VA long beach medical cylinders contract (7/1/2019 - 6/30/2024)

This amendment to Solicitation # 36C26219Q0739 is to answer questions from interested contractors. Please remember that the Question and Answer period is to answer questions about this solicitation and clarify line items.
What are the sizes of all Liquid Nitrogen Dewars required (multiple facilities)?
ANSWER: All liquid nitrogen dewars are 25 liters
(17) Gas Fill CLINs do not have a respective Rental CLIN; Does this infer that those Gases are serviced in VA Owned Cylinders?
ANSWER: Change the following line items to:
CLIN 0002, 0034, 0066, 0098, 0130 Monthly Rental Rate, E-Tanks with Built-in Regulator 5000 each
CLIN 0004, 0036, 0068, 0100, 0132 Monthly Rental Rate, E-Tanks, small tanks 500 each
CLIN 0007, 0039, 0071, 0103, 0135 Monthly Rental Rate, Medium & Large Tanks, K and H tanks. 500 each
CLIN 0009, 0041, 0073, 0105, 0138 Monthly Rental Rate, Ultra High Purity (UHP) tank, 6K tanks 100 each
Add extra CLINs as required for rental fees for tanks not included above.
Are offerors required to be licensed within the state of California to sell medical oxygen and specialty gases (a prescription drug)?
ANSWER: California licensure is not a precondition for contract award
Are there any delivery window constraints for CBOCs?
ANSWER: The delivery window for the CBOCs is 8 am to 1130 am.
Is the facility currently receiving emergency deliveries within 2 hours turnaround? 2 hours is not a feasible turnaround time anywhere especially in a major metropolitan area such as Los Angeles.
ANSWER: Change emergency delivery time to 4 hours.
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Is the current contract providing consolidated monthly invoices by the first Monday of the following month? Typically, the final Proof of Deliveries (notating deliveries/returns) are not available until approx. 7 days after a delivery has occurred. These documents are pertinent to invoicing. If the final delivery of the month falls on a Thursday, it is not possible for the invoice to be accurately submitted only two business days after a month s final delivery.
ANSWER: By the 5th business day of the following month is acceptable.
Can we identify the current contractor providing this work?
ANSWER: That is not pertinent to this solicitation.
Can we identify the current contract number?
ANSWER: That is not pertinent to this solicitation.
Can you find out if line 32 are they asking for the outright purchase of the Western OxyTotes?
ANSWER: Yes, line 32 is to purchase Western Oxy-Totes..

This solicitation is for a base plus option year contract to deliver medical gas cylinders to the VA Long Beach Healthcare System and all associated clinics located in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
The period of performance for the base year is 7/1/2019 6/30/2020.
In accordance with 38 USC 8127(d) Veterans First Contracting Program this solicitation is competed as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set Aside. Only offers from contractors listed as SDVOSB on the VETBIZ website will be considered.
This procurement is being conducted pursuant to FAR Part 13 procedures. The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer does not exceed the amount of funding available for the procurement and whose offer is found to be reasonable. Price alone is the sole evaluation factor.
All questions must be received by 1200 noon PST on 6/17/2019 to allow time to post a response on FBO. No questions will be answered via telephone.
All offers must be filled out on the SF1449 below and emailed to bryan.boggs2@va.gov by 1200 noon PST on 6/19/2019. No late offers will be considered..