Solicitation 36C26322Q0088 Amendment 0002.pdf

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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

36C26322Q0088

11-30-2021

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636-3680160-2301-825500-2645- 010055543

636-22-1-5058-0007

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Solicitation 36C26322Q0088 for Medical Gas System Maintenance & Inspection Service for the Nebraska-Western Iowa VA

Health Care System is modified to update the PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT Inspection Section in response to a Technical

Question if this section was in alignment with VHA Directive 7515 Medical Gas Vacuum Systems.

Scott Morrison

Contracting Officer

NCO2316L2-65423

A.1 PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT Revised 11/30/2021

1) GENERAL DISCRIPTION:

a) This contract calls for the maintenance of the equipment as described below. The contractor shall furnish necessary labor, tools, equipment, and transportation to provide preventive maintenance, repair services, and equipment inspections for the current existing medical gas equipment and systems located at the Omaha and Grand Island

Medical Centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health

Care System. Medical gas systems are systems distributing to patient care areas vacuum suction as well as any of the following pressurized gases: oxygen, medical air, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide. This contract does not include preventive maintenance, repair services, and equipment inspections on the liquid bulk and reserve oxygen tanks as the primary source of hospital oxygen. Also, this contract does not include any liability for equipment located on the bulk and reserve tanks’ concrete pad.

However, this contract does include preventive maintenance, repair services, and equipment inspections on gaseous oxygen manifold systems intended for emergency use only. Below is an outline of the contractual performance requirements the contractor is required to deliver to the VA.

b) The contractor will perform operating inspection, scheduled preventative maintenance, emergency service requests, and proactive maintenance actions to machines (i.e.

medical air compressors, medical vacuum pumps, alarm panels, master alarm panels, zone valves, source valves, riser valves, area alarms, outlets, inlets, and manifold systems) ensuring that vacuum generating equipment, medical air compressors, medical gas distribution lines, vacuum distribution lines, and gas manifold systems are functioning, available, and ready to deploy services as needed to designated patient rooms.

c) The contractor will be responsible for ensuring that existing oxygen connection ports on the exterior of the VA Medical Center (including the VA Ambulatory Care Center) are maintained, inspected, and function tested at the respective manufacturers’ recommended intervals for the system equipment. This emergency port is only used if the primary and reserve liquid oxygen bulk tanks are disabled due to a catastrophe, and the connection port is the VA Medical Center’s last lifeline for patient oxygen supply before resulting in an indefinite stoppage of mission critical functions as per VHA directives.

2) PERFORMANCE LOCATION:

a) Department of Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha

Division Medical Center, 4101 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, NE 68105

b) Department of Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Grand

Island Division Medical Center, 2201 N Broadwell Ave, Grand Island, NE 68803

3) PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

a) BASE YEAR: 01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022

b) OPTION YEAR ONE: 01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023

c) OPTION YEAR TWO: 01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024

d) OPTION YEAR THREE: 01/01/2025 to 12/31/2025

e) OPTION YEAR FOUR: 01/01/2026 to 12/31/2026

4) HOURS OF SERVICES:

a) Normal Operational Hours (i.e. 06:00-17:00)

i) Preventive maintenance services and inspections shall be performed on weekdays during normal business hours between 06:00 CST to 17:00 CST unless other arrangements have been made with the appropriate representatives.

ii) Normally, work will not be done on federal holidays. A list of federal holidays is at

Federal Holidays (opm.gov).

iii) Any work scheduled outside of normal operational hours must be arranged and approved by the Nebraska-Western Iowa VA Health Care System Engineering with at least 24 hours of advanced notice.

5) NEBRSAKA-WESTERN IOWA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM CONTACT INFORMATION:

a) Normal Work Hours (i.e. 06:00-17:00):

i) Omaha VA Medical Center contacts:

(1) Primary - Josiah Curley 402-995-5545 & 918-581-4171 Josiah.Curley@va.gov

(2) Secondary - Griffin Walsh 402-995-3741 & 531-232-9231 Griffin.Walsh@va.gov

(3) Tertiary - Plumbers / Pipefitters 402-995-3017

ii) Grand Island VA Medical Center Contacts:

