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1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted ; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT

THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted , such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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FLETC GL

GLYNCO GA 31524

1131 CHAPEL CROSSING RD

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRNG CTR

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

05/11/20180001

13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) is not extended.is extended, Items 8 and 15, and returning

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended , by one of the following methods: (a) By completing

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

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4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.3. EFFECTIVE DATE2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

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CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority) appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return __________________ copies to the issuing office.

ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

FLETC Uniform, Equipment Issue and Laundry Services

a. Amendment 000001 is hereby amended as a result of contractor inquiries, see continuation sheets.

b. Proposal due date as well as acknowledgement of this amendment are due on June 8, 2018 at 3:00 P.M. ET.

Period of Performance: 10/01/2018 to 09/30/2024

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

Maureen B. Corpus

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9 A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect .

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BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION SHEET

SUMMARY OF CHANGES:

a. The following are a result of contractor inquiries during the Site Visit held on May 1, 2018 and is presented in a

Question and Answer format:

# QUESTION & ANSWER:

QUESTION: Is the contractor responsible for the laundry soap for the uniforms.

ANSWER: Yes, see Part 4, para. 4.6 and Technical Exhibit 2 for the type of laundry detergent in use. Any substitutions shall be equal to or better than the current laundry detergents.

QUESTION: How much time is given between receiving student uniform measurements before issuing the uniforms to the students?

ANSWER: Upon receipt of the student’s sizes, it is usually within s 2-hour response time to issue the student’s uniforms. In addition, response time can vary from a few hours and/or up to one day.

3 QUESTION: How does the Manager communicate between buildings? Does the contractor have to provide telephone services?

ANSWER: The Government provides dedicated phones for each building location.

4 QUESTION: In Bldg 830, is the ice machine Government owned?

ANSWER: Yes, the ice machine is Government Furnished Property.

5 QUESTION: In reference to 5.3.2 & 5.11, it appears the contractor will be responsible for all inventory replenishments, replacement parts, equipment and/or incidentals. Will the government provide an estimate of monthly/annual SCWRs for budgeting purpose?

ANSWER: This is a new acquisition requirement, see CLIN X010; a not to exceed of $1,000,000.00 is estimated annually.

6 QUESTION: Section 4.6, Bldg 49/Laundry; could the Government give the historical usage of laundry detergents?

ANSWER: The estimate average of laundry detergent used monthly will vary based on projected student classes.

7 QUESTION: Section 4.6, Bldg 49/Laundry; Are the repairs of the laundry equipment being performed by the current incumbents on site employees or is the repair subcontracted through a local vendor?

ANSWER: The preventive and service repairs of the laundry equipment are the responsibility of the Contractor.

8 QUESTION: Is the Department of Labor SCA schedule mandated for use on this contract? If it is will the government provide the seniority of the personnel on the contract in order to meet the requirements mandated by the schedule?

ANSWER: See FAR 52.222-42 and Technical Exhibit 10, Service Contract Act Wage Determination 2015-4477, Revision 7, dated 01-10-2018. The Offeror is responsible to submit their proposal for the number of employees to perform the acquisition requirement. All Staffing information will be deferred and will be provided to the Awardee after award of the contract.

9 QUESTION: Will the government provide the labor categories of the work force to include the number of employees on the contract?

ANSWER: See FAR 52.222-42, labor categories for information purposes only. The Offeror is responsible to submit their proposal for the number of employees to perform the acquisition requirement. All Staffing information will be deferred and will be provided to the Awardee after award of the contract.

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10 QUESTION: Will the government provide the historical frequency of repairs for the equipment in Bldg 49?

ANSWER: No, there is no historical data available due to the preventive and service repairs are the responsibility of the Contractor.

11 QUESTION: Will there be another opportunity for contractors to ask questions, once the instructions to offerors and other solicitation documents are posted on FBO?

ANSWER: Please refer to Section A of the RFP, questions are due on May 18, 2018, Friday at 2:00 P.M.

12 QUESTION: Are there any CBA’s that apply to this proposed solicitation or that are currently under negotiation?

ANSWER: No, there is no CBA for this acquisition. See Technical Exhibit 10, Service Contract Act Wage Determination 2015-4477, Revision 7, dated 01-10-2018 that applies to this acquisition.

13 QUESTION: Request that the government provide the anniversary/hire date for all current incumbent staff along with length of service for price planning/benefits analysis to comply with DOL SCA requirements.

ANSWER: All Staffing information will be deferred and will be provided to the Awardee after award of the contract. The Offeror is responsible to submit their proposal for the number of employees to perform the acquisition requirement.

14 QUESTION: Will the government provide a listing of the seniority for each of the personnel under the current contract to accurately project the PTO for the incumbent staff?

ANSWER: Refer to question #13 response above.

15 QUESTION: Section 4.8, Sewing Equipment and Supplies; The sewing machines in building 680 are they the property of the USG or are they currently owned by the incumbent?

ANSWER: The sewing machines are owned by the incumbent contractor.

16 QUESTION: Section 4.10, Vehicles; How many and what types of vehicles are currently being utilized?

ANSWER: The Offeror is responsible to submit their proposal to perform requirements under Part 4, para. 4.10.

QUESTION: Will the Government allow for dual use personnel. Example: If I have personnel on another contract supporting FLETC can I use them for this contract? How does the govt ensure no conflict of charges between the two contracts?

ANSWER: Personnel can work on other contracts; as long as they will not interfere or overlap with their work hours of the other employment. Contractors are responsible for compliance with FAR 52.212-4 and the Service Contract Act.

18 QUESTION: FLETC experienced an extremely successful procurement very recently during the Cheltenham Facility Operations Services bid; in this bid, innovative techniques and approaches were utilized for management of offerors, and this resulted in an award with NO PROTESTS… will the government consider utilizing the same methodology for procurement as performed for the Cheltenham bid?

