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(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) A0001 06-02-2017 None Department of Veterans Affairs VA Denver Acquisition & Logistics Center (003A4D) 555 Corporate Circle Golden

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80401-5621 Department of Veterans Affairs VA Denver Acquisition & Logistics Center (003A4D1) 555 Corporate Circle Golden

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80401-5621 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C79119R0007 05-25-2017

X X X

The above referenced solicitation is amended as follows:

1. Answers to interested vendor RFP questions are attached. See Attachment 1 and 2.

2. As a result of the vendor questions, some changes and clarifications to the PWS have been incorporated into RFP 36C79119R0007. Please ensure that all Proposals are based on this revised version of the RFP.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

James Moran Contracting Officer Attachment 1 - Amendment A0001 changes:

1. PWS Section 1.0, 1.4 is amended as to delete the sentence and replace it with the following below:

The Contractor shall provide services and support, as defined herein, within the geographic region of the continental United States. Geographic regions include the continental United States excluding North Dakota. The contractor must also provide influenza vaccinations in Hawaii, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

2. Form 1449 section 8 is amended to add offer due time below:

Offer due time is 3:30 pm Mountain Time.

3. B.3–Subcontracting Commitments is amended to add an explanation as follows:

VAAR 852.215-70 is required in RFPs that are not set aside for SDVOSBs or VOSBs such as this. VAAR 852.215-71 is required in RFPs where VAAR 852.215-70 is included. The Subcontracting Commitment section does not discuss the CO contracting with a SDVOSB to oversee the contract resulting from the RFP. Utilization of a support contractor to assist with determining the contractor’s compliance with the subcontracting commitments incorporated into the contract may include review of some pricing information.

4. PWS Section 3.0, 3.11 is deleted and replaced with:

All reported Veteran safety events shall be investigated, confirmed, and resolved by the Contractor. A summary of findings and conclusions shall be included in the: ROC VHA format and immediately sent to the COR Elizabeth Tyler (Elizabeth.tyler@va.gov).

5. PWS Section 8.0 is amended to explain VA approved encrypted email:

Once the contractor is selected, the VA must approve the system the contractor uses to send encrypted messages to the VHA. The COR shall be contacted to approve the system used for encryption.

6. PWS Section 11.0 Clarification of the expression “Authorized VA Flu Shot Center”:

The locations whereby the VA contractor is authorized to provide influenza shots.

No, contracting officer must approve all signage advertising messages for this contract; see PWS paragraph 3.4. The contracting officer may work with the COR, communication Director, and VHA staff to determine acceptability of the advertising.

You do not have to use this phrase in all advertising, again the advertising language must be approved by the contracting officer.

7. PWS Section 12.0, 12.5 is amended to delete and replace with the following:

The contractor shall provide to the COR a weekly status report of immunization quantities administered for the previous week in Government format. The report should provide at a minimum total number of vaccinations issued weekly and at each of the following levels: store level, Regional area levels, state level, and continuous monthly level. Veterans who visit a contractor retail location and did not receive a vaccination because they demand the High Dose vaccines shall be referred to nearest VHA facility.

8. Explanation of C.12 52.227-14 RIGHTS IN DATA—GENERAL (MAY 2014) is as follows:

“If it is contemplated that data will be produced, furnished, or acquired under the contract…” Section 12.0 of the PWS requires the submission of data and necessitates this clause.

9. Factor 3 Price. Conduct exchanges and best value pool explained as follows:

See VAAR 873 Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Health-Care Resources. VAAR 873.113 addresses exchanges with offerors and VAAR 873.114 addresses best value pool.

10. Section E.4 is amended as to delete Volume 1, Executive Summary as follows:

Volume 1, Executive Summary is deleted. Please see Please see the revision in the amendment below.

11. E.2 Submission of Proposal is amended as to delete the following paragraph below:

Offerors shall submit their written portions of their proposal in separate volumes: Executive Summary, Technical volume and Price volume. All volumes shall be provided in a 3-ring binder.

All volumes shall consist of a cover, a table of contents and the body of the proposal. Statements paraphrasing the PWS or parts thereof, and phrases such as “standard procedures will be employed” or “well known techniques will be used” will be considered insufficient. For this proposal, the term “offeror” includes all team or subcontractors.

12. E.3 proposal Submission and Contract Information is amended as to delete and replace it with the following:

Introduction. This section contains general proposal submissions instructions as well as specific proposal requirements for the Retail Pharmacy Immunization Program.

General. The proposal shall be presented in sufficient detail to allow Government evaluation of the response to the requirements of the RFP. The Government will not assume the Offeror possesses any capability, understanding, or commitment not specified in the proposal.

