S02 36C25924Q0490 - Combined Synopsis Solicitation - Radiation Dosimetry Services - 36C259-24-AP-3436_ (002).docx

Request for Quote (RFQ) #: 36C25924Q0490 Radiation Dosimetry Services – Brand Name or Equal

(i) 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; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation.

* The deadline for all questions is 3:00pm MST, August 28th, 2024 All questions must be submitted in writing no later than the question cut-off date marked above. All questions will be answered officially through an amendment to the solicitation.

** Quotes are to be provided to luther.dickens@va.gov no later than 3:00pm MST, August 30th, 2024.

Quotes shall not be hand carried. Faxed quotes shall not be accepted. Emailed quotes are the only method of submitted quotes (4MB size limitation per email). The Government reserves the right to make award solely on initial Quotes received. Offerors bear the burden of ensuring that all portions of the offer (and any authorized amendments) reach the designated office before the deadline specified in the solicitation. This RFQ shall be completed in its entirety, and signed and dated, failure shall not be considered for award.

(ii) This is a Request for Quote (RFQ), and the solicitation number is 36C25924Q0490. The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation.

(iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024-05 effective May 22nd, 2024.

(iv) The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334519 with a small business size standard of 500 Employees. This solicitation is a 100% set-aside for Small Business concerns.

(v) List of Line Items;

Statement of Work Dosimetry Services Oklahoma City VA Health Care System

i. 4 spare badges for Audiology.

Dosimeter: The contractor shall provide the OKC VA HCS with OSL (optically stimulated luminescence) dosimeters or equivalent, control dosimeters, and TLD rings for personnel monitoring. The dosimeters shall be provided to the OKC VA HCS monthly. The OKC VA HCS will return the dosimeters to the contractor for analysis.

a. OSL Dosimeters or equivalent

i. The OSL dosimeter or equivalent shall measure x, gamma and beta radiation for the whole body and extremities.

ii. The OSL dosimeter or equivalent shall be sealed inside a tamperproof plastic blister pack to eliminate possible mishandling, light leakage, or lost detection elements.

iii. The OSL dosimeter or equivalent shall be unaffected by heat moisture and pressure.

iv. The OSL dosimeter or equivalent shall come in individually wrapped pouches with a card containing worker information.

v. The dosimeters shall be divided into department groupings with series name and or code indicated on each dosimeter.

vi. The wear period for a dosimeter is one month.

b. Ring Dosimeters (TLD)

i. The ring dosimeter shall measure exposure due to x, beta, and gamma radiation with TL (thermoluminescent) technology.

ii. The TLD shall be encapsulated inside an identification cover, so the identity of the chip and the wearer is always maintained.

iii. The rings shall be able to be worn in dry or wet working conditions and cold sterilized without compromising the integrity of the dosimeter.

iv. The rings shall come in 3 or more sizes; small, medium, and large.

v. The edges of the ring shall be smooth, so they are able to be worn inside surgical gloves.

vi. The dosimeters shall be divided into department groupings with series name and/or code indicated on each dosimeter.

vii. The wear period for a dosimeter is one month.

c. Control Dosimeters

i. Control dosimeters shall be included in each shipment at no additional cost to record in-transit and storage exposure.

2. NRC Form 5:

a. The contractor shall provide a detailed dose history for the year at the OKC VA HCS. This report shall satisfy the requirements by NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission). This report shall include all the information as required by the NRC. Reports shall be generated annually after close of a calendar year or quarterly with current data up to the last wear period (month) reported.

3. Fetal Monitoring

a. The contractor shall be responsible for fetal dose monitoring. The contractor shall supply the OKC VA HCS with a whole-body dosimeter and a fetal dosimeter for the expectant mother. The monthly dose report shall list the estimated dose from conception to declaration, rolling exposure history by month for both mother and child, and accumulated fetal totals for the gestation period.

4. ALARA Notification:

a. The contractor shall notify the OKC VA HCS by phone and/or fax within 24 hours of findings when an individual’s dose exceeds:

i. 20% of the regulatory limits (e.g., deep, lens of eye, shallow, etc.) for any given wear period

ii. 50% of regulatory limits year to date

iii. Levels set by the OKC VA HCS.

5. Dose Exposure Reports:

a. Reports shall cover each wear period (monthly) and include cumulative totals. The reports shall comply with NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission), OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), and DOE (Department of Energy) regulations. Dose equivalents arising from exposure to photons (x or gamma rays) shall have deep, lens of the eye and shallow value reported. Beta exposures shall be reported as a shallow dose equivalent. Dose reports shall be given to the VAMC on a monthly and yearly basis. The reports shall include the following: participant number, name, ID number, dosimeter, use, rad type, rad quality, inception date, serial number, dose equivalent (mrem) for: monthly wear period, quarter to date, year to date, lifetime to date. Each period shall have the following categories; DDE (deep dose equivalent), LDE (lens dose equivalent), and SDE (shallow dose equivalent). The reports shall also include VA facility information, account number, received date, and reported date.

