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x x 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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ASHEVILLE NC 28804

200 WT WEAVER BLVD

SOUTHERN RESEARCH STATION

USDA FOREST SERVICE

SOUTHERN RESEACH STN - HQ ASHEVILL

11/07/2016000001

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

FACILITY CODE CODE

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

CODE

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code)

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)CODE 6. ISSUED BY

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

1. CONTRACT ID CODE

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

11/07/2016

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.)

EAZ Support Staffing IDIQ

Contractor shall be responsible to provide all supervision, staffing, materials, equipment, and provisions in order to complete all requirements in accordance with the attached

Statement of Work.

SCA Wages apply to all requirements herein.

Contractor is to complete and input totals transferred from the Price Proposal Table (See

Page 59.) of the Solicitation Body. This must be completed for the Base and all Option

Periods.

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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)

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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 .

ITEM NO. SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

NAME OF OFFEROR OR CONTRACTOR

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AMENDMENT 01- LIST OF CHANGES

Bids due date : 07-DEC-16 changed to 09-DEC-16

Solicitation due time zone : ET changed to ES

Aside: YES Changed to NO

AG-4568-S-17-0004 AMENDMENT 01

AMENDMENT 01 REPLACES THE SOLICITIATON BODY WITH

THE FOLLOWING UPDATES AS LISTED BELOW:

SECTION M

AMENDMENT 01 REMOVES THE FOLLOWING FROM PARAGRAPH

B.

The government reserves the right to seek information on higher priced offerors if none of the lower priced offerors receive a High

Confidence performance assessment

SECTION M

AMENDMENT 01 ADDS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO

THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 69.

BASED ON THE ABOVE OUTLINED EVALUATION APPROACH

PAST PERFORMANCE MAY NOT BE EVALUATED FOR ALL

OFFERORS.

SECTION L.

AMENDMENT 01 REPLACES THE EXPERIENCE

QUESTIONNAIRE, ATTACHMENT 04 WITH THE PPQ AS

STATED ON PAGE 55.

THE EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE IS NO LONGER REQUIRED

AMENDMENT 01 ANSWERS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. Is there an incumbent providing the support as cited in the PWS and the staff as cited in

Sec. 8.0 of the PWS (Attachment 2)? If there is an incumbent, will responders have permission to interview the incumbent staff members?

The Incumbent is Genesis International Management

Group, LLC, that is entirely up to the incumbent.

2. Page 12, # 7, the max POP under any task order will be twelve months. Does this mean that indeed any given order and the employees supporting it will only be in-place for twelve months and then expire, or does it mean that the base period under a given order will be twelve

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months and that option periods may apply to the order?

After the contact is awarded, inclusive of the base and all options periods it will be initiated with its first task order. The employees supporting it will only be in-place at the given location where the contract is performed for twelve months. If the option periods are exercised by the Government, the modification will be done for the option and the new task will be done for the flowing year.

3. Page 25, 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent

Rates provides three employee classes. The Survey

Tech and the Civil Engineer Tech do not appear on the list of labor categories provided in the PWS.

Were these three employees provided based on historical usage by the USDA EAZ? This matters for establishing a more accurate markup rate for the contract.

These were used as examples and may be required in the new requirement award.

4. Page 28, AGAR 452.211-74, the period of performance is shown as starting 1 December 2016 versus 1 January 2017 elsewhere in the RFP, please clarify.

The Period of Performance for the Base Period of

Contract is 1 January 2017 to December 31, 2017.

5. Pages 55-58, Section L, Past Performance.

Please clarify what the offeror is to submit as its Part II, Past Performance Information. The

RFP speaks to past performance questionnaires and performance surveys, but Attachment 04

(Experience Questionnaire) doesnt seem to correlate to this requirement and it doesnt appear to be a document that an offeror would send to past or current clients to obtain contract specific evaluation information.

The Past Performance Questionnaire was missing in the original Solicitation. It will be included in the amendment to replace the original

Attachment 04.

6. Pages 60-64, Pricing Abstract. The government

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provides $50,000 per year each for CLINs 2, 3 and

4; these total $750,000 across the entire contract POP. Does this $750,000 count against the maximum contract ceiling of $5,000,000, for evaluation purposes?

Yes. That is exactly right.

7. Page 66, Type of Contract. Multi awards and a single award are referenced in the same sentence. Does the government intend to make a single award of a FP IDIQ?

The contract final price on whether the task order is Firm Fixed Price or, Firm-Fixed Price, Level-of-Effort willed be a Firm Price Task Order.

