Amend 0002 140F0520R0019_0002.pdf

Amendment 0002 dated 09/22/2020 – 140F0520R0019 Seismic Evaluations A&E IDIQ MATOC

United States Department of the Interior U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS

Acquisitions Operations

300 Westgate Center Drive

Hadley, MA 01035-9589

Reference: Solicitation # 140F0520R0019 - Amendment No. 0002

Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Solicitation for Architect and Engineering

(A-E) Services for Seismic Evaluations

QUESTION

NO.

QUESTION/CHANGE RESPONSE AMENDMENT

NO.

In the description of work it states “FWS had identified over 100 at risk buildings that may have seismic deficiencies”. Can you provide any information as to where these buildings are located, or if there are groups or clusters in the nation?

Refer to attachment, “Distribution of Buildings

Requiring

Seismic Evaluation”

Posted 09/09/2020

Do the engineers need a PE license for each of the States in Region 5 or are you looking just for PE’s with 10+ years experience?

Appropriate state or professional certification commonly recognized for the discipline, if applicable is required, however, it is not required for each state nationwide. We are looking for PE’s that have 10+ years’ experience.

Posted 09/09/2020

3 Please confirm that this A/E IDIQ is intended to cover USFWS facilities nationwide, not just within Region 5.

The required coverage area for these contracts include

FWS facilities located throughout the continental

United States and Alaska

Posted 09/22/2020

4 Is there a list of the locations of the ~100 buildings that have been identified as at risk? If not, can you provide a rough sense of where the buildings are concentrated?

Refer to Question 1

5 Geotechnical licensure requirements. Are they required to be licensed in all 50 states?

No 0002

Posted 09/22/2020

6 Are there business licensure requirements in all 50 states?

No 0002

Posted 09/22/2020

7 Can we still include a project in Section F if the client does not return a PPQ form in time for submission?

Yes. Please be sure to include project contact information in these cases.

Posted 09/22/2020

8 Do the Geotech and Cost Estimator need to fill CPARS and/or PPQ form?

No 0002

9 The 30-Day Synopsis/Solicitation, on page

1 of 12, under 'General Information' classifies this request as a ‘100% Small

Business Set-Aside’. We assume only the prime consultant is required to be a qualifying small business, and subconsultants are not required to be small businesses. Please confirm.

Yes, only the Prime is required to be a small business

10 The 30-Day Synopsis/Solicitation, on page

2 of 12, under 'Contract Information' indicates that the contract will have to comply with FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting. We understand this means that "at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern" (i.e., the prime consultant).

As this is potentially a multi-year, multiple task-order contract, please clarify if the intent is to enforce the 50% for each year

(base year and option years), or for each task order.

By the end of the performance period for each task order issued under the contract.

11 The 30-Day Synopsis/Solicitation, on page

2 of 12, under 'Contract Information' indicates that the contract will have to comply with FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting. We understand this means that "at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern" (i.e., the prime consultant).

Please confirm 'cost incurred...for personnel' excludes reimbursables for travel (air fare, hotel, rental car) from the value counted towards the 50%.

Cost of Contract

Performance Incurred for

Prime Personnel includes fully burdened prime labor cost (direct labor and all indirect costs applied to direct labor - e.g., fringe, labor overhead, and G&A).

Also includes all costs associated with the Primes

Similarly Situated Entities.

All other direct costs

(material, travel, ODCs, subcontracts, consultants, etc.) and “below the cost line” mark-ups -- such as profit and gross receipts tax

-- are excluded.

12 We assume it is acceptable to use project experience of key personnel while they were employed at prior firms as qualifying experience. It is clear how to address such experience in Section E, resumes of key personnel, but in Section F, example projects, and on the Past Performance

Questionnaire (PPQ) there is no clear way to distinguish between firm and key personnel. Please confirm projects completed by key personnel while they were employed at prior firms are acceptable as example projects, and please clarify if there are specific instructions on how to

It is acceptable to provide sample projects from Key

Personnel’s past in the absence of applicable company project experience. Section G should serve to tie the applicable Key Personnel to the sample project or projects. In these cases, block 25 of Section F

(which indicates firms from

Section C involved in the project) can (and should) be left empty.

make this clear in Section E and on the

PPQ.

It is assumed the Section E resumes will include these projects and the role or roles of the associated key personnel. Those aspects of the project that reflect on the key personnel’s performance will likely be assessed in the PPQs.

13 The 30-Day Synopsis/Solicitation, on page

11 of 12, under 'Submission Instructions and Deadline Notices' indicates a PDF copy of the qualifications package must be uploaded to a digital portal provided by

FWS. Please share any known file size limits of the online platform.

I don’t believe there are any file size limits. You should not have any issues uploading your SF330 package.