Q_A_Document_0002.pdf

This modification is issued as follows:

1. Answer questions asked during site visits. They are as follows:

a. How and where should the ends of the required 12-strand fiber line from the Server Room to the demarcation point be terminated?

RESPONSE: The fiber should be OM5 plenum rated and “bend insensitive,” the terminal connectors need to be LC for each termination and rated for the OM5. The “home run” shall reach between the existing Exacq server and the new rack at the demarcation point. Include a 2-foot-long loop at each end.

b. What is the storage capacity of the existing Exacq Server?

RESPONSE: The existing Exacq 64 camera server has 12 TB storage capacity.

c. Are the IT cabinets in the hallways on the 2nd and 3rd floors available for use?

Response: No, they are only for the BLM Network.

d. Can we use the BLM scissor lift?

The price shall include all necessary supervision, management, labor, transportation, equipment, materials, any other direct incidental costs, overhead and profit, unless the cost is expressly identified as a separately priced contract line item.

e. Do you allow progress billing? No

f. Is the Period of Performance firm? Yes, per the solicitation:

The contract shall commence from date of award for a period up 180 days after receipt of award. Once cameras and vital components are received, installation will be completed within 60 days.

2. Add Evaluation Factor to Section L.2.1 and Section M, Evaluation Criteria: Evaluation Factor 3:

Technical Approach. Quoters shall provide technical approach using the evaluation factors below.

(a) Technical Approach. Respondent shall describe a realistic plan, to include the means (labor, equipment, and materials) and methods (plan of work), and logical sequencing of activities

(including interdependencies of activities) necessary to successfully complete the work within the required performance period. The plan shall list the specific equipment availability, crew(s)

(size and composition) proposed to work concurrently, any other available resources, and daily production rate required.

(b) Schedule and Resource Management. Respondent shall submit a schedule identifying the milestones and critical path to successfully completing this work in addition to a list of available equipment and crew(s) (to include the size and composition of the crew) that will be used to perform this work. Respondent shall also address how it intends to meet the contract completion date if there are project delays.

(c) Quality and Safety Management. Respondent shall provide a narrative on the methods it intends for providing the contractor quality control and safety management required on this contract. The narrative shall include how the Respondent will manage decision making on quality issues when there are schedule and/or cost impacts to those decisions, manage subcontractor quality control (if subcontracting is contemplated), identify safety goals, identify any potential high risks on this project and how you intend to mitigate the potential risks, and proposed staffing for quality control personnel and safety manager.