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Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Sources Sought Notice Obtain Denture repairs. This is a Sources Sought notice and not a request for quotes. This request is solely f... Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Sources Sought Notice Obtain Denture repairs. This is a Sources Sought notice and not a request for quotes. This request is solely for the purpose of conducting market research to enhance VHA s understanding of your company s offered services and capabilities. The Government will not pay any costs for responses submitted in response to this Source Sought Notice. This Sources Sought notice provides an opportunity for respondents to submit their capability and availability to provide the service requirement described below. Vendors are being invited to submit information relative to their potential to fulfill this requirement, in the form of a capability response that addresses the specific requirement identified in this Sources Sought. General Requirements: Denture repairs are needed for the Amarillo , TX in accordance with the following requirements: ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 12.00 MO $00.00 $00.00 Repair and fabrication of partials and dentures. GRAND TOTAL $00.00 STATEMENT OF WORK Overnight Shipping of packages for North Texas Dental Lab (Amarillo) Scope of Work: Contractor shall provide local pickup of dental cases and delivery to Amarillo VA Dental for repair of partials and dentures as well as fabrication of dentures, partials, nightguards, and fluoride trays. Period of Performance: Period of performance shall be from 7/1/2022 through 6/30/23 with 4 year options. Dental cases shall be picked up between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Place of Performance: At Building 5809 S Western, Ste 230 North Texas Dental Laboratory, Amarillo, Texas 79110 (Not to be confused with North Texas Dental Laboratory Dallas Texas) The Contractor shall deliver and pick up at the following facilities: North Texas Dental Lab 5809 S Western, Ste 230 North Texas Dental Lab Driver Check in Requirements: North Texas Dental Lab will pick up dental cases from Amarillo VA Hospital at Dental VA Clinic and deliver packages to Amarillo VA Dental Clinic. Contracting Officer Technical Representatives: Prior to contract award, the Contracting Officer shall designate a VA Medical Center employee as the COTR. All work coordination shall be made through the COTR. The Contractor shall be provided a copy of the letter of delegation authorizing the COTR at the commencement of the term of this agreement. No other person shall be authorized to act in such capacity unless appointed in writing by the Contracting Officer. Information technology security requirements: The contractor, their personnel, and their subcontractors shall be subject to the Federal laws, regulations, standards, and VA Directives and Handbooks regarding information and information system security as delineated in this contract. The contractor shall comply with all Federal laws and regulations the VA has developed when VA sensitive information is accessed, used, stored, generated, transmitted, or exchanged by and between VA and a contractor. The information made available to the contractor by VA for the performance of this contract will be used only for the purposes of performance under this contract. The C&A requirements do not apply to this requirement and a security accreditation package is not required. Information Systems Officer, Information Protection: The contractor will not have access to VA Desktop computers, nor will they have access to online resources belonging to the government while conducting services in the application of complex adaptive system theory to health care organizations. Privacy Officer: Service Provider will not have access to Patient Health Information (PHI) nor will they have the capability of accessing patient information during the services provided to the VA. Safety Requirements: In the performance of this contract, the Contractor shall take such safety precautions as the Contracting Officer may determine to be reasonably necessary to protect the lives and health of occupants of the building. The Contracting Officer shall notify the Contractor of any safety issues and the action necessary to correct these issues. Such notice, when served on the Contractor or his representative at the work site shall be deemed sufficient for the corrective actions to be taken. If the Contractor fails or refuses to comply promptly, the Contracting Officer may issue an order stopping all or part of the work, and hold the Contractor in default. Invoicing: Payment to be made weekly in arrears by certified invoices and must contain the contract number in addition to the requirements detailed in 52.212-4 (G) to be considered valid. All invoices shall be submitted to the VA Financial Service Center and emailed to the COTR. All invoices will reference the purchase order number assigned to the contract. Billing address: VA FSC PO Box 149971 Austin, TX 78714 Records Management: All records (administrative and program specific) created during the period of the contract belong to VA North Texas Health Care System(VANTXHCS) and must be returned to VANTXHCS at the end of the contract or destroyed in accordance to the VHA Record Control Schedule (RCS)10-1. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS: In reference to VHA Handbook 6500.6 Appendix A, Blocks 6 and 7, the equipment included in this contract does not capture and process ePHI over the hospital network. In reference to VHA Handbook 6500.6 Appendix A, Block 6, the equipment (or service) included in this contract does not involve connection of IT devices to a VA network. Therefore, C&A, SAP, & the following from App C do not apply. The contractor, their personnel, and their subcontractors shall be subject to the Federal laws, regulations, standards, and VA Directives and Handbooks regarding information protection, patient privacy, and information system security as delineated in this contract. During install, training, warranty repair and/or maintenance provided by the contractor, they may have physical administrative access to the equipment included in this contract that capture and process ePHI. If warranty repair is done off-site, all hard drives or other data storage devices will be removed or purged of data, prior to release to contractor. Privacy and HIPAA Focused Training Web-Based (WBT): VA Course No. VA10203 is the official privacy training for VA employees, contractors, and volunteers who have access to protected health information (PHI) in the performance of their official duties or have access to VA systems (e.g. CPRS or VistA Web). All contracted employees will complete this training prior to being granted access to the subject equipment, or to the data therein. The training is available on the VA TMS website at: https:// www.tms.va.gov. Contractor will provide evidence of training to the COR, if requested. The Contractor personnel must follow all VA policies, standard operating procedures, applicable laws and regulations while on VA property. Violations of VA regulations and policies may result in citation and disciplinary measures for persons violating the law. The Contractor must obtain all necessary licenses and/or permits required to perform the work, except for software licenses that need to be procured from a Contractor or vendor in accordance with the requirements document. The Contractor must take all reasonable. recautions necessary to protect persons and property from injury or damage during the performance of this contract.