Bronze Medallions Nationwide (CONUS & OCONUS).

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AMENDMENT TO A PREVIOUS COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

FOR

NATIONWIDE BRONZE MEDALLIONS



THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO A PREVIOUS COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL SUPPLIES AND PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6 STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED. THE SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES. SOLICITATION 36C78618Q0103 IS BEING ISSUED AS A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ). THIS NOTICE AND THE INCORPORATED PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES ARE THOSE IN EFFECT THROUGH THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS (FAR). ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A QUOTE. FAR clauses and provisions enclosed within this RFQ are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-96 and are available in full text through Internet access at http://www.acquisition.gov/far.

1. This is an Unrestricted, Open Market procurement. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 327991 and the size standard is 500 Employees. Any firm that does not meet the capability and size standard under this NAICS code should not submit a response. Prospective awardees MUST be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM)at http://www.sam.gov , PRIOR TO AWARD and through final payment, and must complete the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at http://www.sam.gov prior to award and through final payment. CONTRACT WILL NOT BE AWARDED UNTIL SAM REGISTRATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

2. This combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items is in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Therefore, all quotations received prior to the RFQ close date will be considered by the Contracting Office. A single award will be made to the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) offeror.

The Contractor shall deliver the required items FOB Destination Nationwide.

Delivery shall be for a Base Period and Four(4), One(1) Year Options

















PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED SOLICITATION 36C78618Q0103

3. The following Provisions and Clauses apply to this procurement:

a). The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition.

Quotes are due on March 9, 2018 9:00AM EST

IT IS THE CONTRACTOR S RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING PROPER SUBMISSION OF THEIR QUOTES IN THE VENDOR PORTAL. PROCEDURES FOR UPDATING ALREADY SUBMITTED QUOTES ARE PROVIDED IN THE VENDOR PORTAL GUIDE. ATTACHMENT B- VENDOR PORTAL GUIDE

Please go the VA eCMS Vendor Portal website at https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov to register. Once on the webpage, proceed to the Vendor Portal Login section located on the far-left side of the webpage and click on Request a user account to register. In the event an Offeror is unable to submit their quotes through the Vendor Portal domain, prior to the deadline for submission of quotes, contact the VAAS helpdesk at 1-877-634-3739, or via email at VA.Acquisition.Systems@va.gov. Quotes transmission/successful uploads must be completed by the deadline for submission of quotes.

Offerors unable to submit their quotes through VA eCMS Vendor Portal, may submit their quotes via email, PROVIDED THE VA eCMS Vendor Portal registration requirements have been fulfilled AND Offerors have contacted the VAAS helpdesk for assistance in their quotes submission. A copy of the email correspondence with the VAAS helpdesk shall be forwarded to the Contract Specialist, Antionette Collins-Somerville, at Antionette.Collins-Somerville@va.gov as proof of email correspondence. If a request for assistance with the VAAS helpdesk proves unsuccessful in an Offeror s ability to submit a quote prior to the closing date, via the Vendor Portal, the Offeror shall submit to the Contracting Officer correspondence that contains the date, time, and name of helpdesk representative the Offeror contacted to include the reasons why the Offeror could not submit a quote via the Portal. The offeror shall receive approval from the contracting officer prior to submitting quote via email. This document shall be submitted with the Offeror s quote.

In the event an Offeror has not requested submission assistance from the VAAS help desk prior to the closing date, nor has submitted correspondence that identifies reasons why the Offeror could not submit their QUOTE via Vendor Portal, the Offeror will be considered non-responsive and the QUOTEs, if late, will not be accepted.

ALL QUESTIONS SHALL BE DIRECTED TO THE CONTRACT SPECIALIST ONLY! Interested offerors must submit any questions concerning the solicitation at the earliest time possible to enable the Buyer to respond. Questions must be submitted via VA eCMS Vendor Portal an NO QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH EMAIL OR PHONE CALLS. DO NOT COMMUNICATE THROUGH ANY OTHER PERSON OTHER THAN THE CONTRACTING OFFICER IN REGARD TO THIS SOLICITATION. All questions must be received by no later than March 2, 2018 at 4:00pm E.S.T., to give reasonable time to respond to questions prior to close of the solicitation. No questions will be accepted after March 2, 2018 at 4:00pm E.S.T. or through email of phone calls. The solicitation closes on March 9, 2018 at 9:00AM EST.