Amendment 4 QnA Pt. 2.pdf

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS – ROUND 2

RFP2032H326R00006

1. Amendment 2 Question and Answer 2 indicates that the Volume I Cover Letter should not be redacted. Can the Government confirm – i.e., that the Volume I cover information should have identifying information, but the remainder of Volume I should be redacted – or clarify?

The Cover Letter should not be redacted. For ease of submission, the Cover Letter can be submitted separate from Volume I – Technical. Additionally, the requirements of the Cover Letter have been updated. Please see Summary of Changes #2.

2. Amendment 2, Volume I 5.0: This appears to request a narrative outlining the overall approach to the IDIQ in detail to demonstrate compliance and understanding. However, such a narrative would seem to be redundant with many of the Volume I 6.1 sections and requirements. Moreover, much of the information sought seems to involve acknowledgements rather than detailed narratives. Can the Government clarify if this section is (1) introducing the type of information to be provided in response to 6.1 requirements (plus requiring the associated acknowledgements, of which 6.1 response information is to demonstrate understanding), (2) a separate narrative requirement to be broken off from 6.1 narratives entirely, or (3) other? Additional clarification would likely help offerors ensure compliance with Government intent.

The narrative for the overall IDIQ has been removed. See Summary of Changes #2.

3. Amendment 2, Volume I 5.0: Bullet points 3 and 4 appear to request information applicable to 6.1.1. Can the Government confirm if a different type of information is sought for bullet points 3 and 4 than would typically apply to 6.1.1?

See answer to question #2. See Summary of Changes #2.

4. Amendment 2, Volume I 5.0: Can the Government confirm if bullet point 4 applies to the IDIQ overall or to the sample scenario project? The information sought would typically be (though not necessarily need to be) project specific.

See answer to question #2. See Summary of Changes #2.

5. Volume II: Amendment 2 indicates that CPARS may be submitted in lieu of new PPQ evaluations. Can the Government confirm if CPARS – usually 3-5 pages each – submitted in proposals count against the page limit associated with Volume II?

PPQs are limited to two pages. CPARS have no page limit.

6. Volume II: Amendment 2 indicates that CPARS may be submitted in lieu of new PPQ evaluations. Can the Government confirm if offerors are limited to two evaluations total – i.e., two CPARS, two new PPQ evaluations, or one of each, as per the original Volume II limit?

Contractors may submit two PPQs, within the page limits, or two CPARS at no page limit, or one of each (a total of two). Whatever the combination, the Government reserves the right to review additional CPARS if it chooses to.

7. Volume II: Can the Government confirm that the March 13 and March 27 deadlines applicable are not required/applicable if offerors are submitting CPARS in lieu of new PPQ evaluations?

These dates have already passed. Contractors that submit CPARS in lieu of PPQs (no more than two in any combination) after those dates will not be penalized. As of Amendment #3, PPQs/CPARS can be submitted with the final proposal no later than 30 April 2026, 12PM ET.

8. Volume II: Would the Government consider extending the March 13 and March 27 deadlines to closer to the proposal due date, since Amendment 2 was issued on March 27 and contains information that may impact offeror project selection and past performance submission plans?

See answer to question #7. Also, see Summary of Changes.

9. Section 6.2, Past Performance (pg. 80 of the solicitation) requires two PPQs to be submitted even though the client was instructed to send the PPQ to the contracting office’s POCs.

Does the Government want the initial PPQs the Offeror filled out included in Vol. II?

The intent was for potential contractors to send the PPQ to prior, or current, clients to provide a rating on the contractor’s work directly to the RFP POCs. PPQs should not be filled out by potential contractors themselves. However, potential contractors are given the opportunity to provide their own write-up of relevant corporate experience under Attachment B – Corporate Experience Worksheet. See 6.1.5 Corporate Experience of the

RFP.

10. Section 6.2, Past Performance (pg. 80 of the solicitation) states, “Contractors shall submit to the Government two (2) references (company name and address, phone number, and point of contact) for similar work mentioned within the SOO or similar.” Are these references separate from the POC list?

The two references and POC List are the same. See Summary of Changes.

11. If each volume is to be separate and complete from others (pg. 18 of A0002 - Summary of Changes), should a Cover Letter be included with each volume?