(1) Primary - Josiah Curley 402-995-5545 & 918-581-4171 Josiah.Curley@va.gov

(2) Secondary - William Sis 308-382-3660 & 918-613-1621 William.Sis@va.gov

(3) Tertiary - Boiler Plant Operators 308-395-3400

b) After-Hours Work (i.e. outside of 06:00-17:00):

i) Omaha VA Medical Center

(1) Primary - Boiler Plant Operators 402-995-4830

(2) Secondary - AC Plant Operators 402-995-3280

ii) Grand Island VA Medical Center

(1) Primary - Boiler Plant Operators 308-395-3400

6) EQUIPMENT LIST:

a) The Omaha VA Medical Center’s medical gas systems that are included within the performance work statement in this contract consist of the following primary components listed below (only equipment designated and documented in-use by the VA Patient Care staff and Engineering staff fall under the purview of this contract. Any equipment not in-use or removed from the medical gas systems is not included in the SOW unless explicitly stated):

b) Main Hospital - Omaha

i) Two medical air compressor units

(1) Unit 1

(a) Manufacturer: Ohio Medical

(b) Model #: AS500B-ST6-DD

(c) Serial #: 1014260

(d) Schematic #: 219561TS-32A

(e) Enclosure Type: 12

(2) Unit 2

(a) Manufacturer: Powerex

(b) Model #: MSQ05A42P

(c) Serial #: (H)8/19/2019-000006423-1017

(d) Tank #: 120 L

(e) Rating: 5 (4)

ii) Two vacuum compressor units

(1) Unit 1 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/

(a) Manufacturer: Ohio Medical

(b) Model #: C750B-ST4

(c) Serial #: 970401

(d) Schematic #: 219540TS-SS

(e) Enclosure Type: 12

(2) Unit 2

(a) Manufacturer: Ohio Medical

(b) Model #: C750B-ST4

(c) Serial #: 1014268

(d) Schematic #: 219540TS-SS

(e) Enclosure Type: 12

iii) Oxygen manifold

iv) Nitrous oxide manifold

v) Three master medical gas alarm panels

vi) Zone valves on each floor with medical gas distribution

vii) Riser valves on each floor with medical gas distribution

viii) Area alarm panels on each floor with medical gas distribution

ix) Inlet and outlet valves in patient rooms (see attached inventory for Omaha)

x) One emergency oxygen connection on the exterior of the building

c) Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) - Omaha

i) One medical air compressor unit

(1) Manufacturer: Ohio Medical

(2) Model #: AS750B-ST2-DD

(3) Serial #: 959910

(4) Schematic #: 219521TS-32A

(5) Enclosure Type: 12

ii) One vacuum compressor unit

(1) Manufacturer: Ohio Medical

(2) Model #: C750B-ST2

(3) Serial #: 959902

(4) Schematic #: 219520TS-SS

(5) Enclosure Type: 12

iii) Oxygen manifold

iv) Nitrogen manifold

v) Carbon dioxide manifold

vi) Nitrous oxide manifold

vii) One medical master gas alarm

viii) Zone valves on each floor with medical gas distribution

ix) Riser valves on each floor with medical gas distribution

x) Area alarm panels on each floor with medical gas distribution

xi) Inlet and outlet valves in patient rooms (see attached inventory for Omaha)

d) Main Hospital - Grand Island

i) One medical air compressor unit

(1) Manufacturer: Ohio Medical

(2) Model #: AS1000B-ST3-DD

(3) Serial #: 1048017-1

(4) Schematic #: 219531TS

(5) Enclosure Type: 12

ii) One vacuum compressor unit

(1) Ohio Medical

(2) Model #: D500B-T3

(3) Serial #: 1048017-6

(4) Schematics #: 219530TS-32A

(5) Enclosure Type: 12

iii) Oxygen air manifold

iv) Two medical master gas alarms

v) Zone valves on each floor with medical gas distribution

vi) Riser valves on each floor with medical gas distribution

vii) Area alarm panels on each floor with medical gas distribution

viii) Inlet and outlet valves in patient rooms (see attached annual report for outlet count)

ix) One emergency oxygen connection on the exterior of the building

x) One emergency vacuum connection on the exterior of the building

xi) One emergency medical air connection on the exterior of the building

7) REQUIRED CERTIFICATION

a) Certification: Proof of certification is required when submitting quotes.

b) ASSE Certification: American Society of Sanitary Engineering (ASSE) ASSE 6020 for system inspections, ASSE 6010 for system installations, ASSE 6030 for systems verifier, and ASSE 6040 systems maintenance.

c) Experience: Prior experience in The Joint Commission reporting requirement for medical gas inspections preferred.

8) CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA:

a) REPORTING

i) The contractor personnel shall report to the VA site representative to sign in and acquire a badge.

ii) The contractor personnel shall report to the VA site representative to sign out and return the badge before departing the VA facility at the end of each week.

iii) The contractor personnel shall wear an identification badge provided by VA when working under the resulting contract on Federal property.

b) INSPECTIONS

i) The contractor/inspector will perform a Cross Connection verification test of 10% of the existing outlets annually of all medical gas outlets at the Nebraska-Western Iowa

Health Care System Omaha VA Medical Center in Omaha, NE and the Grand Island

VA Medical Center in Grand Island, NE.

ii) Testing cannot be repeated on an outlet until all outlets in the hospital have been tested once (testing of newly installed outlets must not supersede the testing of existing outlets).

iii) Each year the inspections will be from a different 10% than the previous year.

iv) The 10% sampling for inspection is at contractor discretion with requirement that

10% be different sampling and rotated from previous years.

v) The contractor will provide master alarm activation at all medical gas sources and medical/surgical vacuum pumps annually.

c) SERVICES:

i) The contractor will maintain the Medical Gas Systems in the Nebraska-Western Iowa

VA Health Care System per industry standards, federal regulations, VA Directives and State of Nebraska Regulations (i.e. NFPA 99 and VHA DIRECTIVE 7515).

ii) All work will be done safely and in accordance with OSHA Regulations, VA

Directives, and the State of Nebraska Regulations. The contractor will be responsible for ensuring that workplace safety regulations (i.e. OSHA) are always adhered and that a clean, non-cluttered workspace is maintained upon completion of any installation and maintenance work.

iii) At no time will contractors leave leftover equipment on location when work being performed is not continual 24-hour work unless the Department of Veteran Affairs

Personnel has given written permission to the contractor to do so.

iv) If certain maintenance work is deemed essential and a priority for VA mission critical functions, arrangements will be made with the contractor and VA representative (see below) for establishing an immediate contracting crew capable of performing work under 24-hour nonstop conditions until the mission critical maintenance work on medical gas and vacuum systems is complete (mission critical work as defined by

VHA Directive 7515(1)).

v) The vendor will provide a schedule of maintenance of the medical gas system to

Nebraska-Western Iowa VA Health Care System Engineering Services department within 5 days of the start of the contract’s performance period. The maintenance schedules must also be approved by Nebraska-Western Iowa VA Health Care

System Engineering Services department. All modifications to the approved maintenance schedule must be approved by the Nebraska-Western Iowa VA Health

Care System Engineering Services department.

vi) Regular preventative maintenance (defined as a maintenance recommended by the manufacturer as well as maintenance that does not alter the engineering design functions and outputs of the equipment but is required for the equipment to operate fully as originally intended by the manufacturer), as deemed necessary by the contractor, will be performed on an established service schedule prior to the beginning of the contract year.

vii) Prior to the start of the contracting period, the primary contractor will be required to meet with the COR 5 days prior to the beginning of the contract to hold an award kickoff meeting to discuss the contents contained within the performance work statement to ensure that questions, concerns, and expectations are brought up prior to the start of work to remove any contractual ambiguity during the performance period with the VA.

9) EMERGENCY SERVICE:

a) The contractor’s response to on-call emergency service shall be governed by the degrees of seriousness outlined below:

b) Minor Repair

i) Definition: A malfunction or failure of the medical gas system (or component of) is detected that has partially compromised but not completely compromised VA care givers’ ability to deliver necessary medical care to patients requiring the use of the medical gas and vacuum systems and associated equipment.

ii) Contractor Response: The contractor shall respond on location within 48 hours after notification by the contracting officer’s representative or designated personnel on the contacts list of a malfunction or failure of the medical gas and vacuum systems and associated equipment and immediately initiate corrective repair actions and maintenance to bring the respective equipment back up to proper operational outputs to restore the medical center’s medical gas system to its intended operating state.

c) Major Repair

i) Definition: A partial or complete failure of equipment in the medical gas system is detected that has impacted, or will shortly impact, VA care givers’ ability to deliver necessary medical care to patients requiring the use of the medical gas and vacuum systems to the point of shutting down VA medical operations (e.g. a mission stoppage of work in the Main Hospital and/or ACC as per VHA directives).

