Solicitation Questions and Answers 2.pdf

SOLICITATION QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

AU eSchool Comprehensive Interior Design & Furnishings

(F2XHC10013AW01)

28 April 2020

1. QUESTION: The posted solicitation questions and answers states that the contractor is responsible for stringing the cable and electrical through the cubicles or desks. Will the cable already be installed and we just need to feed it through? Or will the cable vendor be on site during installation?

ANSWER: No, the communications cable will not already be installed and the cable vendor will not be on site during installation. The furniture contractor is responsible for furnishing and installing communication cables from the wall jack through the cubicles or desks.

As stated in Attachment 1 – Statement of Objectives, Paragraph 3.6., “Electrical Requirements: The Government shall be responsible for hard electrical hook ups to all furnishings, to include but not limited to panel systems, workstations, desks, tables, trophy cases, etc. as identified in the Contractor’s comprehensive interior design.”

2. QUESTION: Does the Government want any ancillary items such as recycle bins, trash cans, clocks, coat hooks? Trash cans for rest rooms? Or are those all items that would be handled separately?

ANSWER: Reference Amended Attachment 1 – Statement of Objectives, Paragraph 2.2, for the description of ancillary items to be provided by the contractor.

3. QUESTION: Concerning Room 131 for Learning Architect Suite, it is not possible to do the size offices requested, but it’s especially tricky because there are three doors into the suite. Is it necessary to have all 3 doors accessible?

ANSWER: Concerning the Learning Architect Suite (Room 131), to facilitate the size offices requested, if needed, the door to the break room can be blocked.

4. QUESTION: The area labeled basement (075) is the area where you want storage for supplies and such, but can the Government give any indication of how much storage you want? Or does the Government just want it in the back corner just outside that space?

ANSWER: Reference Attachment 1 – Statement of Objectives, Paragraph 3.1 – Basement and Appendix 2 – Bldg 678 Combined Floor Plan, Storage will be inside of the basement (Room 075). The Government would like approximately 200-300 sq. ft. of storage.

5. QUESTION: In review of the basement video, it appears all the electrical is done externally and some of the distances are unknown. Is it possible to get dimensions for the space between the wall columns?

ANSWER: See updated video posted to Google Drive for the measurements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d_g9pbtGnd1jI_ik4tNuINiM4as79BtU/view?usp=sharing

6. QUESTION: In review of the videos, can the Government provide the distance from the floor to the bottom of the window sills for one of the rooms on the first floor, second floor, and basement?

ANSWER: See updated video posted to Google Drive for the measurements.

7. QUESTION: In the basement it looked like at least a few of the support columns in the middle of the room had electrical running down them. Can you confirm if that’s the case and identify which ones have it?

ANSWER: See updated video posted to Google Drive for additional information concerning the basement support columns.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d_g9pbtGnd1jI_ik4tNuINiM4as79BtU/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d_g9pbtGnd1jI_ik4tNuINiM4as79BtU/view?usp=sharing