A9 - Carpet Install RFI.pdf
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- Solicitation number
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This is a Request for Information (RFI) document issued by the Department of the Air Force, United States Space Force, Space Launch Delta 30, regarding carpet installation services for Building 7015 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The RFI addresses 18 questions and answers related to the carpet installation project. Key operational details include: the building contains various cubicles, fixed offices, hallways, administration sections, and waiting areas with existing furniture and fixtures that will remain in place; building access is controlled through time-locked doors with keyed access and cipher-lock entrances; contractors are responsible for moving filing cabinets (with customer assistance in emptying them), while customers will remove personal items and plants; the service elevator is available for material transport; work will occur during standard daytime hours around existing operations; installation will be sectioned to allow employee teleworking with two rows requiring separate carpeting due to launch-support computer usage. The government intends to specify one carpet product and color throughout the project (rather than multiple products or patterns), with conference room and admin area borders to be replaced in kind. The contractor must provide an estimated time for area clearance with contingency buffer, with one-week lead time being acceptable but longer timeframes preferred. An area adjacent to Building 7015 will be designated for temporary material staging, equipment laydown, and contractor parking. The government will coordinate with the facility manager regarding debris chute use through a third-floor window and dumpster placement. The solicitation deadline was extended to Friday, September 4, 2026, at 12:00 PM Pacific. The period of performance, specific work hours, and maximum number of workstations to be taken out of service simultaneously are to be determined (TBD).
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE
SPACE LAUNCH DELTA 30
Subject: Request for Information (RFI) – B7015 Carpet Install
1. Could you provide representative pictures of the system's furniture and any unusually heavy or large furniture. SLD 30/SEAL Input: below are various images showing the cubicle partitions and furniture.
Example: large cubicle and furniture.
Example: fixed office with furniture.
Example: large cubicle with furniture.
Example: large cubicle with furniture.
Example: hallway with furniture.
Example: administration section with furniture.
Example: waiting area with furniture.
Example: hallway with cabinets.
Example: typical cubicle section.
2. How many doors are CAC cards controlled for access and or use .
SLD 30/SEAL: The doors for the main building are time locked and are open in the morning.
There is a double glass pane door with keyed access and two outer entrances with cypher lock entrance.
3. What is the maximum distance to travel for the Air Force approved warehouse or other location as specified which might be required to be used.
SLD 30/SEAL: Do not know where the AF approved warehouse is. Is the question for identifying a construction laydown area? Laydown area can be located within the parking sections to the building.
BLD 7015
4. Would you be able to provide me with a Site Map for where the building is located on base?
SLD 30/SEAL: Bldg 7015 is shown in the RED box. Main Gate entrance is located in the upper right of the picture at the union of Hwy 135 and Hwy 1.
5. Will we be expected to mimic the border work in the conference room?
Yes. Conference room and admin area borders should be replaces with like kind.
6. Will the service elevator be available for use? To carry scraps down / bring materials up.
Yes, the elevator can be used for carpet installation and removal.
7. How much time is required to completely clear the area?
- Contractor will provide an ETA including a contingency buffer. One-week lead-time is acceptable, but more time is highly preferred.
8. Who will move the filing cabinets?
- Contractors are responsible for moving the filing cabinets, however the customer will work on emptying them so they aren’t as heavy.
9. What are the work hours?
- This will be completed around existing operations during standard daytime hours.
10. Will personal items/plants be removed?
- Customer will work on removing personal items/plants from the desks and cubes so the contractor can move furniture.
- Will also work to not leave power cords on the ground and empty cubicle cubbies/filing cabinets.
11. Will the installation be sectioned or all at once?
- The installation should be sectioned in a way that SE can group employees for teleworking and not impact the mission. Two of the rows should be carpeted separately because the computers are used for launch support.
12. Carpet option for bidding: Section 2.6 lists seven Tier I carpet products for the same project areas. Could you please clarify whether offerors may select any one of the listed products, or whether the Government intends for a particular product to be quoted? Please also clarify whether one selected product and color is intended throughout the project unless otherwise shown on a flooring layout.
The Government does not intend for a particular product to be quoted.
13. Carpet layout: The PWS identifies the carpet products, colors, sizes, and installation directions, but we did not find a scaled layout showing borders, trim patterns, or insets. Is one carpet product and color intended throughout, or is the lobby intended to have a border, trim pattern, or contrasting inset with a base color in the other rooms similar to the existing layout? If multiple products, colors, or patterns are required, could the Government provide a scaled layout showing their locations, dimensions, installation direction?
One carpet product and color intended throughout
14. Lobby wood base: Is the existing wood base in the lobby intended to remain and be protected, be removed and reinstalled, or be replaced? If replacement is required, could the Government provide the required replacement?
**Not sure what the wood base refers to?
15. Staging and laydown area: May the area adjacent to Building 7015 be used for temporary material staging, equipment laydown, and contractor parking? Please identify any restrictions related to security setbacks, fire lanes, overnight storage, fencing, covering, or equipment use.
An area adjacent or nearby Building 7015 will be set aside for temporary material staging, equipment laydown, and contractor parking.
16. Debris chute and container: May the contractor use an enclosed debris chute through an operable third-floor window and place a dumpster or carpet-recycling container near the building?
We’ll need concurrence from the facility manager for use of an enclosed debris chute through an operable third-floor window and place a dumpster or carpet-recycling container near the building and will provide this information to the awarded contractor.
17. Schedule and phasing: Could the Government provide the anticipated period of performance, permitted work hours, and the maximum number of workstations that may be taken out of service at one time?
TBD
18. Quote time extension: Would the Government consider extending the quote deadline from September 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM Pacific to September 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM Pacific to allow offerors additional time to obtain accurate pricing from Tier I vendors?
Solicitation will be extended to Friday 4 September at 12:00 PM (PST).
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