ii) Contractor Response: The contractor (and/or subcontractors) shall respond and be present on sight with the ability to begin repairs (and/or damage assessments) within

12 hours after notification by the COR or designated VA personnel in the contacts list of a partial or complete failure of the medical gas systems that has caused or will shortly cause a mission work stoppage. Under these conditions of equipment failure, the contractor shall be expected to work continuously (24 hours a day), Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, or to the maximum level necessary to initiate corrective maintenance and/or repair actions. If 24-hour a day work is required to re-establish assurance of the medical gas and vacuum distribution system, the contractor will be expected to deliver a crew capable of performing work on a 24-hour a day work schedule until the appropriate repairs have been affected. The major repairs include any manufacturers recommended maintenance items and any repairs that would not classify under the context of a post-end-of-life repair for equipment per an engineering evaluation and analysis.

10) REPAIR WORK:

a) If additional repairs not included under the definitions laid out in this document are required to make the medical gas systems operational, the contractor shall provide the nature of the repair and a budgetary cost estimate in the format of a quote (including line items for labor, materials, and all other related costs) needed to complete repairs in an inspection summary report. Any additional charges and repair work claimed must be approved by the contracting officer before service commences. Any additional work performed by the contractor without the prior written approval of the CO will be performed by the contractor at no additional cost to the government.

b) Once it has been determined and agreed upon both by the VA and the contractor that the additional services needed to affect repairs are not included in this contractual performance work statement, monetary funds will need to be requested and approve by means of a PO if total repair expenses are less than $2500.00 or through means of a contract modification if total repair expenses are greater than $2500.00. The COR does not have the authority to approve the work outside of the SOW and any work performed by the contractor in good faith outside of the SOW. Any work performed by the contractor without the approval of the contracting officer or an approved purchase through a credit card PO will be completed or resolved at the expense of the contractor and not the VA.

11) HOURS OF WORK:

a) Routine Work: Routine work connected with this contract shall be performed between the times of 06:00 (6:00 AM) and 17:00 (5:00 PM) local time defined as normal working hours unless explicitly stated in the SOW.

b) Emergency Work: Emergency work is defined as work performed after normal working hours. As specified earlier, the contractor shall be required in some instances to work other than normal working hours. Approval of the COR shall be obtained prior to starting work during other than normal working hours to ensure services are needed after hours and are included in this SOW.

12) CONTACT INFORMATION:

a) The contractor shall provide to the contracting officer and the COR specific mobile number(s), email address (es) and/or SMS texting number(s) which can always be used to alert the contractor, including weeknights, weekends, and holidays. In addition, the

Government shall provide the contractor the names of the agency personnel authorized to initiate medical gas and vacuum system service calls, contracting officer, contract monitor, alternate contract monitor. Both parties entering the contractual agreements will include three points of contact as a double redundancy for communication and information relaying.

13) REPORTING AND DOCUMENTATION:

a) The contractor will be responsible for providing documentation of incremental work completed to the primary and secondary points of contact listed prior. Documentation should be submitted to the VA representatives when maintenance of any kind is performed, inspections of equipment is completed, inventory of materials is certified, or emergency repair work is finished. The documents (in the form of electronic documents, preferably PDFs) should regularly be emailed to the VA representatives at least one week after inspection to include maintenance provided, whether or not the unit passed, and any other deficiencies with the equipment to include cost line items and weekly so that a comprehensive schedule of the contractor’s work is retained for records as required by government records agencies.

14) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

a) The contractor’s personnel, while on VA property, shall adhere to all requirements and regulations that govern the VA Health Care System and its property. Among all other requirements, the VA Health Care System and its property is now entirely smoke-free.

No weapons are permitted on the premises.

15) GRAY MARKET PREVENTION LANGUAGE

a) Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturers’ (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for a services contract for maintenance of medical equipment for VA

Health Care Systems. No remanufactures or gray market items will be acceptable.

b) The Contractor shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor, or authorized reseller for the proposed medical supplies, medical equipment, and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts), verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM, such that the OEM’s warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions.

c) The delivery of gray market items to the VA in the fulfillment of an order/award/contract constitutes a breach of contract. Accordingly, VA reserves the right enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of the contract or, solely at VA’s election, allowing the Contractor to replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to a VA Health Care System upon discovery of such items.

16) NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION (NARA) RECORDS

MANAGEMENT LANGUAGE FOR CONTRACTS

a) Citations to pertinent laws, codes, and regulations such as 44 U.S.C. Chapter 21, 29, 31 and 33; Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552); Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a); 36 CFR

Part 1222 and Part 1228.

b) Contractor shall treat all deliverables under the contract as the property of the U.S.

Government for which the Government Agency shall have unlimited rights to use, dispose of, or disclose such data contained therein as it determines to be in the public interest.

c) Contractor shall not create or maintain any records that are not specifically tied to or authorized by the contract using Government ‘IT’ equipment and/or Government records.

d) Contractor shall not retain, use, sell, or disseminate copies of any deliverable that contains information covered by the Privacy Act of 1974 or that which is generally protected by the Freedom of Information Act.

e) Contractor shall not create or maintain any records containing any Government Agency records that are not specifically tied to or authorized by the contract.

f) The Government Agency owns the rights to all data/records produced as part of this contract.

g) The Government Agency owns the rights to all electronic information (electronic data, electronic information systems, electronic databases, etc.) and all supporting documentation created as part of this contract. Contractor must deliver sufficient technical documentation with all data deliverables to permit the agency to use the data.

h) Contractor agrees to comply with federal and agency records management policies, including those policies associated with the safeguarding of records covered by the

Privacy Act of 1974. These policies include the preservation of all records created or received regardless of format [paper, electronic, etc.] or mode of transmission [email, fax, etc.] or state of completion [draft, final, etc.]. 36C26321P0052

i) No disposition of documents will be allowed without the prior written consent of the contracting officer. The agency and its contractors are responsible for preventing the alienation or unauthorized destruction of records, including all forms of mutilation.

Willful and unlawful destruction, damage or alienation of federal records is subject to the fines and penalties imposed by 18 U.S.C. 2701. Records may not be removed from the legal custody of the agency or destroyed without regard to the provisions of the agency records schedules.

ii) Contractor is required to obtain the contracting officer's approval prior to engaging in any contractual relationship (sub-contractor) in support of this contract requiring the disclosure of information, documentary material and/or records generated under or relating to this contract. The contractor (and any sub-contractor) is required to abide by government and agency guidance for protecting sensitive and proprietary information.

17) VHA SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS FOR ENSURING ADEQUATE

COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS

a) Contractor employees who work in or travel to VHA locations must comply with the following:

b) Documentation requirements:

i) If fully vaccinated, shall show proof of vaccination

(1) NOTE: Acceptable proof of vaccination includes a signed record of immunization from a health care provider or pharmacy, a copy of the COVID-19 Vaccination

Record Card (CDC Form MLS-319813_r, published on September 3, 2020), or a copy of medical records documenting the vaccination

ii) If unvaccinated and granted a medical or religious exception, shall show negative

COVID-19 test results dated within three calendar days prior to desired entry date.

Test must be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use or full approval. This includes tests available by a doctor’s order or an FDA approved over-the-counter test.

iii) Documentation cited in this section shall be digitally or physically maintained on each contractor employee while in a VA facility and is subject to inspection prior to entry to

VA facilities and after entry for spot inspections by Contracting Officer

Representatives (CORs) or other hospital personnel.

iv) Documentation will not be collected by the VA; contractors shall, at all times, adhere to and ensure compliance with federal laws designed to protect contractor employee health information and personally identifiable information.

c) Contractor employees are subject to daily screening for COVID-19 and may be denied entry to VA facilities if they fail to pass screening protocols. As part of the screening process contractors may be asked screening questions found on the following website: COVID-19 Screening Tool. Regularly check the website for updates.

d) Contractor employees who work away from VA locations, but who will have direct patient contact with VA patients shall self-screen utilizing the COVID-19 Screening Tool, in advance each day that they will have direct patient contact and in accordance with their person or persons who coordinate COVID-19 workplace safety efforts at covered contractor workplaces. Contractors shall, at all times, adhere to and ensure compliance with federal laws designed to protect contractor employee health information and personally identifiable information.

e) Contractor must immediately notify the Contracting Officer if contract performance is jeopardized due to contractor employees being denied entry into VA Facilities.”

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