J065--Actionable - 554 (S) | New Requirement | Biomed Steris Sterilizer Maintenance (VA-26-00024834)

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{"description":"Request for Quote (RFQ) #: 36C25926Q0115\nBiomed Steris Sterilizer Maintenance for Eastern Colorado Healthcare System (ECHCS) for a base year plus 4 additional option years.\nThis is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation. \n* The deadline for all questions is 12:00pm Dec 16, 2025.\nAll questions must be submitted in writing no later than the question cut-off date marked above. All questions will be answered officially through an amendment to the solicitation.\n** Quotes are to be provided to thaddeus.gray@va.gov no later than 16:00pm MT, January 05, 2026.\nQuotes shall not be hand carried. Faxed quotes shall not be accepted. Emailed quotes are the only method of submitted quotes (4MB email limit). The Government reserves the right to make the award solely on initial Quotes received. Offerors bear the burden of ensuring that all portions of the offer (and any authorized amendments) reach the designated office before the deadline specified in the solicitation. This RFQ shall be completed in its entirety, and signed and dated, failure shall not be considered for award.\nThis is a Request for Quote (RFQ), and the solicitation number is 36C25926Q0115. The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation. \nThis solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-06 effective October 01, 2025. \nThe North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 811310 Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance with a business size standard of 12.5 Million. This solicitation is 100% set-aside for service-disabled veteran owned small businesses (SDVOSB). \nList of Line Items;\nLine Items\nDescription \n\nQuantity\nUnit of Measure\nUnit Price ($)\nTotal Price\n($)\n0001\nBase Year \nScheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance\nEastern Colorado Healthcare System\nPeriod of Performance:\n03/01/2026-02/28/2027\n1\nYR\n\n\n1001\nOption Year 1\nScheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance\nEastern Colorado Healthcare System\nPeriod of Performance:\n03/01/2027-02/28/2028\n1\nYR\n\n\n2001\nOption Year 2\nScheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance\nEastern Colorado Healthcare System\nPeriod of Performance:\n03/01/2028-02/28/2029\n1\nYR\n\n\n3001\nOption Year 3\nScheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance\nEastern Colorado Healthcare System\nPeriod of Performance:\n03/01/2029-02/28/2030\n1\nYR\n\n\n4001\nOption Year 4\nScheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance\nEastern Colorado Healthcare System\nPeriod of Performance:\n03/01/2030-02/28/2031\n1\nYR\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrand Total ($)\n\n\nDescription of Requirements for the items/Services to be acquired: The requirement is for Biomed Steris Sterilizer Maintenance, please reference attached performance work statement (PWS). \n\nDelivery and acceptance are to be F.O.B Destination (RFO 52.247-34) at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS), located at:\n\nEastern Colorado VA Healthcare System \nRocky Mountain Regional VAMC \n1700 N. Wheeling St. Aurora CO 80045\n\n\n52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition\n\nAny award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis.\n\nState if quoted items are available and priced through offerors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contract.\n\nIf the acquisition is set-aside for SDVOSBs/VOSBs, their socioeconomic status must be verified and visible in the SBA Small Business Certification (SBS): https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ at the time of quote submission AND award, or will be considered non-responsive, and will NOT be considered for award.\n\nOfferors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the offeror making such contact may be excluded from award considerations.\n\nAll proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below.\n\nAll information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote.\n\nADDENDUM to RFO 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL\n\nSubmission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) Technical capability or quality offered to meet the Government requirement; (II) Price; (III) Past Performance; and (IV) Completion of VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting - Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction.\n\nVolume I - Technical capability or quality to meet the Government requirement.\nThe offeror shall submit its quote demonstrating how it meets the requirements of the performance work statement (PWS) and solicitation, to include the unscheduled and scheduled maintenance plan (see in PWS Section 6 on page 1). Offeror shall include bond coverage, insurance certification, and company s authorized personnel list, as needed.\n\nVolume II Price\nPrice - The offeror shall complete the pricing schedule provided in Section (v) above: Price/Cost Schedule. The offeror shall price the base and all option year line items. \n\nVolume III Past Performance\nOfferors shall provide a maximum of three (3) recent and relevant past efforts (as defined below) to demonstrate their ability to perform the proposed work. If a completed Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) evaluation is available, it shall be submitted. If not providing CPARS evaluation past performance references must include contract numbers, amount of contract award, point of contact with email address, telephone numbers and other relevant information, and a description of product/work performed under the contract. To be relevant, the effort must be similar in nature of work, size, magnitude, complexity, and scope of this procurement. To be recent past performance is defined as not more than five years from the RFQ release date of this solicitation. \n\nVolume IV VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting - Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction.