6640--623 (Activation) Lab Special Stains -equipment rental reagent CPK- PKG 276 CHIP-IN

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{"description":"Amendment 0001 hereby extends the due date for quotes to be received until May 1st 2026, no later than 17:00PM CST. No further questions will be accepted or answered.\n\nRequest for Quote (RFQ) #: 36C25926Q0305\nPathology Lab Special Stainer Cost Per Kit (CPK) Equipment Rental \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 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 10:00am CST April 20th, 2026.\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 kadarius.griffin@va.gov no later than 16:00 (4PM) CST, April 27th, 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 36C25926Q0305. 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) 2026-01 effective March 13, 2026. \nThe North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 532490 Laboratory Equipment & Supplies with a business size standard of $40 Million. This solicitation is unrestricted. \nList of Line Items.\nLine Items\nDescription \n\nTotal Five-Year Quantity\nUnit of Measure\nUnit Price ($)\nTotal Price\n($)\n0001\nBase Ordering Period\nTRICHROME BLUE.\nMuskogee VAMC\nPeriod of Performance:\n06/01/2026-05/30/2031\n100\n5-YR\n\n\n0002\nBase Ordering Period\nPAP STAIN\nMuskogee VAMC\nPeriod of Performance:\n06/01/2026-05/30/2031\n800\n5-YR\n\n\n0003\nBase Ordering Period\nAFB STAIN\nMuskogee VAMC\nPeriod of Performance:\n06/01/2026-05/30/2031\n100\n5-YR\n\n\n0004\nBase Ordering Period\nALCIAN BLUE \nMuskogee VAMC\nPeriod of Performance:\n06/01/2026-05/30/2031\n100\n5-YR\n\n\n0005\nBase Ordering Period\nCONGO RED\nMuskogee VAMC\nPeriod of Performance:\n06/01/2026-05/30/2031\n500\n5-YR\n\n\n0006\nBase Ordering Period\nELASTIC\nMuskogee VAMC\nPeriod of Performance:\n06/01/2026-05/30/2031\n750\n5-YR\n\n\n0007\nBase Ordering Period\nGIEMSA\nMuskogee VAMC\nPeriod of Performance:\n06/01/2026-05/30/2031\n100\n5-YR\n\n\n0008\nBase Ordering Period\nGMS\nMuskogee VAMC\nPeriod of Performance:\n06/01/2026-05/30/2031\n500\n5-YR\n\n\n0009\nBase Year Ordering Period\nGRAM\nMuskogee VAMC\nPeriod of Performance:\n06/01/2026-05/30/2031\n100\n5-YR\n\n\n0010\nBase Year Ordering Period\nIRON\nMuskogee VAMC\nPeriod of Performance:\n06/01/2026-05/30/2031\n750\n5-YR\n\n\n0011\nBase Year Ordering Period\nMUCICARMINE \nMuskogee VAMC\nPeriod of Performance:\n06/01/2026-05/30/2031\n 250\n5-YR\n\n\n0012\nBase Year Ordering Period\nPAS\nMuskogee VAMC\nPeriod of Performance:\n06/01/2026-05/30/2031\n100\n5-YR\n\n\n0013\nBase Year Ordering Period\nRETICULUM II \nMuskogee VAMC\nPeriod of Performance:\n06/01/2026-05/30/2031\n750\n5-YR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTotal Price \nDescription of Requirements for the items/Services to be acquired: The requirement is for Anatomical pathological services, please reference attached Statement of Work (SOW). \n\nDelivery and acceptance are to be F.O.B Destination (RFO 52.247-34) at \n\nJames Mountain Inhofe VA Medical Center \n440 South Houston Avenue\nTulsa OK, 74127\n\n52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition\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.\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 Statement of Work (SOW) and solicitation.\n\nVolume II Price\nPrice - The offeror shall complete the pricing schedule provided in Section (v) above: Price/Cost Schedule. The offeror shall price all line items. \n\nVolume III Past Performance\nOfferor must provide up to two recent and relevant past performance references attesting to contract performance (including 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 and how well they performed). \n\nRelevant past performance is defined as present/past performance effort involved similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires. Annual amount is used to determine similar scope and magnitude.\n\nRecent past performance is defined as performance completed within the last three years or currently in progress.\n\nPast performance must include a description of the following:\n1.           Name of offeror being reviewed\n2.           Name of company completing review.\n3.           Description of services performed\n4.           Performance dates \n5.           Total contract value\n6.           Addresses\n7.           Contract numbers\n8.           Performance Rating\n\nOfferor shall provide completed Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQ) from prior contracts and it shall be signed by point of contact that oversaw performance or equal representative. See attachment S02 Past Performance Questionnaire. Submissions of the PPQ can be sent directly to the Government POC, jason.thomas@va.gov from the offeror as part of proposal submission or directly from third party by the proposal deadline.\n\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:\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. The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make 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 Offeror shall be evaluated on relevant/recent performance of past contracts and how well the offerors identified performance relates to the work being procured under the Performance Work Statement for this procurement. The following will be used to assess past performance.