Updated RFIs for Solicitation W91QV126QA042 for Amendment 02.pdf
PDF 75 KB Posted
- Solicitation number
- 25P011962
About this file
This is a Questions and Answers document for Solicitation W91QV126QA042 Amendment 02, addressing clarifications on elevator maintenance and inspection requirements.
The solicitation involves elevator maintenance services for government facilities, including monthly preventative maintenance and servicing inspections, annual Category 1 (CAT-1) inspections, and five-year Category 5 (CAT-5) inspections. No mechanical defects or programming issues currently exist with the covered elevators. The government will provide escorts where applicable at no cost to the contractor. A detailed maintenance schedule must be submitted covering the Base Year and subsequent Option Years, annotating inspection timelines. Copies of technician qualifications and certifications are required but not included in page count limits. Monthly preventative maintenance inspections require only a licensed elevator technician; however, annual CAT-1 and five-year CAT-5 inspections require a third-party elevator inspector on-site for testing and certification. Contractors must include all costs associated with sourcing third-party state inspectors in their pricing, as the government does not have a current contract with state inspectors. For pricing submissions, the Unit Price is a lump sum that should be multiplied by the quantity provided for each Contract Line Item Number (CLIN)—whether expressed in months, years, or jobs—with yearly totals entered in the Amount column. Technical Exhibit 6 does not require completion at proposal submission and subsequent Option Periods; labor rates are submitted as part of Volume II pricing and should not include taxes, shipping, handling, or freight costs. No separate detailed line-item breakouts are required for the base year and each option year beyond what is provided in the price schedule.
View the file
Other files
On GovTribe
Work with this file
- Download the original file
- Contacts named in this file
- Similar government files
- Ask GovTribe AI about this file
Text version
Updated RFIs for Solicitation W91QV126QA042 Amendment 02
1. Are there any known, current, mechanical defects.
No
2. Are there any known, current, programming issues or defects.
No
3. Can the government provide the date of the last TPQEI inspections on each covered elevator?
Please see attached spreadsheet for most recent TPQEI data.
4. Is the government providing escorts where applicable, or will this cost be incurred by the contractor?
Yes, where applicable. There will be no cost incurred by the contractor.
5. Solicitation pg. 49 of 50; Factor 1, Subfactor 1: Maintenance Plan:
States an Acceptable Maintenance Plan demonstrates a feasible…schedule. Is the government asking for a detailed schedule, descriptive schedule, or a sample schedule. What period of the base year should this schedule cover?
A detailed schedule will be required for Base Year and subsequent
Option Years. Schedule should annotate when contractor plans to conduct inspections (Monthly Preventative Maintenance and Servicing, Annual CAT-1, Five-Year CAT-5).
6. Solicitation pg. 49 of 50; Factor 1, Subfactor 3: Qualifications and Certifications:
Will copies of Qualifications and Certifications be included in the page count for Factor 1?
They are not included in the page count.
Copies of qualifications and certifications will be required for technicians to confirm technical competency.
7. PWS pg. 2 of 26; Para. 1.4: Scope: States Monthly and annual TPQEI inspections. Are there any government or third-party personnel required to be at the inspections?
Monthly preventative maintenance and service inspections will only require a licensed elevator technician (Contractor).
Annual CAT-1/Five-year CAT-5 inspections will require a third-party elevator inspector to be on site for testing/certification.
8. Does the government have a current contract with state inspector(s) or will this need to be included in the contractor pricing?
Contractors will need to include the costs associated with sourcing of inspectors in their pricing.
9. PWS pg. 26 states Technical Exhibits 6 will be completed each at time of proposal and each new Option Period and submitted to contracting officer. Is Technical Exhibit 6 part of Volume II Pricing for the base year for this proposal?
No, Technical Exhibit 6 does not need to be completed at time of proposal and each Option period. Labor rates are part of Volume II pricing on the Pricing model.
10. PWS pg. 26 states Technical Exhibits 6 will be completed each at time of proposal and each new Option Period and submitted to contracting officer.
Should this price include taxes and shipping & handling/freight costs?
No, Technical Exhibit 6 does not need to be completed at time of proposal and each Option period. Technical Exhibit 6 refers to labor rates/categories specifically and should not include costs for taxes, shipping & handling, or freight.
11. SOW pg. 50 of 58; Factor 2: Pricing Proposal: States the Price proposal will include a line-by-line breakout to include the total fully burdened price of all CLINs, materials and equipment costs and all applicable profit, overhead/G&A, mobilization and security costs, etc. Could the government clarify if a separate detailed line-item breakout is required for the base year and each option year; or is stating these items are to be included in the provided price schedule.
No a separate detailed line-item breakout is required for the base year and each option year. The wording is being removed from the
PWS.
12. Price Schedule: Please confirm the Unit Price in the price schedule is a lump sum for one month and the Amount column is for 12 months.
The Unit Price is a lump sum, and it should be multiplied by the quantity provided for each CLIN (months, years, jobs on pg.3 of the Solicitation) and the total for each year should be in the Amount (Price Total) column.
File details come from the government source that posted it. Updated .