6515--VISN-4 Lab CPRR Instrumention Urinalysis- Cheimcal 9 Medical Centers 36C24425Q0739

Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice Page 3 of 3 Presolicitation Notice *=Required Field Presolicitation Notice Page 1 of 3 This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 4, to provide VISN 4 VISN-wide Laboratory CPRR Instrumentation - Urinalysis - Chemistry. This is a requirement for Nine (9), VISN-04, VA Medical Center facilities throughout Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. The full solicitation will be posted on the Contract Opportunities website at www.sam.gov on or about July 02, 2025. The full solicitation will be Full and Open Market Competition with no set-aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this procurement is 334516, Analytical Laboratory, Instrument Manufacturing the size standard is 1000 Employees. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. Any amendments issued to this solicitation will ONLY be available on this site. Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining all amendments. All questions must be submitted in writing to the Contract Specialist at Stanley.Kwasny@va.gov. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract neither does it obligate the Government to pay for any quotes or proposal preparation costs. The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation because of this notice. No other information is available until issuance of the solicitation. All interested parties must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) pursuant to applicable regulations and guidelines prior to award. Registration information can be found at www.sam.gov. The point of contact is Contracting Specialist, Stanley Kwasny: Stanley .Kwasny@va.gov. End of Document

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VISN 04 CPRR Lab Instrumentation Urinalysis Chemistry Solicitation# 36C24425Q0739 Vendor Questions / Government Responses Per Attachment A Instrument Requirements, every location, except for Coatesville VAMC, is requiring a primary analyzer and a backup analyzer With Macroscopic and Microscopic capabilities- is that correct? The backup instrument requires the same functionality as the primary instrument? Back up analyzers are macroscopic only. Also, page 29 h.) Primary and backup analyzers (for larger facilities) shall be from the same manufacturer and offer the same technology- please define larger facilities ? Large facilities would be facilities testing above 15,000 macroscopic per year. Large facilities: Erie, Lebanon, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Wilkes-Barre and Wilmington. In addition, please clarify what the backup requirement is for each location? All backups are all fully- automated Macro Only. If each site has a different requirement for their backup can you please clarify what each site requires for a backup? Such as, fully automated Macroscopic and Microscopic, fully automated Macro only, or Semi-Automated Macro only All backups are all fully-automated Macro Only. Can you please confirm if any of the labs will require a wagon/cart that the instrument would sit on? Or will all instruments be sitting on existing countertop or table space? No space is available for a wagon/cart. Analyzer/equipment must fit within measurements provided. In the Statement of Work Attachment D Past Performance Questionnaire- can you please confirm, you would like this document to be filled out by the reference and sent to you directly? Please confirm you are looking for one (1) reference? I don t see a number of references required. The Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) is completed by the Reference evaluating past performance and returned directly to email address in the heading of the PPQ. A minimum of (3) PPQs may be submitted. (return to: stanley.kwasny@va.gov). Would submission of CPARS be an adequate replacement for Attachment D? CPARs can be used as Past Performance. We noticed in Urinalysis SOW - Attachments (Attachment A Instrument Requirements) that Butler is showing requirements for backup analyzer. Please confirm whether to include a backup for Butler. Thank you! Butler VAMC does not require a Backup Analyzer. Do not include a backup for Butler VAMC. Additionally, the label of Column D appears to be incorrect, Back Up Analyzer Macroscopic / Microscopic we believe should read Back Up Analyzer Macroscopic Only . In Attachment A - Column D has been changed to Back up Analyzer Macroscopic During Open Market Research, we believe that only Chemistry Macroscopic backup testing is required. Can you please provide confirmation? Thank you! All backups are all fully- automated Macroscopic Only. I wanted to clarify the Urinalysis requirement for VISN 4 posted on SAM.gov- is this an FSS solicitation or Open Market? The pre-solicitation notice expressed this would be Open Market but the actual solicitation references the FSS terms. This Solicitation is Open Market and we are accepting open market submissions. Any mention of FSS in the RFQ was an error and an amendment will be posted to Sam.gov to correct any areas. End of Questions and Answers