Site_Visit_Follow_Up_questions_and_comments.pdf

Operations and Maintenance Contract

Solicitation #2018-N-67782

Questions and Answers

Pittsburgh Site Visit Occurred 04/16/2018

Question 1 Will the vehicles used by the incumbent be turned over as Government Furnished Equipment?

Answer 1 The incumbent currently uses a mix of vehicles to perform the contract. This mix includes, Vendor owned vehicles, GSA Leased vehicles, and Government Furnished Equipment. The

GSA leased equipment will be returned back to GSA. It is recommended in section C.10 that the use of onsite, street legal electric vehicles be considered when assembling the Pittsburgh

Motor Pool. Various vehicles, as listed in the attachments, will be turned over as GFE.

Comment #1 Most of the lighting fixtures have been changed over to LED, which are under warranty. It will be the responsibility of the vendor to pursue that warranty should a need arise under the contract.

Question #2 How man BAS systems are in place?

Answer #2 There will be one BAS system in place. We anticipate a go live date within 1-2 months. Please note that some buildings are not connected to the system as they are stand-alone.

Comment #2 While Pittsburgh is under a CBA (Local Chapter of American Federal Government

Employee’s Union), the other two sites are not under a CBA.

Since the Pittsburgh staffing personnel has changed since the CBA’s adoption in 2014 in order to facilitate the observance of the first right of refusal, the Government will update section J to include a new, J.17, which is the Senority list for Pittsburgh.

Comment #3 Steam heat is no longer in use except in buildings 156, 141, 13, 19, 19A, and 20. Leaks in the steam system are the responsibility of the O&M despite PM being completed by Siemens.

Question #3 Are there cooling towers on-site?

Answer #3 No. There are no cooling towers on site, everything is Air Cooled.

Comment #4 The incumbent vendor currently has two Vendor FTE’s for the SCRM Mine Support. The

Govenrment has descoped these positions from their current contract

Question #4 Is there water treatment required for the mine?

Answer #4 There is Acid water treatment and backflow.

Question #5 Are Generators in use on site?

Answer #5 There are 3 in place generators on site and one mobile generator. The permanent generators are

Building 3 for the Central Air, Building 62 which controls the security gate, and one generator used for the Phone switch system which the Government anticipates going away.

These are all smaller generators, except Building 62’s generator, for which the load has been reduced.

Question #6 Are fire extinguisher inspections covered by the O&M?

Answer #6 Annual inspections for Elevators, fire extinguishers, and overhead cranes are covered by the

O&M. In the MSHA spaces we do currently maintain the elevators.

Question #7 Can you provide a list of the subcontracting vendors used by the incumbent?

Answer #7 Section J will be updated to provide this additional information. Attachment: J.18

Question #8 Can the Government provide the sign in sheet for the Pittsburgh NIOSH site visit?

Answer: #8 Section J will be updated to provide the sign in sheets for all site visits. Attachments: J.19-21

Morgantown Site Visit Occurred 04/18/2018

No questions or comments for this site visit.

Spokane Site Visit Occurred 04/23/2018

Question #9 Can the Government provide the resume of the current “supervisor” on site?

Answer #9 The Government will release the name only of the “supervisor” on site in Spokane. The supervisors name is Don Grinnell. Interested vendors may reach out to Mr. Grinnell independently.

Question #10 The solicitation lists multiple Hand Tools for the Spokane site. Which tools are GFE and which are Contractor owned?

Answer #10 Section J will be updated with a complete list of all current incumbent/contractor owned tools and equipment. All else is are GFE. Attachment: J.16.