6. Analysis

a. The contractor shall perform a full regulatory compliant analysis of all dosimeters and rings. OSL dosimeters, the detector shall have the ability to be re-stimulated numerous times to confirm the accuracy of a radiation does measurement. A full reanalysis shall be performed for every dose in excess of 500 mrem. Imaging to identify static, dynamic, or contaminated conditions shall be automatically performed for all beta and low-energy photon measurements yielding a dose in excess of 500 mrem. Reanalysis of doses at less than 500 mrem shall be performed if requested by the OKC VA HCS. The contractor shall have the ability to differentiate between static and dynamic exposure. TLD Ring dosimeters, shall measure x, beta, and gamma radiation with a lithium fluoride chip. Accurate determination of exposure shall be supported by calibrations using a phantom. Rings shall be scanned to identify and track each ring from receipt to report. The process shall be overseen by knowledgeable technicians. The glow curve of the readout that permits a more conclusive evaluation of radiation exposure shall be retrieved and analyzed before the exposure report is generated if any anomaly appears.

7. Electronic Dashboard

a. This dashboard will provide various reports in relation to dosimetry services including but not limited to ALARA performance, Dosimeter return compliance, Pregnancy participants, unused dosimeters, and dose analysis.

Anticipated delivery date:

(vii) Description of Requirements for the items acquired – (see line items above) The Oklahoma City VA Medical Center is requesting replacement Radiation Dosimetry Services to provide full-service technical support, analytical, and client support for occupational dose monitoring. The dosimetry service shall provide the OKC VA HCS with diagnostic evaluation and reporting, including direct computer access via the internet to the database for exposure reports, shipment tracking and account maintenance transactions.

Salient Characteristics:

A. Total badges and rings: 325 or more.

a. Included:

i. 4 spare badges for Audiology.

(vii) Delivery and acceptance are to be F.O.B Destination (FAR 52.247-34) at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located at: The Oklahoma City VA Medical Center, 921 NE 13th Street., Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5007

(viii) 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—COMMERCIAL

(a) Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for new OEM medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e., replacement parts) for VA Medical Centers. No remanufactures or gray market items will be acceptable.

(b) Offeror 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 constitutes a breach of contract. Accordingly, the VA reserves the right enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of the contract or, solely at the VA’s election, allowing the Vendor to replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to a VA medical facility upon discovery of such items.

(d) Any award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis.

(e) State if quoted items are available and priced through offerors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contract.

(f) If the acquisition is set-aside for SDVOSBs/VOSBs, their socioeconomic status must be VIP verified and visible in the VA Vendor Information Pages (VIP): https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/ at the time of quote submission AND award, or will be considered non-responsive, and will NOT be considered for award.

(g) Offerors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the offeror making such contact may be excluded from award considerations.

(h) All proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments, or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror’s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below.

(i) All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote.

(j) Submission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; (II) Price; and (III) Delivery.

Volume I – Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet Government requirement The offeror shall submit specifications, cut sheets, or brochures confirming the products, including products from the manufacturer submitted, meets, or exceeds the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation. The product(s) quoted must be identified by make or model number.

Volume II – Price Price - The offeror shall complete the pricing schedule provided in Section (v) above: List of Line Items

Volume III –Delivery The Government will evaluate delivery and select the quote/offer whose delivery time is most advantageous to the Government in terms of delivery. The Government may consider award to other the lowest priced quote/offeror if it’s in the best interest of the Government.

(End of Addendum to 52.212-1)

(ix) 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition

ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION—COMMERCIAL ITEMS:

(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 considering price and other factors.

(b) The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations:

Factor 1. Technical Capability Factor 2. Price Factor 3. Delivery

(c) Evaluation Approach. The Government will evaluate quotations using the comparative evaluation process outlined in FAR 13.106-2(b)(3), where quotations will be compared to one another to determine which provides the best benefit to the Government. The Government reserves the right to consider a quotation other than the lowest price that provides additional benefit(s). Quotations may exceed minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government reserves the right to select a quotation that provides benefit to the Government that exceeds the minimum requirements of the solicitation but is not required to do so. Each response must meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government is not requesting or accepting alternate quotations. The evaluation will consider the following:

Factor 1. Technical Capability: Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet Government requirement The offeror shall submit specifications, cut sheets, or brochures confirming the products, including products by the manufacturer submitted, meets, or exceeds the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation. The product(s) quoted must be identified by make or model number.

Factor 2. Price: The Government will evaluate the price by adding the total of all line-item prices. The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make a price reasonableness determination. Offers that do not meet or exceed the technical capability or quality of the item offered to the Government requirement, as stated in Factor 1, shall not be selected regardless of price.

