Q502--Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring Services

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AMENDMENT #3 TO REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ): 36C25820Q0306: This notice is an amendment to RFQ 36C25820Q0306 for Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring Services. The required services are to be performed for the Phoenix VA Healthcare System located in Phoenix, Arizona.

This amendment clarifies why FAR Clause 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HubZone Small Business Concerns (Deviation 2019-01), was incorporated by the previous amendment into this RFQ. Incorporation of this clause does not imply this requirement has been set-aside for HubZone.

This clause is required to be in the RFQ and the subsequent contract for requirements that have been competed under Full and Open Competition (Unrestricted). Since, this requirement is an Unrestricted competition, Block 10 of the SF 1449 for the RFQ has the Unrestricted box checked as the type of acquisition.

Point of contact information: Bill Cook, Contract Specialist, william.cook2@va.gov.

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AMENDMENT TO REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ): 36C25820Q0306: This notice is an amendment to RFQ 36C25820Q0306 for Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring Services. The required services are to be performed for the Phoenix VA Healthcare System located in Phoenix, Arizona.

This amendment incorporates FAR Clause 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HubZone Small Business Concerns (Deviation 2019-01), as follows:

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause

HUBZone small business concern means a small business concern, certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA), that appears on the List of Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns maintained by the SBA (13 CFR 126.103).

Similarly situated entity means a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent contractor, that has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award, and that is considered small for the NAICS code the prime contractor assigned to the subcontract the subcontractor will perform. An example of a similarly situated entity is a first-tier subcontractor that is a HUBZone small business concern for a HUBZone set-aside or sole source award under the HUBZone Program.

(b) Evaluation preference.

(1) Offers will be evaluated by adding a factor of 10 percent to the price of all offers, except

(i) Offers from HUBZone small business concerns that have not waived the evaluation preference; and

(ii) Otherwise successful offers from small business concerns.

(2) The factor of 10 percent shall be applied on a line item basis or to any group of items on which award may be made. Other evaluation factors described in the solicitation shall be applied before application of the factor.

(3) When the two highest rated offerors are a HUBZone small business concern and a large business, and the evaluated offer of the HUBZone small business concern is equal to the evaluated offer of the large business after considering the price evaluation preference, award will be made to the HUBZone small business concern.

(c) Waiver of evaluation preference. A HUBZone small business concern may elect to waive the evaluation preference, in which case the factor will be added to its offer for evaluation purposes. The agreements in paragraphs (e) and (f) of this clause do not apply if the offeror has waived the evaluation preference.

[ ] Offeror elects to waive the evaluation preference.

(d) Independent contractors. An independent contractor shall be considered a subcontractor.

(e) Agreement. By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, a HUBZone small business concern agrees that, in the case of a contract for

(1) Services (except construction), it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded;

(2) Supplies (other than procurement from a nonmanufacturer of such supplies), it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded;

(3) General construction, it will not pay more than 85 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded; or

(4) Construction by special trade contractors, it will not pay more than 75 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the 75 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded.

(f) A HUBZone joint venture agrees that the aggregate of the HUBZone small business concerns to the joint venture, not each concern separately, will perform the applicable requirements specified in paragraph (e) of this clause.

(g)(1) Unless SBA has waived the requirements of paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (iii) of this clause in accordance with 13 CFR 121.1204, a HUBZone small business concern that provides an end item it did not manufacture, process, or produce, shall

(i) Provide an end item that a small business has manufactured, processed, or produced in the United States or its outlying areas;

(ii) Be primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sell the type of item being supplied; and

(iii) Take ownership or possession of the item(s) with its personnel, equipment, or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice; for example, providing storage, transportation, or delivery.

(2) Paragraphs (g)(1) of this clause does not apply to construction or service contracts, or when the price evaluation preference is waived by the offeror.

(h) Notice. The HUBZone small business offeror acknowledges that a prospective HUBZone awardee must be a HUBZone small business concern at the time of award of this contract. The HUBZone offeror shall provide the Contracting Officer a copy of the notice required by 13 CFR 126.501 if material changes occur before contract award that could affect its HUBZone eligibility. If the apparently successful HUBZone offeror is not a HUBZone small business concern at the time of award of this contract, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful HUBZone small business concern or other offeror.

End of Clause

Point of contact information: Bill Cook, Contract Specialist, william.cook2@va.gov.

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AMENDMENT TO REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ): 36C25820Q0306: This notice is an amendment to RFQ 36C25820Q0306 for Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring Services. The required services are to be performed for the Phoenix VA Healthcare System located in Phoenix, Arizona.

This amendment provides additional instructions for submitting pricing using the Schedule of Services in Section B Price/Cost Schedule, as outlined in the addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Quoters Commercial Items. Â

Quoters shall provide pricing based on a per unit/reading price for:

Ambulatory Cardiac Telemetry Monitoring per unit for up to 30 days of monitoring per patient.

The VA anticipates an average of 48.5 readings (units) per month.

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Holter Monitoring, per reading.

The VA anticipates an average of 3 readings per month.

The pricing quoted in Section B shall be inclusive of all costs to provide the complete services required in the Statement of Work.

Point of contact information: Bill Cook, Contract Specialist, william.cook2@va.gov.

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PRESOLICITATION NOTICE: The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contract Office (NCO) 22 - Gilbert intends to solicit for a contractor to provide Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring Services. The required services are to be performed for the Phoenix VA Healthcare System located in Phoenix, Arizona.

This requirement is a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract, and the contract period will be for a one (1) year period, with four (4) potential option years to be exercised at the option of the Government. Based on the results of market research under Sources Sought Notice 36C25820Q0266, posted on 06/29/2020 at https://beta.sam.gov/, an electronic solicitation may be issued on or about 08/11/2020 at https://beta.sam.gov/.Â

The VA intends to permit unsrestricted full and open competition for this solicitation.

Point of contact information: Bill Cook, Contract Specialist, william.cook2@va.gov.