36C26226Q1082 0002.docx

This file contains amendments to Request for Quotation (RFQ) 36C26226Q1082, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 22. The solicitation seeks a single firm-fixed-price award for software, software installation, and additional components for a Siemens MAGNETOM VIDA/VIDA 3T MRI System currently installed at a VA facility. The components and software will support clinical use and research by the on-site Radiology Department. This is a simplified acquisition for commercial items under FAR Part 13, issued for full and open competition to businesses with NAICS Code 334510 and a size standard of 1,250 employees. Offerors must meet the salient physical, functional, and performance characteristics specified in Attachment B; quotations not demonstrating compliance will be considered non-responsive. Technical specifications are brand-name specific and intended to indicate the quality required rather than be restrictive in nature.

Amendment 0002 addresses two key clarifications: (1) if an offeror submits required documentation before the closing date and is selected for award, the next step would be to issue a task order against existing IDIQ contract SPE2D1-17-D-0023, contingent upon all requested items being available on that IDIQ vehicle; and (2) an SBA class waiver for NAICS 334510, posted in the Federal Register on December 20, 2007 (72 FedReg 72433), covers medical ultrasound equipment and components, eliminating the requirement to supply products from small business manufacturers or processors for this procurement.