J065--Braun Dialysis Maintenance Services

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services 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 36C25724Q0904 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 2024-05.

(iv) This solicitation is issued as Unrestricted Full and Open Competition, with the associated NAICS code of 811210, which has a small business size standard of $34.0 M.

(v) Requested services; see the attached Statement of Work for the contractor qualifications, description of the required items and services, and the price/cost schedule (SF1449) for the contract line item numbers, quantities, and options requested in this solicitation.

0001, Contractor shall provide all corrective and preventative maintenance services for the 27 B. Braun Dialog+ and Dialog+ Evolution hemodialysis units in accordance with the Statement of Work. Quantity: 12, Unit: MO

1001, Option I, Quantity: 12, Unit: MO

2001, Option II, Quantity: 12, Unit: MO

3001, Option III, Quantity: 12, Unit: MO

4001, Option IV, Quantity: 12, Unit: MO

(vi) This requirement is for providing equipment maintenance services at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS), San Antonio, TX.

(vii) The anticipated base Period of Performance for the requirement is 20 September 2024 through 19 September 2025.

(viii) The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. This solicitation requires additional submission of information, for other than price; see item xiii below for the additional submission requirements.

(ix) The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, is used in this solicitation. The evaluation factors for the solicitation are Technical, Past Performance and Price. Technical and Past Performance, when combined, are significantly more important than Price. Offers will be assessed by Comparative Evaluations of Offers. Technical capability will be assessed with the documentation provided by the offeror (see xiii (c) below). Past performance will be assessed by conducting reviews and/or interviews with the past performance references provided by the offeror and by review of the offeror s past performance records found in government past performance record systems. Price will be assessed as for a best value for the government that is determined fair and reasonable.

(x) Offerors who 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 proposal. 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.

(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. The clauses within FAR 52.212-5 applicable to the solicitation include:

52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alt. 1,

52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights,

52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards,

52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application,

52.204-30, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders-Prohibition,

52.209-6, Protecting the government s interest when subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment,

52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters,

52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns,

52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns,

52.219-28, Post-Award Small Business Program Representation,

52.222-3, Convict Labor,

52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities,

52.222-26, Equal Opportunity,

52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans,

52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities,

52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans,

52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act,

52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons,

52.223-23, Sustainable Products and Services,

52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases,

52.226-8, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving,

52.229-12, Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements,

52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management, and

52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-Requirements.

Additional clauses applicable to this procurement include:

52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance,

52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance,

52.204-21, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems,

52.217-8, Option to Extend Services,

52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract,

52.228-5, Insurance-Work on a Government Installation,

52.229-11, Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements-Notice and Representation,

52.237-2, Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation,

852.201-70, Contracting Officer s Representative,

852.203.70, Commercial Advertising,

852.204-71, Information and Information Systems Security,

852.212-71, Gray Market and Counterfeit Items,

852.232-72, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests,

852.242-71, Administrative Contracting Officer,

Additional provisions applicable to this procurement include:

52.204-7, System for Award Management,

52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting,

52.204-29, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders-Representations and Disclosures,

52.233-2, Service of Protest,

852.233-70, Protest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution, and

852.233-71, Alternate Protest Procedure.

(xiii) This acquisition includes additional submission requirements.

Other additional submission requirements include:

This solicitation includes FAR provision 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. The offeror must have completed the provision on-line at the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to providing an offer.

This solicitation includes FAR provision 52.237-1, Site Visit. A formal site visit is not scheduled for this requirement.

Offeror must submit the following for evaluation of the offeror s Technical Capability:

Offeror must provide documentation that confirms they have the capability of providing the requested services and have the capability of obtaining B. Braun OEM spare parts and supplies.

Offeror must provide documentation that shows the firm s field technician(s) have the qualifications and has completed the B. Braun technical training program (i.e., training certificate(s)) for the equipment model(s) identified in the Statement of Work.

Offeror must provide a project list, to include project locations, to show experience of providing services on the same or similar B. Braun equipment (VA experience is preferred) within the last three (3) years.

Offeror shall provide references for the assessment of Past Performance. Offeror is to provide past and/or current performance references (maximum 5) for services on the same or similar equipment with their offer. References must include a point of contact with a phone number, reference location, and contract number (if applicable).

Offeror should complete page 1 of the attached SF1449; block 12, discount terms, if applicable; blocks 17a., Contractor/Offeror information; and blocks 30, 30a. -Signature of the Offeror/Contractor; 30b., Name and Title of the signer; and 30c. Date signed.

Offerors are to provide pricing with their offer. Offerors may complete the price/cost schedule in the attached SF1449 or may provide pricing in their own format (Microsoft or PDF document).

Failure to provide all of the submission requirements may determine the offerors proposal to be non-compliant to the solicitation.

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

(xv) Offers are due by 27 August 2024, 3:00 PM CST. Offers must submitted by email to Vance Farrell at vance.farrell@va.gov. Due to email constraints by the VA, it is requested that emails sent to the POC be no larger than 12MB in size. Do NOT submit offers in the form of ZIP files; VA servers typically do not transfer all of the contents of ZIP files. If needed, submit the proposal content in multiple emails.

(xvi) Questions regarding information in the solicitation must be submitted in writing to the solicitation Point of Contact (POC), Vance Farrell, by email at vance.farrell@va.gov. It is requested that all questions be submitted no later than 16 August 2024.