Market_Research_Contractor_Questions.doc

Market Research Contractor Questionnaire

1. Do you agree that the items listed below should be included in the coefficient?

Coefficients are factors that are multiplied against the standard unit prices in the Unit Price Guide (UPG) to calculate delivery order (DO) prices. Offeror’s coefficients must contain all allowable Contractor costs; all materials for these projects are sales tax exempt from Kansas state sales tax, including contingencies and profit. Examples of Contractor costs are: gross receipts taxes and payroll taxes, such as FICA, workmen's compensation, state and federal unemployment taxes for direct payroll employees, superintendents' salaries, builders' risk insurance, initial contract startup mobilization and demobilization expenses, and bond premiums; also various overhead expenses, including project estimating, project engineering, quality control, development and submission of record drawings (required for each project), on-base office expenses and overhead, field office building(s), furniture, equipment, local office staff salaries, vehicle and construction equipment overhead and maintenance, office administrative expenses, grounds keeping in and around on-base offices and all on-base storage sites, and a proportional share of home office overhead. The coefficient must also include all insurance, special clothing for workers, traffic barricades, except for those where out of the ordinary requirements are specified by the government such as requiring specific sizes for flight line requirements, flag persons as needed for all projects not involving roadwork, daily and final cleanup, all supervision, delivery of materials/equipment to the base Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office (DRMO) or its local replacement facility, estimated to be required for 55% of all delivery orders, as well as, paperwork fees associated with a particular delivery orders (i.e., asbestos removal plan preparation estimated to be required approximately five (5) times per contract period and lead abatement plan preparation estimate to be required approximately five (5) time per contract period), submittal costs as required for all delivery orders, consultant fees, all on and off site storage, project signs, access roads, etc.

2. Are there items identified above that you believe should not be included in the coefficient? If so, what are they?

3. At what dollar point do you believe your fixed annual costs are covered; therefore allowing a reduced coefficient to be offered?

4. Can a reduced coefficient be offered for a project of a certain dollar magnitude? If so, what is it?

5. Do you have or have you had contracts similar to SABER with other than the Air Force? If so, would you provide copies of those?

6. What tools and software do you use to price commercial construction projects, i.e. WinEstimator Inc© RS Means©, Gordian, Timberline Software, etc.?

7. What tools and software do you use to price Government construction projects?

8. The Government is required to procure Energy Star® or other energy-efficient items listed on the Dept of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) Product Energy Efficiency Recommendations’ product list? (See (a) ENERGY STAR® at http://www.energystar.gov/; and (b) FEMP at http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/procurement/eep_requirements.html.

a. Can you comply with those requirements?

b. Have you had experience providing these energy-efficient items?

9. The Government is required to procure EPA-designated items that include the use of products that contain recovered material. (See http://www.epa.gov/cpg/ <http://www.epa.gov/cpg/>).

a. Can you comply with those requirements?

b. Have you had experience providing EPA-designated items?

10. The Government is required to procure Biobased products included in USDA's list of USDA-designated items (available through the Internet at http://www.usda.gov/biopreferred <http://www.usda.gov/biopreferred>.

a. Can you comply with those requirements?

b. Have you had experience providing Biobased products?

11. What suggestions, if any, do you have that could be implemented to minimize the coefficient rates?

Please return this to SSgt Joshua Houseworth at joshua.houseworth@us.af.mil and John Person at john.person@us.af.mil. If you have any questions/concerns, don’t hesitate to call me at 316-759-2034 or John Person at 316-759-2254