ATTACHMENT 2 Questionnaire T0125 Tower Maintenance.docx

Attachment #2 Technical Requirements Questionnaire

The Vendor {Bidder} must document that it can meet the technical requirements of this RFP. Each response in the proposal to a mandatory item in the Bid Solicitation {RFP} Section 3.0 Scope of Work must contain clear language that states full compliance.

1. Bid Solicitation Section 3.1.1 Tower Relamping and Tower Top Amplifier Replacement How will the Vendor {Bidder} be compliant with Section 3.1.1 Tower Relamping and Tower Top Amplifier Replacement?

2. Bid Solicitation Section 3.1.2 Tower Inspections

a) How will the Vendor {Bidder} be compliant with Section 3.1.2 Tower Inspections? Specifically discuss how the Vendor {Bidder} will evaluate and document items A through H in Section3.1.2.

b) How will the Vendor {Bidder} manage the inspection schedule? The Vendor {Bidder} should attach a sample report detailing deficiencies and costs for performance restoration.

3. Bid Solicitation Section 3.1.3 Antenna Replacement and Performance Capability Discuss how the Vendor’s {Bidder’s} approach to performing Items A through M under “Antenna Replacement and Performance Capability.”

4. Bid Solicitation Section 5.15.3 Performance Guarantee

a) Discuss how the Vendor {Bidder} will meet the Performance Guarantee for this Blanket PO {Contract}. What policies or procedures are in place to ensure that equipment conforms to all current and applicable Federal, State and Local laws, OSHA codes?

b) Date of FCC registration: _____________________

5. Bid Solicitation Section 3.3.2 Time and Material Support The Vendor {Bidder} must identify the materials and equipment manufacturer(s) and associated catalog (s) it will use to purchase materials and equipment and the amount of discount it will provide the State from the catalog’s list prices.

Materials/Equipment Manufacturer Discount

6. Bid Solicitation Section 3.4 Response Time and Coverage How will the Vendor {Bidder} comply with the Response Time and Coverage requirements?

7. Bid Solicitation Section 3.5 Lighting Protection and Grounding

a) How will the Vendor {Bidder} comply with the requirements for Lighting Protection and Grounding?

b) Standards and Codes: Vendor {Bidder} must disclose any citations given by OSHA for the past five years. Vendor {Bidder} must provide copies of its OSHA logs for the past two years and attach the logs to this Questionnaire.

8. Bid Solicitation Section 3.6.2 Equipment/Staffing Availability

a) Response to subsection A Equipment. The Vendor {Bidder} must provide a list of all equipment that will be used during the Master PO {Contract}. Vendor’s {Bidder’s} equipment list must include vehicles, hoists, cables, antennas, and miscellaneous repair parts. The Vendor {Bidder} shall further describe the heavy equipment in its inventory and state whether this equipment can perform the requirements listed in Sections 3.3.1, 3.3.2 and 3.3.3. The Vendor {Bidder} must identify the location(s) where its equipment is stored so response time can be evaluated. The Vendor’s {Bidder’s} location(s) may be subject to inspection prior to award.

b) Response to subsection B Staffing. The Vendor {Bidder} must list in its Quote {Proposal} the training that employees have received. Where applicable, Vendors {Bidders} should provide certificates that specify the training employees have received.

9. Bid Solicitation Section 3.6.3 Security and Clearance.

a) The Vendor {Bidder} must describe its plans to comply with the requirement that all the Vendor’s {Bidder’s} employees and subcontractors’ employees pass a NJ State Police background check.

b) The Vendor {Bidder} must describe how it will plans to provide, update and maintain a list of all its employees that will be working at the State Police sites, nuclear power plants, and correctional facilities.

10. Bid Solicitation Section 3.6.4 Contractor Responsibility How will the Vendor {Bidder} be compliant with the requirements detailed in Section 3.6.4 Contractor Responsibility?

11. Bid Solicitation Section 3.6.5 Insurance Rating The Vendor {Bidder} must provide the experience modification rate (EMR) for the current rating period and the total number of hours worked. The EMR must be provided on a named insurance company document and attached to this questionnaire.

12. Bid Solicitation Section 3.6.6 Professional Organizations The Vendor {Bidder} should provide a list of professional tower maintenance organizations of which it is a member.

13. Bid Solicitation Section 3.6.1 Contractor Experience

a) The Vendor {Bidder} must describe how it will be able to perform structural modifications, structural maintenance, and all bands of communications antenna installation Very High Frequency (VHF) through microwave and tower maintenance on land mobile radio towers.

b) The Vendor {Bidder} must describe how it will be able to perform structural modifications, structural maintenance, and microwave antenna installation and tower maintenance on broadcast television towers.

c) The Vendor {Bidder} must describe how it will be able to install rigid and semi-flexible transmission lines on the broadcast towers and maintain broadcast VHF and Ultra High Frequency (UHF) television antennae.

d) The Vendor {Bidder} must describe its experience and acknowledge its ability to perform the duties listed in subsections “a” through “g”.

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