Cow Saddle Terrace Site Tour Questions and Answers_0003.pdf

Cow Saddle Terrace Stewardship Site Tour Notes

Solicitation No. 140L3620Q0012

Question: Who is eligible to bid?

Answer: Small businesses with a size standard of $$20.5 Million

Question: Is the road use fee for saw and non-saw?

Answer: Yes

Question: Does a service contract wage act determination apply to both the primary contractor and subcontractor working on the project?

Answer: Yes, the service contract wage rates apply to both the prime and subcontractor. Labor interviews can be conducted at any time.

Question: In the PCT portion of the contract, does the word “mechanically” include mastication?

Answer: Yes

Question: Do chips count to the total tons per acre?

Answer: The intent is for some (non-sawlog) material to be removed. If none is removed it will exceed the tons per acre.

Question: For the requirements to bid, what are the percentage of ranking?

Answer: See clause “52.212-2 – EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous or best value to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

1) Past Performance

2) Technical Approach

3) Relevant Experience

The above items when combined, are equal to price.”

Question: Do we address Ips in the contract? What if it is brought to the landing?

Answer: The slash generated must be lopped and bucked or crushed per the contract. For non-sawlog material brought into the landing, we recognize lps may infest the non-sawlog decks if they are not removed.

Question: What was the defect in the overstory DF?

Answer: Less than 10% for the entire cruise. Unsure about the large DF specifically.

Question: Can we add or modify the contract?

Answer: Forest product removal cannot exceed service work.

Question: This is weight scale contract, so the total tons removed is unknown until the work is done.

How does that work with the clause titled “1510.211-70 BLM VARIATION IN ESTIMATED

QUANTITY (MAY 1987), 52.211-70 (DEVIATION)?”

Answer: The final quantities and could vary by 20% above or below what the BLM anticipates.

Question: What is the operating season?

Answer: Year Round besides June1-July15 is closed for elk and birds. This often coincides with spring breakup.

Question: Do dead trees count to residual TPA?

Answer: No

Question: If you don’t have three references, what are the implications?

Answer: Per the Solicitation: The Government reserves the right to obtain past performance information from other sources such as the references and the Past Performance Information Retrieval

System (PPIRS) and other Federal performance assessments systems but is not limited to these sources.

Respondents with no historical record of past performance will receive a Neutral rating.

Question: What do we do for dust abatement?

Answer: we will address this as it comes up. There is no specific dust abatement requirement.