Factor 3. Delivery: The Government will evaluate delivery and select the quote/offer whose delivery time is most advantageous to the Government in terms of delivery. The Government may consider award to other the lowest priced quote/offeror if it’s in the best interest of the Government.

(End of Addendum to 52.212-2)

(x) Offerors are advised to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications

– Commercial Items, with the offer.

(xi) 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items – applies to this acquisition

(xii) 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items (JUL 2020)

FAR 52.212-5 applies to this acquisition with the following FAR clauses incorporated by reference;

(xiii) Additional contract requirements or terms and conditions:

FAR 52.225-1 Buy American-Supplies (Oct 2022)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item—

(1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is–

(i) A commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of “commercial product” at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101);

(ii) Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and

(iii) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is sold in the commercial marketplace; and

(2) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C.40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.

Component means an article, material, or supply incorporated directly into an end product.

Cost of components means—

(1) For components purchased by the Contractor, the acquisition cost, including transportation costs to the place of incorporation into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or

(2) For components manufactured by the Contractor, all costs associated with the manufacture of the component, including transportation costs as described in paragraph (1) of this definition, plus allocable overhead costs, but excluding profit. Cost of components does not include any costs associated with the manufacture of the end product.

Critical component means a component that is mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States and deemed critical to the U.S. supply chain. The list of critical components is at FAR 25.105 .

Domestic end product means—

(1) For an end product that does not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both-

(i) An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in the United States;

(ii) An end product manufactured in the United States, if-

(A) The cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 60 percent of the cost of all its components, except that the percentage will be 65 percent for items delivered in calendar years 2024 through 2028 and 75 percent for items delivered starting in calendar year 2029. Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind as those that the agency determines are not mined, produced, or manufactured in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are treated as domestic. Components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. Scrap generated, collected, and prepared for processing in the United States is considered domestic; or

(B) The end product is a COTS item; or

(2) For an end product that consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, an end product manufactured in the United States, if the cost of foreign iron and steel constitutes less than 5 percent of the cost of all the components used in the end product. The cost of foreign iron and steel includes but is not limited to the cost of foreign iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the end product and a good faith estimate of the cost of all foreign iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners. Iron or steel components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. If the end product contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials used in such end product is calculated in accordance with the definition of "cost of components".

End product means those articles, materials, and supplies to be acquired under the contract for public use.

Fastener means a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. Examples of fasteners are nuts, bolts, pins, rivets, nails, clips, and screws.

Foreign end product means an end product other than a domestic end product.

Foreign iron and steel means iron or steel products not produced in the United States. Produced in the United States means that all manufacturing processes of the iron or steel must take place in the United States, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, except metallurgical processes involving refinement of steel additives. The origin of the elements of the iron or steel is not relevant to the determination of whether it is domestic or foreign.

Predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50 percent of the total cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the product and a good faith estimate of the cost of iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners.

Steel means an alloy that includes at least 50 percent iron, between 0.02 and 2 percent carbon, and may include other elements.

United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas.

(b) 41 U.S.C. chapter 83, Buy American, provides a preference for domestic end products for supplies acquired for use in the United States. In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1907, the domestic content test of the Buy American statute is waived for an end product that is a COTS item (see 12.505(a)(1)), except that for an end product that consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the domestic content test is applied only to the iron and steel content of the end product, excluding COTS fasteners.

(c) Offerors may obtain from the Contracting Officer a list of foreign articles that the Contracting Officer will treat as domestic for this contract.

(d) The Contractor shall deliver only domestic end products except to the extent that it specified delivery of foreign end products in the provision of the solicitation entitled "Buy American Certificate."

(End of clause)

FAR 52.225-2 BUY AMERICAN CERTIFICATE (OCT 2022)

(a)

(1) The Offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c) of this provision contains a critical component.

(2) The Offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select “no”.

(3) The Offeror shall separately list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component (see FAR 25.105).

(4) The terms “commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “critical component,” "domestic end product," "end product," and "foreign end product" are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American-Supplies."

(b)Foreign End Products:

(b)[List as necessary]

(c) Domestic end products containing a critical component:

Line-Item No. ___ [List as necessary]

(d) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

(End of provision)

Parent topic: 52.225 [Reserved] 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/

The following FAR clauses are incorporated by reference:

The following VAAR clauses are to be incorporated by reference:

52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html (FAR) http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/index.asp (VAAR)

The following FAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference:

The following FAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference:

FAR 52.219-6 - Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside

The following VAAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference:

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

(xv) Date and Time offers are due to luther.dickens@va.gov by 3:00pm MST, August 30th, 2024.

(xvi) Name and email of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation:

Luther Dickens luther.dickens@va.gov

Attachment:

Statement of Work Certificate of Compliance