ANSWER: No, Oral Presentation will not be utilized for this acquisition. Please review FAR 52.212-1 and FAR 52.212-2 and their Addendums under this solicitation.

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19 QUESTION: Please provide the specific U.S. Department of Homeland Security submission requirements for this solicitation as it was not clearly detailed in the documents received.

ANSWER: The FBO notice stated FULL SOLICITATION will be released at a later date. The Offeror is responsible to check all notices pertaining to this solicitation on the FBO website.

20 QUESTION: Can this requirement be facilitated as an SBA 8 (A) Set-Aside?

ANSWER: FBO Notice states this procurement will be a competitive 8(a) Set-Aside.

21 QUESTION: Can this requirement be facilitated on the GSA PSS (MOBIS) 874-1 SIN Schedule as a Small Business 8(a) Set-Aside? If so, will the Government add this contract vehicle to allow small businesses an adequate opportunity to compete and support this requirement?

ANSWER: The solicitation is under the Small Business Administration competitive 8(a) program. As such all eligible SB 8(a) firms can compete for this acquisition.

22 QUESTION: Does the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have the requisition in-house for this solicitation (70LGLY18RGLB00001)?

ANSWER: Please refer to the FBO website for the announcements and/or amendments for RFP

70LGLY18RGLB00001.

23 QUESTION: Is this the first issue of this solicitation - Is this a re-compete of an existing U.S. Department of Homeland Security requirement or a new requirement?

ANSWER: No, the acquisition is a recompete for the Uniform, Equipment Issue and Laundry Services.

QUESTION: Can you advise on if there were/are an incumbent provider(s) for these services? If Yes – Who is/are the incumbent(s) and can you provide previous contract number?

ANSWER: See Section A of the RFP. Predecessor Contract Number HSFLGL-16-C-0010, SRM Group, 101 Marietta Street, Suite 3330, Atlanta, GA 30303-2720

QUESTION: If there is an incumbent, is there a reason the known incumbent may be precluded from bidding on this new or existing requirement?

ANSWER: We do not preclude from an incumbent from bidding, all Offerors will have to comply with the SBA 8(a) program and FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting.

26 QUESTION: Is this requirement part of a Multiple Award Schedule/Contract or is it a Single Award Schedule/Contract?

ANSWER: This is a Single Award Contract.

27 QUESTION: Has U.S. Department of Homeland Security held preliminary meetings with specific contractors interested in responding to this solicitation?

ANSWER: Please refer to the FBO Website for further information. A site visit was held on May 1, 2018. No further site visits will be granted.

28 QUESTION: Is it estimated that full funding exists for this solicitation? If so, is there an intended funding threshold and what is the minimum for this threshold?

ANSWER: This requirement is funded with annual appropriations. Funding threshold will not be provided.

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29 QUESTION: Is this requirement on schedule to execute a contract with the selected vendor doing the current fiscal period?

ANSWER: Please refer to RFP. Performance period for this requirement is FY 2019, effective dates of October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2024.

30 QUESTION: Is there a prescribed procedure for technical evaluation of this solicitation? If so, can you describe procedures?

ANSWER: Please refer to RFP 70LGLY18RGLB00001.

QUESTION: We are on the GSA MOBIS Schedule - 00CORP with a SIN 874-1. Does this exclude our company from bidding, or are we eligible to submit a proposal?

ANSWER: The acquisition is a competitive 8(a) Set-Aside. All Small Business 8(a) firms are eligible to submit their proposal. Please refer to Section E of the RFP.

QUESTION: Is the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) Wage Determination in force with this RFQ? If so, can you advise a) What SCA/Wage numbers are applicable? and b) What City and State SCA Wage Determination takes precedence?

ANSWER: See Technical Exhibit 10, Service Contract Act Wage Determination 2015-4477, Revision 7, dated 01-10-2018 that applies to this acquisition.

33 QUESTION: Does this requirement stipulate that the proposed bidder must hold an active Form DD254 Facility Clearance "PRIOR TO BEING AWARDED” this contract?

ANSWER: Form DD254 Facility Clearance is not required.

34 QUESTION: If an active Form DD254 Facility Clearance is required will arrangements be made to assist and provide adequate time to process the required paperwork or are bidders without DD254 Facility

Clearance not advised to participate?

ANSWER: Form DD254 Facility Clearance is not required.

35 QUESTION: For areas where strict requirements exist related to this 70LGLY18RGLB00001 Uniform, Equipment Issue and Laundry Services Solicitation that an active Secret Facility Clearance in the Industrial Security Facilities Database (ISFD) is needed to meet Secret Facility Clearance Requirements stated throughout the solicitation and Performance Work Statement (PWS); would the government accept a Contractor Teaming Agreements (CTA) under The GSA Construct that fulfills Past Performance requirements?

ANSWER: This acquisition does not require a Secret Facility Clearance. For CTA, it is up to the Offeror to submit their proposal to comply with FAR 52.219-14, Limitation of Subcontracting requirements of the RFP.

36 QUESTION: For areas where strict requirements exist for the number and types of past performance as a PRIME Vendor; would the government accept a Contractor Teaming Agreements (CTA) under The GSA Construct that fulfills Past Performance requirements?

ANSWER: Please refer to the response provided under Item #35 above and Section E, FAR 52.212-1 and FAR 52.212-2 and their Addendums under this solicitation.

37 QUESTION: Can you assist us by sending a copy of the solicitation, as we have had difficulty downloading the documents?

ANSWER: The Offerors are responsible for downloading the solicitation and for monitoring the website for any amendments and/or additional information. Solicitation mailing list will not be compiled and solicitation/amendments will not be sent out in electronic or paper form.