8. Can the government provide historical data on duration of support per labor category by location?

Information detailing the labor categories and locations is not available.

9. Can you provide the name of the cities for each state where the work is going to be performed?

The cities places are so vast to mention, however you can look at the states mentioned below for where. The services will be performed. The serviced will be performed in the Eastern

Administrative Zone (EAZ). The states included in the EAZ are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North

Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and

Virginia. The current North Carolina Department of Labor Service Wage Determination Rates, Services, to be used in the resultant contract.

Each Task Order will include the applicable SCA wage rates for the location where services will be performed.

10. Is there a questionnaire that is be sent to each client? If so, it was not attached in section J.

The Past Performance Questionnaire was missing in the original Solicitation. It will be included in the amendment.

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11. If there is an incumbent, will responders have permission to interview the incumbent staff members?

The incumbent has to make that decision.

12. Is the Offeror supposed to send out Past

Performance Questionnaires (PPQs) for each contract listed, and include the completed questionnaire in the proposal? Or, is the

Government going to contact each Customer listed directly?

The offeror is to have the former/current customers and sub-contractors to fill out the

Questionnaires and send the responses to the Mike

Walker directly via e-mail or fax.

13. If the Offeror is supposed to send out a

PPQ, is there a specific form for completion?

The Past Performance Questionnaire was missing in the original Solicitation. It will be included in the amendment.

14. Will the government share with industry the current performance locations of current/ongoing task orders?

The cities places are so vast to mention, however you can look at the states mentioned below for where. The services will be performed. The serviced will be performed in the Eastern

Administrative Zone (EAZ). The states included in the EAZ are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North

Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and

Virginia. The current North Carolina Department of Labor Service Wage Determination Rates, Services, to be used in the resultant contract.

Each Task Order will include the applicable SCA wage rates for the location where services will be performed.

15. Will the government share with industry the number of personnel working, their labor category, and their performance location on all current task orders?

The Approximately 45-60 employees under the contract.

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16. Does the government anticipate any short-term task orders (i.e. less than 6 months) on this new contract?

Due to the nature is undetermined at this time, it can be between 1-12 months.

17. Is the scope of this contract the same, larger than, or smaller than that of the current contract? Anticipated to be Longer and Larger?

Larger

18. Government language states that, additional task orders may require additional experience, education, and certifications. Will the government consider striking this language or allowing for other bill rates for each position for which it anticipates requiring additional certifications, experience, and education?

Without specifics, industry cant reasonably be expected to price each labor category at the floor rate provided within the wage determination

(per RFQ Ordering procedures) since, generally, salaries increase with increased certs, education, and experience.

No, this language is in this solicitation based upon the possibility of new requirements under the IDIQ. The additional cost for training will initially be the responsibility of The Government.

19. Will 100% of the work be performed on a government installation/building/site?

Yes

20. May offerors add other columns to the Direct

Labor Table to account for additional taxes such as city, county, or other that are unique to each locality to be served?

Yes, that can be done to show your entire labor rates.

21. Historically what has been the specific equipment to be trained?

Training for task order requirements are define

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prior to award. Training cost will be provide by the government.

22. What additional equipment will require training that has not been identified historically above?

Unknown.

23. How many workers have required training on which specific types of equipment?

Unknown.

24. Will the task order specify the exact equipment to be trained?

Yes.

25. Will the contractor be provided the exact equipment to train the worker or must the contractor provide all the required equipment for training?

Yes.

26. Will the task order allow for training time on the equipment? If yes, how much time / how many days?

Unknown. This will be defined by requirement which is unknown at this time.

27. Will this training time be billable on the task order?

Training cost is billable, for initial training however these cost do not contribute to hours.

28. Will the Government consider adding an ODC line to the pricing or will each task order have an ODC line that is cost reimbursable on the contract so the contractor can invoice for what

PPE is provided to workers and any other materials required by the contract?

No, this request will not be considered.

29. Will the Government allow years of relevant experience and/or alternate degrees to substitute

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for specific degrees? There are 5 jobs with specific degrees required.

The guideline for requirement shall be reviewed case by case.

30. Can the Government specify what facilities services work is required to explain why this

NAICS was chosen?

The NAISC CODE 561210 Facilities Support

Services, supports his industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing operating staff to perform a combination of support services within a client's facilities.

Historically these jobs are to support the needed for the agency.

31. Historically what has been the specific equipment to be trained?

Basic office Operating Systems.

