Market_Research_Contractor_Questionnaire.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 task order (TO) prices. Offeror’s coefficients must contain all allowable Contractor overhead costs and profit; all materials for these projects are sales tax exempt from Kansas state sales tax, including contingencies and profit. Examples of allowable Contractor costs are:

· Office (on-base and/or field office buildings) overhead including, but not limited to, office space, office equipment, office and management personnel, office supplies, and employee transportation. Grounds keeping in and around on-base offices and all on-base storage sites, and a proportional share of home office overhead.

· All required insurance and bonding costs.

· Profit and subcontractors’ overhead and profit.

· Task order development services, owner meetings, and other administrative services required by the contract documents.

· Cost of financing work under the task orders.

· Meeting on base security requirements.

· Business risks such as the risk of a lower than expected volume of work, smaller than anticipated task orders, poor subcontractor performance, and inflation or material cost fluctuations

· Gross receipts taxes and payroll taxes, such as FICA, workmen's compensation, state and federal unemployment taxes for direct payroll employees.

· Superintendents' and project managers’ salaries.

· Initial contract startup mobilization and demobilization expenses.

· Various overhead expenses, including project estimating, project engineering, quality control, development and submission of record drawings (required for each project).

· Special clothing for workers, basic safety and warning signage minor barricades (e.g., construction tape, etc.) and personnel safety equipment (e.g., hard hats, safety harnesses with lifeline or cabling, protective clothing, safety glasses, face shields, etc.).

· 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 construction clean up and final professional cleanup. Materials required for debris and dust containment.

· Removal and return of occupant furniture in work areas. 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.

· 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, preparation and modification of sketches, drawings, submittals, as-builts, and other project records, consultant fees (to include incidental engineering and architectural services).

· Services required to complete project filings and obtain permits.

· On and off site storage of materials and equipment.

· Working in extreme temperatures (below or above normal) or adverse conditions such as rain, wind, sleet or snow. Costs resulting from inadequate supply of building materials, fuel, electricity, or skilled labor.

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

3. Are there any items missing from the list above that you believe should 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. Would having separate coefficients for unique work conditions allow you to reduce your coefficient for standard task orders (i.e. after hours, secure location, emergency response, etc.)? Are there any specific situations that you would suggest having a separate coefficient for?

6. Do you have or have you had contracts similar to SABER? If so, would you provide copies of those?

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

11. 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?

12. We anticipate 80-90% of the workload occurring at Ft. Riley, KS. Do you think it would it be beneficial to have either two separate task catalogs, two separate coefficients or neither? How could the Government and small business benefit from your suggestion?

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

Please return this to Rosa Krauss at rosa.krauss.2@us.af.mil, Derek Owen at derek.owen.1@us.af.mil, and Chris Muth at christina.muth.1@us.af.mil. If you have any questions/concerns, don’t hesitate to call Rosa Krauss at 316-759-2284, Derek Owen at 316-759-2254, or Chris Muth at 316-759-4526.