Amendment-3

A. Extend RFQ-25-PHX-015 to Tuesday February 18, 2025 and time remains the same.  

B. Change To: BPA Terms and Conditions, Annual Review of BPA, Paragraph 15: 
15. Annual Review of BPA:
The Contracting Officer shall review the BPA annually to continue the BPA for one more year on whether (1) the Schedule contract that the BPA was established is still in effect, (2) BPA still represents the best value to the Government, (3) request to Contractor on any additional price reductions, and (4) COR to provide Contractor Assessment Performance rating for the Contractor.  Once the annual review is performed the Contracting Officer will determine to continue the BPA for another year.  

C. Questions and Answers: 
1. Question: The solicitation says that adding items to the list will need to have a Request for Modification to the Acquisition Department to add additional items.  
Answer: After award, if new items are needed the TPOC will need to provide the Acquisition Department a Request for Modification to add new items to Price Schedule.  
2. Question: Should I have only the approved items on our website?  So that they are the only items visible to be ordered on the website.     
Answer: The approved items are the items from the Price Schedule and the items under the Approved Dental Categories and we have listed the Unapproved Dental Categories.  You can explain the ordering process for unapproved items under Factor 1 – Technical, Sub-Factor B.   
3. Question: Am I expected/ required to have all Henry Schein items listed and priced on the website for all the Facilities to view?  
Answer: You are expected to have the items from the Price Schedule listed on the website for all the nine Dental Clinics locations.  
4. Question: Henry Schein does not list when backordered items will become available. Is this mandatory for our company for the solicitation?      
Answer: You need to provide this information on how you going to explain backorders as requested from Factor 1 – Technical, Sub-Factor B.   
5. Question: To have this website done is costly and they want a three-year commitment from us. I know that you cannot guarantee anything but what are our chances that the option years would be awarded to us as we are doing this work for the solicitation?        
Answer:  The BPA Terms and Conditions, BPA Annual Review, Paragraph 15, see attachment Amendment-3 BPA Terms and Conditions.  This paragraph explains the Annual Review of BPA and the Contracting Officer will make this determination.   
6. Question: Some addresses are different from the Ordering Official Delegation and Site Location attachment. 
Answer: We will use the address from the BPA Terms and Conditions, Delivery Location and Time, Paragraph 12, see Amendment-3 BPA Terms and Conditions.  
 

Amendment-2, Added Revision to Price Schedule

The purpose of this amendment is to provide revised Price Schedule to include Quantity, if equal product offer shall provide equal Item No, Equal Description, and Equal Size.

Attachment: Amendment-2, A Price Schedule 

Amendment-1, Question and Answers

1. Will you accept "equal" products to the listed items? If so, how should we designate an "equal" item through the bid schedule? If not, may I ask the reason for not allowing equivalent products?
We have changed the RFQ-25-PHX-015 to Brand Name or Equal Henry Schein Dental Supplies, see Attachment Amend-1 RFQ-25-PHX-015.   

2. I read that you expect over 90% of the items to be awarded to one company, how will the +-10% of other items be awarded?  
This statement changed to “We expect that the majority (Over 90%) of the products under this BPA will be purchased through one Contractor and we expect the Contractor to add the new items into the Price Schedule to meet the 90%”, see Attachment Amend-1 B Scope of Work. 

3. Does the government need the Indian-owned firm to supply their own ordering website or do you want to order through a large company's website and utilize the winning vendors account on the large company's site?
You will need to provide this information for Factor -1 Technical, Sub-Factor B: Offeror shall provide On-Line Web-Site Ordering System from their distributor to include process for account set-up, ordering process, and return policies.
 

Five-Year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Brand Name or Equal Henry Schein Dental Suppli