\nThe offeror shall complete the provision VAAR 852-219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting - Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction.\n\nOfferor must list any/all subcontractors (and their size standard IAW NAICS 811310) if they will be utilized for this requirement AND what they will be performing. How is your firm going to comply with Limitations on Subcontracting requirements? If no subcontractors will be used, please state No Subcontractors will be used for this requirement in the response.\n (End of Addendum to 52.212-1)\n\n52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.\n\nADDENDUM to RFO 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS:\n\nThe Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the offeror responsible whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government considering price and other factors.\n\nThe following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations: \nFactor I. Technical capability or quality offered to meet the Government requirement\nFactor II. Price\nFactor III. Past Performance\nEvaluation Approach. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government will use comparative analysis. The following factors will be used to evaluate offers: \n\nFactor I. Technical capability or quality offered to meet the Government requirement: The quotation will be evaluated to the extent to which it can meet and/or exceed the Government s requirements as outlined in the solicitation and based on the information requested in the instructions to quoters section of the solicitation. \n \nFactor II. Price: The Government will evaluate the price by adding the total of all line-item prices, including all options. The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make a price reasonableness determination. Offers that do not meet or exceed the technical capability or quality of the service offered to the Government requirement, as stated in Factor 1 shall not be selected regardless of price.\n\nFactor III. Past Performance: The Government will evaluate on how well the offeror identified performance relates to the requirement procured under the PWS for this procurement to determine relevancy. How well the offeror performed on identified contracts shall be used to assess performance confidence.\n\nIf offeror does not provide all volumes as outlined in RFO 52.212-1 Instructions, the offer may be considered nonresponsive. \n\nThe Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. The evaluation of options does not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s)\n\n(End of Addendum to 52.212-2)\n52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition Any inconsistencies in this solicitation or contract shall be resolved by giving precedence IAW 52.212-4(r). By submitting a quote, the offeror understands that quotes will not be referenced in 1449 and clauses incorporated in the solicitation will dictate the contract. All offerors shall comply with all applicable Federal, State and local laws, executive orders, rules and regulations applicable to its performance under the contract IAW RFO 52.212-4(q). The Government reserves the right to deny requests for clause changes that are not included in this solicitation should the request be inconsistent with the RFO or VAAR.\n\n\nThe following RFO clauses are incorporated by reference:\nApplicable (X)\nNumber\nTitle\nSource\nX\n52.203-6 with Alt I\nRestrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government\nStatute\nX\n52.203-13\nContractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct\nStatute\nX\n52.203-17\nContractor Employee Whistleblower Rights\nStatute\nX\n52.203-19\nProhibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements\nStatute\nX\n52.204-9\nPersonal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel\nOther\nX\n52.204-13\nSystem for Award Management Maintenance\nStatute\n\n52.204-91\nContractor identification\nOther\nX\n52.209-6\nProtecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment\nStatute\nX\n52.209-9\nUpdates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters\nStatute\nX\n52.209-10\nProhibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations\nStatute\n\n52.219-4\nNotice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns\nStatute\nX\n52.219-6\nNotice of Total Small Business Set-Aside\nStatute\n\n52.219-6 with Alt I\nNotice of Total Small Business Set-Aside, with Alternate I\nStatute\nX\n52.219-8\nUtilization of Small Business Concerns\nStatute\n\n52.219-9\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt I\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt II\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt III\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate III\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt IV\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate IV\nStatute\n\n52.219-14\nLimitations on Subcontracting\nStatute\n\n52.219-16\nLiquidated Damages Subcontracting Plan\nStatute\n\n52.219-33\nNonmanufacturer Rule\nStatute\nX\n52.222-3\nConvict