04. Solicitation - Questions and Answers - FA466126Q0079.pdf
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This is a Questions and Answers document for a U.S. Air Force aircraft painting and restoration contract. The document addresses seven key inquiries from potential contractors regarding project requirements and logistics.
The primary requirements involve painting two aircraft—an RB-66B and another aircraft—with work to be performed at a fixed location without relocation. Painting work must comply with SOW sections 1.5.2 and 1.5.7, which address surface preparation and paint application standards. Contractors must address corrosion discovered during sanding on an ad hoc basis, as baseline inspection data is unavailable and corrosion will only be revealed after sanding begins. Contractors must provide a two-year warranty letter upon completion covering paint and filler failures including bubbling, flaking, and delamination, with the contractor responsible for returning to repair any failures. Regarding labor, the government indicated that contractors may determine their own wage rates, acknowledging that Service Contract Act wage determinations do not include a specific "Aircraft Painter" classification due to the comprehensive nature of the work. This is not a recompete—no current contracts exist for either aircraft individually or collectively. The government has no additional upcoming requirements in this scope area beyond an already-awarded contract for EB-47E Stratojet and Hound Dog Missile restoration.
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1. Can these aircrafts be moved/relocated to another area/state for the duration of the project.
a. Negative
2. Can you show us the wage rates for painters in the Service Contract Act wage determination, since the paperwork you gave us doesn't include those rates?
a. In the past each of my contractors has determined their own wage. They can pitch their price and see where they shake out. Honestly, I had no idea this list existed. SAM.gov does not have a wage determination for an Aircraft Painter. Aircraft Painter is a bit of an oversimplification of their job, because they do so much more. I do not know how to make this determination.
3. The RB-66B was painted with cheap house paints that faded—do we need to strip all the old paint off down to bare metal, or can we sand it and paint over what's already there?
a. SOW 1.5.2, SOW 1.5.7.
4. The paperwork says we must fix any corrosion we find, but we don't know how much corrosion is on each aircraft right now—is there a baseline inspection report we can review?
a. Corrosion is on an ad hoc basis, there is not a quantifiable measurement for exactly how much exists, because it exists under the current paint and will only be revealed after sanding begins.
5. The paperwork requires us to give you a warranty letter when we finish, but it doesn't say how long the warranty lasts or what we have to fix if something fails—what are the warranty requirements?
a. The warranty letter should be for two years from completion. The warranty covers any failure in the paint or filler ie: bubbling, flaking, delamination. The contractor will be required to return and conduct a repair of the area suffering the failure.
6. Is this work currently under contract (a recompete)? If so, please share the incumbent contractor's name, the prior contract number, the awarded price of the previous contract, and how many quotes were received.
a. There are no current contracts on either of these two aircraft individually or collectively.
7. As the fiscal year closes out: does your office have other upcoming or not-yet-posted requirements in this scope area?
a. My other contract for the EB-47E Stratojet and the Hound Dog Missile restoration has already been awarded, so no.
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