Offerors shall provide information by addressing each Factor and Subfactor in the format and sequence identified in the solicitation. The Offeror must provide information in sufficient detail to allow the Government to make an assessment of the Offeror’s capability to support the proposed response to the evaluation criteria. Proposals that do not contain the information requested in the solicitation risk being determined unacceptable by the Government and subsequently unawardable. The Government will not assume the Offeror possesses any capability, understanding, or commitment not specified in the proposal.

The proposal must not merely repeat the solicitation requirements, but rather must provide convincing documentary evidence in support of conclusive statements of how contract requirements will be met.

Alternate Proposals. Alternate proposals will not be accepted. The Government will not evaluate or consider for award any proposal which is based on or proposes substitute terms or conditions or proposes non-compliance with the terms and conditions of the RFP. This is not the same as an Offeror’s assumptions and predicates.

Proposals shall be valid for a minimum of 90 calendar days from the date the RFP closes. A statement regarding the validity period must be included on the first page of the proposal.

Compliance Review. The Government will review the contents of each proposal to ensure it meets the requirements of the solicitation. Proposals which do not comply with the requirements of the solicitation may be eliminated from the evaluation and will not be considered for award.

All questions concerning this procurement, either technical or contractual must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer on or before May 2, 2019. All responses to questions, which may affect offers will be incorporated into a written amendment to the solicitation and released via the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fedbizopps.gov). No direct discussion between the technical representative and a prospective Offeror shall be conducted.

Questions shall be submitted to the following point of contact.

Department of Veterans Affairs Commodities & Services Acquisition Service ATTN: Caroline West Re: 36C79119R0007 P.O. Box 25166 Golden, CO 80225-0166 Telephone: (303) 273-6226 E-mail: caroline.west@va.gov

Proposals submitted via direct delivery service, e.g. FedEx, or hand carried should be sent to the following point of contact.

Department of Veterans Affairs Commodities & Services Acquisition Service ATTN: Caroline West Re: 36C79119R0007 555 Corporate Circle Golden, CO 80401-5621

NOTE TO OFFEROR: E-mail proposal submissions shall not be accepted.

The proposal shall consist of the following:

Each proposal shall be submitted in the English language and include all of the following:

One signed and completed paper copy of the attached Standard Form 1449 (SF 1449) and continuation sheets signed by a person authorized to enter into the proposed contract on behalf of the Offeror. Acknowledgment of all amendments to the solicitation and all continuation sheets are to be filled in as directed, i.e., proposed prices in the CLINs in Section B, any fill-ins required, and Certifications and Representations in Sections C and E. Offerors are directed to thoroughly read the solicitation and fill in the required information in the appropriate solicitation clauses. For any fill-ins that are not applicable, the Offeror must acknowledge by indicating “N/A”.

One hardcopy and one CD copy of the proposal volumes shall be compiled using the Microsoft Office for Windows suite of applications, submitted on a single-write CD-ROM to prevent accidental erasure of the data therein, and formatted for an MS Windows compatible computer. The Price Factor shall be contained on a separate CD from non-price Factors. Price breakdown, when applicable, will include MS Excel spreadsheets with formulas intact. Process flows may be delivered in hard copy if not compatible with the above software. The CD copy must mirror the submitted hard copy. If the CD copy and hardcopy differ, the CD copy supplied for each Factor will be used for the evaluation. Each CD must be clearly marked with the Offeror’s Name and the Solicitation Number. Alternatively, files may be provided in Portable Document Format (.pdf).

Representations through System for Award Management. The purpose of electronic Representations and Certifications is to provide all Offerors with a portal in which to submit Reps/Certs in a publicly accessible format, nullifying the requirement to submit identical information in response to each and every Federal contract solicitation. As a requirement under this solicitation, all Offerors must submit Reps/Certs data into SAM at https://www.sam.gov/. Any Offeror that has previously submitted Reps/Certs data into SAM is reminded to update the data prior to submitting with the proposal.

13. E.4 FORMAT FOR PROPOSALS, is amended as to delete and replace it with the following below:

The offeror’s proposal shall be submitted in severable volumes based on the Factors as set forth below and all information specific to each Factor shall be confined to that volume. Each proposal must include all volumes and shall be submitted by the closing date and time of the solicitation. Failure to provide any volume may result in the proposal being eliminated from the evaluation and not being considered for award. Information provided shall be specific to each Factor.

