VISN8-Services: Environmental Services for the VA Caribbean Healthcare System, San Juan, PR

AMENDMENT A00001 TO THE COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION VA248-17-Q-1430

TITLE: VISN 8- SERVICES: ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE VA CARIBBEAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, SAN JUAN, PR

QUESTIONS FROM QUOTERS AND RESPONSES FROM CONTRACTING OFFICER:

QUESTION NO. 1- Is there an incumbent contractor currently performing these services or if this is a new requirement?



RESPONSE NO 1.- No, this Agency does not have any incumbent contractor performing these services. Therefore, this is a new requirement.



QUESTION NO.2- Confirm that this is a fixed-price and will not be subject to task order negotiation?



RESPONSE NO. 2- YES, this will be a fixed price contract and not subject to task order negotiation.



QUESTION NO.3-Confirm that the period of performance is only two months, in accordance with section 5.0 of the RFP?



RESPONSE NO.3- Period of performance is only two months, in accordance with section 5.0. This combined synopsis solicitation is not a Request for Proposal. This is a Request for Quotation per Synopsis information provided in the Combined Synopsis/solicitation.



QUESTION NO.4- Will an extension be considered due to the solicitation advertisement, responses to questions, and submittal deadline occurring within less than one week?



RESPONSE NO. 4- No extension will be considered at this moment.







Mary Jane Gugliano

Contracting Officer

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial item prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 in conjunction with FAR Part 13, as supplemented with additional information included in the notice. The Network Contracting Office 8, VA Caribbean Healthcare System, San Juan, Puerto Rico intent to issue a Request for Quotation for Environmental Services located at mentioned facility. This procurement is being solicited as Small Disadvantage Veteran Owned Small Business(SDVOSB) Set Aside; NAICS Code is 541620 with a Small Business size standard of $15.0 million. The solicitation document VA248-17-Q-1430, and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect pursuant to Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC 2005-94 & 2005-95); effective date 1-19-2017. All eligible SDVOSBs, already registered in the in VETBiz shall submit their quotes/offers. All quoters/offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov to be considered for award. Veterans claiming on their preference shall be registered in the Vendor Information Pages(VIP); also, known as VetBiz at https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov.

Veterans are encouraged to submit their quotations, and will be evaluated as established criteria on Performance Work Statement, pursuant to the Veterans First Contracting Program-PL 109-461.

Interested quoters/offerors in providing these services must submit their quotes/offers by August 24, 2017 at 10:00am Eastern Time; preferably via e-mail or hand carry to:

VA Caribbean Healthcare System

Network Contracting Officer 8-San Juan

Administrative Building-Suite 4M440

Attn: Mary Jane Gugliano

10 Calle Casia

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00921-3201







If submitting via e-mail, please transmit on time, and confirm that all attachments and information was received by the Contracting Officer on or before the closing date and stated time. Late submission will be considered as late pursuant to FAR criteria on 52.212-1(f). This statement is done due to the limitations on transmittal of large packages. If submitting via e-mail, do so at: mary.gugliano@va.gov.

Questions and/or inquiries must be sent to the email mentioned on the above paragraph; no later than August 22, 2017 at 9:30am AM Eastern Time.



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