Labor\nEO\nX\n52.222-19\nChild Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies\nEO\nX\n52.222-35\nEqual Opportunity for Veterans\nStatute\n\n52.222-35 with Alt I\nEqual Opportunity for Veterans, with Alternate I\nStatute\nX\n52.222-36\nEqual Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities\nStatute\n\n52.222-36 with Alt I\nEqual Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities, with Alternate I\nStatute\nX\n52.222-37\nEmployment Reports on Veterans\nStatute\nX\n52.222-40\nNotification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act\nEO\nX\n52.222-41\nService Contract Labor Standards\nStatute\nX\n52.222-42\nStatement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires\nEmployee Class Monetary Wage-Fringe Benefits\n______23530__ ____________$34.43________\n_____________ __________________________\nStatute\nX\n52.222-43\nFair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts)\nStatute\n\n52.222-44\nFair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment\nStatute\nX\n52.222-50\nCombating Trafficking in Persons\nStatute\n\n52.222-50 with Alt I\nCombating Trafficking in Persons, with its Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.222-51\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment Requirements\nOther\n\n52.222-53\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services Requirements\nOther\nX\n52.222-54\nEmployment Eligibility Verification\nEO\nX\n52.222-62\nPaid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706\nEO\n\n52.223-9\nEstimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items\nStatute\n\n52.223-9 with Alt I\nEstimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.223-11\nOzone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons\nStatute\n\n52.223-12\nMaintenance\nStatute\n\n52.223-20\nAerosols\nStatute\n\n52.223-21\nFoams\nStatute\nX\n52.223-23\nSustainable Products and Services\nStatute\n\n52.224-3\nPrivacy Training\nStatute\n\n52.224-3 with Alt I\nPrivacy Training, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.225-1\nBuy American-Supplies\nStatute\n\n52.225-1 with Alt I\nBuy American-Supplies, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.225-3\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt II\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt III\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate III\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt IV\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate IV\nStatute\n\n52.225-5\nTrade Agreements\nStatute\n\n52.225-19\nContractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission outside the United States\nOther\n\n52.225-26\nContractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States\nStatute\n\n52.226-4\nNotice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside\nStatute\n\n52.226-5\nRestrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area\nStatute\nX\n52.226-8\nEncouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving\nEO\n\n52.229-12\nTax on Certain Foreign Procurements\nStatute\n\n52.232-29\nTerms for Financing of Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\n\n52.232-30\nInstallment Payments of Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\nX\n52.232-33\nPayment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management\nStatute\n\n52.232-34\nPayment by Electronic Funds Transfer Other than System for Award Management\nStatute\n\n52.232-36\nPayment by Third Party\nStatute\nX\n52.232-40\nProviding Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors\nStatute\n\n52.232-90\nFast Payment Procedure\nStatute\nX\n52.233-3\nProtest After Award\nStatute\nX\n52.233-4\nApplicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim\nStatute\nX\n52.240-91\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions\nStatute\n\n52.240-91 with Alt I\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.240-92\nSecurity Requirements\nOther\n\n52.240-92 with Alt II\nSecurity Requirements with Alternate II\nOther\n\n52.240-93\n Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems\n \nX\n52.244-6\nSubcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\n\n52.247-64\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels\nStatute\n\n52.247-64 with Alt I\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.247-64 with Alt II\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\nAdditional contract requirements or terms and conditions: \n52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (NOV 1999)\nThe Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to the prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days.\n52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000)\n(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 45 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.\n(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.\n(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 5 years.\n852.252-70, Provisions and Clauses Applicable to VA Acquisition of Commercial Items:\nVAAR Clauses are incorporated by reference as follows:\nVAAR 852.203-70\nCommercial Advertising (MAY 2018) \nVAAR 852.219-73\nVA Notice of Total Set-Aside for Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. (JAN 2023) (DEVIATION) \nVAAR 852.232-72\nElectronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2018) \nVAAR 852.246-71\nRejected Goods (OCT 2018)\nVAAR 852.222-71\nCompliance with Executive Order 13899. (DEVIATION) (APR 2025) \n VAAR Provisions are incorporated as follows:\nVAAR 852.233-70\nProtest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution (OCT 2018) \nVAAR 852.233-71\nAlternate Protest Procedure (OCT 2018)\n\nRFO 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference \nThe following provisions or clauses incorporated by reference in this solicitation must be completed by the offeror or prospective contractor and submitted with the quotation or offer. Copies of these provisions or clauses are available on the Internet at the web sites provided in the provision at RFO 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference. Copies may also be obtained from the contracting officer.