The proposal shall include the following volumes and page limitation:

Volume I: Technical Factor (Maximum of 50 pages) Volume II: Past Performance Factor (Maximum of 25 pages) Volume III: Price Factor (No Maximum) Volume IV: Solicitation, Offer and Award Documents (No Maximum)

Each volume shall be clearly identified and shall begin at the top of a page. All pages of each volume shall be appropriately numbered. A Table of Contents should be included at the beginning of the proposal.

Each volume shall be as brief as possible, consistent with complete submission. The page count specified in Section E.4 will be made by counting the pages from left to right, consecutively. Pages that exceed the page limitation will not be evaluated. Each paragraph shall be separated by at least one blank line. Annexes, documentation and attachments that are submitted by the Offeror, which are not required as part of the RFP, will count against the page limitations. If pages are printed on both sides, each side will count as a separate page. The following will not count against page limitations: volume title pages, table of contents pages, cross-referencing pages, indices, acronym lists and page dividers (used to separate proposal sections). Foldout pages depicting such items as diagrams, charts, graphs, etc. may be used, with each fold counted as one additional page.

The Offeror is responsible for including sufficient details to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of the proposal. Offerors shall provide a proposal that, at a minimum, addresses those evaluation Factors required in Section E.8 Evaluation Commercial Items.

File Packaging. All of the proposal files shall be compressed (zipped) into one file using WinZip version 20 or later, or as separate uploads in their native format, i.e. .doc or .docx, .xls or.xlsx, .ppt or .pptx, etc. Please note – Self extracting .exe files will not be accepted.

Volume I: Technical Factor All Offerors must provide a Technical Factor Volume to be considered for award. The proposal shall not simply rephrase or restate the Government's requirements, but rather shall provide convincing rationale to address how the offeror intends to meet these requirements. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their capabilities, and experience.

Offerors are responsible for including enough details (i.e. process flows, diagrams, graphs) to permit a complete and accurate evaluation strictly from a technical standpoint. The proposal shall be detailed and clearly stated to allow an assessment by the Government without the need for additional clarifications. All information and data provided shall be specific to retail pharmacy immunizations, except for the area of Past Performance. In response to the RFP, the Offeror must address the following subfactors:

1: The offeror Shall demonstrates its capability to use the Sequoia Project VLER eHealth Exchange program with PUSH technology capabilities; and Change Health upfront eligibility check.

2: The offeror shall demonstrate its capability to send and receive secure encrypted email messages.

3: The offeror shall demonstrate the capability of planning and executing an advertising campaign to promote Veteran influenza immunizations.

4: The offeror shall demonstrate the ability to provide quadrivalent flu vaccines enough to satisfy the estimated quantity for the Base period and Option period as listed in Section B.4 Schedule of Services

Volume II: Past Performance Factor:

Offerors shall identify pertinent past history, which indicates that similar efforts of equal or greater complexity have been performed using the Offeror’s existing capabilities and demonstrate satisfaction of customer requirements.

Offerors shall submit a list of all recent Commercial and Government contracts (prime and major subcontracts) in performance or awarded to the Offeror within the past three years, or awarded earlier than three years ago, but for which performance occurred or was scheduled to occur within the past three years, which are relevant to the effort required by the solicitation. Data concerning the prime Offeror shall be provided first, followed by each proposed major subcontractor, in alphabetical order. Offerors are reminded that both independent data and data provided by the Offerors in their proposals may be used to evaluate the Offerors’ past performance. The Government plans to rely on existing documentation from Federal databases to the maximum extent practicable. Sources of existing information available to the Government include, but are not limited to, CPARS, FAPIIS, and Electronic Subcontract Reporting System (eSRS). The Government may use past performance information obtained from sources other than those identified by the Offeror. The Government reserves the right to use or not use past performance information submitted by the Offeror based on whether or not adequate recorded past performance information is available in its Federal databases. Since the Government may not necessarily interview any or all of the sources provided by the Offerors, it is incumbent upon the Offeror to explain the relevance of the data provided. The burden of providing thorough and complete past performance information remains with the Offeror. Proposals that do not contain the information requested by this paragraph may result in rejection of the offer. This volume shall be organized into the following sections:

(1) Section 1 – Contract Descriptions. This section shall include the following information in the following format, if applicable:

(a) Contractor/Subcontractor place of performance, Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code and Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number. If the work was performed as a subcontractor, also provide the name of the prime contractor and Point of Contact (POC) within the prime contractor organization (name, and current address, e-mail address, and telephone and fax numbers).

(b) Government contracting activity or commercial equivalent if applicable, and current address, CO's name, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.

(c) Government’s technical representative/COR or commercial equivalent if applicable, and current e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.

