Locksmith_Q_ _A.docx

Q: Do you have a materials budget from last year so we can get an idea of the amount of materials get used annually?

A: For the purposes of this Locksmith Services contract the government will provide the materials.

Q. What is the payment schedule, i.e. would we bill weekly, bi-weekly, monthly or lump sum ant the beginning of the contract?

A. Bill when after you do an occurrence in the bid schedule.

Q.. Is there a percentage of money on the contract held as a retainer?

A, No there is not a percentage held as a retainer

Q. Are there specific key cutting hours on the base or can we take orders and cut keys in our shop?

A. Established key cutting hours are on Mon, Wed and Fridays, excluding Federal Holidays, beginning at 0730 to 0830 and are performed in the base lock shop these requests are generally done under DSW as routines. The key cutting requests come through our customer service section and must be initiated by the facility manager of the facility that the key is to be cut for. In some instances it may be to cut a duplicate key in-hand or to cut a key based on existing bittings located on our data base, if a Keymark key.

Q. Is there prevailing wage determination for vault work and if so what would it be?

A. The Wage Determination is attached to the combined synopsis soliciation

Q. Is certified payroll required?

A. No certified payroll is not required for a service contract

Q. The PWS says 360 emergency DSW responses which would mean you expect an emergency call just about every day of the year. Is that is correct?

A. The anticipated workloads are correct as written

Q. I understand from talking with a local Lock Distributor that you have an agreement with them to replace cores with the Keymark X4 cores. Will they be supplying cores thru the duration of this contract? Or is this something I need to figure into my costs?

A. The Government does not have an agreement with Clark Security to replace cores with the Keymark X4 cores as stated. Clark Security is a supplier of the cores we currently use for our Keymark system. We place our orders for our Keymark products through Maratech, which is our COCESS contractor and is authorized to do so. With that said, if and when we decide to go to the new Keymark X4 system, it will be Maratech who determines which vendor they will purchase from.