# Answer Vendor Questions Amazon & Walmart Gift Cards Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24124q0309 - Solicitation number: 36C24124Q0309 - Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation - Status: Awarded to Aurostar Corporation - Department: Department of Veterans Affairs - Contracting office: 241-Network Contract Office 01 (36C241) - NAICS: 522320 Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities - Product or service code: 7690 Miscellaneous Printed Matter - Set-aside: Total small business set-aside - First posted: March 8, 2024 - Last posted: March 12, 2024 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b9b56fff33554c81a6eb35c78e528a43/view ## Description Amendment A00001 Answers to Vendor Questions to Solicitation 36C24124Q0309 Under the Supply Schedule in the solicitation, the denominations should have read $5, $10, $20, $25, $30, $40, $50, $75, and $100 for line items 0001 and 0002. You may quote on either 1) only the Amazon cards, line item 0001, 2) only the Walmart cards, line item 0002, or 3) both, line items 0001 & 0002. You may breakdown the Supply Schedule into as many line items as you need to accommodate your various pricing. We are purchasing these cards for our Research Dept. They are provided as compensation for participating in research projects throughout the year. Each Researcher will decide what type and how much compensation will be offered. Various research projects have their own budgets and may/may not include gift cards. Physical cards, like credit cards, are required. Electronic cards are not acceptable. I will make this contract available to all VA Medical Centers in New England. Each order would be a bulk of cards going to one VA Medical Center, most likely the one in Bedford, MA. One order may contain gift cards for multiple research projects within one medical center. Delivery would be to one location. So there may be, for example, 100 $20 gift cards ordered but they could be for two separate projects, one needing 30 cards and the other needing 70. I would pay for them using two separate purchase orders even if they are delivered to the same location. The VA pays Net 30 > 30 days after receipt of a digital invoice submitted through Tungsten. This would be a performance-based contract, meaning we wouldn't tell you how to do it. Our expectation would be that when we require gift cards, whether 10 or 3,500, we would receive them at the cost quoted in the contract delivered to the Bedford Massachusetts VA within 7-10 days after receipt of order. We may have a task order that requires ten $50 Walmart cards at one point and months later we may have another that requires 3,500 $10 Amazon cards. How many or which type of cards that will be required throughout the year may vary. Last year, we spent about $157,000 on the purchase of gift cards, but there is no guarantee that it will be the same year to year. I can only guarantee the first order. Although it may change, at this time we expect the first order to be for three research projects, so there will be three separate purchase order numbers on one delivery order. The first order should be similar to this: 95 $  20.00  Amazon 15 $  25.00  Amazon 60 $  50.00  Amazon 168 $  20.00  Amazon 35 $  50.00  Amazon This is our first year trying to put an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract in place. Last year, we had multiple purchase orders for Walmart & Amazon gift cards, including 36C24123P1129 ($45,057), 36C24123P0411 ($224), 36C24123P0290 ($2,266), 36C24123P0347 ($2,575), 36C24123P0443 ($74,547), 36C24123P0237 ($9,543), 36C24123P0973 ($3,269), 36C24123P1153 ($9,359). These went to Aurostar Corp of Fremont, CA, & MIH Management Solutions of Las Vegas, NV. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Aurostar Corporation (UEI JYMDJMJDVJN6) - Contract: 36C24124D0085 - Obligated: $0.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 18 offers received - Link: solicitation number 36C24124Q0309 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 36C241 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_36C24124D0085_3600/ - Recipient: Force Group Int LLC (UEI UJEJT2TQE4U1) - Contract: 36C24124D0086 - Obligated: $0.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 18 offers received - Link: solicitation number 36C24124Q0309 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 36C241 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_36C24124D0086_3600/ ## Publications - March 8, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due March 15, 2024 at 8:00 AM EDT. Notice 97aa86afe3254f8d9f861c8d8a8cd02d. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/97aa86afe3254f8d9f861c8d8a8cd02d/view - March 12, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due March 15, 2024 at 8:00 AM EDT. Notice a6dcd064313048d1ab0fced17bda21cb. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a6dcd064313048d1ab0fced17bda21cb/view - March 12, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due March 15, 2024 at 8:00 AM EDT. Notice b9b56fff33554c81a6eb35c78e528a43. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b9b56fff33554c81a6eb35c78e528a43/view ## Points of contact - Johanne Menard, Contracting Officer, johanne.menard@va.gov, 413-584-4040 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24124q0309.