Market_Research_Questionnaire_Additional_Questions.docx

MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

Grounds Maintenance Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC)

Additional Questions, 3 September 2019

700 CONS/PKA is seeking further input from industry with regard to the anticipated follow-on Grounds Maintenance Service Contract. Please see below additional questions regarding this requirement. Please return the completed survey by 15 September 2019, 17:00 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST).

1. Are there collective bargaining agreements in place in the landscaping sector? Could you please list the names of the agreements?

2. Does your company pay its employees in accordance with collective bargaining agreements? Could you please provide the name of the agreement?

3. How many percentage points per year have salaries increased over the past ten years? Can you provide historical data sets from the last 10 years?

4. What contract length would you recommend for a contract that exceeds 5 years for this type of requirement: 7, 8, or 10 years? Could you please provide a rationale for your recommendation?

5. If the anticipated contract length would exceed 5 years,

a. Are you interested in proposing on this requirement?

b. If any, what are the effects on your proposed pricing structure?

c. Do you have any major concerns with such contract length?

Interested Sources shall respond to this Request for Information no later than 15 September 2019 at 17:00 PM CEST. Email your responses to Beatrice Meier, Contract Specialist, at beatrice.meier.1.de@us.af.mil.