CBP RFP 70B01C26R0000000007 - Amendment A008.pdf

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One Big Beautiful Bill (OB#A)

DESIGN-BUILD CONSTRUCTION IDIQ

Phase II Vendor Comment Matrix As of February 27, 2026

No. Comments / Questions CBP Response Modification/Update

1. Document Referenced: Solicitation

Question/Comment: Will there be additional documents released for the seed project or will the Price factor be released after Factor 5 & 6?

In addition, Factor 6: DB Construction Recommendation Report asks for three separate deliverables but is limited to a 1-page technical proposal. Please advise.

No additional documents will be released for the seed project. The Statement of Work for Factor 6 (seed project), Factor 5 (Superintendent resume), and Factor 7 (Price) have all been provided. Add date the Phase II to was released

Each technical proposal for the three deliverables under Factor 6 is limited to one page per deliverable.

The government issues an official amendment to the solicitation reflecting the accepted change.

2. Document Referenced: Solicitation

Question/Comment: Will a seed project scope be added or are we only required to provide a PS resume and respond to questions as per attachment B?

The seed project scope was provided as the Statement of Work titled "Design-Build Construction Recommendations Report" (Attachment B). For Phase II, offerors must submit in PDF format: a resume for the Superintendent (Factor 5), a response to the seed project (Factor 6), and Price (Factor 7).

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3. Document Referenced: Solicitation

Question/Comment: Senior Superintendent Credentials- The CQM accreditation appears to be a new addition for the qualifications. We have specific Quality Control professionals on our team for federal work. Our CQM certified professionals report up to our Senior Superintendents. You state "or equivalent" so we can address our Senior Superintendents

Yes, CQM-certified professionals reporting to Senior Superintendents is acceptable.

The government issues an official amendment to the solicitation reflecting the accepted change.

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No. Comments / Questions CBP Response Modification/Update experience and role with QC if that would suffice

4. Document Referenced: Solicitation

Question/Comment: Factor 7 - Attachment C for the Price Factor is not yet available for our review. Can you let us know when to expect this document?

Refer to response #1 N/A

5. Document Referenced: SF 1442

Question/Comment: Section L.12 Notice of Required Bid Guarantee - Please confirm if we only need to provide bid guarantees on Task Orders and NOT this Phase 2 submission? It does not seem appropriate to provide a bid guarantee on a $10k-$15k item.

Procurement

The required bid guarantee was a pre-condition for Phase I. No bid guarantee is required for the Phase II submission. The $10k–$15k reference pertains to Factor 7 (Price), not a bid guarantee. Bid guarantees will be required at the Task Order level.

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6. Document Referenced: Solicitation

Question/Comment: Factor 7 requires a price for the DB Construction Recommendations Report. Please clarify if there will be a pricing schedule issued or if there is a specific format that the price should be submitted in?

The pricing format is at the vendor’s discretion, provided all required information is clearly stated in a separate document.

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7. Document Referenced: Solicitation

Question/Comment: Technical factors and price factors are usually required to be submitted in separate proposal volumes (as separate PDFs). Please confirm that contractors are to provide all information in a single volume (single PDF file). If separate technical and price volumes are required, please indicate which volume should contain

Procurement - Technical and price factors must be submitted as separate PDFs: Factor 6 (Seed Project), Factor 7 (Price), and SF 1442 with SF 30 Addenda Acknowledgements is a separate document. No bond is required for Phase II. The technical approach should address all elements of the Statement of Work and acknowledge all amendments. A statement confirming no exceptions to the solicitation requirements may be included as

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a signature block on Attachment A, "Statement of Work, Construction IDIQ."

8. Document Referenced: Solicitation

Question/Comment: Please confirm the technical proposal is a one page description of how we would approach our response to the Statement of Work (in one page).

Refer to response #1 The government issues an official amendment to the solicitation reflecting the accepted change.

9. Document Referenced: Solicitation

Question/Comment: Please confirm we are proposing a price to complete the Design Build Recommendations report.

Yes, you are to propose a price to complete the Design-Build Recommendations Report.

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10. Document Referenced: Solicitation

Question/Comment: States "The Contractor shall have all licenses and permits required...to perform hazardous substance(s) removal or disposal..." Please confirm that it is acceptable to have a licensed subcontractor perform this work and it is not required to be performed by the prime contractor.

Procurement - The required licenses and permits do not need to be held by the prime contractor; they may be held by a licensed subcontractor or any entity performing the work under or with the prime contractor.

The government issues an official amendment to the solicitation reflecting the accepted change.

11. Document Referenced: SF 1442

Question/Comment: Please refer to Page 54, last sentence, "CBP reserves the right to unilaterally modify..." Please confirm any changes to the FAR will be issued with the individual Task Orders and prior to submission of the proposal

Procurement - Yes, any FAR changes will be issued with individual Task Orders and prior to proposal submission. See FAR Overhaul - FAR Part DEVIATION Guidance I Acquisition.GOV

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12. Document Referenced: Solicitation

Question/Comment: In Factor 5 Key Personnel, the credentials for Senior Superintendent

Yes, the government will accept 10+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree for the Senior Superintendent if all other requirements are met.

The government issues an official

4 | P a g e include a Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or related field. This is an atypical requirement for this position. While some of our Superintendents have bachelor’s degrees, many are not in the stated fields. Please consider revising the Education requirement with the following alternative text:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or related field. A Bachelor’s degree is not required for a Senior Superintendent having 20+ years of construction management experience (as defined above).

This alternative text increases the ability of Offeror’s to meet the stringent requirements for this position with the person having many years of the most relevant project experience without the need for a Bachelor’s degree, which is uncommon for this role.

13. Document Referenced: Solicitation

Question/Comment: There is a discrepancy within the RFP under both Sections L and Section M between the definition of Factor 6 and Factor 7. Please confirm the Factors for Phase 2 are the following: Are these the correct factors?

a. Factor 5, Key Personnel

The correct Factors are as follows:

a. Factor 5, Key Personnel - Senior Superintendent

b. Factor 6, Seed Project (D-B Recommendations Report)

c. Factor 7, Price

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b. Factor 6, D-B Construction Recommendations Report (Attachment B)

Factor 7, Price (Seed Project)

14. Document Referenced: Solicitation

Question/Comment: Section L.12.5 states Factor 7 (Price) is required with Submission of Phase 2. Section M - Phase 2 (page 71 of

71) further references a Seed Project. Please confirm if a Seed Project will be issued with Phase 2 and when these documents will be made available to Offerors.

Refer to response #1 N/A

15. Document Referenced: SF 1442

Question/Comment: Please confirm that the correct submission date and time (am / pm) for Phase 2 is "no later than 3:00 PM ET, March 9, 2026"? The current RFP states "no later than 3:00 ET March 9, 2025".

The submission deadline is March 9, 2026, at

3:00 PM EST.

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16. Document Referenced: Solicitation

Question/Comment: Phase 2 proposals are to be submitted via PDF through email. Please confirm if there are any file size restrictions that would prohibit the Government from receiving the submission?

Procurement - There are no file size limitations.

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17. Document Referenced: SF 1442

Question/Comment: Per

CBP+RFP+70B01C26R00000007+-

+Amendment+A006, Section L.12 NOTICE OF REQUIRED BID GUARANTEE (MAR 2003), “In

Procurement - Refer to response #5 N/A

6 | P a g e accordance with FAR 52.228-1, "Bid Guarantee," contained in Section I of this solicitation, the bidder shall furnish a bid guarantee by the time set for bid opening. The bid guarantee amount shall be at least ____percent of the total bid price or $____, whichever is less.” Please advise what the bid guarantee percentage and the bid guarantee price should be. (Grunley 2/25 at 1:43PM)

18. Document Referenced: Solicitation

Question/Comment: The RFP issued with Amendment 6 requires that the Senior Superintendent hold a Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, architecture or a related field. Would 30 or more years’ experience, in lieu of a degree, be acceptable if the Senior Superintendent meets all other requirements?

Refer to response #12 The government issues an official amendment to the solicitation reflecting the accepted change.

19. Can you please confirm a one-page summary of approach/ability to perform the SOW is expected with the submission and not templates themselves. If you could issue formal clarification as soon as possible since we are quickly approaching the submission date.

Refer to response #1 N/A

20. After the announcement for Phase 2, only a short timeframe for Phase 2 proposals was provided. In addition, recent Q&A responses are impacting our response. Please consider providing an extension of Phase 2 proposals due date to March 20th.

The Government will extend the due date from March 9, 2026 to March 11, 2025.

The government issues an official

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21. Upon review of Q&As #1 and #8, please clarify that Factor 6 is not to exceed 1 page total describing our approach to the Statement of Work, as stated in Q&A #8.

Refer to response #1 N/A

22. Q&A #7 references “Attachment A Statement of Work, Construction IDIQ”, which was provided during Phase 1. Please clarify this is the document that offerors are to add a signature block and statement confirming no exceptions to the solicitation requirements.

Or was the intent for offerors to submit a signed Statement of Work (Attachment B) provided in Phase 2.

Offerors should add a signature block and statement confirming no exceptions to the solicitation requirements on Attachment A, "Statement of Work, Construction IDIQ," provided in Phase 1. Attachment B from Phase 2 does not require a signature block.

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23. Can we send you one page for each of Tasks 1 and 2. On question 8 in amendment 7 you say the Technical Proposal should be a one-page description of your approach to the Statement of Work. For even just tasks 1 and 2 that would be difficult to get any real information addressing the items listed, could we send you one page per Task in lieu of one page for the entire technical proposal?

This would also allow us one page for Task 3 with a multiple page attachment for the VE form we intend to send to you. Is this acceptable?

Refer to response #1 N/A