AN44--Services for Electronic Gift Cards in Various Denominations from CVS - Four Year IDIQ Contract for VA Portland Health Care System

Amendment 0001 Address Typographical Error and answer Vendor Questions for Solicitation 36C24124Q309. Typographical Error correction: On page 21 of the solicitation document the page number references should read: Completed (filled out) Schedule on pages 3-4. Contents required in FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Sep 2023) on pages 22-24. Complete one of the Statements on page 24-25. Answers to Vendors Questions: There will be no minimum of any per-denomination/quantity electronic gift card that may be requested at any given time. However, there will be a minimum order guarantee that will be satisfied by the first Task Order. For any Task Order thereafter, quantities may be the same or varied. The amounts listed in the solicitation are estimated for the four-year Period of Performance. An Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract allows for the frequency of Task Orders to be indefinite until the maximum specified is reached. The solicitation provides an estimate for the four-year Period of Performance. The requests for electronic gift cards will be communicated to the Contractor through E-Mail or by phone call. The turnaround time expected from when a Task Order is awarded until the order must be rendered to the VA is expected to be within 1 month of any Task Order after the first Task Order. The first Task Order is expected to be rendered to VA for use by October 1, 2024. Task Orders may be made annually, monthly, or not at all upon the minimum guarantee being met. The frequency is to be determined as needed. Please see the table within the solicitation for an estimate of aggregate quantity totals per four-year Period of Performance. This solicitation is for a new contract. There is no Incumbent Contractor is performing these services. The IDIQ award will be single; made to one Contractor. Socioeconomic Utilization is listed as an Evaluation Criteria in the solicitation and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) status will be used in the evaluation. Market Research was conducted ahead of a Total Small Business Set Aside which queried acquisition history. The results were utilized in determining the set-aside strategy for this procurement. As noted above, Socioeconomic Utilization is an evaluation factor that will be utilized to consider socioeconomic status and utilization of each Quoter. The anticipated awardee must be capable and submit a fair and reasonable quote offering the best value to Government. The VA will only pay the Contractor through TUNGSTEN and TUNGSTEN only within 30 days of Government certification of a properly submitted invoice following successful completion of the Task Order s requirements. The VA will inspect the services to the best of their known ability. If there are any acceptance issues which may come about once VA utilizes each unit, the VA will immediately inform the Contractor that the unit is not working and must be resolved. Upon initial inspection, the VA will ensure the quantity and salient characteristics have been fulfilled (URL and Challenge Code). This solicitation is for the virtual card delivery method and no items shall be delivered via any courier such as FedEx. The Contractor can work with CVS and deliver these electronic gift cards to VA through E-Mail, as one common method. For the Contractor to offer a virtual card option that could be added to a digital wallet (such as Apple Pay / Google Pay) for the VA s beneficiaries, is not an attractive or acceptable solution at this time. The Standard Form type is to be determined for the base contract and each Task Order, but it is likely an SF1449. Electronic gift cards from Walgreens or any pharmacy aside from CVS will not be accepted. Quoters are urged to fill out the above SF30 and return it to [email protected] by the RFQ deadline of Friday, September 13th at 12:00 PM, or E-Mail the Amendment # and Solicitation # with written acknowledgement of receipt, if they have already submitted a quote. If Quoters have not yet submitted a quote, they are asked to acknowledge this Amendment, via reference by Amendment 0001 Solicitation Number 36C24E24Q0094, by the RFQ deadline. Thank-you.