JB-MDL_Dix_Food_Q_and_A_2_20190506.pdf

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Dix Food Sevice Federal contract opportunity
Solicitation number
FA448419RA003
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Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command

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This document contains questions and answers regarding solicitation FA448419RA003 for full food service at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The solicitation seeks to award a requirements contract with fixed price task orders to provide all personnel, supervision, resources, menu planning, food preparation, serving, replenishing, ordering, receiving, storage, cleaning, equipment operation, headcounts, cashier duties, remote food service, subsistence inventories, grounds maintenance, and quality control for seven dining facilities. Email proposals will be accepted without need for hand delivery. Pricing should be submitted in unlocked Excel format with no page limit. The Continuation of Essential Contractor Services plan should accompany proposals. No phase-in period will be provided for a new contractor.

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Questions and Answers 2 for

Solicitation FA448419RA003 - Dix Food Service, JB MDL

6 May 19

Note: These Q&A’s are for clarification purposes only. Any information provided in these Q&A’s in no way constitutes an amendment or change to the solicitation requirements. To the extent that information contained in the Q&A’s differs from the solicitation requirements, the solicitation requirements will control.

1. The base year starts on May 1, 2020 and the latest CBA includes the rates for May 1, 2019, which means there will be another addendum with higher rates for the base year starting on May 1, 2020. Should we submit our pricing based on the May 1, 2019 rates and then will we be allowed to adjust our rates once awarded and the new

CBA rates become available?

A: In accordance with section 4(c) of the Service Contract Act, the predecessor CBA’s wages and benefits will be effective as a wage determination. Reference FAR 22.1002-3, 22.1008-2, 22.1012-2, 52.222-41, and

52.222-43 for information pertaining to CBA wages and price adjustments.

2. Is COL (Contingency Operation Location) considered a FOB facility? The main DFACs and FOBs have different rates of wages in the CBA.

A: The COL and FOB are interchangeable terms.

3. Per Amendment 2, please confirm email submission of proposal will be accepted and we will not have to hand carry electronic proposals as well?

A: Email is acceptable. Please review the proposal Preparation Instructions.

4. For email submission what format are you requesting documents to be submitted in, example PDF, Microsoft, Excel?

A: The offeror can submit the proposal in any format that is readable by the government. Prefer pricing data be submitted in unlocked Excel.

5. Is there a page limitation?

A: Please review the Proposal Preparation Instructions.

6. Can you confirm where we should include the continuation of essential contractor services plan?

A: The Continuation of Essential Contractor Services plan should accompany the proposal.

7. Can we ship proposal via UPS? As the solicitation states hand delivery.

A: Any mail service is acceptable.

8. There will be a cost associated with the overall management of the contract (for example the contract manager, other administrative functions, etc.) that is not specific to a dining facility but the entirety of the operations. Which

CLIN should this cost be assigned to? Or will you be adding a CLIN for this cost separately so we are not spreading this cost to all DFACS including the ones that may not be used?

A: There will not be an overhead CLIN.

9. Per the request of the Continuation of Essential Contractor Services Plan, can you provide which elements are identified in DFARS 237-7602 or confirm that is the correct DFARS clause?

A: DFARS 252.237-7023 - Continuation of Essential Contractor Services and 252.237-7024 - Notice of

Continuation of Essential Contractor Services are the contract clauses.

10. For a contract this size, a new contractor would need a phase in period to onboard the employees, do an inventory check, etc. Will you be providing a phase in period?

Questions and Answers 2 for

Solicitation FA448419RA003 - Dix Food Service, JB MDL

6 May 19

A: No.

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