\nRelevant past performance is defined as present/past performance effort involved similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires. Annual amount is used to determine similar scope and magnitude.\n\nRecent past performance is defined as performance completed within the last three years or currently in progress.\n\nThe second aspect of the past performance evaluation is to determine how well the contractor performed on the contracts. The past performance evaluation performed in support of this evaluation does not establish, create, or change the existing record and history of the offeror's past performance on past contracts; rather, the past performance evaluation process gathers information from customers on how well the offeror performed those past contracts. The Evaluation Team will review this past performance information and determine the quality and usefulness as it applies to a performance confidence evaluation.\n\nIn the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. The Government may use other methods to evaluate past performance, including but not limited to review of CPARS.\n(End of Addendum to 52.212-2)\n\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\nThe following RFO clauses are incorporated by reference:\nApplicable (X)\nNumber\nTitle\nX\n52.203-17\nContractor Employee Whistleblower Rights\nX\n52.203-19\nProhibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality \nX\n52.204-9\nPersonal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel\nX\n52.204-13\nSystem for Award Management Maintenance\nX\n52.209-10\nProhibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations\nX\n52.219-4\nNotice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns.\nX\n52.222-3\nConvict Labor\nX\n52.222-19\nChild Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies.\nX\n52.222-36\nEqual Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities.\nX\n52.222-50\nCombating Trafficking in Persons.\nX\n52.222-51\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-Requirements.\nX\n52.222-54\nEmployment Eligibility Verification\nX\n52.222-62\nPaid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706\nX\n52.223-23\nSustainable Products and Services\nX\n52.224-3 with Alt I\nPrivacy Training, with Alternate I\nX\n52.225-1\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-Requirements.\nX\n52.226-8\nEncouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving.\nX\n52.232-33\nPayment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management\nX\n52.232-40\nProviding Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors.\nX\n52.233-3\nProtest After Award\nX\n52.233-4\nApplicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim\nX\n52.240-91\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions\nX\n52.240-93\nBasic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems\nX\n52.244-6\nSubcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services\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 60 days.\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 852.204-70\nPersonal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel\nVAAR 852.204-71\nInformation and Information Systems Security\nVAAR 852.208-70\nService-Disabled Veteran-Owned and Veteran-Owned Small Business Evaluation Factors - Orders or BPAs\nVAAR 852.208-71\nService-Disabled Veteran-Owned and Veteran-Owned Small Business Evaluation Factor Commitments - Orders and BPAs\nVAAR 852.211-70\nEquipment Operation and Maintenance Manuals\nVAAR 852.211-76\nLiquidated Damages - Reimbursement for Data Breach Costs \nVAAR 852.212-71\nGray Market and Counterfeit Items.\nVAAR 852.232-72\nElectronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2018) \nVAAR 852.242-71\nAdministrative Contracting Officer\nVAAR 852.246-71\nRejected Goods.\nVAAR 852.247-71\nDelivery Location.\n VAAR Provisions are incorporated as follows:\nVAAR 852.209-70\nOrganizational Conflicts of Interest\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.\nhttp://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html \nhttps://www.acquisition.gov/vaar\nThe following RFO provisions are to be incorporated by reference: \nApplicable (X)\nNumber\nTitle\nX\n52.203-18\nProhibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation\nX\n52.204-7\nSystem for Award Management Registration\nX\n52.225-2 \nBuy American Certificate.\nX\n52.229-11\nTax on Certain Foreign Procurements Notice and Representation\n\nThe Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply.\nDate and Time offers are due to kadarius.griffin@va.gov and NCO19Lab@va.gov\nby 16:00 (4PM) CST, April 27th, 2026. \nName and email of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation:\nKadarius Griffin\nKadarius.griffin@va.gov\nNCO19Lab@va.gov\n\n\n"} Solicitation Number: 36C25926Q0305 Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Base Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation NAICS: 532490 Classification Code: 6640 Response Deadline: 2026-05-01T17:00:00-05:00 Office Address: Greenwood Village, CO Place of Performance: Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74127 POC: Kadarius Griffin, Kadarius.Griffin@va.gov, 405-456-5851