Request for Information Questions with Answers.docx

Clarification on access and security requirements for plumbing technicians and their commercial vehicles (including septic pumping trucks):

Must technicians check in at the Visitor’s Center for each base visit? Yes a long term pass will be provided Are commercial vehicles required to be inspected at the Commercial Vehicle Inspection Station for each visit? Yes Will technicians need assigned escorts while working on base? The shop or service contracts will escort around technicians Are septic trucks or other vehicles subject to exit searches? Yes Will the government provide assistance to remove any access grates that are too heavy for one person to remove? There is only one grate that needs removed with equipment in the vehicle maintenance yard

Will the government provide access to water near each location? Most locations have water, a work around will be provided if not

Will there be updated line items to represent pricing for septic tanks? car wash bays? Yes

Who is the current contract incumbent? Matrix new world

Pumping

· Clarify the desired result of pumping OWSs and grease traps, is it to remove all settled and non-settled material or is it to skim to remove non-settled material only? If the chemicals are working pumping will be required every six months while priming the chambers after full pump down.

· Request a pumping schedule separate from the maintenance schedule This will be provided by contractor

· Based on the schedule and clarified desired result an accurate allottable gallons determined for each OWS and grease trap by location. This was provided

· Are the sediment catchers in the wash bays to be included in the PWS for maintenance and pumping? Yes

· Clarify the pumping description and allotment of the 4 lift stations.

· Will they be based on a gallons per year allotment or desired schedule per year? If the chemicals are working pumping should only be required 2-3 times a year Maintenance

· Request to update the PWS to identify bioremediation method per OWS and grease traps (automatic or manual). Manual

· Request a detailed maintenance checklist for lift stations to be added to the PWS? Chemicals added monthly and id chemicals are not working sludge blanket will need to be sucked down. This is the only maintenance that will be performed on the lift stations.

During the site visit there was discussion of the contract covering up to (15) Lift stations, but the statement of work only calls for (4). 4 Please confirm that the lift stations under this contract are as follows: #798, Commissary, Kachina Housing and #912. Yes Please confirm the Revised SOW date Nov 25, 2024, is the latest. During the site visit it was mentioned pumping out (4) 6,000-gallon septic tanks in the Ammo area and the statement of work doesn’t state anything about this. This is included in the statement of work Will this contract cover emergency repairs to the lift stations, OWS, and grease traps? No Please confirm all pumped materials from the lift station, OWS, and grease traps need to be hauled off-site. Yes During the site visit it was mentioned that the catch basins prior to the OWS at the 234 Wash Rack, 340 Wash Rack and Golf Course Wash Rack needed to be pumped out. Please confirm if this is part of the contract and if so, how many total catch basins throughout the base need to be pumped out and how often? 8 total catch basins pumped out as needed Also, it was mentioned that some of the catch basin lids are too heavy to be picked up by hand and would require a forklift, is Luke AFB to provide the forklift or should this contract include pricing for the equipment? There is only one area that requires the and that is 234 and a forklift will be provided.

The golf course has several manholes that collect grass in line with the wash rack, are these manholes to be pumped/cleaned out part of the contract? Yes Please confirm deadline for RFI submissions. 17 Jan 2025 Please consider extension for the submission of proposal due to amount of RFIs and questions discussed during the site visit. An extension for proposal submissions cannot be offered at this time BCE talked about getting the contractors recommendations for scheduling and pumping of the LS, OWS, and Grease Traps and revising the SOW. Is this going to be incorporated into the SOW via an amendment? This will all be figured out during a monthly visit to each site and a schedule figured out from there based on findings.

Can any previous inspections logs for lift stations, OWSs, and grease traps be provided? This will be up to contracting if this can be provided or not.