Attachment 6 Questions and Answers from Interested Vendors FA487725QA428.pdf
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This document is a Questions and Answers (Q&A) file for a federal solicitation for Grease Trap and Septic Tank Services. The current contract (FA487720C0038) is held by Old Pueblo Septic, with a total award amount of $206,932.03 for the previous 5-year contract period. The new contract is set to start on December 1, 2025, with services typically performed on the last Tuesday of each month. Potential offerors are required to submit up to three examples of past contracts demonstrating experience in grease trap cleaning and septic removal, with the understanding that experience must be directly related to the requirement and properly explained.
Key details include no pre-proposal site visit being conducted, most facilities having on-site water access for refilling (with a standard hose bib key required), and no additional security clearance needed beyond the EAL submission for accessing AMARG or restricted zones. Offerors are advised to refer to the Performance Work Statement and Solicitation Attachment 7 for specific service quantities, frequencies, and projected service intervals. The contracting agency will hold a kick-off meeting after contract award to introduce all parties and discuss any necessary details.
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Questions received during solicitation- Grease Trap and Septic Tank Services
1. Site Visit: Is a pre-proposal site visit scheduled or available upon request? If so, please advise on the date and registration process.
ANSWER: No. all traps can be accessed with 5-pc truck suction lines or less. As such no site visit will be conducted.
2. Total Award Amount: Can you share the current contract’s total award amount?ANSWER: $206,932.03 total for the last 5-year contract effort
3. Current Contract: Can you share the current contract number?
ANSWER: FA487720C0038
4. Current Incumbent: Can you share the name of the incumbent contractor currently performing this service?
ANSWER: Old Pueblo Septic.
5. Historical Usage: Are actual past service volumes (gallons or service counts) for grease trap and septic cleanouts available from previous years?
ANSWER: See appendices included in the Performance Work Statement for quantities and service frequency.
6. Septic Services Frequency: For “as needed” septic locations, is there a rough estimate of how often these were serviced annually?
ANSWER: See Solicitation Attachment 7 for requested information for informational use.
Additionally, the PWS Appendices have been updated to include projected service intervals required.
7. Access to AMARG & Restricted Areas: Is there any additional security clearance or lead time required beyond the EAL submission for access to AMARG or restricted zones?
ANSWER: No.
8. Government-Provided Utilities: Can contractors access on-site water to refill outflow reservoirs after grease trap cleanout, or should we account for water hauling?
ANSWER: Yes, most facilities have a spiket available for use. must have standard hose bib key to use.
9. Contract Transition: Will there be a phase-in period before December 1, 2025, start date to coordinate site access, scheduling, and safety training?
ANSWER: No. this is a contracted service which is done normally on the last Tuesday of the month.
The contractor should have adequate time after contract award which will include a kick off meeting conducted by the Contracting Officer to introduce all parties. If there is something to be discussed it will be added to the agenda
10. Item ii - Do you want a list of contracts and POC in addition to explanation?
ANSWER: The offeror must submit no more than three (3) examples of contracts (commercial or government) that exhibit experience in accomplishing Grease Trap & Septic removal as specified in the Performance Work Statement, Section 1.1 and Section 1.2. It is the contractor’s responsibility to explain how the scope of their past performance is similar in nature to this requirement. Experience that is not properly related to this requirement will not be considered for technical acceptability. For example, a contract for food services with no additional explanation on how it relates to this contract will not be considered in the evaluation.
Corporate Experience: Offeror demonstrates the corporate experience to successfully completing Grease Trap cleaning and Septic removal services by providing a prior contract (commercial or government) that justifies their capabilities to sustain a contract with similar scope to this requirement as specified in the Performance Work Statement, Section
11. Item iii: Can this be combined with Item ii?
ANSWER: The offeror may package the Technical volume & factors for “Technical Acceptability” how they see fit in order to meet the intent of the solicitation.
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