140R1023R0003_Q-A_Amendment_0001_0001.pdf

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I plan on attending the site visit on 5/4/23. Is it really at 0700MT, so 6am Cle Elum time? Can I request that it be 8am Cle

Elum time to allow for 1+ hour drive for some attendees?

Perspective Offeror request for pre-proposal site visit time adjustment is denied. The pre-proposal site visit is not at 0600am PDT. It is at 1300 or 1:00 PM PST as described in

Section A. SF-1442 of the solicitation. Registration requirements are described at Section L.24. 52.236-27 Site Visit (construction)(Feb 1995), Alternate I (Feb 1995).

The attached specs call for a 550 gallon ows. It lists HTM, CSI and Xerxes as the spec’d mfgr. However, I did not see any drawings/schedule/detail of this unit on the plans. Do you happen to know if there are any as we want to be sure we quote this unit accurately HTM would be a steel model, while CSI/Xerxes would be fiberglass.

The oil water separator is detailed on drawing 33-D-61272. There are several vendors that can provide the essential characteristics of the tank as specified.

Came across a strange note on a few of the drawings on the Cle Elum Dam Adult Fish Facility. The specific drawings state, “Not Suitable for Construction, Not for Distribution, for internal use only” and show Draft on them. Here is the list of drawings: 33- D-61054 46

33-D-61055 47 33-D-61056 48 33-D-61057 49

33-D-61250 231 Just let us know if these drawings are going to be replaced in an addendum or how we should handle these drawings from a bid perspective.

The artwork for drawings 61054, 61055, 61056 and 61057 is still being developed by the project partners. Section 10 14 16, 2.01 and 2.02 specifies a material and thickness. The mounting to the building is specified in 10 14 16, 3.02. The sizes of the panels are shown on the drawings. There are 4 panels total, each with a width of 8 feet and a height of less than 6 feet. The offeror should assume that these panels would be CNC laser or water jet cut along the outlines of the artwork line drawings to be provided after award. Drawing 33- D-61250 details the requirements for a foundation element of the building. The drawing is noted as "Not Suitable for Construction" because the foundation design will need to be reviewed once the contractor's column loadings for the building have been developed. At that point it could be modified to reflect the loading conditions, or released for construction.

Please reference the following FAR Clauses, that are either incorporated into the Contract by reference or full text, as well as Section L – Technical Proposal Part 5 Small Business Plan, and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation

Subcontracting Plan, which is included at the end of the Solicitation:

FAR Clause 52-219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan, Alternate II

(d) The Offeror’s subcontracting plan shall include the following:

(1) Separate goals, expressed in terms of total dollars subcontracted, and as a percentage of total planned subcontracting dollars, for the use of small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns as subcontractors. For individual subcontracting plans, and if required by the Contracting Officer, goals shall also be expressed in terms of percentage of total contract dollars, in addition to the goals expressed as a percentage of total subcontract dollars.

(2) A statement of–

(i) Total dollars planned to be subcontracted for an individual subcontracting plan; or the Offeror's total projected sales, expressed in dollars, and the total value of projected subcontracts, including all indirect costs except as described in paragraph

(g) of this clause, to support the sales for a commercial plan;

Section M Evaluation Factors for Award Factor 5 – Small Business Participation

1. The extent of identification and participation of small and socio-economic business subcontractors in terms of the value of the total acquisition (total contract value)

Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Subcontracting Plan Page 2 of 11, Part (2) Goals

State the percentage of total planned subcontracting dollars that will go to all Small Business (SB) concerns, Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) SB concerns, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) concerns, Woman-Owned SB (WOSB) concerns, Veteran-OwnedSB (VOSB) concerns, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned SB (SDVOSB) concerns.

Please confirm that the stated Small Business Subcontracting goals as stated in the table contained in Section M, Factor 5 – Small Business Participation, are stated in terms of total subcontracting dollars, not in terms of total contract value, as that conflicts with the FAR Clause and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Subcontracting Plan.

As it pertains to Factor 5. Small Business Participation; The offerors statement that offeror requirements at L.14. WBR 1452.215-81 General Proposal Instructions, M.1. WBR

1452.215-82 Evaluation Factors for Award, Section J.4. DOI BOR Subcontracting Plan and, Section I. 45. 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Oct 2022), Alternate II (Nov 2016) is in total subcontracting dollars is validated as accurate and in accordance with the solicitation.

Given the large scale and complexity of this project, other current projects that are bidding and the current bidding environment, the ability to solicit and receive quotes from the various small or socio-economic business type Subcontractors required for this project (including Small Business, SDB, WOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, and ISBEE), especially after coming off of a long holiday weekend where vendors will not be responsive, we respectfully request a bid date extension of two weeks. Please let us know if this bid date extension request can be accommodated.

Offeror request for a proposal due date extension is denied. The time and date for proposal delivery remains at 1000 MDT on 05/30/2023. If an extension is issued in the future, it will be conducted via amendment on the Government Wide Point of Entry (GPE) at SAM.gov.

Please reference Section A Solicitation/Contract Form, Box 10 Solicitation which states that “The final date for contractor Q&A is 1400, Mountain Daylight Time, on May 12, 2023.” This question cutoff period doesn’t allow much time for questions given the complexity of this project and the initial upfront time required to generate Subcontractor and supplier interest in the project. We request that the question cutoff period be set to one week prior to when the offers are due.

Offeror request for a longer Q&A cutoff period is accepted with deviation. Q&A cutoff is now 1400 MDT on Thursday 5/18/2023 or until otherwise amended by the Contracting

Officer.

Please reference Section L, Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors, Subpart L.14 General Proposal Instructions, Factor 3: Experience: Corporate and Key Personnel for Prime and/or Subcontractors. This section calls for proposers to “Furnish a list (no more than 5) of Federal, State, local government or commercial projects completed within the last 6 years similar in scope and complexity to the work required under this solicitation.” We request that the list of relevant projects be extended to ten years.

To be answered in a future solicitation amendment. TBD

Please reference Section A Solicitation/Contract Form, Box 10 Solicitation which states that “A site visit has been scheduled for May 04, 2023 at 1:00PM PST.” Will an alternate site visit be offered, or is the site accessible to be viewed independently of a site visit? If not, we request that an additional site visit be scheduled.

The Government will not offer an alternate site visit at this time. No the site is not accessible to be viewed independently of a site visit. Offeror request for additional site visit is denied.

140R1023R0003 CLE ELUM DAM FISH PASSAGE FACILITY

ADULT FACILITY

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