Attachment 1 Technical Capability and Experience Questionnaire.docx

Attachment 1: Technical Capability and Experience Questionnaire (Contractor must address each question in the same order it is being requested.)

Company Name (Prime Contractor):

DUNS Number:

Business Point of Contact (Name, Title, Email/Phone):

1. Identify the members in the crews (as required by clause 452.237-74 Key Personnel), crew sizes, and equipment resources to be utilized for this project. (Attach additional pages as needed.)

a. Aerial pilot and crew info:

i. List and provide evidence of FAA certifications/qualifications for proposed pilot(s) to perform aerial wildlife management hunting (Part 135) and extended cargo (sling load) operation (Part 133).

ii. Provide evidence of current and valid Aerial Wildlife and Exotic Animal Management Permit (AWP) issued by the Texas Parks and Wildlife (this is a requirement to obtain a LOA)

iii. Contractor must show pilot(s) (including any pilot subcontracted) to have attained the following minimum flight times in order to be considered for this solicitation:

· 1,500 hours total flight time

· 250 hours PIC flight time

· 100 hours in preceding 12 months

· 75 hours night flight time

· 1,200 hours PIC flight time in single or multi-engine helicopter

· 100 hours flight time in appropriate class size aircraft (light, medium, or heavy as applicable)

· 100 hours flight time in helicopter equipped with turbine engine

· 100 hours PIC flight time in the preceding 12 months

· 250 hours flight experience as PIC for wildlife management operations (aerial live capture, darting, tagging, etc.) or 500 hours flight time in low level flying (below 500 feet AGL)

iv. Discuss experience of flight crew with performing aerial management (hunting) of exotic wildlife/predators with both government agencies, research institution, commercial and/or private enterprise.

v. Discuss experience of pilot(s) & flight crew with conducting extended cargo (sling load) operations. Contract will require retrieval and transportation of animal carcass to meat processing site during each harvest event (overland transport for this purpose is not authorized on refuge grounds in order to minimize disturbance/ harm to non-Nilgai wildlife and local flora)

vi. Discuss capability to service/repair and fuel aerial asset(s) on or near harvest site without need of outside power or supplies?

vii. Indicate if pilot(s), crew and equipment will be subcontracted? Provide information requested in questions 1.a.ii – 1.a.iv on subcontractor.

b. Gunnery crew info:

i. Identify and discuss experience of gunner(s) with using single shot (non-lead ammo) to conduct hunt (use of buckshot not authorized)

ii. Discuss experience of shooter with conducting aerial wildlife/predator management (hunting) operations

iii. Indicate if gunnery crew will need to be subcontracted? Provide information requested in questions 1.b.i. through 1.b.iii. on subcontractor.

c. Meat Processing crew info:

i. Discuss ability to provide mobile meat processing services (equipment and crew) at the harvest site (to include self-sufficient electrical power capability);

ii. Ability to provide sufficient cold storage capability at the harvest site for processed meat from up to 50 Nilgai carcasses per harvest (ambient air temperatures may reach up to 100F during the day)

iii. Indicate if the meat processing will be subcontracted? Provide information for questions 1.c.i. and 1.c.ii. on subcontractor.

2. Describe the schedule for completing all work within the required time period (March through November 2021) and keeping complete and accurate records of all Nilgai harvested, to include sex and carcass weight, for inclusion into a harvest report due to USDA within 10 days after completion of each harvest.

3. Provide evidence of contractor’s ability to obtain Landowner’s Authorization to Manage Wildlife or Exotic Animals by Aircraft (LOA) issued by Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission within 5 days of contract award. Indicate if contractor obtained one in the past for similar services?

4. Since portion of processed meat will be donated to charitable organizations for resale or distribution for consumption, potential contractor must provide a copy of (or show they can qualify for) a Grant of Voluntary Inspection” issued by the Meat Safety Assurance Unit of the Texas Department of State Health Services to validate contractor is authorized to process (and store) meat carcass on site for commercial meat sale and consumption.

5. Provide at least three examples of recent and relevant contracts for same or similar services. Examples shall demonstrate that the quoter (prime contractor and any subcontractors) has relevant experience performed within the past five years. Relevant experience is defined as aerial animal harvesting operations and meat processing for human consumption. (Attach additional pages as needed.)

Must fill in reference name, contact information, and description of work for each relevant experience.

a. Past Performance Reference #1:

Reference Name:

Agency/Firm Name:

Email Address and Phone Number:

Project Title/Description:

Contract Number:

Contract Award Amount:

Contract Award Date:

Contract Completion Date:

Work Performed as: __Prime Contractor __Subcontractor __Joint Venture ___Other (Explain)

Description of Work (Describe how this project is relevant to this requirement):

List any concerns with quality of work, timeliness, and customer service that your reference may address. Describe the circumstances that led to those concerns and any corrective action taken by your firm.

b. Past Performance Reference #2:

Reference Name:

Agency/Firm Name:

Email Address and Phone Number:

Project Title/Description:

Contract Number:

Contract Award Amount:

Contract Award Date:

Contract Completion Date:

Description of Work:

List any concerns with quality of work, timeliness, and customer service that your reference may address. Describe the circumstances that led to those concerns and any corrective action taken by your firm.

c. Past Performance Reference #3:

Reference Name:

Agency/Firm Name:

Email Address and Phone Number:

Project Title/Description:

Contract Number:

Contract Award Amount:

Contract Award Date:

Contract Completion Date:

Description of Work (Describe how this project is relevant to this requirement):

List any concerns with quality of work, timeliness, and customer service that your reference may address. Describe the circumstances that led to those concerns and any corrective action taken by your firm.