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36C261-27-AP-0154

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Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 21

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Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 21

To all Offerors/Bidders

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** HOUR & DATE for Receipt of Offers is EXTENDED to: 09-21-2026 12:00PM PDT

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The purpose of this amendment is to make the following changes and/or clarifications to the solicitation.

1. The solicitation due date has been extended to Monday September 21, 2026, at 12:00 PM PST.

2. All solicitation amendments are required to be signed and returned to be eligible for award.

3. All other terms and conditions remain in full force and effect.

4. See attached responses to submitted questions no additional questions will be accepted.

Edward Hunter Contracting Officer

36C26127Q0022 0001

Responses to questions for solicitation 36C26127Q0022 provided 9/16/2026

1. Is this a new contract or is there an incumbent dental lab that has been providing these services under an existing contract?

This requirement is for a follow-on contract to continue dental laboratory services currently being performed under an existing contract. There is an incumbent dental lab providing these services at present.

2. Can a laboratory meet the requirements of this solicitation if they are located more than 60 miles from either VAMC location as listed in this solicitation? If so, is the responding dental lab eligible for award?

As detailed in the solicitation, the Government requires the dental laboratory to be located within a specified 50–60 mile radius of the VA San Francisco and South Santa Rosa facilities. This geographic restriction is intended to facilitate timely pickup and delivery of cases and to ensure quality of service. Laboratories located outside this radius do not meet the requirement and would not be eligible for award.

3. The requirement under the previous Solicitation posted in 2023 had a similar requirement of within 30 miles of each VAMC location; however, the awarded dental lab was located hundreds of miles outside that range. Will this exception be allowed under this Solicitation if the primary dental lab is able to meet the same day requirements utilizing a local lab within 60 miles of each of the VAMC locations?

The SOW (§11(a)) requires contractors to provide direct pickup and delivery service, performed by laboratory personnel, and prohibits subcontracting and transshipment (including use of third-party couriers). This requirement is in place to maintain chain of custody and accountability for prosthetic cases. Therefore, the use of a local third-party courier service would not be compliant with the solicitation.

4. Is the current outside dental lab servicing this contract within 60 miles of the two VAMC locations as listed in this solicitation?

No (not sure if I can state the issues we are having and why we are so specific about the radius)

5. Can the primary dental lab utilize a local laboratory to meet the 60 mile requirement and service those 1-2 day turnaround times?

See response to question 3.

6. Can UPS be used for all pickup and deliveries to and from the VAMC to the dental lab?

See response to question 3.

7. On the price sheet, what weight measurement should the line items for alloy be priced in (i.e. pennyweight, grams, etc)?

Pennyweight

8. Just to confirm, all line items that would include alloy for final fabrication should NOT include the cost of alloy as those are to be priced separately.

Yes, that is correct

9. Are the turnaround times listed in this Solicitation to include time in transit or are they in lab working days?

In-lab working days since there will be no shipping involved

10. Please define what P/P is an abbreviation for?

Either maxillary partial or mandibular partial

1266 Set Teeth on New P/P 1-3 Teeth

1267 Set Teeth on New P/P 4-8 Teeth

1268 Set Teeth on New P/P 9-14 Teeth

11. What percentage work will be submitted with digital impressions versus traditional impressions?

~40%

12. For gold alloy Item #’s 1018-1019, 1022-10026, 1170, 1236, and 1170; is the “Qty” in “pennyweight,” with 20 pennyweight / troy ounce of gold alloy)?

Pennyweight

13. Do Item #’s referenced in Question 1 need to be manufactured by Argen; or can a comparable dental alloy manufacture be used so long as it is categorized as “Noble” or “High Noble” for the appreciate indication for use and a certificate of conformance is provided with each case?

No, can be something comparable

14. Do Denture Teeth Item #’s 1147-1149, 1162-1169,1171-1177, 1295,1296, 1299-1301 need to be manufacturer specific, or can these be simplified into two teeth categories;

“Premium Denture Teeth” and “Basic Denture” supplied by Ivoclar, or Dentsply?

Yes, they need to be manufacturer specific

15. Are teeth billed separately for all these removable items #’s 1007-1009, 1011,1107- 1109, 1115-1121, 1188-1189,1204-1206, 1266-1268?

Yes

16. If Items #’s are included (no-charge” by vendor), how should this be noted on Price schedule; “Included,” “N/A,” or leave blank?

Indicate on price schedule “NSP” - Not Separately Priced.

17. Item #1043. What does this specifically refer to?

Bone reduction guide

18. Item #1061. What does this specifically refer to?

Repair of removable partial denture frameworks

19. Item #1065. Is this for a heat processed splint, or had vacuum-form splint?

vacuum-form

20. Item #1084. Is this a design crown to partial?

No, this is referring to partial denture design/surveying completed by the lab technician

21. Item #1105. Is this an Essix without teeth or with teeth?

With teeth

22. Item #1126: How many implant sites are included, and does this item include laboratory file merging and planning for doctor approval?

This includes the consultation/planning and is the cost for one implant. Additional sites will have additional fee (item #1284)

23. Item #1161. Are abutment housing included in the fee to be quoted, or will they be provided by VA, or billed separately?

Provided by the VA

24. Item #1182. Is this a custom abutment + screwmentable crown cemented in lab, or a ti-base + and cemented screw retained crown? Or just a just a crown cemented to Dr.

supplied abutment?

Ti-base and custom abutments will be billed separately, so just the crown

25. Item #1183. Is the ti-base abutment included in the fee to be quoted, or will the Tibase be provided by the VA, or billed separately?

It will be billed separately

26. Items # 1188. Is this just for a Locator Denture with housings, (no locator abutments)?

How many implant units?

VA will provide all components including replicas, housings, retention inserts. This is just for the denture only.

27. Item #1189. Are Locator abutments included in the fee to be quoted, or will the Locator abutments be provided by VA, or billed seperatley?

Provided by the VA

28. Item #1198. Is this a C&B design feature or a RPD framework rest?

C&B design feature for survey crowns in which a metal rest is requested

29. Item #1231. Is the UCLA abutment included in the fee to be quoted, or will the UCLA be provided by VA, or billed separately?

Provided by the VA

30. Item #1234. Will the lab supply the photogrammetry equipment, software, and consumables? Any particular system requested?

Lab supplies everything; ICAM or T-Marker

31. Item #1289. Is this a hard vacuum-form or heat processed splint?

Vacuum-form

32. Assuming a contact is awarded, could we use a simpler method for invoicing which is utilized by a comparable national dental laboratory contact? (Sample attached separately should cover all contract specific requests).

We only use Tungsten

33. Could you please clarify the following item on Form 1449?

a. page 7 (Section B.2, 5ei8 & 10i) specifies Vitallium frameworks.

i. Can the lab utilize a validate beryllium and nickel free alloy, versus Vitallium?

No, we are requesting Vitallium only

b. Is Tungsten used for the electronic payment?

Yes

c. Due to historic global market volatility in the gold and precious alloy markets, can a Emergency / Equitable Price Adjustment Amendment (EPA) be placed on this solicitation?

No

i. Perhaps place a cap of 20% above the current gold / precious alloy market prices, before an Emergency EPA is initiated?

Not a consideration for this solicitation

d. Will there be allowance If there are delays due to OEM Implant Manufacturers?

Yes, but it is the lab’s responsibility to provide advanced notice to the provider so patient’s can be rescheduled in a timely manner. This should not be a frequent occurrence.