FA2823-13-R-0002_Q A_5.pdf

1. Is this project related to the work Corvias is doing? No.

2. If not, does disabled veteran small companies qualify for the Competitive 8(a) classification? No

3. Who is the incumbent? Dorado Services

4. Do you require bid bonds on any of the projects that get bid at Eglin Air Force

Base? This will be part of the solicitation.

5. How can I find out about liquidated damages? This will be part of the solicitation.

6. Are there going to be any further plans or bid documents available prior to the bid date? The solicitation will have all of the necessary documents.

7. If not, do we submit a proposal on our own letterhead? Proposal submittal will be addressed in the solicitation.

8. Are you the persons we should contact if we have questions regarding the specifications for this project? Yes.

9. Will a response including a Teaming Agreement, that includes past performance for both parties, be acceptable for above solicitation? This acquisition is limited to 8(a) certified firms serviced by or have an approved bona fide office within the geographical boundaries of the Small Business Administration’s SBA) Region IV which consists of

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and

Tennessee. Your company will still have to be considered and qualify as a 8(a) certified firm serviced in the geographical boundaries identified above. We highly recommend that you contact the local SBA office at 850-882-2843 to ensure you meet the requirements to be considered. If the offeror intends to fulfill the requirements of this solicitation in a teaming arrangement or joint venture, the offeror must provide complete information as to the arrangement, including a list of any relevant and recent past/present performance information on previous teaming arrangements or joint ventures with the same teaming or joint venture partner. If this is a first time joint effort, each party to the arrangement must provide a list of past and present contracts.

10. Did I overlook the bid schedule and the full solicitation; are they to be provided later? The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be available on the Federal Government’s

Electronic Posting System (www.fedbizopps.gov) on or about 14 August 2013.

No response to this notice is necessary and no source list will be maintained.

11. Would you allow us to provide you with a capabilities presentation for the purpose of utilizing the 8(a) sole source contracting method? No, we do not feel it is in the best interest of the Government to award sole-source and we are not able to do so per FAR part 19.805-1(a).

12. Any idea when the site visit will occur? We anticipate around the end of August. This information will be posted in the solicitation when it comes out.

13. How is it determined and/or beneficial to government to solicit this bid as an 8(a)

Business Set Aside, Region IV only? IAW 124.507 CFR a requirement can be further restricted to contractors with a bona fide place of business in the applicable geographic area if the procurement is for construction.

14. Why is this bid limited to 8(a) Business Set Aside and not open to all small business owners which would be fair to bidders and more benefical to the government?

IAW FAR 19.203 [13 CFR 124.503(j)(2)], there is no order of precedence among the

8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB Programs. Above the SAT, the contracting officer shall first consider an acquisition for these small business socioeconomic contracting programs before considering a small business set-aside. If a requirement has been accepted by the SBA under the 8(a) Program, it must remain in the 8(a) Program unless

SBA agrees to its release. In addition, FAR 19.800(e) states, for acquisitions above the

SAT, the contracting officer shall consider 8(a) set-asides or sole source awards before considering small business set-asides. Our market research showed that there were 2 or more 8(a) firms that could perform the work. The current demolition IDIQ was also set-aside 8(a).