Questions and Answers Wild Horse Gather 6-24.pdf

Horse Gather IDIQ

Questions and Answers as of 6/24/2022

1. On page 30 of the Solicitation under Supplemental Instructions.... (1) (A) (i) it says to submit "Representation Provisions (#37-40)", but I was not sure where this was found in the document, or what Reps and Certs were required.

See Amendment 0001 correcting this.

2. Can the contractor choose to leave after helicopter drive-trapping work, and then come back after waiting a period (weeks or months), to bait trap or helicopter drive trap again, if agreed upon by the COR, as long as they are working within the contract period (9/1 to 4/31/23)?

Yes, the contractor can leave if both parties agree.

3. Are the optional items at the government’s discretion or must they be mutually agreed upon by the Contractor and the government?

Optional items can be added based on available funds and will be excised as needed by the government before the end of the task order period of performance. See amendment 0001 adding option clause to task order.

4. Can you clarify if the Base Daily Rate should include all associated helicopter costs for the day? When will the helicopter be paid an hourly rate (over or under 4 hours), and where should that price be specified in Section II?

Daily Base Rate should include all helicopter associated costs. Hourly rate is only if the Helicopter is in operation less then 4 hours.

5. Will the start date of operations be 9/1, on the date proposed in the Project Schedule, or negotiated after award?

A project schedule is part of the solicitation submission requirements, see FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items (Oct 2014) in the solicitation.

6. Is there a not-to-exceed threshold for proposed prices under the IDIQ contract, or will the proposed Seed task order prices only be used in this initial year for determining task order award? The Initial task order price is only the first year, every task order past the first year will have an opportunity to bid.

The IDIQ is for 5 years and with a contract ceiling of $4,000,000. The max that will be ordered by task orders for the life of the contract is $4,000,000. The seed task order is a real project and is being used for price evaluation. Every future task order beyond the initial seed task order will be competed among contract holders.

7. The solicitation is asking for a non-supervising quality inspector to perform quality control. Can you further explain the duties of a quality inspector and can this person also be part of the contract gather crew? In other words can this person work as a wrangler or in any other position?

The quality control inspector for the contractor can be anyone working for the company that is responsible for the company quality control for any part of the operations. The person should have the experience to know the operation are within the scope of the contract.

8. This solicitation also has a price schedule for a gather for this year. Will the task order award for this year be based on just lowest price of will it be based on lowest price technical acceptable. If it is based on LPTA would the technical submitted be evaluated along with the price for the task order award?

The initial seed task order is a real project and is being used as a solicitation evaluation factor: Price.

The price submitted on the task order will be part of the IDIQ evaluation process.

9. Can we please have a map that show the numbers and where the animals were located in the Garden?

See amendment 0001.