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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:

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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.

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

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Contractor

16C. DATE SIGNED

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

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

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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 07-24-2025 664-25-4-5081-0150 None 36C262

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Department of Veterans Affairs NCO 22 - Network Contracting 650 East Indian School Road Phoenix AZ 85012 36C262

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Department of Veterans Affairs NCO 22 - Network Contracting 650 East Indian School Road Phoenix AZ 85012 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C26225Q1120 07-02-2025

X X X See CONTINUATION Page X The purpose for this amendment is to update the instructions to offers.

All offers are due NLT July 28, 2025, at 1:00 PM MST. Offerors shall be submitted via email to: Felicia Simpson, Contract Specialist at Felicia.Simpson@va.gov

Contractor shall sign clause 852.219-75 VA NOTICE OF LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING-CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR SERVICE AND CONSTRUCTION (JAN 2023) (DEVIATION) pg 19 of the solicitation.

ALL OFFERS SHALL SUBMIT ALL DOCUMENTATION UNDER SECTION E and all AMENDMENTS, failure to provide any required document and acknowledgment of all amendments will result in the offer not being accepted and will not be evaluated.

E.1 ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS:

Offerors are notified that VA Form 10091, FMS Vendor File Request Form and W-9, Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification (see SECTION D for attached documents) shall be faxed or emailed https://www.cep.fsc.va.gov directly to the VA Financial Service Center in Austin, Texas and be submitted with their offer. Failure to include this information can eliminate the offeror from award consideration or considerably delay the award.

How to Access CEP Access the CEP using this link: https://www.cep.fsc.va.gov The new Customer Engagement Portal meets AccessVA Security Protocol that requires Two-Factor Authentication/Verification (2-FA) for all users. AccessVA has partnered with ID.ME to provide the required 2-FA for all non-government users. Please register a new Customer Engagement Portal (CEP) user account. Once ID.Me has completed the 2-FS, you will be redirected to Customer Engagement Portal (CEP) us the 10091 webform link found on the welcome page.

Each OFFER submitted in hard copy format shall include one copy of the offer. If an alternative offer is submitted, the Contractor shall submit one copy of the alternative OFFER.

Offers submitted by email shall be sent to felicia.simpson@va.gov and will be accepted by the Government at the time the email is delivered to the contract specialist email box. Offers must also be in PDF, and compatible with Microsoft Office Software to be accepted. The Contractor submitting an offer is responsible for ensuring that the contract specialist has received the offer before the deadline for receipt of offers, and the government will not be responsible for delays or failures or either the contractor’s email system or the Government’s email system. Facsimile offers will not be accepted.

Quote Submittal Requirements: Offerors are required to include the following information with their quote submissions.

1. Factor 1 - General Information/Technical Approach:

The quotation will be evaluated to the extent to which it can meet and/or exceed the Government’s requirements as outlined in the solicitation and based on the information requested in the instructions to quoters section of the solicitation.

State how you will provide the preventative and maintenance of the carts that require a quarterly service to keep them in top operating shape.

Factor 2 – Price: This factor will be used to assess the reasonableness of the Offeror’s proposed price. Offerors shall submit their pricing within the schedule, Section B, of the SF 1449. The offeror shall properly complete the solicitation document (SF 1449) along with any amendments (SF 30), if any are issued. Complete Blocks 12, 17a (please include Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), 30a, 30b, and 30c of the Standard Form SF1449.

Factor 3 – Experience: This factor will be used to assess the Offeror’s experience providing personnel performing work under the contract shall have specialized experience performing preventative and corrective maintenance for the Sterile Processing Service (SPS) case carts. The Government will assess the Offeror’s experience, as well as the experience of the Offeror’s proposed subcontractor(s), if any are proposed. For each reference contract the Offeror submits as evidence of its offered experience providing preventative and corrective maintenance for the Sterile Processing Service (SPS) case carts. the Offeror’s narrative must clearly state the following information:

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

b. the contract number;

c. a description providing details of the specific tasks the Offeror (or the Offeror’s proposed subcontractor) performed under that contract;

d. in what geographic location the Offeror (or the Offeror’s proposed subcontractor) performed these services;

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

f. the number of buildings and height (number of stories of each building) for which the Offeror (or the Offeror’s proposed subcontractor) provided preventative and corrective maintenance for the Sterile Processing Service (SPS) case carts. under that contract;

g. whether the provided reference contract is for services provided by the Offeror or provided by a proposed subcontractor of the Offeror’s. If the claimed experience is for a proposed subcontractor, provide the full legal name of the proposed subcontractor;

h. whether the Offeror (or the Offeror’s proposed subcontractor) was the prime contractor or a subcontractor for that contract; and

i. the name, phone number, and email address of a person at the entity with whom the Offeror (or the Offeror’s proposed subcontractor) held the contract who can verify the information the Offeror provides in the narrative description for this factor.

Factor 4 – Required documents:

The offeror shall submit the required information listed below as part of their quote:

a. Verification of submitted VA Form 10091 and confirmation of W-9 faxed to Austin, TX.

b. FMS Vendor File Update Form

c. Verification of Registration in System for Award Management (SAM)

d. VAAR 852.219-75 and -76 certifications shall be signed and filled out at the time of bid/quote/offer submission. If VAAR 852.219-75 and -76 certifications is not signed nor filled out, then your offeror shall not be evaluated.

The information requested above is required for the Government to evaluate proposals for the Experience evaluation factor. General statements claiming experience providing SPS case carts 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 GOVERNMENT AS EVIDENCE THAT THE OFFEROR (OR THE OFFEROR’S PROPOSED SUBCONTRACTOR) LACKS EXPERIENCE IN PROVIDING SPS CASE CARTS WHEN EVALUATING PROPOSALS FOR THE EXPERIENCE EVALUATION FACTOR.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR OFFEROR SUBMISSION

Format of offer: In order to be considered for selection, the Contractor must submit a complete response to this solicitation using the sequence and format instructions provided. Offers shall be clear and concise, logically assembled (with all pages appropriately numbered). To reduce offer size, the Contractor submitting an offer shall confine submission to essential matters sufficient to define the offer and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. The offer shall not contain classified data. NO ZIPPED FILES are permitted.

Submittal Instructions: The Contractor’s offer must be labeled with the Contractor’s name and business address of the firm, the solicitation number 36C26225Q1120_1 and point of contact to include name, telephone, and email address. The Government is not responsible for identifying inconsistencies between the two and may rely on either version at its discretion.

All interested Offerors should submit information by e-mail to felicia.simpson@va.gov. All e-mails must have as the subject line “RFQ# 36C26225Q1120_1, - “SPS Case Cart”. All information submissions must be received no later than 1:00 pm MST on July 28, 2025.

The Contractor is advised that all submissions and related materials become the property of the U.S. Government and will not be returned.

Questions: All questions must be submitted by email to felicia.simpson@va.gov no later than 1PM (MST) on July 21, 2025.

Provisions that are incorporated by reference (by Citation Number, Title, and Date), have the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available.

Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

DO NOT COMBINE FILES TOGETHER

CONTINUATION PAGE

AMENDMENT TWO TO UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERS.