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Amendment 0001 Questions and Answers

GSA PBS Governmentwide Multiple-Award IDIQ Contract(s) for General Construction with Design/Build Capabilities to Support the Installation of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE)

Solicitation# 47PL0122R0022 # Question # Answer

The Solicitation DB201, Page 7 - 3.a. Technical Proposal. Please consider increasing the technical proposal page limit to 15 pages. 1

Attachment titled “The Solicitation DB201”, section II.B., 3.a, is hereby changed from, “The maximum page limit for the technical proposal submission is 10 pages. If more than 10 pages are submitted, only the first 10 pages will be evaluated” to “The maximum page limit for the technical proposal submission is 15 pages. If more than 15 pages are submitted, only the first 15 pages will be evaluated.”

2 What is the due date and time for questions? 2 Due date and time for questions is April 12, 2022 5:00 PM Eastern Time. Send all questions via email to: pbs-ev-idiq@gsa.gov

Is there a particular format you like for questions to be presented and how are these questions to be forwarded to you? 3 There is no particular format. Send all questions via email to: pbs-ev-idiq@gsa.gov

Currently proposals are due on April 20, 2022. Due to the extension proposal requirements, it is requested that the due date be extended to April 29. 4

Proposal due date and time remains unchanged at April 20, 2022 at 2:00 pm Eastern Time via email to: pbs-ev-idiq@gsa.gov

Are teaming arrangements permitted? If so what is required, a Teaming Agreement? Any other information required? 5

- Small Business Teaming Arrangements are permitted in accordance with the provision at FAR 52.207-6, Solicitation of Offers from Small Business Concerns and Small Business Teaming Arrangements or Joint Ventures (Multiple-Award Contracts)(Oct 2016), which is hereby incorporated into the Solicitation.

- If applicable, offerors must include Small Business Teaming Arrangements with their Price Proposal and include information required by FAR 52.207-6.

- Also, the following sentence in “The Solicitation DB201”, section II.D, Factor 1 – Prior Experience on Relevant Projects, is hereby changed From: “While the Government is looking for prior experience by the prime contractor or joint venture, the Government may consider relevant experience by affiliated companies, key personnel and subcontractors.” To: “While the Government is looking for prior experience by the prime contractor or joint venture, the Government may consider relevant experience by affiliated companies, key personnel and subcontractors, which may include subcontractors under Small Business Teaming Arrangements.”

Factor 1 – Prior Experience, page 8 of 26, indicates that project size should be $50,000 to $4,000,000. Is it acceptable to submit larger size projects? 6

Offerors should review Factor 1 and use their best business judgement when determining what projects to submit.

Will each task order be emailed to the awarded contractors and then each contractor will need to provide a cost? If not done this way, will GSA issue awards directly to contractors based on the pricing sheet? (the contract documents do not clearly identify how the process will flow to the contractor and ultimately awarded) 7

Task orders will be placed in accordance with FAR 16.505(b). Attachment titled, "Supplemental SF 1442 Pricing Sheet", tab "Instructions", row 9-11, states, "Each Task Order is anticipated to be competed". Also see attachment titled, "Statement of Work March 17 2022", section "(7) Task Order RFPs".

Would it be possible to request Alaska be broken out as its own region or subgroup and include verbiage in the RFP that contractors past performance must be performed in the State of Alaska? 8 Attachment titled, "Statement of Work March 17 2022", section (3), lists which areas are included in each zone.

Does the proposer have to be a licensed contractor in each of the states listed in the zones and/or to perform work within those states? 9

Contractors are not required to be licensed in the state work is taking place when working on Federal property.

Individual task orders may include additional requirements.

10 Can PPQ’s from other solicitations be used if they are recent? 10 Offerors must submit "Attachment A Past Performance Questionnaire".

11 Can CPAR’s be supplemented for the PPQ requirement? 11 Offerors must submit "Attachment A Past Performance Questionnaire".

SF1442 Pricing Sheet – Are there provisions for price escalations, as electrical component pricing cannot be guaranteed beyond 10 calendar days in the current market? 12

Offerors should use their best business judgement when completing attachment "Supplemental SF 1442 Pricing Sheet" for the base and all option periods.

Does the Design Team need to submit qualifications and/or Resumes’, is this included in the 5-resume limit? 13

Factor 3 - Management Plan states the Offerors shall "identify, and provide a resume for, a primary Contract Manager and any other key personnel as determined by the offeror. A maximum of five (5) total resumes can be submitted." Offerors should use their best business judgement in determining any resumes to submit beyond the primary Contract Manager.

SF1442 Pricing Sheet- there is a fee for an electrical engineer on the form but there is no designated design line item on the SF 1442 pricing sheet. Please provide assumptions for the feasibility/design and permitting as this will encompass more that an electrical engineer. 14

It is recognized that a Feasibility Study/Site Assessment could involve more than an Electrical Engineer.

Attachment titled, "Supplemental SF 1442 Pricing Sheet", tab "Instructions", row 29-31, states, "For any work that is not covered by line items established in the IDIQ contract, the Task Order Contracting Officer will specify the format of the price proposal."

Questions and Answers

GSA PBS Governmentwide Multiple-Award IDIQ Contract(s) for General Construction with Design/Build Capabilities to Support the Installation of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE)

Solicitation# 47PL0122R0022 # Question # Answer

Should it be assumed a feasibility/design fee is not a significant portion of each of the task order and does not warrant a line-item expense? 15

Attachment titled, "Supplemental SF 1442 Pricing Sheet", tab "Instructions", row 29-31, states, "For any work that is not covered by line items established in the IDIQ contract, the Task Order Contracting Officer will specify the format of the price proposal."

16 If a line-item is not included, where should the contractor embed the cost for such work? 16

Attachment titled, "Supplemental SF 1442 Pricing Sheet", tab "Instructions", row 29-31, states, "For any work that is not covered by line items established in the IDIQ contract, the Task Order Contracting Officer will specify the format of the price proposal."

Will there be an effort made to assign Task Orders based on the home offices of the multiple IDIQ awardees? 17

Task orders will be placed in accordance with FAR 16.505(b). Attachment titled, "Supplemental SF 1442 Pricing Sheet", tab "Instructions", row 9-11, states, "Each Task Order is anticipated to be competed". Also see attachment titled, "Statement of Work March 17 2022", section "(7) Task Order RFPs".

Is a bid bond required? In one area it is calling for $3m or 20%, but in the other it is just asking for evidence of bonding capacity up to $5m per project. Solicitation page 6 Item C and then Page 8 under the Technical Proposal. 18

Attachment titled, "The Solicitation DB201", section I.F FAR 52.228-1 Bid Guarantee, in parenthesis it states, "may be applicable at Task Order Level". A bid guarantee is not required for this solicitation, but may be required in subsequent task orders. In attachment titled, "The Solicitation DB201", section II.D, Project Bonding Capacity, it states, "This is a go/no-go factor to assess the offeror’s ability to provide an offer guarantee and performance and payment bonds sufficient to cover the maximum estimated value of a single project under this IDIQ contract. For this procurement, the minimum amount to be covered by the bonding is $5 million. Failure to provide evidence of adequate bonding capacity will render the proposal unacceptable and it will not be further evaluated." In attachment titled, "The Solicitation DB201", section II.B, 3., a., states, "The technical proposal must contain all of the necessary information to address the evaluation factors as set forth in the solicitation including evidence of bonding capacity (i.e., Surety Letter stating the contractor’s maximum bonding for a single project)."

19 Will a "sample project" plan and specs be provided to show your expectations for the work? 19 Plans and specifications may be provided at the task order level.

Will our pricing on various task orders be based on the line items in SF 1442 or is that more of an illustration to the Government on how our pricing structure works? 20

Attachment titled, "Supplemental SF 1442 Pricing Sheet", tab 1 Instructions, row 9-11 states, "These Unit Prices will establish the ceiling rate for each line item within each Geographic Zone, for each of the years within the Base and Option contract periods. Each Task Order is anticipated to be competed. Pricing submitted for each Task Order can be lower than proposed Unit Prices, but can never be higher. These rates apply throughout the entire Geographic Zone regardless of project location within the zone." Also see row 29-31, which states, "Following IDIQ contract award, unless the Task Order Contracting Officer specifies another format, Task Order price proposals shall utilize the line items established in the IDIQ contract and not exceed the line item prices established in the IDIQ contract. For any work that is not covered by line items established in the IDIQ contract, the Task Order Contracting Officer will specify the format of the price proposal."

21 Will our listed O+P act as a cap of what we can charge on the various task orders? 21

Yes. Attachment titled, "Supplemental SF 1442 Pricing Sheet", tab 1 Instructions, row 21-23 states, "Overhead is the percentage inputted by the offeror multiplied by the summation of the line items above. Profit is the percentage inputted by the offeror multipled by the summation of those same line items above (excluding Overhead). Overhead and Profit percentages will establish the ceiling rates for all work at the Task Order level.

Overhead and Profit submitted at the Task Order level can be lower than the proposed percentages, but can never be higher."

Will the projects be "assigned" to the various Contractors or will they be bid amongst the various contractors or a combination of both? 22

Task orders will be placed in accordance with FAR 16.505(b). Attachment titled, "Supplemental SF 1442 Pricing Sheet", tab "Instructions", row 9-11, states, "Each Task Order is anticipated to be competed". Also see attachment titled, "Statement of Work March 17 2022", section "(7) Task Order RFPs".

