A10_Sources_Sought_Questionnaire_010219.docx

Capability Questionnaire NOTE: The Government will not publish responses outside the Indian Health Service (IHS), Division of Engineering Services (DES)-Seattle, WA; it will use information collected as a tool for the upcoming acquisition strategy. Please submit your responses no later than the date indicated in the notice via email or facsimile to: Anthony Buch, Anthony.buch@ihs.gov , or call 206-615-2790. Please note, the quality and completeness of responses will help IHS determine what acquisition strategy will be used.

1. Is your company registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) website (https://www.sam.gov)?

[ ] yes [ ] no

2. Is your firm eligible for participation in one of the following small business programs? If so, please indicate the program.

[ ] yes [ ] no Small Business (SB) [ ] yes [ ] no Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) [ ] yes [ ] no Small Business 8(a) [ ] yes [ ] no Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) [ ] yes [ ] no Economically-Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) [ ] yes [ ] no Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) [ ] yes [ ] no Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) [ ] yes [ ] no Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) [ ] yes [ ] no Other (please specify)

3. If the Government selected your firm, how many calendar days would your firm need after contract award date before you could completely setup and begin providing services?

[ ] Immediately [ ] 10 days [ ] 15 days [ ] 30 days [ ] Other ____________

4. What is the commercial standard in your industry regarding the frequency of invoicing for the required services?

[ ] Monthly [ ] Quarterly [ ] Other ____________

5. Is your firm currently providing similar services under any other Government contract(s) (including General Services Administration, aka GSA)? If so, please provide the contract number, Government agency, a Government point of contact, and a brief description of services for each.

6. Does your firm and/or subcontractor(s), partner(s), etc. have experience and/or capability providing the following:

1. Construction and renovation of federal healthcare facilities for small rural Native American communities utilizing industry subject matter experts with at least 10 years’ experience? How many projects of this nature has your company completed and for whom?

Experience:_______________________________________________________________________ Capability:________________________________________________________________________

1. How will your firm furnish all labor, materials, equipment and incidentals necessary to provide a successful project on-time and within budget? How many years has your organization been performing this type of work? How many projects between $5-10 Million of this nature has your company successfully completed within the last five years?

Experience:_______________________________________________________________________ Capability:________________________________________________________________________

1. Please provide the below information indicating your firm’s knowledge and understanding of the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) codes and how they relate to maintaining accreditation either through the Center of Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) or the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)?

Experience:_______________________________________________________________________ Capability:________________________________________________________________________

1. Provide your firm’s knowledge and understanding of working with Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO) offices?

Experience:_______________________________________________________________________ Capability:________________________________________________________________________

1. Provide your firm’s knowledge and experience of construction in cold weather climates? Location and size of projects within the past 10 years?

Experience:_______________________________________________________________________ Capability:________________________________________________________________________

7. How long will it take to respond to a Request For Proposal of this magnitude?

_________Days

8. Will you perform all the contract requirements or will there be teaming arrangements? Do you have teaming/subcontracting agreements in place? With what firms?

[ ] yes [ ] no

9. How would you measure successful performance?

10. How would you mitigate any conflict of interest?

11. Please provide information about your firm or personnel’s relevant licenses, certifications, qualifications, quality management systems certifications, such as lean and six sigma, etc.

Please explain your answer:

12. Are the labor classifications / position descriptions and draft wage determination appropriate or are there other labor classifications required to perform the tasks stated in the requirement’s documents? Please provide alternatives or additions:

13. Provide any additional feedback that you feel is relevant (e.g., problems or any other issues experienced with similar contracts and how issues were resolved, suggestions on the best way to structure the price schedule, the validity of the period of performance, are the requirement’s documents adequate or could it be structured better, etc.):

14. Do you intend on assigning or do you have full-time staff dedicated to project scheduling and estimating that would be used on this project? If so, what is their experience and qualifications and with what type of construction (horizontal, vertical, etc.)?

Again, we thank you for taking the time to assist us in gathering this information! The quality and completeness of responses will help IHS determine what, if any, set-aside will be used.