The Cover Letter can be separated from all Volumes and shall not be redacted. See answer to Question #1 of this Q&A.

12. Section 5.1 Cover Letter (pg. 79 of the solicitation) references a cover sheet and a cover letter. Are the cover sheet and Cover Letter two separate requirements?

See Summary of Changes correcting 5.1 from Cover Letter to Cover Sheet.

13. Is the Cover Letter its own attachment or is it a part of Volume I (Table 1, pg. 78 of the solicitation)?

The Cover Letter can be separated from all Volumes and shall not be redacted. See answer to Question #1 of this Q&A.

14. Will the Government allow a company introduction to be included with the Cover Letter (Section 5.1)?

See Summary of Changes correcting contents of the Cover Letter

15. Is the Brief Narrative Discussion a separate requirement from the Cover Letter (Section 5.1 and Table 1, pg. 78 of the solicitation)?

The requirement for a brief narrative for the IDIQ has been removed.

16. Please advise if contractors will be required to submit our coefficients as described in Amendment 2 for normal working hours and non-working hours? If so, please provide a bid sheet to submit coefficients.

The scenario work hours were changed to normal hours. See answer to questions #75 under Amendment #2.

17. Is there a specific table or format required for submission of the Coefficient? Could you please provide an example of where/how you would like this shown per Amendment 0002?

There is no specific format required for the scenario. Only a Lump Sum pricing is required in terms of providing the scenario project’s quote.

18. What is required for the Scenario Project Technical Response as referenced in the required documentation for Volume III - Price? Does this need to be a narrative or are we just providing the Scenario Price/Cost Table?

Please reference the Summary of Changes, 6.3.

19. Relevant to Section 6.5(1) Volume V of the RFP (pg. 81), will the Government confirm that Offerors can submit signed and acknowledged Amendments (SF 33) and the SF 1442 form in Volume V, and not the entire RFP document?

Contractor acceptance of issued SF1442 and SF30s amendments, only require the top page

– not the full document.

20. Is the Government's intent to have Offeror's identify all subcontractors at this stage in the Staffing Plan? At this stage, we cannot determine every subcontractor that will be needed for the Base and All Options.

No. There is no need to identify all subcontractors at this stage; however, listing the company’s employees that will work on the contract will suffice the initial plan to show at least 15% of the work will be performed by you, the prime.

21. Refer to RFI # 1 Questions and Answers page 8, question 57, states that "The attached Davis Bacon Wage Determination" - please provide it was not attached.

Attached

22. Refer to Amendment #2 (dated 2-27-2026) page 3 of 25; Paragraph 1.1.1, A. Price List states, "The RSMeans Facility Construction Cost Data shall be used as the TSCOV Contract Price List …".

Also refer to RFI # 1 (Round One) Questions and Answers, page 7, question 47 answer states "Building Construction Cost RSMeans".

a. Please Confirm that we are to use RSMeans Facility Construction Cost Data 2026 As the TSCOV contract price list?

No. contractors are to use Building Construction Costs with RSMeans Annual Edition.

23. Refer to Amendment #2 (dated 2-27-2026) page 3 of 25, Paragraph 1.1.1 B States, "Provide four (4) copies of the RSMeans Facility Construction Cost Datar Guide.

Online datasets will suffice

a. Is a hard copy required or can the guide be the on-line electronic datasets?

Hard copy is not required. This is the contractor’s choice to use what works best for its quote.

24. Refer to Amendment #2 (dated 2-27-2026), Page 3 of 25 Paragraph 1.1.2 A:

When you say bare costs shouldn’t that also exclude sales tax and labor burdens?

The cost of a line item shall be the item’s total bare cost, excluding overhead & profit (O&P), based on RS MEANS® Cost Data. The RS MEANS® labor costs are included as line items of work. They are non-negotiable.

25. Refer to Amendment #2 (dated 2-27-2026), Page 5 of 25 Paragraph 1.1.5; F:

it states "The coefficients shall also include, but not limited to:

a. The following items shouldn’t be included in the coefficients they should be with each individual task order costs:

i. [] Overhead

ii. [] Profit

iii. [] Labor Burdens For Prime and Subcontractors

iv. [] Bond Premiums

v. [] Taxes

vi. [] Compliance With Environmental Laws

vii. [] Limited Design/Engineering Service

viii. [] Site Preparation

ix. [] Daily Cleanup

b. [] Protection or incidental moving of government property including furniture

Please reference 1.1.5 Coefficient, (f).

