SPECIAL NOTICE
65 -- VISN 23 Home Oxygen Contract
- Notice Date
- 11/7/2008
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 532291
— Home Health Equipment Rental
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs, Minneapolis VAMC, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs;VA Midwest Health Care System;Attention: Network Contract Manager;One Veterans Drive, Building 68;Minneapolis MN 55417
- ZIP Code
- 55417
- Archive Date
- 12/7/2008
- Point of Contact
- Julie StoutContract Specialist<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1.Box 6 of the solicitation issue date indicates 10/16 but the bid was not issued until November 1st. Can the offer due date be extended since we do not have quite 2 weeks to complete this bid? Please see Amendment #1 that was posted this week. The due date is Friday, November 28. 2.Page 4, it states the invoice is due by the 5 day of the subsequent month. Most other oxygen contracts require it by 10th day. Is there any flexibility with this date? We need to keep it at the 5th. 3.Page 8 second paragraph under Schedule of Items, indicates the Plan of Service must be completed by the contractor's RCP; however the contract does not call for RC visits except in the state of North Dakota. Please advise as we want to ensure we clearly understand the clinical requirements for assessments. The wording is, "The Plan of Service (see Attachment A) must be developed by VA or the contractor's Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP), in accordance with the Plan of Care and the appropriate clinical staff at each VA." 4.Page 9, item A0002 the M or H system indicates this could be used for emergency backup. Does this mean if the patient has an M or H as a backup we can bill for it? No 5.Page 14, item A0012 is the portable liquid oxygen. Can you confirm this item must be ordered in conjunction with item A0011 since the portable system needs the reservoir to work? Yes 6.The solicitation does not specifically state we must be Joint Commission accredited but it states we must meet the Joint Commission requirements. Can you confirm the contractor can be Joint Commission accredited or have equivalent accreditation? Yes 7.Page 84, items 27 and 28 we are unclear on what the difference in these two items/visits. Please advise. Item 27 should be 4 months. You will see an amendment for that change. 8.Page 106 indicates you are using a 3rd party agent to work with vendors regarding electronic invoice submission, who is this vendor? This is a credit card company, based on the fact that most of the invoices will be paid by credit card. 9.Page 112 requires us to include resumes/licensure for key personnel. Can you confirm that would be our location managers and respiratory clinicians or would our delivery drivers also need to be included? Can we include these documents on a CD in our response since there will be many attachments? We would just need those resumes/licensure for the location managers and clinicians. In addition, we would need to know that the drivers have appropriate licenses. 10.Travel concentrator and home fill system are listed as optional - does this mean it is optional for us to supply or optional for the VA's to use this line item. This is option for the VA to exercise, as it's not the norm. 11.Humidity is included in the pricing - do we have to supply pre-filled humidity bottles or refillable? Refillable 12.Page 73 states that contractor submitting offer must have a location in the area- we do not currently have locations but are able to offer a plan as to where we would place locations - I assume that this is acceptable - correct? Correct. 13.Please clarify visit requirements -page 84 states all patients will be visited every 3 months and then in the next section it states we will visit beneficiaries at least every 4 months - please clarify visit schedule. Both references should state 3 monthsan amendment will be forthcoming.
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