70RFPW25QWA000008 Q and A.pdf

# QUESTION Answers

Will the Government please provide a Site Visit Attendee List? Yes, Please see the Site Visit Attendee List posted as a separate document.

Please confirm that Service Contract Labor Standards do not apply.

No, Service Contract Labor Standards do apply. Please see Attachment B provided with original solicitation for the applicable Wage Determination.

Would the Government consider extending the due date of the solicitation for at least 1 week after the Government posts answers to questions to allow for proper pricing?

No, Please see Amendment 0001 for closing date.

If the Government has specified a product, can we assume that the Government does not require Section 508 VPATs in the proposal, as the Government has already presumed compliant?

Yes. VPAT's are not required.

Since work needs to be done after hours and on weekends when the courts are not in session can you confirm approximate start and end time for the workday for this project?

Please see revised Statement of Work (SOW) provided with Amendment 2, Section G, sub section G.6.4 for working hours.

Can contractor park/store rented man-lift in Garage or other secure location on the property when not in use?

No, there is no space to store the lift. See section B.2.7 page 6-7 of the revised

SOW.

Can contractor access garage or loading dock to unload tools and Equipment/materials?

Yes, loading dock can be used to load and unload tools and equipment during business hours M-F.

Can contractor park in garage or loading dock outside of normal workday?

No, Please see revised SOW provided with Amendment 2, section G, sub section G.6.6. Contractor is responsible for finding parking. Contractor cannot park in garage or loading dock area..

Is there a secure area for storing tools and equipment within the building that is easily accessible?

No. Please see revised SOW provided with Amendment 2, Section G sub section G.6.7 SOW should be further revised to remove 2nd sentence.

10 Is the hardware required to be FIPS Compliant?

No. See revised SOW provided with Amendment 2, section C, sub section C..6.6 and Section E, sub section E.2.5.

11 For the stand alone monitor in the garage is an enclosure needed?

No. Pleas see revised SOW provided with Amendment 2, section C, sub section C.4.4.

For the stand alone monitor in the garage, does this require a

UPS?

Yes, please see Amendment 2, section E. sub section E.1.4 page 23 of the revised SOW.

For the stand alone monitor in the garage does this require new power (either standard or generator)? .

Yes, however, please see Amendment 2, section E. sub section E.1.4 page 23 of the revised SOW. These are the instruction you would need to follow when providing services to this area.

Do the enclosures/cabinets at the workstations need to be attached to the wall or the floor?

No, please see Amendment 2, scetion C sub-section C.5.3 and C.5.4 page 14 of the revised SOW.

Please confirm workstation connections are required to be homeruns just like camera connections.

Yes, all connections are to be homerun. See sections B.2.15 page 7, C.5.3 and C.5.4 page 14 of the revised SOW.

Does the new enclosure/cabinet in the server room, new VMS cabinet, need to be grounded?

Yes, please see Amendment 2, section C, sub-section C.5.3 page 14 of the revised SOW.

Do the enclosures/cabinets at the workstations need to be grounded?

Yes, please see Amendment 2, section C, sub-section C.5.3 page 14 of the revised SOW.

Does the new power for the enclosures/cabinets need to be inside of the enclosures?

Yes, please see Amendment 2, sections B, sub-section B.2.4 page 6, C.5.3 and C.5.4 page 14 of the revised SOW.

If contractor cannot install a mid-span extender based on the cable pathway, are Long-Range PoE Extenders (2-Piece) an acceptable alternative?

No, please see Amendment 2, section D, sub-section D.8. page 21.

RFP calls for a 24” monitor located in a new VMS cabinet, which is not wide enough to support. Please clarify how/where the 24" monitor is to be mounted?

Please see revised SOW provided with Amendment 2 Section C sub section C.4.3.

RFP mentions CAT6, CAT6A and CAT6A Shielded cable. Can the Government confirm which type of cable they would like installed as part of this project.

Please see revised SOW provided with Amendment 2 Section B sub section B.2.3, sub section B.2.9 Section E, sub sections E.3.10 and sub section E.3.11.

Only Cat 6a shall be used.

Can the Government confirm what is meant by the following statement? There shall be no crimp type fittings utilized during cable/wire termination unless specified by the equipment manufacturer. (E.3.7) calls for modular plugs, no jacks and no panels.

Please see revised SOW provided with Amendment 2, section E, sub-section E.3.7. Language is removed from SOW.

How does the government prefer to support the cable coming down out of existing conduits to the opposite side of the room where the new MDF cabinet will be ? (D-Rings ? Ladder Tray

Please see revised SOW provided with Amendment 2, section E, sub-section E.3.4.

For the tunnel camera, what are the historic preservation requirements? Can we core through the roof of the tunnel to provide a conduit chase back to the nearest pole to utilize the existing raceway to the building?

Yes, Please see revised SOW provided with Amendment 2, section B, sub section B.2.6. please note that the historical preservation is unknown at this time.

Please follow SOW instructions.

Can the stainless steel wall covering at the 1st and 2nd floor workstation areas be penetrated, cut, modified, etc.?

Yes, Please see revised SOW provided with Amendment 2, section E, sub-section E.5.8.

If the stainless wall coverings cannot be modified or penetrated, is plastic wire molding/surface mount raceway acceptable for running cabling to these workstation areas?

No, Please see revised SOW provided with Amendment 2, section E, sub-section E.3.4.

Please confirm the high voltage work requires a permit through the City of Seattle.

No, the city of seattle does not require permits on federal property. Please see SOW provide with Amendment 2, section B, sub section B.2.4.

Please confirm the low voltage work requires a permit through the City of Seattle.

No, the city of seattle does not require permits on federal property. Please see SOW provide with Amendment 2, section B, sub section B.2.4.

We understand the building is a historic building, does this designation extend to the tunnel camera location for Optional Item CLIN002 B.2.6?

Yes, Please see SOW provided with Amendment 2, Section B, sub section B.2.6.

Does the contractor have permission to drill through the upper lid of the tunnel in order to establish a wire pathway to tunnel camera location referenced in Optional Item CLIN002 B.2.6?

Yes, contractor shall drill through the upper lid. Please see Amendment 2, section B, sub-section B.2.6.

32 Are there as-built drawings for this building that could be shared? Yes, Please see Amendment 2, section C, sub-section C.1.17.

The main thing we are looking for are the interstitial spaces between floors where we would be able to pull in new cables for the cameras.

No, Please see Amendment 2, section C, sub-section C.1.17.

If CAT6A Shielded is required, RFP states no patch panels are to be used. Is the contractor to assume shielding will not be grounded? (B.2.15). If this is the case, it could cause more harm than good, and the cable can act as an antenna and attract interference vs reducing it. Contractor recommends installing shielded cable per best practices which includes the use of a patch panel, proper grounding and shielded modular RJ45 plugs.

Please advise how the Govt wishes to proceed.

Please see revised SOW provided with Amendment 2 Section B sub section B.2.3, sub section B.2.9 Section E, sub sections E.3.10 and sub section E.3.11.

Only Cat 6a shall be used.