26. Refer to Amendment #2 (dated 2-27-2026) Page 5 of 25, Scope, states work to be performed after hours weekends. Refer To RFI# 1 Questions and Answers Page 1 & 10 Questions 1 & 75 Answer States….” To allow for work during normal duty hours".

a. Is this an off-hour work schedule or normal workday schedule?

The scenario response shall be based on a normal workday schedule.

27. Will the contractor be required to haul away the debris or will the Treasury dumpster be made available for the debris?

Contractors are required to haul away debris.

28. Mortar Bed Repair Page 42-3b; Patch and repair of the dry mortar bed under the tile.

The scenario project is a firm fixed price, lump sum, construction project. This is not a real project.

29. Scope of Work Page 41; Protect surrounding finishes, fixtures and adjacent work areas.

Establish dust and debris control measures.

The lockers in the men’s shower room are installed on the existing tile floor. The tile floor cannot be completely demolished and replaced without the removal of the lockers. See attached photo.

1) Per the Scope of Work, men’s and women’s locker rooms only require patch and repair of the existing floor where visibly required. This would not require moving the lockers.

Main Treasury Basement – Men’s Locker Room Patch and Repair:

a. Replace broken or missing floor tile (approximate 24 SF).

b. Replace broken or missing base tile (approximate 12 LF)

The Men’s shower rooms is a full demo of the floor.

30. Summary of Changes, Scope, Page 15; Work to be performed during normal duty hours 7AM to 3:30PM.

Does this refer to weekday access only for the scenario? Will both the men’s and women’s bathrooms be closed sequentially for construction? Two-part epoxy has a strong odor. It might be advisable to perform the grouting after hours.

This is not a real project. For the purpose of the scenario, work shall be performed during normal workdays at normal work hours. Additionally, please assume the area will be closed to allow for full work.

31. The Women’s bathroom could not be accessed during the walk through do you have pictures of that area? Is there a drain in the main area?

The main area is not covered within the Scope of work. Main Treasury Basement – Women’s Shower Room Patch and Repair:

a. Replace broken or missing floor and base tile (approximate 12 SF).

b. Re-grouting all four shower bases (approximate 64 sf).)

32. Response to Question #48 mandates the use of the RS Means BCCD cost book. Updated SOW says use the Facilities cost book. Please confirm that we are to use the BCCD cost book only for the scenario.

Use Building Construction Costs with RSMeans Annual Edition

33. The RS Means BCCD cost book has two labor index categories, Standard Union and Open shop. Which one should be employed for this scenario project? This will affect the bid-coefficient applied to the work.

For the scenario work, please use Open Shop.

34. Since the RS Means BCCD Database covers only 60-80% of construction and maintenance tasks, why limit NPI’s to 10% of the total line items?

It varies. Not predetermined amounts. Please see 1.1.3 for detailed information surrounding the Government’s right regarding NPIs.

35. Will the limit and justification requirements remain for self-performed tasks?

There is no answer to this question as it doesn’t seem to pertain to the requirement.

36. Do you require labeling of all self-performed tasks on the proposal?

If this is a reference to the staffing plan, at this time, no. However, this may change at the order level.

37. Can you confirm that if the Facilities Cost Book is used after award the Repair and Maintenance labor index (standard) will be specified?

It is suggested to use Building Construction Costs with RSMeans Annual Edition.

38. Section 1.1.1.a - Please confirm which subcategory in RS Means should be used for pricing the task order. Commercial New Construction or Facilities and Commercial Renovation?

It is suggested to use Building Construction Costs with RSMeans Annual Edition.

39. Section 1.1.1.b - The contract requires the contractor to provide four (4) physical copies of the RS MEANS® Facility Construction Cost Data Guide annually, which must be purchased directly from RS Means. How should the cost of purchasing and delivering these guides be factored into the individual task order pricing? Given that there are going to be multiple contract awards does every awardee provide four (4) physical copies of the RS MEANS® Facility Construction Cost Data Guide? Does this include annual updates?