32. What additional equipment will require training that has not been identified historically above?

At this times positions have define, additional may require specific address additional training.

33. How many workers have required training on which specific types of equipment?

Dependent on the candidates qualifications.

34. Will the task order specify the exact equipment to be trained?

Yes

35. Will the task order allow for training time on the equipment? If yes, how much time / how many days?

Yes. The time is undetermined.

36. How much and what specific chaps PPE has historically been provided to workers on contract? Does the government see that type and amount changing for this contract?

PPE will be determined and provided by The

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Government per requirement, there is not historical data available.

37. How much and what additional specific PPE are required that has not been addressed above?

Unknown. To be determined upon Task order.

38. Are there any current employees on contract now that are SCA-covered employees subject to the application of the WD?

All positions to SCA.

39. If yes, why isnt FAR 52.222-17 checked as an applicable FAR Clause because the successor contractor must make a bona fide employment offer with rights of first refusal to SCA-covered employees?

This clause will be checked if applicable.

40. What is the current employment status of the contractors on contract now; are there a combination of SCA and 1099 personnel working on contract?

Active, regulation mandates no more than 50no more than 50% according to statute.

41. Can the contractor employ its personnel as

1099 on this contract where the SCA and WD do not apply, such as for exempt positions?

Positions required under this contract will be

SCA. The contractor shall maintain the 50% rate of Employed Personnel throughout the PoP.

42. Do offerors complete and submit Attachment 4 at all?

Yes, Attachment 4 has been replaced with the PPQ.

43. Can the government confirm that the total price from each years Pricing Abstract (called

Exhibit in the RFP) is placed in Section B Unit

Price and that the Unit Price and Extended Amount are the same because the Quantity is 1?

That is correct for the entire Quantity of 1, the

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Unit and the Extended price is the same.

44. Do offerors also complete the Section B

Total Mark-Up rate for each PoP which comes from the Direct Labor Table Total Overhead/Mark Up

Rate column?

Yes

45. Can the government provide an explanation / information on what this cost will be used for?

The cost will be evaluated to determine the contractors mark-up rate.

46. Is the training referenced in PWS Section

13.0 considered contractor discretionary training?

Mandatory

47. If not and it is mandated by the government, can the government provide the type, location and specific training that contractors have historically been required to attend so it can be priced within the mark-up rate?

Initially will be paid for the training, in the event the employee leaves or fires, the contractor is responsible to pay for re-training.

48. Can the government provide the number of personnel who historically have required this training and specifically for what position and duties so this can be properly priced within the mark-up rate?

Unknown (IDIQ)

49. Can the Government provide what that training is?

No. Only specified positions requiring training will be defined in each Task Order.

50. Is the government going to make this training to available to contractors on-line?

This is unknown, there may be training certifications available on-line.

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51. Is there a cost for this training, if yes how much per contractor?

No initial cost for the training will be billed to the contractor.

52. Can the government specify what it will accept for a law enforcement background check?

The Government will conduct the initial back ground check.

53. Will a law enforcement background check be required for incumbents hired by the successor contractor?

No. As long there is no break in service.

54. Is there any cost to the contractor for PIV in processing for the required Security

Background Investigations/Clearances?

NO

55. If yes, what is that cost so it can be priced in the mark-up rate?

NO

56. Page #57 of the RFQ specifies that: ¿the evaluation of past performance information will take into account past performance information regarding predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant experience, or subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement when such information is relevant to the instant acquisition.

This may be used to support your ability to perform on this requirement. If there are people that have performed/worked with you on previous projects, they could be used to show relevant experience that could be used on this requirement.

57. Is there a current contract in place? If so, what is the contract number?

YES AG-4568-C-16-0085

58. Are contractor employees currently

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performing the tasks specified in the RFP?

YES

59. Per Section L, page 55, we are meant to return a Status of Past Performance

Questionnaires Requested as part of our submission. Is there a specific questionnaire document/question list that you would like for us to give our customers to complete and send to you, are we allowed to send our own custom questionnaire, or is Attachment 4 Experience

Questionnaire meant to be that document? If

Attachment 4 is intended as such, could you elaborate on how our clients are meant to use this questionnaire to grade their satisfaction with our performance?

Attachment 04 has been replaced and is now the

PPQ, which the contractor is to send to their past customers with direction to send to Mike

Walker at: mwalker05@fs.fed.us

52.222-17 ¿ Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers.

Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (May 2014) shall be incorporated in Amendment 01 and also the contract award.

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