Page 7 - 3.a. Technical Proposal. Please confirm that the proposal Table of Contents and Tab pages are not included in the Technical Proposal page count limitation. 23

Resumes, PPQ's, Evidence of Bonding Capacity, and Small Business Socioeconomic Category Designation Form are all excluded from the page limitation. All other pages are included in the page limitation. For details, see attachment titled "The Solicitation DB201", section II.B, 3., a., Note. Please submit your proposal in accordance with the solicitation. Table of Contents and Tab pages are not required.

Page 10 - Factor 2 Past Performance - For Federal projects that have a CPAR record can we submit the CPAR in lieu of the PPQ. 24 Offerors must submit "Attachment A Past Performance Questionnaire" in accordance with the solicitation.

Questions and Answers

GSA PBS Governmentwide Multiple-Award IDIQ Contract(s) for General Construction with Design/Build Capabilities to Support the Installation of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE)

Solicitation# 47PL0122R0022 # Question # Answer

Paragraph II.B. 3.a. Proposal Format, page 8 of 26, limits the Technical Proposal to a maximum page limit of 10 pages. Please consider excluding the PPQs and increase page limit to at least 20 pages. 25

Resumes, PPQ's, Evidence of Bonding Capacity, and Small Business Socioeconomic Category Designation Form are all excluded from the page limitation. All other pages are included in the page limitation. For details, see attachment titled "The Solicitation DB201", section II.B, 3., a., Note. Please submit your proposal in accordance with the solicitation. Attachment titled “The Solicitation DB201”, section II.B., 3.a, is hereby changed from, “The maximum page limit for the technical proposal submission is 10 pages. If more than 10 pages are submitted, only the first 10 pages will be evaluated” to “The maximum page limit for the technical proposal submission is 15 pages. If more than 15 pages are submitted, only the first 15 pages will be evaluated.”

The solicitation does not identify the type of GSA facilities that work will be performed on. Are the GSA facilities Federal Court Houses and other? It would be beneficial if some of the type of facilities are identified. 26

Orders may be placed by any Federal Agency in both space under GSA’s jurisdiction, custody, or control (which may include U.S. Federal Courthouses and other facilities) or non-GSA controlled space.

27 Will any work be required on Department of Defense installations such as military bases? 27 Orders may be placed by any Federal Agency in both space under GSA’s jurisdiction, custody, or control or non- GSA controlled space.

Factor 3 – Management Plan on Page 12 of 26 requires that resumes for the Contract Manager and other key personnel be submitted. Is there a particular format to be utilized? 28 There is no particular format. Offerors should use their best business judgment.

Paragraph II.D., page 9 of 26, indicates that Attachment B template is to be used to submit projects for Factor 1 – Prior Experience on Relevant Projects. Would it be permissible to utilized a form used on previous solicitation proposal? 29 Offerors must submit "ATTACHMENT B Prior Experience Worksheet" in accordance with the solicitation.

30 Do you need to be a GSA schedule holder to offer on this requirement? 30 You do not need to be a GSA schedule holder to offer on this requirement.

31 How many contractors are anticipated for each zone? 31

The award of approximately six (6) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts per Geographic Zone is anticipated. However, the Government has the discretion to award more or fewer than six (6) contracts in each Geographic Zone. See attachment "The Solicitation DB201", section VI.A, for details.

Is there going to be a prevailing wage sheet for each stated provided? (North Dakota prevailing wage is extremely different than California but yet contractor pricing for zone D needs to satisfy both) 32

The applicable wage determination will be incorporated into each Task Order. For details, see attachment titled, "Statement of Work March 17 2022", section (12).

33 Is GSA expecting the contractors to design and construct all task orders? 33 See attachment "Statement of Work March 17 2022", section (2) and also Appendix (A), for details. Task order requirements are expected to vary.

Please provide an example task order package so the contractors can understand what a typical install objective task order will look like. 34

See attachment "Statement of Work March 17 2022", section (2) and also Appendix (A), for details. Task order requirements are expected to vary.

Will GSA be issuing each task order for one single location or could they be grouped? Example: one task order but the charging stations needing to be installed are located an hour from each other. 35 Task order requirements are expected to vary.

Can you please clarify if the 5 resumes are included in the 10 page technical proposal page count as detailed in section 3 a. on page 7 of 26 in the solicitation? 36

Resumes, PPQ's, Evidence of Bonding Capacity, and Small Business Socioeconomic Category Designation Form are all excluded from the page limitation. All other pages are included in the page limitation. For details, see attachment titled "The Solicitation DB201", section II.B, 3., a., Note. Please submit your proposal in accordance with the solicitation.

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