TO SUBMIT THE INFORMATION REQUIRED ABOVE TO SUPPORT THE OFFEROR’S

CLAIMED EXPERIENCE MAY BE VIEWED BY THE GOVERNEMNT AS EVIDENCE THAT

THE OFFEROR (OR OFFEROR’S PROPOSED SUBCONTRACTOR) LACKS EXPERIENCE

PROVIDING NURSE STAFFING SERVICES WHEN EVALUATING PROPOSALS FOR THE

EXPERIENCE EVALUATION FACTOR.

c. FACTOR 2 – Price – This factor will be used to assess the reasonableness of the Offeror’s proposed prices. For this factor, Offerors shall submit their price proposal using the Schedule of Services and

Price from Section B.2 and the Price Worksheet from Section D.2. No other format for price proposals shall be accepted.

(End of Addendum to 52.212-1)