\nhttps://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul \nhttps://www.acquisition.gov/vaar\nThe following RFO provisions are to be incorporated by reference: \nApplicable (X)\nNumber\nTitle\nSource\nX\n52.203-11\nCertification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions\nStatute\nX\n52.203-18\nProhibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation\nStatute\nX\n52.204-7\nSystem for Award Management Registration\nStatute\n\n52.204-7 with Alt I\nSystem for Award Management Registration, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.204-90\nOfferor Identification\nStatute\n\n52.207-6\nSolicitation of Offers from Small Business Concerns and Small Business Teaming Arrangements or Joint Ventures (Multiple-Award Contracts)\nStatute\n\n52.209-12\nCertification Regarding Tax Matters\nStatute\n\n52.219-2\nEqual Low Bids\nStatute\n\n52.222-18\nCertification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products\nE.O.\n\n52.222-48\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment Certification\nOther\n\n52.222-52\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards for Certain Services-Certification\nOther\n\n52.222-56\nCertification Regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan\nStatute\n\n52.223-4\nRecovered Material Certification\nStatute\n\n52.225-2\nBuy American Certificate\nStatute\n\n52.225-4\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate\nStatute\n\n52.225-6\nTrade Agreements-Certificate\nStatute\n\n52.225-20\nProhibition on Conducting Restricted Business Operations in Sudan-Certification\nStatute\n\n52.225-25\nProhibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran-Representation and Certifications\nStatute\n\n52.226-3\nDisaster or Emergency Area Representation\nStatute\n\n52.229-11\nTax on Certain Foreign Procurements Notice and Representation\nStatute\nX\n52.240-90\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications\nStatute\n\nThe Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply.\nDate and Time offers are due to thaddeus.gray@va,gov by 16:00pm MT, January 05, 2026. \nName and email of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation:\nThaddeus F. Gray\nthaddeus.gray@va.gov\n"} Solicitation Number: 36C25926Q0115 Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Base Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation NAICS: 811310 Classification Code: J065 Response Deadline: 2026-01-05T16:00:00-07:00 Office Address: Greenwood Village, CO Place of Performance: Aurora CO, 80045, USA POC: Thaddeus Gray, thaddeus.gray@va.gov, 303-712-5739 {"description":"Request for Quote (RFQ) #: 36C25926Q0115\nBiomed Steris Sterilizer Maintenance for Eastern Colorado Healthcare System (ECHCS) for a base year plus 4 additional option years.\nThis is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation. \n* The deadline for all questions is 12:00pm Dec 16, 2025.\nAll questions must be submitted in writing no later than the question cut-off date marked above. All questions will be answered officially through an amendment to the solicitation.\n** Quotes are to be provided to thaddeus.gray@va.gov no later than 16:00pm MT, January 05, 2026.\nQuotes shall not be hand carried. Faxed quotes shall not be accepted. Emailed quotes are the only method of submitted quotes (4MB email limit). The Government reserves the right to make the award solely on initial Quotes received. Offerors bear the burden of ensuring that all portions of the offer (and any authorized amendments) reach the designated office before the deadline specified in the solicitation. This RFQ shall be completed in its entirety, and signed and dated, failure shall not be considered for award.\nThis is a Request for Quote (RFQ), and the solicitation number is 36C25926Q0115. The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation. \nThis solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-06 effective October 01, 2025. \nThe North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 811310 Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance with a business size standard of 12.5 Million. This solicitation is 100% set-aside for service-disabled veteran owned small businesses (SDVOSB). \nList of Line Items;\nLine Items\nDescription \n\nQuantity\nUnit of Measure\nUnit Price ($)\nTotal Price\n($)\n0001\nBase Year \nScheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance\nEastern Colorado Healthcare System\nPeriod of Performance:\n03/01/2026-02/28/2027\n1\nYR\n\n\n1001\nOption Year 1\nScheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance\nEastern Colorado Healthcare System\nPeriod of Performance:\n03/01/2027-02/28/2028\n1\nYR\n\n\n2001\nOption Year 2\nScheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance\nEastern Colorado Healthcare System\nPeriod of Performance:\n03/01/2028-02/28/2029\n1\nYR\n\n\n3001\nOption Year 3\nScheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance\nEastern Colorado Healthcare System\nPeriod of Performance:\n03/01/2029-02/28/2030\n1\nYR\n\n\n4001\nOption Year 4\nScheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance\nEastern Colorado Healthcare System\nPeriod of Performance:\n03/01/2030-02/28/2031\n1\nYR\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrand Total ($)\n\n\nDescription of Requirements for the items/Services to be acquired: The requirement is for Biomed Steris Sterilizer Maintenance, please reference attached performance work statement (PWS). \n\nDelivery and acceptance are to be F.O.B Destination (RFO 52.247-34) at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS), located at:\n\nEastern Colorado VA Healthcare System \nRocky Mountain Regional VAMC \n1700 N. Wheeling St. Aurora CO 80045\n\n\n52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition\n\nAny award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis.\n\nState if quoted items are available and priced through offerors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contract.\n\nIf the acquisition is set-aside for SDVOSBs/VOSBs, their socioeconomic status must be verified and visible in the SBA Small Business Certification (SBS): https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ at the time of quote submission AND award, or will be considered non-responsive, and will NOT be considered for award.\n\nOfferors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the offeror making such contact may be excluded from award considerations.\n\nAll proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below.\n\nAll information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote.\n\nADDENDUM to RFO 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL\n\nSubmission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) Technical capability or quality offered to meet the Government requirement; (II) Price; (III) Past Performance; and (IV) Completion of VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting - Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction.\n\nVolume I - Technical capability or quality to meet the Government requirement.\nThe offeror shall submit its quote demonstrating how it meets the requirements of the performance work statement (PWS) and solicitation, to include the unscheduled and scheduled maintenance plan (see in PWS Section 6 on page 1). Offeror shall include bond coverage, insurance certification, and company s authorized personnel list, as needed.\n\nVolume II Price\nPrice - The offeror shall complete the pricing schedule provided in Section (v) above: Price/Cost Schedule. The offeror shall price the base and all option year line items. \n\nVolume III Past Performance\nOfferors shall provide a maximum of three (3) recent and relevant past efforts (as defined below) to demonstrate their ability to perform the proposed work. If a completed Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) evaluation is available, it shall be submitted. If not providing CPARS evaluation past performance references must include contract numbers, amount of contract award, point of contact with email address, telephone numbers and other relevant information, and a description of product/work performed under the contract. To be relevant, the effort must be similar in nature of work, size, magnitude, complexity, and scope of this procurement. To be recent past performance is defined as not more than five years from the RFQ release date of this solicitation. \n\nVolume IV VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting - Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction.\nThe offeror shall complete the provision VAAR 852-219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting - Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction.\n\nOfferor must list any/all subcontractors (and their size standard IAW NAICS 811310) if they will be utilized for this requirement AND what they will be performing. How is your firm going to comply with Limitations on Subcontracting requirements? If no subcontractors will be used, please state No Subcontractors will be used for this requirement in the response.\n (End of Addendum to 52.212-1)\n\n52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.\n\nADDENDUM to RFO 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS:\n\nThe Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the offeror responsible whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government considering price and other factors.\n\nThe following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations: \nFactor I. Technical capability or quality offered to meet the Government requirement\nFactor II. Price\nFactor III. Past Performance\nEvaluation Approach. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government will use comparative analysis. The following factors will be used to evaluate offers: \n\nFactor I. Technical capability or quality offered to meet the Government requirement: The quotation will be evaluated to the extent to which it can meet and/or exceed the Government s requirements as outlined in the solicitation and based on the information requested in the instructions to quoters section of the solicitation. \n \nFactor II. Price: The Government will evaluate the price by adding the total of all line-item prices, including all options. The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make a price reasonableness determination. Offers that do not meet or exceed the technical capability or quality of the service offered to the Government requirement, as stated in Factor 1 shall not be selected regardless of price.\n\nFactor III. Past Performance: The Government will evaluate on how well the offeror identified performance relates to the requirement procured under the PWS for this procurement to determine relevancy. How well the offeror performed on identified contracts shall be used to assess performance confidence.