19SG2024Q0025 _Gardening and Landscaping services_ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS_v2.pdf
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- Solicitation number
- 19SG2024Q0025
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Department of State US Embassy Dakar
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This document is a set of Questions and Answers related to Solicitation # 19SG2024Q0025 for Gardening and Landscaping Services for the U.S. Embassy in Dakar, Senegal.
The key details are:
- The current incumbent contractor is JARDIN DU SAHEL, with a previous contract value of around $734,000 for the base year plus 4 one-year options.
- Defense Base Act (DBA) insurance is required to cover all contractor employees working at the Embassy compound.
- Pricing must be quoted in CFA Francs (local currency), with no specified conversion rate to U.S. dollars provided.
- The contract has an option to extend services up to 6 additional months.
- Prospective offerors must be registered in the U.S. Government's System for Award Management (SAM) database to be eligible for award.
- The Government may award the contract based on initial offers without discussions.
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Solicitation # 19SG2024Q0025
U.S. Embassy Dakar Gardening and Landscaping Services
Summary of questions received after the solicitation was posted on SAM.
Q – Could you advise who was the previous or current contractor/ incumbent and was there an issue/concern with the company providing the previous service.
A – Current contractor is JARDIN DU SAHEL. No performance issues were reported.
Q – Do you know how much the previous contract worth?
A – The total amount of the previous contract for the Base year plus 04 one-year options was around
$734,000.00
Q – We would like to know if the DBA insurance is required if only Senegalese employees working on this project?
A – As stated under Section 1 – page 14 – INSURANCE and Section 3 - the DBA insurance is required for this solicitation.
The DBA insurance shall cover all the contractor’s employees who will be working within the Embassy compound. For more information on the cost and insurance terms, please refer to section 3 on the solicitation, page 42.
(The Offeror shall include Defense Base Act (DBA) insurance premium costs covering employees. The offeror may obtain DBA insurance directly from any Department of Labor approved providers at the DOL website at http://www.dol.gov/owcp/dlhwc/lscarrier.htm ])
Q - Could you please clarify if there is an incumbent for this job? If yes, what is their name, contract number?
A – The current contractor is JARDIN DU SAHEL. The contract total amount for the Base year plus 04 one-year options was around $734,000.00. Contract number 19SG2019C0003.
Q - Since my local partner will be paid at a fixed price in FCFA, could you please specify if there are any procedures in place to mitigate any negative impact of the potential decrease in the dollar value in international transactions?
A – As stated in the Section 1- The Schedule 2.0 Pricing, local contractors shall quote in CFA francs and the service will be paid in local currency (FCFA) This solicitation doesn’t include any procedure to mitigate any negative impact of the potential decrease in the dollar value in international transactions.
Q - What is the approved conversion rate to consider from FCFA to dollars and from dollars to FCFA for this contract?
A – This solicitation does not include a conversion rate.
Local contractors shall quote in CFA Francs as stated in the Section 1- The Schedule 2.0 Pricing.
If the U.S. Embassy receives offers in more than one currency, all bids will be evaluated using the exchange rate on the date specified for receipt of bids (bid closing date) - refer to section 4 clause 52.225-17.
Q - Page 7, OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES table.
Does the TOTAL Option price per Month * 6 months:
• must be multiplied by the number of contract years (5 years)?
http://www.dol.gov/owcp/dlhwc/lscarrier.htm
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• must be included in box 23 of Form SF-1449?
A – Under the option provision, the total extension of performance shall not exceed 06 months. Yes. The rate shall be indicated in the event the U.S. Embassy decides to exercise contract clause 52.217-8 - page
33.
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