Attachment 2 - Amendment 1 to Solicitation FA301626Q0013 - Jan 5 2026.pdf

Attachment 2

Amendment 1 to Solicitation FA301626Q0013 – Physical Therapy Technician Program eBooks

5 January 2026

The purpose of Amendment 1 is to:

1. CORRECT THE LANGUAGE on Page 43 of STANDARD FORM 1449 – Evaluation Factors for

Award FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Products and Commercial Services as follows:

a. FROM:

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

____________[Contracting Officer shall insert the significant evaluation factors, such as (i) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; (ii) price; (iii) past performance (see FAR 15.304); and include them in the relative order of importance of the evaluation factors, such as in descending order of importance.]

Technical and past performance, when combined, are ____[Contracting Officer state, in accordance with FAR 15.304, the relative importance of all other evaluation factors, when combined, when compared to price.]

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror 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 (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of provision)

b. TO:

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

BASIS OFAWARD: The Government reserves the right to award a single firm-fixed price purchase order resulting from this RFQ to the quoter(s) whose quote conforms to the solicitation and is the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA).

TECHNICAL ACCEPTABILITY: The Government technical evaluation team shall evaluate the technical quotations on a pass/fail basis, assigning ratings of Acceptable or Unacceptable. Only those quotations determined to be technically acceptable will be considered for award.

Acceptable: Quotation clearly meets the exact items requested in the requirement in accordance with the Solicitation and Statement of Need.

Unacceptable: Quotation clearly DOES NOT meet the exact items requested in the requirement in accordance with the Solicitation and Statement of Need.

(b) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror 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 (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of provision)

2. Text added to Section F - Deliveries or Performance

“The eBook Access Codes shall be emailed to the Medical Education Training Campus Point of Contact the same day the award is made.”