\n\nIf offeror does not provide all volumes as outlined in RFO 52.212-1 Instructions, the offer may be considered nonresponsive. \n\nThe Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. The evaluation of options does not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s)\n\n(End of Addendum to 52.212-2)\n52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition Any inconsistencies in this solicitation or contract shall be resolved by giving precedence IAW 52.212-4(r). By submitting a quote, the offeror understands that quotes will not be referenced in 1449 and clauses incorporated in the solicitation will dictate the contract. All offerors shall comply with all applicable Federal, State and local laws, executive orders, rules and regulations applicable to its performance under the contract IAW RFO 52.212-4(q). The Government reserves the right to deny requests for clause changes that are not included in this solicitation should the request be inconsistent with the RFO or VAAR.\n\n\nThe following RFO clauses are incorporated by reference:\nApplicable (X)\nNumber\nTitle\nSource\nX\n52.203-6 with Alt I\nRestrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government\nStatute\nX\n52.203-13\nContractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct\nStatute\nX\n52.203-17\nContractor Employee Whistleblower Rights\nStatute\nX\n52.203-19\nProhibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements\nStatute\nX\n52.204-9\nPersonal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel\nOther\nX\n52.204-13\nSystem for Award Management Maintenance\nStatute\n\n52.204-91\nContractor identification\nOther\nX\n52.209-6\nProtecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment\nStatute\nX\n52.209-9\nUpdates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters\nStatute\nX\n52.209-10\nProhibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations\nStatute\n\n52.219-4\nNotice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns\nStatute\nX\n52.219-6\nNotice of Total Small Business Set-Aside\nStatute\n\n52.219-6 with Alt I\nNotice of Total Small Business Set-Aside, with Alternate I\nStatute\nX\n52.219-8\nUtilization of Small Business Concerns\nStatute\n\n52.219-9\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt I\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt II\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt III\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate III\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt IV\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate IV\nStatute\n\n52.219-14\nLimitations on Subcontracting\nStatute\n\n52.219-16\nLiquidated Damages Subcontracting Plan\nStatute\n\n52.219-33\nNonmanufacturer Rule\nStatute\nX\n52.222-3\nConvict Labor\nEO\nX\n52.222-19\nChild Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies\nEO\nX\n52.222-35\nEqual Opportunity for Veterans\nStatute\n\n52.222-35 with Alt I\nEqual Opportunity for Veterans, with Alternate I\nStatute\nX\n52.222-36\nEqual Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities\nStatute\n\n52.222-36 with Alt I\nEqual Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities, with Alternate I\nStatute\nX\n52.222-37\nEmployment Reports on Veterans\nStatute\nX\n52.222-40\nNotification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act\nEO\nX\n52.222-41\nService Contract Labor Standards\nStatute\nX\n52.222-42\nStatement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires\nEmployee Class Monetary Wage-Fringe Benefits\n______23530__ ____________$34.43________\n_____________ __________________________\nStatute\nX\n52.222-43\nFair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts)\nStatute\n\n52.222-44\nFair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment\nStatute\nX\n52.222-50\nCombating Trafficking in Persons\nStatute\n\n52.222-50 with Alt I\nCombating Trafficking in Persons, with its Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.222-51\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment Requirements\nOther\n\n52.222-53\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services Requirements\nOther\nX\n52.222-54\nEmployment Eligibility Verification\nEO\nX\n52.222-62\nPaid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706\nEO\n\n52.223-9\nEstimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items\nStatute\n\n52.223-9 with Alt I\nEstimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.223-11\nOzone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons\nStatute\n\n52.223-12\nMaintenance\nStatute\n\n52.223-20\nAerosols\nStatute\n\n52.223-21\nFoams\nStatute\nX\n52.223-23\nSustainable Products and Services\nStatute\n\n52.224-3\nPrivacy Training\nStatute\n\n52.224-3 with Alt I\nPrivacy Training, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.225-1\nBuy American-Supplies\nStatute\n\n52.225-1 with Alt I\nBuy American-Supplies, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.225-3\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt II\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt III\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate III\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt IV\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate IV\nStatute\n\n52.225-5\nTrade Agreements\nStatute\n\n52.225-19\nContractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission outside the United