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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF APRIL 19, 2015 FBO #4894
DOCUMENT

Q -- DIALYSIS WATER TESTING - Attachment

Notice Date

4/17/2015
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541380 — Testing Laboratories
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 9;1639 Medical Center Parkway;Suite 400;Murfreesboro TN 37129
 

ZIP Code

37129
 

Solicitation Number

VA24915Q0436
 

Response Due

4/22/2015
 

Archive Date

6/21/2015
 

Point of Contact

SCHERONICA COCHRAN
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only Solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written Solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number VA249-15-Q-0436 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular. This requirement is Small Business (SB) set aside. The NAICS is 541380 and the small business size standard is $15.0 Million. The government anticipates awarding a Firm Fixed Price award. The bases of award will be Lowest Price Quote. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation requirements and will provide the best value to the government. Description of Services: The James H. Quillen (Mountain Home) VA Medical Center located at Corner of Lamont & Veterans Way, Mountain Home, Tennessee, 37684 has a requirement for Dialysis Water Testing at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. Period of Performance: Base Year04-24-2015 - 04-23-2016 Option Year 1: 04-24-2016 - 04-23-2017 Option Year 2: 04-24-2017 - 04-23-2018 Option Year 3: 04-24-2018 - 04-23-2019 Option Year 4: 04-24-2019 - 04-23-2020 The following clauses and provisions apply to this solicitation: 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration - title is now System for Award Management [SAM]. 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract 52.222-3, Convict Labor 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration 52.233-3, Protest after Award 852.203-70, Commercial Advertising 852.232-72, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests 852.237-70, Contractor Responsibilities 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference: This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address (es). 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference: This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address (es). Full text can be obtained at www.arnnet.gov. Submission of Quote: The Offeror shall submit their quote on company letterhead and shall include unit price, total, unit quantity, terms of any express warranty, unit price, overall total price, applicable shipping charges and item description as specified above, as offered discounts, proposed delivery time, name, address, and telephone number of the offeror, firm's DUNS# and ORCA document in SAM at www.sam.gov. Complete copy of 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items, and ORCA document. The offeror shall provide sufficient evidence that they possess adequate resources, capability, experience, responsibility and integrity to meet the technical capabilities to comply with the requirements of the resulting contract. The offeror shall provide past performance evidence. This assessment is based on the offeror's record of relevant and recent past performance information that pertains to services outlined in the solicitation requirements. All questions should be emailed Scheronica.Cochran@va.gov by April 21, 2015 at10:00am CST. All responses to questions will be incorporated into a written amendment posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov). Offerors are encouraged to monitor the Federal Business Opportunities website with respect to this solicitation any amendments to this Solicitation will be posted on that website (www.fbo.gov). All Quotes regarding this solicitation must be submitted to the Contract Specialist in writing by e-mail to Scheronica.Cochran@va.gov no later than11:00 AM CST, April 22, 2015. The subject line must specify VA249-15-Q-0436 - Dialysis Water Testing at the VAMC Mountain Home. Quote/Proposal should be broken down as such: Base Year04-24-2015 - 04-23-2016$ Option Year 1: 04-24-2016 - 04-23-2017$ Option Year 2: 04-24-2017 - 04-23-2018$ Option Year 3: 04-24-2017 - 04-23-2018$ Option Year 4: 04-24-2017 - 04-23-2018$ Total Amount$ There will be no automated email notification of amendments or receipts of quotes. The solicitation package will be posted on FedBizOpps, which can be accessed at www.fedbizopps.gov. The Government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation. Telephone, written, or facsimile, requests, for the solicitation package will not be honored. All interested parties MUST be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) Database and have completed On-Line Representation and Certifications Application (ORCA) in order to receive a contract award. If you are not registered with SAM, you may request an application via phone at 866-606-8220 or register on-line at https://www.sam.gov. There will be no automated email notification of amendments. To keep informed of changes: Check www.fedbizopps.gov frequently. Any firm that is not considered a Small Business under this NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: The government is in no way obligated to do business with or enter into the award a contract to any firm or its affiliates or otherwise pay for the information provided in this synopsis. See Attached: Statement of Work STATEMENT OF WORK The Contractor agrees to provide Laboratory services in accordance with the terms and conditions stated herein, to furnish to and at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home VA Healthcare System, Mountain Home, TN, the services and prices specified in the Section entitled Schedule of Supplies/Services of this contract. 1. INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE OF WORK a.The contractor shall perform certain environmental monitoring tests on water and dialysate specimens provided by the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Mountain Home, Tennessee. Those tests shall be performed in an environmental laboratory certified by the national Environmental laboratory Program (NELAP), or equivalent, to the standards detailed in ANSI/AAMI/ISO Publication 23500:2011 and the results shall be reported referenced to those standards. b.The tests performed shall be those listed in the Schedule of Services and the expectation is monthly with six to eight additional tests annually as needed based on conditions. 2. DIALYSIS WATER VERIFICATION AND MONITORING a.The quality of the dialysis water, as specified in 3.2 and 3.3. shall be verified by testing of specimens obtained by the VAMC Dialysis Unit staff and shipped to the Contractor's environmental laboratory using sampling/shipping containers provided by the Contractor in accordance with ANSI/AAMI/ISO Standard 11663-2009, ANSI/AAMI/ISO Standard 23500-2011, and ANSI/AAMI/ISO Standard 13959-2009, and no prior standards. b.Microbiological requirements - Reporting of Total viable microbial counts in dialysis water after testing using culturing techniques according to the above-specified standards shall be reported using a maximum allowable level of less than 100 CFU/ml, or lower if required by national legislation or regulations. The reporting action level shall be will be 50 % of the maximum allowable level. c.Reporting of Endotoxin content in dialysis water shall be in accordance with the limits set in the above-specified standards and shall be such that detection of less than the maximum allowable level of 0.25 EUml is possible, or lower if required by national legislation or regulations. Reporting sensitivity shall be such that an action level of 50 % of the maximum level can be identified and reported. d.Microbiology of dialysis water - Contractor shall provide acceptable specimen sampling and shipping containers such that Total viable counts (standard plate counts) shall be obtained using conventional microbiological assay procedures (pour plate, spread plate, membrane filter techniques) on the culture media specified in the above ANSI/AAMI/ISO standards. Membrane filtration is the preferred method for this test. The calibrated loop technique is not accepted. e.Culture media will be tryptone glucose extract agar (TGEA), Reasoners 2A {R2A), or other media that can be demonstrated to provide equivalent results, as per the specified ANSI/AAMI/ISO standards. Blood agar and chocolate agar shall not be used. Incubation temperatures of 17Cto 23 C and Incubation time of 168 h (7 d) will be used. Other incubation times and temperatures may be used If It can be demonstrated that they provide equivalent results. No method will give a total microbial count. f.The presence of endotoxins shall be determined by the Limulus amebocytelysate (LAL) test other test methods may be used if it can be demonstrated that they provide equivalent results. g.Also, it is important to refer to Section 5 (Page 6) of ANSI/AAMl/ISO Standard 11663; "Tests for compliance with microbiological requirements" and Section 4, starting on page 9, of ANSI/AAMl/ISO Standard 23500:2011;Summary of quality requirements of ISO 13959 and ISO 11663" 3. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE MONITORING a. Monitoring of Contractor's performance will be monitored. All testing supplies will be provided at no additional cost as well as shipping. The results will be made available to the VA within 72 hours. Scope of ServicesBase YearOption YR 1Option YR 2Option YR 3Option YR 4 TESTMETHODPRICEPRICEPRICEPRICEPRICE CLIN 001Hemodialysis Water profile to AAMI StandardsNLS EPA 200.8 (Metals), NLS EPA 300.0 (Anions); Note: using an anion-exchange column with indirect ultraviolet detection, due to its sensitivity, simplicity, and ease of mobile phase preparation, which differs from the EPA 300.0 which uses a conductivity detector; SM 18-21 4500 HB (pH), SM 18-20 2510B (Conductivity) CLIN 002Water profile to EPA Drinking StandardsNLS EPA 200.8 (Metals), NLS EPA 300.0 (Anions); Note: using an anion-exchange column with indirect ultraviolet detection, due to its sensitivity, simplicity, and ease of mobile phase preparation, which differs from the EPA 300.0 which uses a conductivity detector; SM 18-21 4500 HB (pH),SM 18-20 25108 (Conductivity) CLIN 003LAL... Endotoxin Analysis Water/Dialysis Fluid to AAMI StandardsNLS Turbidimetric CLIN 004Environmental Colony Count Water/Dialysis Fluid to AAMI StandardsHPC via SM 9215 C CLIN 005Environmental Culture (ID) Water/Dialysis Fluid to AAMI StandardsHPC via SM 9215 C CLIN 006Dialysis Fluid Electrolytes (panel)ISE Ion Selective Electrode CLIN 007Dialysis Fluid Electrolytes (ordered singly)ISE Ion Selective Electrode CLIN 008Aluminum test in waterNLS EPA 200.8 (Metals) CLIN 009Trace Metals ordered singlyNLS EPA 200.8 (Metals) Cost per Suite of 9 tests (Clin 001-009) Cost of 12 Sampling events tests (annual minimum) Cost of 20 Sampling events tests (annual maximum) NOTE: Offerors shall submit a price for each item. Award will be based on best value to the VA Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions, based on initial offers received.
 

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Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA249-15-Q-0436 VA249-15-Q-0436.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1990861&FileName=VA249-15-Q-0436-000.docx)

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Record

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