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Amendment to a Previous Combined Solicitation

Amendment to a Previous Combined Solicitation

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

Department of Veterans Affairs

NETWORK 23 CONTRACTING OFFICE

2501 W. 22nd St.

Sioux Falls SD 57105

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist John Milroy john.milroy@va.gov 605-336-3230

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Nebraska-Western Iowa VA Health Care System

4101 Woolworth Avenue

Omaha NE

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DESCRIPTION

Solicitation 36C26322Q0088 for Medical Gas System Maintenance & Inspection Service for the Nebraska-Western Iowa VA Health Care System is modified to update ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS— COMMERCIAL ITEMS with a new Site Visit Time for Omaha VA Medical Center and Grand Island VA Medical Center.

A.1 ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS— COMMERCIAL ITEMS 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.

The following provisions are incorporated into 52.212-1 as an addendum to this solicitation:

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.

The following provisions are incorporated into 52.212-1 as an addendum to this solicitation:

SITE VISIT:

Offerors are strongly encouraged to utilize the Site Visit scheduled by the Government.

The Site Visit for the Omaha VA Medical Center located at 4101 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, NE 68105 is scheduled for 09:00 AM Central Time (CT), Monday November 29, 2021.

The Site Visit for the Grand Island VA Medical Center located at 2201 N Broadwell Avenue, Grand Island, NE 68803 is scheduled for 2:00 PM Central Time (CT), Monday November 29, 2021.

During this site visit, the Government will provide access to the area where the water system is located to be able to view and examine the current piping and system. Confirmation of attendance (including name of company, point of contact, point of contact phone number and point of contact e-mail) at site visit should be e-mailed to Josiah D. Curley, Facility Point of Contact (POC) Phone (402) 995-5545 Ext. 205545, Email: josiah.curley@va.gov. The POC will provide an overview and a brief tour but will not accepting technical questions at this site visit. Technical questions shall be directed to Contracting Officer as cited below. Contracting officer will compile technical questions, provide responses through coordination with COR, and incorporate Government responses to technical questions via solicitation amendment if applicable.

TECHNICAL QUESTIONS:

Technical questions shall be accepted by the Government in writing no later than 10:00am Central Time (CT), Monday November 30, 2021. Please list “Technical Questions – Solicitation 36C26322Q0051” in subject line of e-mail and send to John Milroy, Contract Specialist, at john.milroy@va.gov. Please include in your questions the page number (listed at bottom of each solicitation page) of solicitation technical questions are referring to.

OFFER SUBMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Offeror shall submit offers by Due Date/Time specified in Block 8 of Standard Form (SF) 1449 of solicitation to John Milroy, Contract Specialist, at john.milroy@va.gov.

2) Subject line of e-mail shall be “Offer – Solicitation 36C26322Q0051” in subject line.

3) Offer shall include signed Standard Form (SF) 1449 page of solicitation

4) Offer shall include signed Standard Form (SF) 30 acknowledgements of solicitation amendments, as applicable

5) Offer shall also include the following, submitted as two (2) separate volumes in Portable Document Format (PDF), not Microsoft Word format:

Volume 1 (Past Performance and Technical Capability) Past Performance Offeror shall provide references, not to exceed five (5), which shall be for work performed within past three (3) years and shall be relevant to the complexity, size, and scope of this requirement.

For references, offerors shall list:

· Name/address of organization contract was with

· Contract or project number/title

· Period of performance of contract/project number

· • Brief description of contract/project scope and dollar value

· • Point of contact information (name/title/phone number/e-mail address) References may be from Federal/State/Local Government organizations or from commercial organizations in which the contractor performed as a Prime Contractor. Government references are considered more relevant in priority order of Federal, State, and then Local.

Technical Capability

1) American Society of Sanitary Engineering (ASSE) Certification: ASSE 6020 for system inspections, ASSE 6010 for system installations, ASSE 6030 for systems verifier, and ASSE 6040 systems maintenance. A copy of the ASSE Certifications is required in the quote package.

2) Each offeror shall provide references for their experience in Joint Commission reporting requirement for medical gas inspections. References will include name of the facility, dates services were provided, contact person, and contact information including current phone number and email. A signed release form is needed for the parties to discuss information, if applicable.

a. Lack of prior experience with Joint Commission reporting requirements will viewed as satisfactory.

Page limit for Past Performance and Technical Capability volume is 20 pages.

The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

Volume 2 (Pricing) Pricing: Contractor shall submit pricing on Section B.2 (Price Schedule); firm fixed unit pricing shall include all labor, overhead, profit, materials, and associated costs of the like to provide services as specified in Section B.3 (Statement of Work). Pricing shall not be handwritten on Section B.3 (Price Schedule) due to readability issues and submitted on that basis.

Note: Failure to submit any of the required information, statements, or certifications may result in rejection of the quote without further consideration for award.

The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

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