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37W79719R0001 AMENDMENT 5

5. PROJECT NUMBER (if applicable)

CODE

7. ADMINISTERED BY

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NUMBER

CODE

6. ISSUED BY

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NUMBER

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

9A.

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NUMBER

9B. DATED

PAGE OF PAGES

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER

10B. DATED

BPA NO.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE

FACILITY CODE

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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

E. IMPORTANT:

is extended,

(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 r eference 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.

12. ACCOUNTING AND

APPROPRIATION DATA

(REV. 11/2016)

is required to sign this document and return ___________ copies to the issuing office.

is not, A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO:

Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN T

HE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

15C. DATE SIGNED

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES

SET FORTH IN ITEM 14,

PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

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 ele ctronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER

Contractor 16C.

DATE SIGNED

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

STANDARD FORM 30

PREVIOUS EDITION NOT USABLE

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.243 (Type or print) (Type or print) (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

(Number, street, county, State and ZIP Code) (If other than Item 6) (Specify type of modification and authority) (such as changes in paying offi ce, appropriation date, etc.)

(If required)

(SEE ITEM 11)

(SEE ITEM 13)

(X)

CHECK

ONE

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

11. THIS ITEM

ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 10-09-2019 003A4C Department of Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center (003A4C4) Building 37 1st Avenue, One Block North of 22nd St.

Hines IL 60141 003A4C Department of Veterans Affairs OA&L National Acquisition Center Building 37 1st Avenue One Block North of Cermak Hines IL 60141 To all Offerors/Bidders

36W79719R0001 09-10-2019

X X X

X Responses to questions received regarding this RFP are provided on the following pages.

Background information submitted with Question: Confirmation of Units and Pricing logic Issue: Converted usage dollars utilizing the usage units per “Attachment D – Usage last 12 months” file are resulting in $11.3B annualized usage vs $6.6B provided in “Volume by Location” file Pricing Methodology: Usage Dollars equals “NDC Units” according to “Attachment D – Usage last 12 months” file multiplied by the Contract Price per The Pharmaceutical pricing data (as of 10/01/2019) for all VA National Acquisition Center (NAC) programs. Available contract prices were applied according to the following order:

1st NC;

2nd Big 4;

3rd FSS;

4th DOD;

5th WAC

Example: Below are the top products units and calculated usage dollars for reference. The “Calculated Usage Dollars” file contains all Calculated usage dollars totalizing in $11.3B.

Questions:

1-) Do the Usage Units submitted in the “Attachment D – Usage 12 months” accurately reflect the annualized VA usage?

VA RESPONSE: It accurately represents the volume purchased, but confidential pricing data has been suppressed and the lowest available publicly available price has been inserted in the total spend.

2-) Are the units submitted in the “Attachment D – Usage 12 months” reflected as Salable Units or Extended Units (e.g. per tables, capsules, etc) VA RESPONSE: NDC units = salable units 3-) Is the “Pricing Methodology” listed above applied correctly VA RESPONSE: Yes, with the caveat that VA prices that are considered confidential are not listed in the pricing file available on the NAC site, so those prices may be over-represented as either the FSS or BIG 4 price. See comments above.

4-) Can you review the “Calculated Usage Dollars” file in order to assist reconciling the difference?

VA RESPONSE: See comments above.

Can the CMOP locations provide an estimate of the total number of Purchase Orders they receive daily, per delivery?

This information would support Distribution Operations and Transportation in modeling the CMOP support structure appropriately.

The one shift operations, (Leavenworth, Chelmsford, Murfreesboro, Dallas) Receive between 5-10 purchase orders per day with multiple line items per Order. The two shift operations (Charleston, Great Lakes, Tucson) receive 30-50 purchase orders per day with multiple line items.

The solicitation is revised to: “Orders for less than full cases must be delivered in totes by the.” Removing the one-line item per tote requirement.

1. Customers shall be able to print multiple pages simultaneously and to scroll through multiple pages.

Real-time is defined as having the reports contain information that is current through the end of the previous business day (versus having to wait for data at the end of a month or the end of a quarter)

I-26.48

proposed volume by revenue for each location (Volume by Location.xlsx). We would like to request the following information:

Amount of Revenue spend by location in the overview “worksheet” for the following product categories:

- Brand Rx

- Generic Rx

- Over-the-Counter

- Specialty Rx For example, the CMOP overview summary indicates an annual spend of $3,199,719,417.26 and being provided a breakdown of this revenue by the above listed categories would ensure the response is modeled appropriately.

This will allow us to estimate the line and unit volume and labor required to service the VA locations by servicing distribution center.

Additionally, this will allow us to estimate effects on storage and throughput.

This information is not readily available at the CMOP sites. A report which shows all items and quantities dispensed by each site monthly is being attached via three excel files with columns A-E, F-H and I-K respectively due to size upload limitations. The file with columns F-H is posted in this amendment. The file with A-E was posted in the prior amendment and I-K will be posted in a future amendment. The contractor can combine sort this excel report as necessary.

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