S02 - 36C25720Q0407.pdf

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Cepheid Reagents and Supplies (NTX)

79106

36C25720Q0407

06-11-2020

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325413

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 17 7201 Interstate 40, West, Ste. 100 San Antonio TX 78229

Vance Farrell Network Contracting Office 17

Department of Veterans Affairs VA North Texas Health Care System

4500 S. Lancaster Rd.

Dallas TX

75216-7167

USA

www.va.gov

Department of Veterans Affairs vance.farrell@va.gov

POC

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) Solicitation number 36C25720Q0407 is issued as a request for quote (RFQ).

(iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-06.

(iv) This solicitation is issued as unrestricted, full and open competition, with the associated NAICS code of 325413, which has a small business size standard of 1,250.

(v) See attached schedule for the contract line item number(s), quantities, and options requested in this solicitation.

(vi) This requirement is for providing Cepheid supplies to the VA North Texas Health

Care System, Dallas, TX 75216-7167. See attached schedule for the location and the supplies that are to be provided.

(vii) The anticipated initial Period of Performance for the supplies is approximately 20 June 2020 thru 19 June 2021. The resultant contract will be an Indefinite Delivery contract.

Annual and unscheduled Orders will be placed against the contract. Call for items in orders will be made on an as-needed basis throughout the period of performance in the order.

(viii) The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. See item xiii below for additional submission requirements.

(ix) The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, is used in this solicitation. Evaluation of offers will be conducted as Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA). Offers with proposed “equal” items will be evaluated to the specifications of the Cepheid items listed in this solicitation. Offers that do not meet the reagent requirements will be assessed as Technically Unacceptable and will not be considered for award. Past Performance will be assessed by conducting a review and evaluation of the offeror’s past performance records found in government performance systems. Offerors found with unsubstantiated unsatisfactory past performance records may be assessed as Technically Unacceptable. The lowest priced offer will be assessed first.

(x) Offerors whom have submitted an annual online representations and certifications (FAR provision 52.212-3) in the Systems and Award Management (SAM) do NOT need to return a completed copy of the provision with their offer. Offerors must be registered and have completed the provision at FAR 52.212-3 in SAM to be considered for an award from this solicitation.

(xi) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Addenda to the included clause state that clauses that are incorporated by reference have the same effect as if they were given in full text.

(xii) The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. See attached schedule regarding the additional FAR clauses cited within the clause that are applicable to this acquisition.

(xiii) This acquisition includes additional submission requirements.

Other additional submission requirements are:

(a). Solicitation, Schedule, Line Items. Offerors may submit an offer using the attached SF1449 or submit an offer in their own format (PDF of Microsoft document compatible).

Pricing must be F.O.B destination; there may be many shipments on each line item.

(b). This solicitation includes FAR Provision 52.209-7, Information Regarding Responsibility Matters. If the Offeror’s online representations and certifications does not state the maintenance of the entities active registration in the System for Award

Management (SAM) complied with the requirements to report proceedings data in accordance with FAR 52.509-7 and with the requirements to report executive compensation data in accordance with FAR 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards, the Offeror must submit a completed copy of FAR Provision 52.209-7 with their offer.

(xiv) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply to this acquisition.

(xv) Offers are due by 11 June, 3:00 PM CST. Offers must submitted by email (see size limit note below) to Vance Farrell at vance.farrell@va.gov.

(xvi) Questions regarding information in the solicitation must be submitted in writing to the Point of Contact (POC), Vance Farrell, by email at vance.farrell@va.gov.

Due to email constraints by the VA it is requested that emails being sent to the POC be no larger than 7MB. Multiple emails can be sent to the POC for a proposal. If a proposal is sent in multiple parts, it is recommended that a confirmation request be included in the final email, for the POC to acknowledge that all (parts) of the proposal have been received.

See attached document: S02 - 36C25720Q0407 - SF1449.