States\nOther\n\n52.225-26\nContractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States\nStatute\n\n52.226-4\nNotice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside\nStatute\n\n52.226-5\nRestrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area\nStatute\nX\n52.226-8\nEncouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving\nEO\n\n52.229-12\nTax on Certain Foreign Procurements\nStatute\n\n52.232-29\nTerms for Financing of Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\n\n52.232-30\nInstallment Payments of Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\nX\n52.232-33\nPayment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management\nStatute\n\n52.232-34\nPayment by Electronic Funds Transfer Other than System for Award Management\nStatute\n\n52.232-36\nPayment by Third Party\nStatute\nX\n52.232-40\nProviding Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors\nStatute\n\n52.232-90\nFast Payment Procedure\nStatute\nX\n52.233-3\nProtest After Award\nStatute\nX\n52.233-4\nApplicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim\nStatute\nX\n52.240-91\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions\nStatute\n\n52.240-91 with Alt I\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.240-92\nSecurity Requirements\nOther\n\n52.240-92 with Alt II\nSecurity Requirements with Alternate II\nOther\n\n52.240-93\n Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems\n \nX\n52.244-6\nSubcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\n\n52.247-64\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels\nStatute\n\n52.247-64 with Alt I\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.247-64 with Alt II\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\nAdditional contract requirements or terms and conditions: \n52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (NOV 1999)\nThe Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to the prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days.\n52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000)\n(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 45 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.\n(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.\n(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 5 years.\n852.252-70, Provisions and Clauses Applicable to VA Acquisition of Commercial Items:\nVAAR Clauses are incorporated by reference as follows:\nVAAR 852.203-70\nCommercial Advertising (MAY 2018) \nVAAR 852.219-73\nVA Notice of Total Set-Aside for Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. (JAN 2023) (DEVIATION) \nVAAR 852.232-72\nElectronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2018) \nVAAR 852.246-71\nRejected Goods (OCT 2018)\nVAAR 852.222-71\nCompliance with Executive Order 13899. (DEVIATION) (APR 2025) \n VAAR Provisions are incorporated as follows:\nVAAR 852.233-70\nProtest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution (OCT 2018) \nVAAR 852.233-71\nAlternate Protest Procedure (OCT 2018)\n\nRFO 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference \nThe following provisions or clauses incorporated by reference in this solicitation must be completed by the offeror or prospective contractor and submitted with the quotation or offer. Copies of these provisions or clauses are available on the Internet at the web sites provided in the provision at RFO 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference. Copies may also be obtained from the contracting officer.\nhttps://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul \nhttps://www.acquisition.gov/vaar\nThe following RFO provisions are to be incorporated by reference: \nApplicable (X)\nNumber\nTitle\nSource\nX\n52.203-11\nCertification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions\nStatute\nX\n52.203-18\nProhibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation\nStatute\nX\n52.204-7\nSystem for Award Management Registration\nStatute\n\n52.204-7 with Alt I\nSystem for Award Management Registration, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.204-90\nOfferor Identification\nStatute\n\n52.207-6\nSolicitation of Offers from Small Business Concerns and Small Business Teaming Arrangements or Joint Ventures (Multiple-Award Contracts)\nStatute\n\n52.209-12\nCertification Regarding Tax Matters\nStatute\n\n52.219-2\nEqual Low Bids\nStatute\n\n52.222-18\nCertification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products\nE.O.\n\n52.222-48\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment Certification\nOther\n\n52.222-52\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards for Certain Services-Certification\nOther\n\n52.222-56\nCertification Regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan\nStatute\n\n52.223-4\nRecovered Material Certification\nStatute\n\n52.225-2\nBuy American Certificate\nStatute\n\n52.225-4\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate\nStatute\n\n52.225-6\nTrade Agreements-Certificate\nStatute\n\n52.225-20\nProhibition on Conducting Restricted Business Operations in Sudan-Certification\nStatute\n\n52.225-25\nProhibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran-Representation and Certifications\nStatute\n\n52.226-3\nDisaster or Emergency Area Representation\nStatute\n\n52.229-11\nTax on Certain Foreign Procurements Notice and Representation\nStatute\nX\n52.240-90\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications\nStatute\n\nThe Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply.\nDate and Time offers are due to thaddeus.gray@va,gov by 16:00pm MT, January 05, 2026. \nName and email of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation:\nThaddeus F. Gray\nthaddeus.gray@va.gov\n"}