140R3025Q0066_Amendment_0001-_Questions_and_Answers_0001.pdf

Solicitation No. 140R3025Q0066 Amendment 0001

Questions & Answers

Question-1:

Is there any incumbent/recompete or this is a brand-new project? If yes, could you please provide us with their award number or even if the customer bought similar services in the past.

Answer-1: This is a recompete. Prior contract number: 140R3020P0059.

Question-2:

We would like to know if this is a brand-new contract OR if there is (was) an incumbent performing these services. If not brand new, could you please provide the current / previous contract number?

Answer-2: See Response to Question 1.

Question-3:

The PWS states that “the contractor shall ensure employees always maintain 15 pairs of clean and serviceable coveralls.” Could you please clarify whether this refers to the total number of coveralls required across all employees, or if each employee will require 15 pairs? And if each employee requires 15 pairs, how many employees require coveralls.

Answer-3: Work Statement Section 2.2-Coveralls has been revised to add clarification.

Question-4:

Is the solicitation a new requirement set by the government or is this a contract currently being performed that the government is renewing? If this is a renewal, do you have the contract number associated with the old contract?

Answer-4: See Response to Question 1.

Question-5:

Can we request the copy of the proposed CLIN template indicated on the solicitation?

Answer-5: The CLIN structure is provided directly in the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation under the section titled “Line Items” on Page 1. No separate CLIN template is provided.

Question-6:

Lab Coat: You want 15 lab coats (cotton/poly blend) delivered. No wash needed?

Answer-6: Work Statement Section 2.1-Lab Coats has been revised to add clarification.

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Question-7:

Coverall: You need 15 coveralls per employee. How many employee? Do you need weekly wash?

Answer-7: Work Statement Section 2.2-Coveralls has been revised to add clarification.

Question-8:

Shop towel: you need 300 clean shop towel delivered per week?

Answer-8: Work Statement Section 2.3- Mechanic Shop Towels has been revised to add clarification.

Question-9:

Government owned shirts: “50 employee x 10 shirts each for a total of 150” there is a math error here.

How many Government owned shirts do you need washed weekly?

Answer-9: Work Statement Section 2.4-Government Owned Shirts has been revised to add clarification.

Question-10:

Place of performance?

Answer-10: See PWS Section 3.4.1 - The place of performance is the Yuma Area Office, located in Yuma, Arizona.

Question-11:

Terms of the contract? How many years?

Answer-11: The contract includes a base year with four (4) option years, for a total potential period of performance of five (5) years.

Question-12:

Price schedule?

Answer-12: Quotes shall be submitted in accordance with the line items (CLINS) listed in the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation. Quoters must provide firm-fixed unit and total prices for each CLIN, inclusive of all labor, materials, and associated costs. No separate pricing template will be provided.

Question-13:

To ensure we provide an accurate and fair quote, would it be possible for you to share a picture of the Government-Owned shirts that are to be laundered under the contract?

Answer-13:

Question-14:

Would you be able to provide one or more reference photos of the shirts, or let us know if such documentation is available?

Answer-14: See Response to Question 13.

Question-15:

Upon further review, it appears that the contractor is responsible for furnishing the uniforms, including shirts and pants. Could you please confirm?

Answer-15: The Government provides shirts for laundering. However, coveralls, lab coats, and mechanic towels are furnished by the contractor. See Revised Performance Work Statement.