(d) Government contract administration activity and the Administrative CO's name or commercial equivalent if applicable, and current e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.

(e) Government contract administration activity's Pre-Award Monitor's name or commercial equivalent if applicable, and current e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.

(f) Contract Number and, in the case of Indefinite Delivery type contracts, GSA contracts, and Blanket Purchase Agreements, also include Delivery Order Numbers.

(g) Contract Type (specific type such as Fixed Price (FP), Cost Reimbursement (CR), Time & Materials (T&M), etc.) In the case of Indefinite Delivery contracts, indicate specific type (Requirements, Definite Quantity, and Indefinite Quantity) and secondary contract type (FP, CR, T&M, etc.).

(h) Awarded price/cost.

(i) Final or projected final price/cost.

(j) Original delivery schedule, including dates of start and completion of work.

(k) Final or projected final, delivery schedule, including dates of start and completion of work.

(2) Section 2 - Performance. Offerors shall provide a specific narrative explanation of each contract listed in Section 1 describing the objectives achieved and detailing how the effort is relevant to the requirements of the solicitation.

(a) For any contracts that did not or do not meet original schedule or technical performance requirements, provide a brief explanation of the reasons for the shortcomings and any corrective action taken to avoid recurrence. The Offerors shall list each time the performance requirements were not completed IAW the PWS and provide an explanation of why the performance requirements were not achieved. The Offerors shall also provide a copy of any Cure Notices or Show Cause Letters received on each contract listed and a description of any corrective action implemented by the Offeror. The Offerors shall indicate if any of the contracts listed were terminated and the type and reasons for the termination.

(3) Section 3 – New Corporate Entities. New corporate entities may submit data on prior contracts involving its officers and employees. However, in addition to the other requirements in this section, the Offeror shall discuss in detail the role performed by such persons in the prior contracts cited. Information should be included in the files described in the sections above.

(4) Past Performance Questionnaire. For all contracts identified in Section 1- Contract Description above, the Government will send a questionnaire to the point of contact listed. The POCs shall be instructed to electronically complete the questions of the questionnaire and e-mail the entire questionnaire to the CO within 10 consecutive days of receipt.

Volume III: Price Factor

The Offeror shall submit pricing in Section B for all the CLINs in the base and each option. The Offeror shall propose fixed unit prices in U.S. dollars and cents (no fractions of cents) for each CLIN. The proposed unit prices shall include all administrative costs and any other associated costs for the CLIN. An estimated quantity has been provided in Section B for the purpose of proposing a unit price. The estimated quantities are based on the Government’s most reasonable projections for its requirements. The actual number may be more or less than the estimates. The Government does not guarantee more orders beyond the minimum guarantee in Block 20 of SF1449. Offerors should use their best judgment in determining unit prices.

Task orders will be issued IAW the ordering procedures stated in Sections B & C of the RFP.

This volume shall contain the offeror's Price proposal information and small business subcontracting plan. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the schedule located in Section B.4, Schedule of Services.

Evaluation preference will be given to Offerors that have Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) status or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) status or Offerors that propose to subcontract with SDVOSBs or VOSBs. The evaluation preference will be a 1% price evaluation discount. To earn this evaluation preference an Offeror must meet one of the following criteria:

verified in VA’s Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database

4. Offerors proposing to subcontract 7% of the overall contract value VOSBs listed as verified in VA’s VIP database.

Offerors must submit the name and DUNS (i.e. unique entity identifier) number for proposed subcontracts with SDVOSBs and VOSBs.

Volume IV: Solicitation, Offer, and Award Documents

Each Offeror shall complete (fill-in and signatures) the solicitation sections indicated below using the file (without modification to the file) provided with the solicitation. An authorized official of the firm shall sign the SF 1449 and all certifications requiring original signature. A .pdf file shall be created to capture the signatures for submission.

Section A through E – Fill-ins as required

Section A – Standard Form 1449 (SF 1449), Solicitation, Offer and Award Section B – Continuation of SF1449 Blocks Section C – Contract Clauses Section D – Contract Documents, Exhibits, or Attachments Section E – Solicitation Provisions and Other Statements Required of the Offeror.

14. E.8 52.212.2, is amended as to delete and replace it with the following below:

(a) The Government intends to award either a single or multiple indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offerors whose offers conforming to the solicitation that is the lowest priced, technically acceptable offer that also demonstrates acceptable or neutral past performance. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Technical Factor: The subfactors below will be used to determine technical acceptability. Failure to meet any criteria will result in rejection of the offer. All subfactors are minimum requirements that must be met to be found technically acceptable. These will be rated as technically acceptable or technically non-acceptable.

