Attachment 4 - Solicitation FA442724Q0042- Questions and Answers - Amendment 3.pdf

Current As Of: 26 February 2024

Questions and Answers

Requirement: CATM Cleaning & Maintenance Services

Solicitation ID: FA442724Q0042

Question 1: How would you like [the] proposal to be submitted for this project?

Answer 1: Please see page 4 of solicitation FA442724Q0042 on Sam.gov for information on how and what to submit following 52.212-Instructions to Offerors. Additionally, contact information of who to send the information to can be found at the very end of the document.

Question 2: We would like to know if this is a brand new contract OR if there is (was) an incumbent performing these services. If not brand new, could you please provide the current / previous contract number?

Answer 2: This is not a brand new contract. Please see FPDS-NG for information on the current contract under FA442722P0031

Question 3: We understand there is requirement to sample material collected in the grate area;

however, is there a requirement to clean this area, if hazmat is detected? Does this fall on the contractor to clean the area or is it the customer’s responsibility?

Answer 3: Yes, the contractor shall prepare and submit to TAFB Environmental Office a Safety

Protocol and Plan for Maintenance Cleanup of the contamination on the firing range. The contractor will be responsible for removal, maintenance, and cleanup operations; they will be required to provide a Project Specific Work Plan for government approval while complying with state and local regulations for hazardous wastes and cleanup operations. Additionally, contractor personnel are required to have documented experience for cleanup operations of contaminated sites and complete training on hazardous waste operations (HAZWOPER)

Question 4: Just to clarify, Travis AFB Hazardous Waste Management Office will be responsible for disposal of all material waste, including all hazmat disposal?

Answer 4: Correct, the contractor will be responsible for putting the accumulation start date on each drum and when 50% full for disposal, the contractor shall contract the Travis Hazardous

Waste Manager. Additionally, the contractor will clean the ditch of all debris, and if metal is detected with the XRF handle the material as a hazardous waste by placing in 55-gallon hazardous waste drums and call the Travis hazardous waste manager to pick up the drums immediately when ready for hazardous waste disposal.

Current As Of: 26 February 2024

Question 5: There is language that indicates that there is 12 scheduled and up to 12 unscheduled cleanings; however, in the section B. Required services, the language states that the contractor shall measure the heavy metals in the trough every 2 weeks using the handheld XRF and that this should be completed during the 52 service calls. According to the PWS there are only 12 scheduled service calls and 12 unscheduled calls. Could you clarify this language if weekly service is required.

Answer 5: This is now updated in the PWS-

FROM …. “The concrete lined drainage trench behind the firing range shall be tested every 2 weeks by the contractor using the handheld XRF. This shall be completed during the 52 service calls to ensure no metal contamination is present past the below regulatory limits.”

TO, “The concrete lined drainage trench behind the firing range shall be tested no more than every 2 weeks, and no less than once a month, by the contractor using the handheld

XRF. This shall be completed during the 52 service calls monthly service call to ensure no metal contamination is present past the below regulatory limits.

Question 6: On average how many unscheduled cleaning calls have been required during the previous contract periods.

Answer 6: Due to mission requirements, the number of service calls has been decreased from 52 to 12 scheduled and 12 unscheduled. The unscheduled service calls will vary based off firing range usage and need.

Question 7: How many times did the previous contractor fail the standards for heavy metals and have to re-service the facility?

Answer 7: This is internal information captured within contractor performance reports and will not be shared.