Attachment 5 - Grounds MX Questions and Answers CAO 12 Mar 24.pdf

FA466124R0001 Questions and Answers CAO 12 March 2024

1. Who is the incumbent contractor?

Franco Vasquez Joint Venture

2. What is the Contract Number?

FA466119CA006

3. What is the award price information?

$6,118,010.00

4. Where in the solicitation can we find the SCA Wage Determination.

The SCA Wage determination is not required to be posted with the solicitation.

The SCA Wage determination can be found on SAM.gov

5. Please confirm which due date we are working to? The two SF1449s posted have different due dates for submittals.

The most recent amendment current as of 26 February 2024 has the correct due date for submittals. It is 08 April 2024 12:00PM CST.

6. What is the SCA WD reference we need to use?

Service Contract Act WD # 2015-5211

7. Is the current contract subject to a CBA and if so, the renewal requirements subject to this solicitation?

No.

8. With regards to the Pruner and Laborer rates of pay shown in SCA WD 2015-5211 Revision 26: Are we to pay Pruners and Laborers the higher rate of $17.20 per hour or the lower rates listed against those titles? Assuming we can use the non-enforcement of the higher rate in Texas, are we still required to pay the Health and Welfare at the $4.57 rate due to the SCA requirement for Paid Sick Leave?

If the contract is entered into or on after 30 January 2022, or the contract is renewed or extended (e.g., an option is exercised) on or after 30 January 2022, Executive Order 14026 generally applies to the contract. The contractor must pay all covered workers at least $17.20 per hour (or the applicable wage rate listed on this wage determination if it is higher) for all hours spent performing on the contract in 2024. Since the contractor will be doing work on a federal facility, then Executive Order 14026 should be followed, which would include paying Health and Welfare.

9. How many shrubs are there that require pruning per year?

There is no official count of the number of shrubs over the 6,117 acres that encompass Dyess AFB.

10. In which CLIN are we to price Shrub Pruning?

CLIN 0011 Prune Shrubs and Hedges

11. The ammunition bunkers appear to have no vegetation growing on them? How often do these require mowing, if any?

The contractor shall maintain grass within 5 feet from munition igloo/bunker/magazine vent stacks to improved grounds standard of 2 to 4 inches in height. Herbicide shall not be applied to minimize ground erosion.

Additionally, areas within 50 feet of designated Potential Explosive Sites (PES) shall be maintained between 2 and 4 inches in height to minimize fire hazards.

All adjacent concrete areas shall be trimmed and/or edged to maintain improved grounds standards.

12. Are the fuel tanks at the contractor staging GFE?

The fuel tanks are not Government Furnished. The Contractor shall be responsible for providing their own fuel tanks.

13. We notice that the quantities of months of performance in the Option to Extend Services for the Non-Growing Season CLINs are unbalanced compared to the Base and Option Years: CLIN 3 – From 3 months to 6 months; CLIN 7 – From 2 months to 6 months;

CLIN 13 – From 3 months to 6 months; CLIN 15 – From 3 months to 6 months; CLIN 16

– from 1 month to 6 months. Please clarify how many months of Non-Growing Season that we need to price.

This is because if Dyess AFB needs to use the Clause 52.217-8 to extend services, it will be for no more than six months. In the solicitation it states that the clause will be priced as the last option year divided by two.