No, you are to use Building Construction Costs with RSMeans Annual Edition. You may use 2025 or 2026 Edition. See example below:

40. Section 1.1.5 - Can you clarify the acceptable methodology for applying pricing coefficients, and how these should be used in lieu of standard allowable modifiers?

Please confirm that the pricing data required in the Pricing Volume for evaluation is a Lump Sum price.

Please reference RSMeans pricing estimate sheet online. Use of coefficients will be detailed at the order level, when required. Pricing data for evaluation of the scenario is Lump Sum pricing.

41. Section 1.1.5 - Please clarify what should be submitted for evaluation related to item 1.1.5 Coefficient Subsection b. Will the government be issuing a revised Price Schedule Chart?

For the purpose of evaluations, only a lump sum amount for the scenario project is needed.

Coefficients, if required, will be noted in each task order. See answer to question #40.

42. Volume III – Price Required Documentation: Please clarify that the Price Volume instruction Scenario Technical Project Response is the lump sum quote.

The pricing response for the scenario project is Lump Sum. Please see 7.3 FACTOR 3 – PRICE in Amendment #2 Summary of Changes

43. RFI Round 1 – responses to RFI No. 41 and No. 7: RFI No. 41 response states “shower drains will remain in place”. However, RFI No. 73 response states “yes, the shower drain covers are to be replaced. No other fixtures or equipment within the showers are included”.

Please clarify whether the shower drain covers should be replaced.

Yes, the covers should be replaced

44. Summary of Changes Page 15 of 25: The Summary of Changes document references “Repair and replace shower wall ceramic tile with Daltile – (Daltile - Restore (COLOR)

Bright White 4-1/4 in. x 4-1/4 in. Ceramic Wall Tile / Finish – Glossy”. However, wall tile is not included in the scope of work. Please clarify if “wall tile” is referring to “base tile” for the women’s shower room and the men’s locker room.

Yes, it is base tile

45. Summary of Changes Page 15 of 25: Please confirm that the men’s and women’s “shower rooms” refer to the “shower stalls” for each room. Men’s shower stalls (Qty 4). Women’s shower stalls (Qty 4). See attached photo markup.

Correct, it refers to the shower stalls for each room.

46. RFI Round 1 – responses to RFI No. 68: If “shower rooms” refers to “shower stalls”, please confirm that the foyer floor area adjacent to the four (4) shower stalls in the Men’s and Women’s Room is included in the scope for the floor tile and base tile replacement and confirm that repairs should terminate at the door frame before the locker room space. See attached photo markup at the end of this document.

No, the foyer floor area adjacent to the four (4) shower stalls in the Men’s space it not included which the shower four shower stalls. The women’s rooms is just replace broken or missing floor and base tile (approximate 12 SF).

47. Section 4.0 Complete Quotation Format: Please confirm that Vol. 1 Technical is the ONLY volume that needs to be redacted.

Correct.

48. Section 5.0 Content Requirements: “Volumes I shall consist of a Table of Contents and brief narrative discussion. This does not count toward the total page count.” Please confirm what a “brief narrative discussion” with the table of contents is, as it does not count towards the page count.

No narrative required. This has been removed. Please see Summary of Changes.

49. Section 6.1.2 Staffing Plan: Please advise how offerors are to fill out Attachment 1 if all company information is to be redacted.

Are offerors required to identify every subcontractor for the life of the contract? This would be challenging given that we are unaware of what disciplines future task orders would require.

There is no need to redact any information on the Staffing Plan attachments. Please see the Summary of Changes #2.

Prime contractors are not required to identify every subcontractor for the life of the contract. This is a separate procedure at the order level. Additionally, subcontractors do not need to be identified by individual workers but only by company name. Note: This is a new procedure and is subject to change at the order level.

50. Reference below picture:

a) Does “Shower Rooms” refer to “Shower Stalls?” (Qty 8)?

No, shower stalls refers to 4 shower stalls for the men’s room and four shower stalls for the women’s room.

b) Shower Foyer Area – Is this area included in the SOW?

No

c) IF foyer is included in the SOW for the Men’s and Women’s shoer room, please confirm that repairs should terminate at the door frame before the locker room space.

No