Technical Question Tracking Sheet - 1.15.21.docx
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This document contains a technical questions and response tracking sheet for a federal solicitation to replace a seismically deficient resident building at a Veterans Affairs facility. The solicitation number is 36C77621R0004 and is set aside as a competitive Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business requirement. Questions received from contractors between January 4th and January 14th are documented along with responses provided by the VA between January 5th and January 15th. Topics addressed include past performance qualifications, proposal formatting and page limits, submission of lighting manufacturer equals, and window interior specifications.
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TECHNICAL QUESTIONS
AND RESPONSE TRACKING SHEET
Replace Seismic Deficiency Resident Building 208 36C77621R0004
PROJECT TITLE
SOLICITATION #
| QUESTION # |
| QUESTION RECEIVE |
DATE
QUESTION ANSWERED
DATE
| CONTRACTOR QUESTIONS |
| VA RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS |
| 1 |
| 1.4.21 |
| 1.5.21 |
| Proposal Volume I, Factor 3, Past Performance: Will the Government please consider allowing projects completed within the last seven (7) years of the date of issuance of this RFP? |
| We want offerors with more recent experience. Projects “completed within the past five years” essentially captures experience that is older than 5 years. |
| 2 |
| 1.4.21 |
| 1.5.21 |
| Proposal Volume I, Factor 3, Past Performance: Relevancy is defined as “New construction in an active campus or related environment involving all the work and progression of a multi-story building…”. Are projects submitted under this factor required to be multi-story |
| Single story buildings of $5M minimum might not have the same challenges that a multistory does unless the offeror could describe the complexity of their completed single story structure as being equally complex as the subject multi-story building B208. |
| 3 |
| 1.5.21 |
| 1.11.21 |
| Would the government amend the requirement for “new Construction” in the past performance to include “renovations”? Many VA projects include both renovation and addition (new construction) especially when discussing Seismic upgrades? |
| At this time we will not be amending past performance to reflect renovations. |
| 4 |
| 1.5.21 |
| 1.11.21 |
| In the solicitation, on page 10, the offeror is restricted to 3 emails, each of 5MB or less. This is restrictive to content including the schedule. Would the government allow for more than 3 emails with clear labeling if some of the volumes are more than 5MB? |
| The solicitation requirements will remain the same. 3 emails of 5 mb or less. |
| 5 |
| 1.12.21 |
| 1.15.21 |
| On Page 10 of 65 of the solicitation, Paragraph (2) Volume I, Sub-Paragraph (a) Format, says Volume I shall not exceed Twenty (20) pages. In Paragraph (5) Volume 1, Factor 3, Past Performance, it states to submit CPARS or PPQ's. Our CPARS and PPQ's could range up to (6) pages each, and could take up (18 pages total). Please confirm the CPARS and PPQ's don't count against the Twenty (20) page limit. |
| We have reviewed the required and will add and additional 5 pages which move the page limit to 25 pages max which will included cpars and ppq. Anything past the 25 page limit will not be considered. |
| 6 |
| 1.12.21 |
| 1.15.21 |
| In Paragraph (5) Volume 1, Factor 3, Past Performance, it states to submit CPARS or PPQ's. In addition to the CPARS and PPQ's, is the contractor to submit any additional project write ups/narratives, or will submitting the CPARS and PPQ's meet this Past Performance requirement? |
| Please refer to 2.7 proposal requiements (B)(4) of the solicitation. This section states what will need to be submitted. |
| 7 |
| 1.14.21 |
| 1.15.21 |
| If submitting an offer as a Joint Venture Mentor Protégé, will it be acceptable for one member of the Joint Venture to provide all three projects to satisfy the requirements under Factor 3, Past Performance? |
| If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), relevant past performance shall be submitted for each JV partner and if applicable, the JV itself. Offerors who fail to submit past performance for each JV partner may be rated unacceptable. |
| 8 |
| 1.14.21 |
| 1.15.21 |
| Are you interesting in allowing other lighting manufactures with equals to bid on your project? |
| It is the responsibility of all bidders to meet the requirements in the specs. If there is a brand name or equal, it must meet the requirements and will be reviewed by the VA during the submittal phase after award of the project. |
| 9 |
| 1.14.21 |
| 1.15.21 |
| Do you have a specific substitution request form that you would like me to fill out? I am not seeing this on the Dodge Pipeline or is there a spec and AE should provide for this. |
| There is no specific form for substitution requests. Bidders may use their own form for substitution requests, which must show equivalency to all characteristics of the specified items. The official solicitation is on beta.sam.gov. We do not intend to verify what is or is not on other websites. |
| 10 |
| 1.14.21 |
| 1.15.21 |
| Please confirm interior make-up of the windows. On sheet A3.3 of the window details & schedule show a wood interior. Please define wood species and interior finish. |
| The information is contained in the drawings attached to the solicitation. |
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