FA557519QGD03_-_Questions_and_Answers.doc.pdf

FA557519QGD03

Tent City Furniture and Rpl Mattresses bldg. 119

Questions and Answers

**GENERAL Requirement**

1. Q: Please confirm that PoP is 15 work days at the site and not 15 calendar days at the site.

Answer: 15 working days, i.e., three weeks, 21 calendar days.

2. Q: Please confirm that total requirement is for 624 mattresses, 644 mattress covers, 143 lockers, 143 bunk beds.

A: Bunk beds 143, lockers 143, mattresses 634, mattress covers 644

3. Q: How many mattresses, bunk beds and lockers must to be removed?

A: For Bldg 119: Bunk beds 0, lockers 0, matresses 348

For Tent City: Bunk beds 143 : lockers 143, matresses 286

Total: Bunk beds 143, lockers 143, matresses 634

4. Q: Please clarify what creating, maintaining and disposing of records with reference to mattresses, mattress covers, lockers and bunk beds entails.

A: Those records that are required by the contract. If such records do not apply to the contract than the contractor is not responsible for such records. Disposal of the material is different from record keeping.

5. Q: Do you need technical data, quality certificate and fabric fireproof certificate?

A: Sure, how the contractor can prove that?

6. Q: Mattresses cover. Do you want it full closed or with zipper?

A: With zipper, to be able to wash them.

7. Q: Will you publish the winner in fbo?

A: No. The winner will be notify through email. The unsuccessful bidders will also be notify through email.

8. Q: Can we send our work plan in Spanish?

A: Yes, but we also required one to be in English.

9. Q: Do we need to submit the past performance?

A: Yes.

10. Q: Will furniture (bunk beds, mattresses and lockers) that is being replaced, the old furniture, can we partially recycle, or is there a need to have bunk beds frames broken down and stored somewhere?

A: The contractor is responsible for the disposal of the mattresses, bunk beds, and lockers. The contractor can dispose of the material as they see fit.

11. Q: What is wrong with current bunk bed frames and lockers?

A: They are old and need to be replace.

12. Q: Access to both buildings, Tent City and Bldg 119, can we situate a large articulated truck for unloading? How far must we travel from delivery truck into these buildings?

A: If you are referring to a tractor-trailer than yes. Less than 200 feet.

13. Q: Is there local preference when deciding who to do business with? We are a European owned company based in USA. We intend to utilize our EU status for easy and legal entry into Spain. Please advise.

A: There is no local preference. See Addendum FAR 52.212-2 in the solicitation (FA5575-19-Q-

GD03) for evaluation factors.

14. Q: Who provided the previous bunkbeds and mattresses?

A: The material has been here for a while. We don’t know who provided them.

15. Q: Is there a requirement to buy US made mattresses or mattress covers?

A: No.

16. Q: Can you detail EU regulations for mattresses?

A: The contractor should already know this. We are following local commercial practices for the mattresses.

17. Q: Can bed frames originate from Eastern Europe or Asia?

A: As long as they are not in the Prohibited Sources. See Federal Acquisition Regulation 25.7 Prohibited

Sources for complete information.

**TENT CITY Requirement**

1. Q: Approximately how many existing bunks are there? Approximately how many existing lockers are there?

A: 143 bunk beds, 143 locker approximately

2. Q: To confirm, the action encompasses disassembly and cleaning of both existing bunks AND existing lockers?

A: Yes.

3. Q: What does disassembly mean with reference to the existing bunks and existing lockers?

A: We assume that it is easy to remove existing bunk beds disassembled, but if the contractor prefer not to do it, is good for us.

4. Q: What does cleaning mean with reference to the disassembled existing bunks and existing lockers?

A: Cleaning the area, existing equipment is for the contractor, we don’t care about it.

5. Q: Where is disassembled existing equipment to be placed?

A: In an authorized junkyard outside the Base.

6. Q: Who is responsible for removal of disassembled existing equipment from current location?

A: The contractor.

7. Q: Will the USAF remove the disassembled and cleaned existing equipment from installation locations prior to delivery of new equipment?

A: No, The contractor.

8. Q: Will the USAF provide a trash receptacle for all trash related to disassembly and cleaning of existing equipment?

A: No, The contractor.

9. Q: Why is there a discrepancy between the number of new mattresses being installed and the number of new mattress covers being installed?

A: Just provide the number indicated.

11. Q: Will the USAF provide a trash receptacle for all trash related to unpacking, assembly and cleaning of new equipment?

A: No, the contractor.

12. Q: Approximately how many square meters of floor space need to be cleaned during the final cleaning task?

A: All the interior area of the five tents, there is a sketch with the dimension.

13. Q: Are restroom facilities available on site?

A: Yes

14. Q: What are the measurements (including height) of the main entrance to buildings A, B, C, D and E?

A: Approximately 2 meter by 2 meters, See pictures.

15. Q: What is the general availability of electrical sockets throughout the space in buildings A, B, C, D and E?

A:There are electrical sockets but they are in accordance with US National Electrical Code, i.e.

120 Volts, 60 Hz Nema 5 20R,

16. Q: Are the lockers with perforated back?And the lockers doors, must be with double ventilation?

A: See appendix C

17. Q: We understand that the lockers mensures are 200 high, 90 width and 45 bottom?

A: See appendix C

18. Q: What is meant by below sentence:

1.1.2. Disassembly and cleaning of existing equipment.

A: It meant exactly to remove existing bunk beds and lockers, and to clean the tents before to install the new equipment. The work will not be accept if there are bags plastic or boxes from the new equipment (bunkbeds, lockers and mattresses) supplied in the area. In other words its is contractor’s responsibility to clean the tents after the installation of the new equipment.

19. Q: Does this means that we have to dissemble the existing Bunk-beds and lockers?

Are we supposed to remove them also in dumpsters?

A: Yes.

20. Q: What is meant by below sentence:

Interior reinforcements in 1.5 mm thick sheet metal? Which reinforcement is meant?

A: see appendix C ,pag 23.

**BUILDING 119 Requirement**

1. Q: Please confirm number of existing mattresses?

A: See schedule on par. 1.1.2

2. Q: What does disassembly mean with reference to the existing bunks and existing lockers?

A: above answered

3. Q: Where are existing mattresses to be placed? Who is responsible for their disposal?

A: above answered.

4. Q: Will the USAF provide a trash receptacle for all trash related to unpacking and installation of new mattresses?

A: No, the contractor

5. Q: Approximately how many square meters of floor space need to be cleaned during the final cleaning task for building 119?

A: see sketched attached.

6. Q: Are restroom facilities available on site building 119?

A: Yes

7. Q: What are the measurements (including height) of the main entrance to site building 119?

A: approximately 2 meter by 2 meters

8. Q: For building 119 mattresses are asked of 2 mtrs. by 0.90.

Can you please check if the bed bunks are 2 mtrs. as well?

A: See appendix B. The bunk bed are 90x200x 170 cm so the answer is Yes.