Solicitation questions.docx

1. So far there is one question we have that impacts the approach in a major way we believe; can the Gov’t provide clarity on owns the existing ducts on RAF bases which we need to break into? Is that owned by the US DOD or UK MOD or is BTFed? (or some other entity?)

On RAF Croughton the Air Force owns the manholes.

1. The drawing shows we need to break into an existing box MH17 and one on the left side, which doesn’t have a label attached to this (what label would that be?)

The other manhole that will be entered is labeled as MH 1014.

1. Contract Performance Period confirmed 1 Oct-31 Mar. Are extensions possible if delays by government are encountered? Delays will be taken into account if needed at time of delay.

1. Armored clad cable required? CS responded in the negative.

1. Can the gov’t specifiy in the SOW/PWS which work must be completed by Cleared Americans? No delineation required. Cleared American is not required for any portion of the work. Workers will be screened by Security Forces prior to start of work.

1. Is/are any key personnel mentioned in the PWS are required to be Cleared Americans? No.

1. What clearance (US/UK) level is needed in order to provide escorting service? None. CS will process construction team members via Entry Access Letter with Security Forces for unescorted onto RAFC. 422 CS will provide escorts inside controlled areas.

1. Also, the PWS mentions the role of Portfolio Manager; how does this role fit in this signle project? Porfolio Manager no longer required. We do need a construction team lead identified during period of performance.

1. We noticed that the combo solicitation has the following conflicting requirements on due dates;

Page 2: Quotes must be received no later than 1530 PM British Summer Time, 25 September 2020 Page 15: THE SUBMITTAL DUE DATE FOR QUOTES IS FRIDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2020, BY 12:30 PM, BRITISH SUMMER TIME (BST). The due date is correctly located in the general information on the solicitation’s front page at beta.SAM, in addition to being on the page 1 of the Combo in bold. Page 15 lists the correct day, but the date and time are erroneous. The due date is Friday, 25 September 2020, 1530 BST

Clarifications:

1. Manhole 1015 has 6ea. 4 inch duct already stubbed out from sidewall of vault. Contractor shall utilize these stub outs for six of the eight duct requirement. Contractor shall bring the two remaining ducts directly into same sidewall.

Corrections:

1. Drawing shows duct bank from MH 17. All parties made aware this was an error. Duct bank goes to MH1015 (MH AR on drawing) immediately adjacent to MH17.

1. Para 3.2.2.2 Table 2 last five items reading 4 inch innerduct should read 4 ea. 1 inch innerduct.

Acceptable modifications.

1. East/West Duct route between Proosed MH AC and Proposed HH-B can extend east in order to support a more direct route into compound and eliminate one hand hole from the proposed route.

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