Questions and Answers 19 Aug 11.pdf

Questions and Answers RFP No. FA5270-11-R-0006

19 August 2011 Question

No.

Reference

Question Government Response

1 Section L, Regarding PAST PERFORMANCE SURVEYS for solicitation FA5270- 11-R-0006, do our customer must fill the PPQ in English?

If they don't have anybody correspond in English, can we assist them to translate PPQ to English?

Please fill-out the Part I, General Information, Contractor (Offeror), Construction Project, and Disciplines before you request your client. Please ask your client fill-out the respondent section. Please reference to the Section L in Solicitation, "No questionnaires will be accepted directly from the offeror being evaluated".

2 Section L

CONST-L-7300,

Part III, C, Table

Do we need to follow the format given in Table 1.

Yes, please provide the information based on the Table 1.

3 Section L In block 4 and 5, what if the person or point of contact on the listed past project was already not connected on the Contracting Agency or already PCS, do we still need to put her/his name and contact no. for the POC of that past project?

Please provide the accurate information .

The Government will confirm the Contracting Agency by the contract number.

4 Section L, K.

Specific Proposal Preparation Instructions, 3.

PART III, Past Performance Information, (d).

The submission due date of Past Performance Reference List (PPRL) and Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQ) is by 24 August 2011, 1500 Local Time by Amendment 0001 on 10th August.

This paragraph requires furnishing Past Performance Questionnaires survey containing the information from (i) to (ix) as stated. Kindly advise when the submission due date of the information is. If the due date is on 24th August, 2011, which is same as PPRL and PPQ, do we need to submit remaining Part-I and Part II on 2nd September, 2011?

Please confirm.

Proposal submission date is 02 Sep 2011, 3:00 PM, Local Time as stated in the Section L of solicitation. The submission date for Part III, Past Performance Questionnaires and Past Performance Information (contract lists) is 24 Aug 11.

5 Section L, K.

Specific Proposal Preparation Instructions, 2.

PART II-Price Proposal, (e) Financial Resources.

Kindly advise us whether Latest Annual Report satisfies the requirement in this paragraph.

It is up to the discretion of the offeror to include documents that appropriately address this instruction.

The instruction specificially states, “Offerors shall address a fiscal plan for covering phase-in, unexpected and/or emergency situations, and initial performance costs prior to recoupment in the form of progress payments.”

A bank balance certificate and financial report may serve as supporting documentation, but we expect the offeror to specificially address how they will cover costs prior to receiving progress payments.

Questions and Answers RFP No. FA5270-11-R-0006

19 August 2011

6 STATEMENT

OF WORK,

Paragraph 5.0 Description of Work, 5.1 CIVIL

Item No. 1 Remove and dispose of existing concrete pad. Please elaborate which concrete pad needs to be removed. Are these two concrete pads under storage at southwest of existing building 731?

The removal of concreted pad(s) will depend upon the offeror’s design. Existing concrete pad(s) need to be removed only as needed to accommodate the new building design.

7 STATEMENT

OF WORK,

Paragraph 5.0 Description of Work, 5.1 CIVIL

Item No. 9 Repair damaged AC Pavement and base course. Please elaborate. We did not find damaged AC pavement during site visit. Is it means expected damage by trenching for new utility lines under AC Pavement?

Correct. There is no existing damaged AC pavement. But any damage incurred during construction will be repaired as part of the scope of work.

8 STATEMENT

OF WORK,

Paragraph 5.0 Description of Work, 5.1 CIVIL

Item No. 10 Install concrete pad.

Please elaborate. Please give us the number and size of the pad and purpose of installing.

New concrete pad(s) may be required for transformer and other mechanical equipment as required by the design.

9 STATEMENT

OF WORK,,

Paragraph 1.0 General Scope

How many occupants are in the

BLDG 731?

B731 is the existing building, occupants unknown. The new building will have approximately 20 occupants. See Attachment 2, Concept List.

10 We would like to know when the government intends to start soliciting for bids under the resultant contract of this solicitation, (the starting date of the first issuance of request for proposal under the subsequent contract).

Basic year period is one year from the date of contract award. Please reference to Item No. 0001 in the Section B of Solicitation.

Individual task orders can be solicitated at any time after the basic contracts are awarded.

11 Section L, K. 2.

Financial resources

Offerers shall address a fiscal plan for covering phase-in, unexpected and/or emergency situations, and initial performance costs prior to recoupment in the form of progress payments". We are planning to issue the Bank balance certificate”and ”Financial report Kessan houkokusyo）"Please answer both materials are met to your request?

See answer to #5 above.

12 Section L Please show us the size of paper for Organization Chart"

It is up to the discretion of the contractor to determine the size of paper for the organization chart.