Subfactor 1: The Government will verify the Offeror demonstrated its capability to use the Sequoia Project VLER eHealth Exchange program with PUSH technology capabilities;

Subfactor 2: The Government will evaluate the offeror’s ability to demonstrate its capability to send and receive secure encrypted email messages;

Subfactor 3: The Government will verify the Offeror demonstrated the capability of planning and executing an advertising campaign to promote Veteran influenza immunizations; and

Subfactor 4: The Government will verify the Offeror demonstrated the ability to provide quadrivalent flu vaccines enough to satisfy the estimated quantity for the Base period and Option periods as listed in Section B.4 Schedule of Services.

Past Performance Factor: The Government will evaluate the offeror’s ability to perform previous contracts successfully in the areas of; (a) quality of services; (b) timeliness of services; and (c) customer satisfaction. Offeror’s past performance information that is considered recent and relevant will be evaluated to determine if previous/current performance is Acceptable or Unacceptable.

The Government may also use any relevant information in its possession or in the public domain, including information available in the Government and non-Government databases, Contract Assessment Performance Reporting System (CPARS), Dun & Bradstreet, and the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), for example.

If the offeror has no recent or relevant past performance, this factor will receive a neutral rating. A neutral is neither favorable nor unfavorable.

Price Factor: The offeror’s proposed price will be multiplied by the estimated quantity in Section B.2 Schedule of Services to determine the total evaluated price for the Base period and Option periods. The sum of the values calculated for the Base period and Option periods will be considered the total evaluated price.

Evaluation preference will be given to Offerors that have Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) status or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) status or Offerors that propose to subcontract with SDVOSBs or VOSBs. The evaluation preference will be a 1% price evaluation discount. To earn this evaluation preference an Offeror must meet any of the following criteria:

verified in VA’s VIP database

4. Offerors proposing to subcontract 5% of the overall contract value VOSBs listed as verified in VA’s VIP database.

The Government reserves the right to establish a ‘Best Value Pool’ and conduct exchanges, if necessary. However; exchanges are not anticipated. In that light, all offerors are encouraged to submit their best proposals (from both a technical and pricing standpoint) in the initial response to this solicitation since there will be no assurance of any opportunity to revise those initial proposals prior to award.

A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror(s) within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer, whether or not there are exchanges after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

[End Summary of Changes] Attachment 2 - VA Retail Pharmacy Immunization 36C79119R0007 - Interested Vendors’ Questions with VA Answers – May 08, 2019

SF 1449, Section 8

What time is the RFP due on May 13?

The RFP is due at 3:30 PM Mountain time.

Can the contractor offer shots at locations in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands The Contractor shall provide services and support, as defined herein, within the geographic region of the continental United States. Geographic regions include the continental United States excluding North Dakota. The contractor must also provide influenza vaccinations in Hawaii, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

This sentence is incomplete. Please provide the finished sentence.

All reported Veteran safety events shall be investigated, confirmed, and resolved by the Contractor. A summary of findings and conclusions shall be included in the: ROC VHA format and immediately sent to the COR Elizabeth Tyler (Elizabeth.tyler@va.gov)

Is there a logo or style guide that accompanies this phrase?

If not, are there rules to consider how to use this phrase?

No, contracting officer must approve all signage advertising messages for this contract; see PWS paragraph 3.4. The contracting officer may work with the COR, communication Director, and VHA staff to determine acceptability of the advertising.

You do not have to use this phrase in all advertising, again the advertising language must be approved by the contracting officer.

Please explain the rationale behind including this provision to the RFP.

The contractor contends that patient data is shared for the provision of healthcare (in accordance with HIPAA) where the contractor would be a provider. The contractor is not creating any data for the VA beyond the patient data and thus needs to better understand the VA’s claim of rights to any such data flowing under this RFP/Agreement.

“if it is contemplated that data will be produced, furnished, or acquired under the contract…” Section 12.0 of the PWS requires the submission of data and necessitates this clause.

Which format should we be following since the lists are contradictory?

Also, should we be used Roman numerals for the Volume Numbers or Arabic numbers?

In addition, is the Volume 2-page limit extended to 75 pages since one method included the past performance in the technical approach section?

Are we not including the Volume IV section since that is provided by the VA upon award?

Can we submit the documents in PDF format?

Please see the revision in the amendment.

Is the key information the approval by the VA of the marketing materials?

Yes, it is important the marketing materials are approved. See paragraph 3.4 of the PWS.

End of Questions/Answers