Attachment C QA from Pre-Proposal Conference June 8 2023 191S7023Q0007 00001.pdf

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• ATTACHMENT C

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ASKED AT THE PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE

Question #1: Does the US Government have an Israeli Government exemption that will allow the submittal of invoices without VAT?

Answer #1: Section 1.II.F.(1) of the solicitation states” FOR CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE AN

ISRAEL MINISTRY OF TOURISM EXEMPTION VALUE ADDED TAX. Value Added Tax

(VAT) is not applicable to this contract and shall not be included in the CLIN rates or Invoices because the U.S. Embassy has a tax exemption certificate from the host government and the contractor has an existing exemption from the Israel Ministry of Tourism for not charging VAT to embassies and tourists. “ For the sake of submitting the price proposal, all contractors should still submit VAT in their proposal in case any existing Israeli Ministry of Tourism exemptions become invalid with the life of the ensuing contract.

Question #2: What is the cancellation policy in the solicitation?

Answer #2: Section 1.II.c of the solicitation states, “The Government shall be liable for the transfer rate of each vehicle ordered but not used, unless the Contracting Officer gave the

Contractor an oral or written cancellation no less than 48 hours before the anticipated effective date of the cancellation.”

Question #3: What is included in the vehicle and driver daily rate?

Answer #3: Section 1.II.d. of the solicitation states “daily rates with driver shall include all the costs necessary to accomplish the work as required by this contract, including all managerial cost, administrative cost, vehicles (including mileage), drivers, communication equipment, and all vehicle operation expenses, including but not limited to fuel, oil and all other maintenance of such vehicles to include passenger insurance, relevant parking fees and airport fees.”

Question #4: Why is there no line item for overtime for the buses?

Answer #4: Solicitation Amendment 0001 will revise the SF1449 and section 1 Pricing line items, III.C, IV.C, V.C, VI.C & VII.C by adding two line items for overtime rates for small and large buses for the base and all option years.

Question #5: How are the driver and vehicle overnight requirement priced out?

Answer #5: Solicitation Amendment 0001 will revise the SF1449 and section 1 Pricing line items, III.A, IV.A, V.A, VI.A & VII.A by adding a line item for vehicle and driver overnight rate for the base and all option years.

Question #6: Is there a way of pricing out the Program Managers work?

Answer #6: No, Section 1.II.d. of the solicitation states “daily rates with driver shall include all the costs necessary to accomplish the work as required by this contract, including all managerial cost, administrative cost.” Program Managers work is part of the managerial costs.

Question #7: What kind of prior past experience is needed in the list of clients over the past five years that need to be submitted with our proposal?

Answer #7: Section 3 A.2(4) of the solicitation states “List of clients over the past 5 (five) years, demonstrating prior experience with relevant past performance information.”