Market_Research_Questionnaire_Grounds_Maintenance.docx

MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

700 CONS intends to issue a combined synopsis/solicitation for an anticipated follow-on Grounds Maintenance Service Contract throughout the Kaiserslautern Military Community for performance of the requirement in accordance with the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS). Our goal is to maximize performance while reducing cost of business with a manageable degree of risk. Therefore, your responses, comments, recommendations and suggestions are especially valuable for the development of our acquisition strategy. Please return the completed survey by 12 Jun 2019.

Point of Contact:

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Size of Business (Small/Large):

1. Is your company registered with the Handwerkskammer? Are you registered in System for Award Management (SAM) to hold contracts with the US Government?

2. Is your company currently performing any contracts of this size and complexity or have you in the past? Will you consider a joint-venture?

3. After reviewing the Draft PWS, what contract type would you recommend for the reacquisition and what is your recommendation based on?

4. Does German law require any additional certifications or specific laws in order to perform this type of service?

5. What is the common industry practice for price calculation for this type of service? Do you calculate on square meters or do you prefer a calculation on a monthly basis? Consider we have about 15 locations we anticipate to release individual Task Orders for.

6. Can services identified in the attached Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) be calculated on square meters/linear meters price basis? Do you require additional data for your price calculation for these services?

7. Please see the Appendices at the bottom of the Draft PWS for Air Force Common Output Level Standards (AF COLS) for Grounds Maintenance. Will the implementation of different AF COLS influence your price calculation?

8. Period of Performance

a) What contract length are you recommending and why?

b) Would your company be able to perform a contract that exceeds 5 years at all? If yes, would your company have the capacity for a contractual period of up to 10 years?

c) What is the current common business practice in regards to contract length for such type of services?

d) How would a 5+ Year Period of Performance influence your pricing? What advantages/disadvantages are there?

9. Do you foresee changes in the market within the next 5 years that will greatly affect the performance of the required services and shall be considered at this stage of the acquisition? What about 10 years?

10. We intend to insert a variation clause in the contract. What percentage of square meter variation is common standard?

11. Does your firm have a quality control plan or any other method ensuring quality control on contracts you perform? Is ISO certification required or common standard? Does a company require employees with a “Meisterbrief in Garten- u. Landschaftsbau” to perform a contract of this size and complexity?

12. What kind of risks involving cost, schedule or performance do you foresee, if any?

13. Would your company need a transition period to start services? What would the transition period consist of? Based on your experience, what is the minimum phase-in time required for effective performance start for this effort?

14. Please describe any transition problems you may foresee for this requirement.

15. Please also provide us with the following:

a) Suggestions regarding this requirement in general

b) Please review the draft PWS and provide comments or suggestions on clarity, content, and/or structure.

c) Any other comments