Answers to 89603025Q0027.xlsx
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The file is a Questions and Answers (Q&A) document for Request for Quote (RFQ) 89603025Q0027 for a Geotechnical and Structural Consultant contract with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The solicitation seeks a single contractor to provide civil geotechnical and structural expertise for reviewing engineering designs of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facilities, with a focus on ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations, guidelines, and engineering standards. The contract will be awarded as a Labor-Hour (LH) contract to one offeror, with a blended hourly rate pricing structure.
Key details include the follow-on nature of the contract (previous IDIQ Contract 89603019D0009 with Lingwall & Franke Consulting, LLC), a submission deadline of June 13, 2025 (with no granted extensions), and an evaluation approach that weights technical/non-price factors more heavily than price. The contractor will be expected to have technical experts capable of providing expert witness testimony if needed, with qualifications emphasized through personnel experience and Professional Engineer (PE) certification. The contract involves reviewing front-end and final design engineering information for proposed and under-construction LNG facilities, including post-authorization design measure implementation.
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| RFQ: 89603025Q0027 LNG Geotechnical and Structual Consultant | |||||
| # | Question | Section Title | Page # | OEP Response | |
| 1 | Is a follow-on or new requirement. If this is recompete, can you provide the vendor, contract number and award value? | N/A | N/A | Follow-on/ recompete. IDIQ Contract: 89603019D0009, Lingwall & Franke Consulting, LLC. Total Contract Ceiling: $855,000.00 (call limit: $285,160.00), PoP: 9/30/2019 to 9/29/2022 (3-yr base) plus 2 Option Periods (3-years each). Check Federal Procuremnt Data System for more details. | |
| 2 | Request for Submission date extension from June 13, 2025 to July 11, 2025 | Section E.1.2 – Volume 2 - Price Quote - Questions | 20 | Due to a short acquisiton timeline, no extension is granted at this time. | |
| 3 | Conflict of Interest (COI) – If the selected single offeror has a COI with a new project assigned to the offeror, we understand that FERC will not assign that task to the offeror. In such a case, will more than a single offeror be shortlisted for this solicitation? | Section E.1.2 (b) Submission of Quotations – last sentence – “The government anticipates awarding a Labor-Hour (LH) contract to a single offeror for the services required by the SOW." and Attachment 1 - Statement of Work - Section 7.0 | 18 | This will be a single award. | |
| 4 | If this is a brand new contract OR if there is (was) an incumbent performing these services. We would like to know if this is a brand new contract OR if there is (was) an incumbent performing these services. | ||||
| If not brand new, could you please provide the current / previous contract number? | N/A | N/A | See answer to question 1. | ||
| 5 | Should the contractor provide a blended hourly unit rate or different unit rates for different proposed staff grades? | B.1 | 5,6 | Provide a blended hourly rate. | |
| 6 | The evaluation criteria state that "all technical/non-price evaluation factors, when combined, are greater than price." Could FERC provide further clarification or a breakdown of the relative weighting or importance among the specific technical/non-price evaluation factors (Corporate Capability, Past Performance, Personnel Qualifications and Experience)? | E.2 | 20 | All technical/non-price evaluation factors will be evaluated for significant strengths, strengths, weaknesses, significant weaknesses, and deficiencies. An analysis will then take place. | |
| 7 | As part of the personnel qualifications can FERC clarify the importance of prior expert witness testimony experience? | E.2 | 20 | The geotech/structural consultant would be the technical expert (and qualified based on PE certification and years of experience). If needed, FERC would rely on the consultant's technical background to provide expert witness testimony. | |
| 8 | Is the contract going to be awarded on a single entity/organization or will multiple entities be considered based on capabilities and qualifications? | A.1 | 2 | This will be a single award. |
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