Q--Modification to Combined synopsis/solicitation for Community Nursing Home Services for elgibile veterans authorized services from Salem VAMC

1. The following solicitation modification is required to change the order of clauses and provisions in solicitation 36C24618R0138, to ensure correct placement in the solicitation. 2. A computer error resulted in the clauses and provisions shifting from their intended location. Therefore, to correct this error, the table of contents below shall change from the initial solicitation posting: Table of Contents Page # SECTION A 1 A.1 SF 1449 SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS 1 SECTION B CONTINUATION OF SF 1449 BLOCKS 4 B.1 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA 4 B.2 GENERAL INFORMATION FOR OFFERORS: 5 B.3 NURSING HOME INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR HEALTH CARE RESOURCES (IDC-HCR) LANGUAGE 6 B.4 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES 6 B.5 SUBCONTRACTING COMMITMENTS--MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE (JUN 2011) 8 B.6 RATE DETERMINATION 8 B.7 ORAL MEDICATIONS 9 B.8 TERMINATION OF SERVICES 9 B.9 PAYMENTS 9 B.10 ACCEPTABLE SAFETY AND SANITATION PRACTICES 9 B.11 MINIMUM QUANTITIES 9 B.12 MEDICARE/MEDICAID STANDARDS 9 B.13 MANDATORY WRITTEN DISCLOSURES 9 B.14 NURSING HOME PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT 10 B.15 VAAR 852.271-70 NONDISCRIMINATION IN SERVICES PROVIDED TO BENEFICIARIES (JAN 2008) 18 SECTION C CONTRACT CLAUSES 19 ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS COMMERCIAL ITEMS 19 C.1 52.203-99 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS (DEVIATION) (FEB 2015) 19 C.2 52.204-21 BASIC SAFEGUARDING OF COVERED CONTRACTOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS (JUN 2016) 19 C.3 52.216-18 ORDERING (OCT 1995) 21 C.4 52.216-19 ORDER LIMITATIONS (OCT 1995) 21 C.5 52.216-22 INDEFINITE QUANTITY (OCT 1995) 22 C.6 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999) 22 C.7 52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT (MAR 2000) 23 C.8 52.222-54 EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION (OCT 2015) 23 C.9 52.232-19 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR (APR 1984) 26 C.10 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) 26 C.11 VAAR 852.203-70 COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING (JAN 2008) 26 C.12 VAAR 852.203-71 DISPLAY OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS HOTLINE POSTER (DEC 1992) 27 C.13 VAAR 852.232-72 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS (NOV 2012) 27 C.14 VAAR 852.233-70 PROTEST CONTENT/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (JAN 2008) 28 C.15 VAAR 852.233-71 ALTERNATE PROTEST PROCEDURE (JAN 1998) 29 C.16 VAAR 852.237-7 INDEMNIFICATION AND MEDICAL LIABILITY INSURANCE (JAN 2008) 29 C.17 VAAR 852.237-70 CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES (APR 1984) 30 C.18 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 2017) 30 SECTION D CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS, OR ATTACHMENTS 38 D.1 WAGE DETERMINATION 38 D.2 QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN (QASP) 53 D.3 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) COMMUNITY NURSING HOME PROGRAM LEVEL OF CARE DESCRIPTIONS (RUGS IV) 56 SECTION E SOLICITATION PROVISIONS 59 E.1 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 2017) 59 E.2 52.204-7 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (OCT 2016) 63 E.3 52.204-16 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE REPORTING (JUL 2016) 64 E.4 52.204-20 PREDECESSOR OF OFFEROR (JUL 2016) 65 E.5 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (JUL 2013) 66 E.6 52.209-12 CERTIFICATION REGARDING TAX MATTERS (FEB 2016) 67 E.7 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984) 68 E.8 52.222-56 CERTIFICATION REGARDING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS COMPLIANCE PLAN (MAR 2015) 68 E.9 52.225-25 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES ENGAGING IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OR TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO IRAN REPRESENTATION AND CERTIFICATIONS (OCT 2015) 68 E.10 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006) 70 E.11 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) 70 E.12 VAAR 852.215-70 SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED AND VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS EVALUATION FACTORS (JUL 2016)(DEVIATION) 71 E.13 VAAR 852.270-1 REPRESENTATIVES OF CONTRACTING OFFICERS (JAN 2008) 71 E.14 VAAR 852.273-73 EVALUATION - HEALTH-CARE RESOURCES (JAN 2003) 71 E.15 VAAR 852.273-74 AWARD WITHOUT EXCHANGES (JAN 2003) 72 E.16 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS COMMERCIAL ITEMS (NOV 2017) 72 E.17 ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENT 88 3. The solicitation modification is as follows and attached modification shall be the document used for evaluating solicitation 36C24618C0138 for Community Nursing Home Services for Galax, VA. All other information remains the same. Table of Contents Page # SECTION A 1 A.1 SF 1449 SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS 1 SECTION B CONTINUATION OF SF 1449 BLOCKS 4 B.1 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA 4 B.2 GENERAL INFORMATION FOR OFFERORS: 5 B.3 NURSING HOME PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT 5 B.2 GENERAL INFORMATION FOR OFFERORS: 13 B.4 NURSING HOME INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR HEALTH CARE RESOURCES (IDC-HCR) LANGUAGE 14 B.5 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES 15 SECTION C CONTRACT CLAUSES 17 C.1 52.203-99 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS (DEVIATION) (FEB 2015) 17 C.2 52.204-21 BASIC SAFEGUARDING OF COVERED CONTRACTOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS (JUN 2016) 17 C.3 52.216-18 ORDERING (OCT 1995) 19 C.4 52.216-19 ORDER LIMITATIONS (OCT 1995) 19 C.5 52.216-22 INDEFINITE QUANTITY (OCT 1995) 20 C.6 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999) 20 C.7 52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT (MAR 2000) 20 C.8 52.222-54 EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION (OCT 2015) 21 C.9 52.232-19 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR (APR 1984) 23 C.10 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) 24 C.11 VAAR 852.215-71 EVALUATION FACTOR COMMITMENTS (DEC 2009) 24 C.12 VAAR 852.203-70 COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING (JAN 2008) 24 C.13 VAAR 852.203-71 DISPLAY OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS HOTLINE POSTER (DEC 1992) 25 C.14 VAAR 852.232-72 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS (NOV 2012) 25 C.15 VAAR 852.237-7 INDEMNIFICATION AND MEDICAL LIABILITY INSURANCE (JAN 2008) 26 ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS COMMERCIAL ITEMS 27 C.16 VAAR 852.233-70 PROTEST CONTENT/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (JAN 2008) 27 C.17 VAAR 852.237-70 CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES (APR 1984) 28 C.18 VAAR 852.271-70 NONDISCRIMINATION IN SERVICES PROVIDED TO BENEFICIARIES (JAN 2008) 28 C.19 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 2017) 28 C.20 SUBCONTRACTING COMMITMENTS--MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE (JUN 2011) 35 C.21 INVOICES 36 C.22 AUTHORIZATIONS 36 C.23 ANCILLARY COSTS 36 C.24 RATE DETERMINATION 36 C.25 ORAL MEDICATIONS 37 C.26 TERMINATION OF SERVICES 37 C.27 PAYMENTS 37 C.28 ACCEPTABLE SAFETY AND SANITATION PRACTICES 37 C.29 MINIMUM QUANTITIES 37 C.30 MEDICARE/MEDICAID STANDARDS 37 C.31 MANDATORY WRITTEN DISCLOSURES 38 SECTION D CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS, OR ATTACHMENTS 39 D.1 WAGE DETERMINATION 39 D.2 QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN (QASP) 39 D.3 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) COMMUNITY NURSING HOME PROGRAM LEVEL OF CARE DESCRIPTIONS (RUGS IV) 41 SECTION E SOLICITATION PROVISIONS 43 E.1 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 2017) 43 E.2 52.204-7 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (OCT 2016) 47 E.3 52.204-16 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE REPORTING (JUL 2016) 48 E.4 52.204-20 PREDECESSOR OF OFFEROR (JUL 2016) 49 E.5 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (JUL 2013) 50 E.6 52.209-12 CERTIFICATION REGARDING TAX MATTERS (FEB 2016) 51 E.7 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984) 52 E.8 52.222-56 CERTIFICATION REGARDING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS COMPLIANCE PLAN (MAR 2015) 52 E.9 52.225-25 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES ENGAGING IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OR TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO IRAN REPRESENTATION AND CERTIFICATIONS (OCT 2015) 52 E.10 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006) 54 E.11 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) 54 E.12 VAAR 852.215-70 SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED AND VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS EVALUATION FACTORS (JUL 2016)(DEVIATION) 55 E.13 VAAR 852.233-71 ALTERNATE PROTEST PROCEDURE (JAN 1998) 55 E.14 VAAR 852.270-1 REPRESENTATIVES OF CONTRACTING OFFICERS (JAN 2008) 55 E.15 VAAR 852.273-73 EVALUATION - HEALTH-CARE RESOURCES (JAN 2003) 56 E.16 VAAR 852.273-74 AWARD WITHOUT EXCHANGES (JAN 2003) 56 E.17 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS COMMERCIAL ITEMS (NOV 2017) 56 E.18 ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENT 73