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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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(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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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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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 06-20-2019 None Department of Veterans Affairs

NETWORK 23 CONTRACTING OFFICE

2501 W. 22nd St.

Sioux Falls

SD

57105 Department of Veterans Affairs

NETWORK 23 CONTRACTING OFFICE

2501 W. 22nd St.

Sioux Falls

SD

57105 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C26319Q0576 06-06-2019

X X X

07/01/2019 10:00 AM CST

N/A X The purpose of this amendment is to answer questions and extend the solicitation, see below for questions and answers.

Travis Johnson Contracting Officer

NCO2315L2-5351

Site Specific Questions VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System

· Please clarify that the VA expects a hardcopy report to be mailed to them even though they are supplied with a digital report.

· A digital report is sufficient, a hard copy report is not required.

· Can VA state how many times in the last 12 months the current contractor has been required to take non-routine samples at all three locations?

· Please refer to the attached spreadsheet that shows the samples for the last year.

· Can VA provide a facilities spreadsheet that lays out from which buildings Legionella and Dental samples will be collected for all locations?

· The attached spreadsheet shows the locations of the samples taken over the last year.

· Are the dental clinic samples to be tested for Legionella from dental chair water lines or potable water sources within the clinic?

· Dental samples are not tested for Legionella.

Sioux Falls VA Health Care System

· Please clarify that the VA expects a hardcopy report to be mailed to them even though they are supplied with a digital report.

· The Sioux Falls VA Statement of Work (SOW) does not require a hard copy mailed to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) or Pint of Contact (POC). The SOW only states to email the report to the COR and POC.

· Can VA state how many times in the last 12 months the current contractor has been required to take non-routine samples at all three locations?

Legionella Results

· FY18 Q3

· 20 samples Building One – 20 samples negative

· 20 samples Building Five – 20 samples negative

· 3 chiller samples collected – 3 samples negative

· FY18 Q4

· 20 samples Building One – 20 samples negative

· 20 samples Building Five – 20 samples negative

· 3 chiller samples collected – 3 samples negative

· FY19 Q1

· 20 samples Building One – 20 samples negative

· 20 samples Building Five – 20 samples negative

· 3 chiller samples collected

· 2 samples negative

· 1 sample positive – retest after abatement (negative retest result)

· FY19 Q2

· 20 samples Building One – 20 samples negative

· 20 samples Building Five – 20 samples negative

· Dental Results

· FY18 Q3

· 39 samples tested – 39 sample results acceptable with no re-testing

· FY18 Q4

· 39 samples tested

· 16 sample results acceptable with no re-testing

· 23 samples results reported greater than the action level

· 23 re-test results acceptable with no re-testing

· FY19 Q1

· 33 samples tested

· 27 sample results acceptable with no-retesting

· 6 samples reported greater than the action level

· 6 re-test results acceptable with no re-testing

· FY19 Q2

· 35 samples tested

· 18 sample results acceptable with no-retesting

· 17 samples reported greater than the action level

· 17 re-test results acceptable with no re-testing

· Dental water results should never have this many re-tests. The Dental Department has reviewed the many positive and has taken action to eliminate the many positives.

· Can VA provide a facilities spreadsheet that lays out from which buildings Legionella and Dental samples will be collected for all locations?

· Per the SOW, the Sioux Falls VA COR and/or POC will provide the locations with in Building One and Building Five to sample for Legionella.

· Per the SOW, the Sioux Falls Dental Clinic staff will collect the samples. The samples location will be identified and provided to the contractor.

· Are the dental clinic samples to be tested for Legionella from dental chair water lines or potable water sources within the clinic?

· Per the SOW, Dental samples will be tested for the number of colony forming units of heterotrophic water bacteria per milliliter of water (cfu/ml), readings of less than 10 or greater than 500 may be recorded as <10cfu/ml or >500 cfu/ml.

· The Sioux Falls VA SOW for Dental has no mention or requirement to test for Legionella in dental chair water lines or potable water sources within the dental clinic.

General Questions

1) Should Offerors provide the Technical response and Price quote in the same Volume/file?

a. There is no specific requirement for this as long as both are provided, they can be separate files or combined.

2) B.2 Price/Cost Schedule: Item Numbers 0001, 0002, etc. that show Estimated Quantity of 0, Unit “Each”, please clarify if Offeror’s are required to provide pricing on those CLINS and if so, what pricing?

a. Although the estimated quantities are 0, the offeror should include a unit price for every line item.

3) Will VA please include administrative measures and language in the RFP stating that qualified SDVOSB primes will be subject to audit to ensure they are performing the majority of the work and not acting as a pass-through to business interests that are not SDVOSB as required by 13 CFR 125.6?

a. Please refer to VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) Clause 852.219-74 Limitations on Subcontracting-Monitoring and Compliance within the solicitation for the language.

4) Will VA please include administrative measures and language in the RFP stating the administrative actions that may be taken against those companies that are acting as pass-throughs (not performing the majority of work and therefore not compliant with 13 CFR 125.6) including, at minimum, termination of the contract?

a. Please refer to VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) Clause 852.219-74 Limitations on Subcontracting-Monitoring and Compliance within the solicitation for the language.

5) Will VA please require that all companies that propose the use of sub-contractors state in the proposal the names of sub-contractors, what service they provide (example legionella testing services) and the estimated dollar amount that is to be spent on them on an annual basis in order to provide a basis for asserting that SDVOSB and similarly situated subcontractors will be performing the majority of the work under the contract as required by 13 CFR 125.6?

a. Please refer to Technical Factor 2 within Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Provision 52.212-2 within the solicitation for the language.

6) On page 38 of the RFP the check-box regarding 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting has not been checked. Can VA please explain why this box is not checked?

a. Within the solicitation VAAR Clause 852.219-10 – VA Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside and VAAR Clause 852.219-74 – Limitations on Subcontracting – Monitoring and Compliance provides for the limitations specific to solicitations set aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses.

7) Would VA consider putting follow up (non-routine) sampling on different CLINs for 0001 as it was done with 0002?

a. The line items within the Price/Cost Schedule remain unchanged.

See attached document: Legionella Report.