RFI FA5613KISS Questions and Answers.pdf

Question Answer

1 Has USAF decided how many awards it may make? Number of awards has not been decided but will be determined based on market research results.

Has USAF decided if the opportunity will be unrestricted or include some type of small business set‐aside?

Opportunity will be unrestricted since Small Business does not apply overseas.

3 What is the anticipated funding ceiling for this MAC? The anticipated cieling for this MAC is $200M.

4 How many contracts does the USG intend to award? See answer to Question #1.

Will the USG award task orders (TOs) by functional area (for example: an individual TO for Custodial work, an individual TO for Housing Maintenance work, or an individual TO for RPIE maintenance)?

The Government intends to award task order(s) by functional area. Task orders could result in one or multiple in each of the functional areas pending market research results.

Does the USG prefer local German companies possessing Handwerskammer registration?

Pertaining to task orders within the Housing domain, the contractor shall have Handwerskammer registration. This is not a requirement for the other domains. In all cases, the contractor must follow host nation laws.

Since this appears to be a new MAC consolidating existing, stand‐alone contracts, it would be very helpful for industry if you could provide a list of those existing contracts that are anticipated to move to KISS as eventual task orders. For example, we assume that current contract FA5613‐19‐D‐A001 held by Vectrus would become a KISS task order (or multiple task orders) under the Housing Maintenance domain? Even a tentative list of existing contract numbers, incumbents, and periods of performance that are being considered for consolidation under KISS would be very helpful for industry planning and preparation.

The following contracts are potential task orders under the KISS effort: FA5613‐18‐D‐0001 (GEG

GEBAUDEDIENSTE GMBH), FA5613‐21‐D‐0002 (GaLa‐Bau G. Schumacher GmbH), FA5613‐19‐D‐

A001 (Vectrus Systems Corporation). The period of performance will vary and depends on the requirement.

Attachment 1, KISS Draft PWS states on page 5, “...This contract is available for use by

700th Contracting Squadron. The initial locations are primarily RAB, Vogelweh, and

Husterhoe. Additional GSUs could be added via task order(s).” It further states on page

17 under paragraph 4.2.3. Custodial Services, “Base hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 07:00A.M. to 17:00P.M., for the KMC, GK, and Spangdahlem AB.”

Question: The Geilenkirchen and Spangdahlem AB areas are typically handled by the

52nd Contracting Squadron. Please clarify/confirm if the locations where services will be required may include Geilenkirchen, Spangdahlem and other Geographically

Separated Unit (GSU) areas normally serviced by the 52nd CONS.

86 CEG initial locations are Ramstein Air Base (RAB), Vogelweh, and Husterhoe. Services for

Geilenkirchen and Spangdahlem will be handled by 52nd CONS. PWS will be revised accordingly.

The RFI document states on page 2, “Responses should be submitted in Microsoft Word compatible format and are due no later than 23 February 2024, 2:00PM CET.”

Question: Do answers to the Excel spreadsheet (Attachment 2) labeled Market Vendor

Research questions also need to be transferred to a Microsoft Word compatible format or should the vendor answer the questions in the Excel spreadsheet and submit as an attachment?

Answers to the Excel spreadsheet (Attachment 2) labeled Market Vendor Research questions do not need to be transferred to a Microsoft Word compatible format. Vendors should answer the questions in the Excel spreadsheet and submit as a seperate attachment.

Question: Is this a rebid/recompete of a previous contract and if so, what is that contract number, which companies was it awarded to, and what subsequent task orders were awarded including award amount?

See answer to Question #7.

Question: Can the government provide historical workload data by domain? Yes, historic workload data can be provided for Housing, Grounds and Custodial domains. No historical data can be provided for Real Property and Real Property Installed Equipment domain.

12 Question: What is the anticipated solicitation (Master Contract) release date? The solicitation release date is anticipated for late 2024.

13 Question: What is the expected Period of Performance dates? See answer to Question #7.

Question: Will there be site visits authorized for the various areas supported by this contract and when would they most likely occur?

The government will authorize site visits pending market research response.

Paragraph 1.7. Key Positions of the draft PWS states, “Key positions will be identified at the task order level. The contractor is to supply qualified personnel resulting in continuity of personnel and minimizing turnover is critical. The contractor must have all personnel on the job at task order start. The contractor is to advise the COR at least two weeks prior to any vacancies/ turnover. At no time should vacancies impact the mission.”

Question: Please confirm that the two‐week notice to the COR for any vacancies/turnover only applies to key personnel identified in the TO.

The two‐week notice to the COR for any vacancies/turnover only applies to key personnel as identified in the Task Order.

Paragraph 1.12. Contractor Personnel Administration of the draft PWS states, “The

Contractor shall provide for the management and support of personnel. This includes, but is not limited to: providing for employees during designated Government non‐ business days or other periods where Government offices are closed; Training of employees (to include initial and refresher training); making necessary arrangements for employees required to travel in support of the TO; supporting personnel co‐located with additional resources, expertise, advice; providing the necessary infrastructure to support tasks to be accomplished off‐base; conducting personnel meetings; providing administrative support for employees in a timely manner (time keeping, leave processing, pay, emergency needs); and providing facility and staff security requirements.”

Question: Is the government directing that these internal contractor employee support requirements be satisfied by company admin/management personnel in country

(Germany) or can this be accomplished by company admin/management personnel

(except Program Manager/Key Personnel) at the company headquarters outside of the country?

Contractor employee support requirements can be accomplished outside of country. Key personnell and program manager as identified in each task order shall be local/in country.

Paragraph 1.18. Kick‐Off Meetings of the draft PWS states, “The Contractor shall attend all kick‐off meetings with the customer representative, COR, Contract Specialist, and the CO responsible for award and administration of the Task Order. All kick‐off meetings will occur within 5 business days of TO award, or sooner as dictated by the

Task Order requirement.”

Question: Are these meetings conducted virtually or in‐person?

Kick‐off meetings can be held either virtually or in‐person. This will be determined by the

Government and Contractor at the time of award.

Who is the current incumbent (if any) related to the sources sought? See answer to Question #7.

What is the incumbent's current project/job/contract number? See answer to Question #7.

22 Is the agency open to placing the prospective requirement into the 8(a) program? Opportunity will be unrestricted since Small Business does not apply overseas.

Kaiserslautern Installation Support Services Request For Information (RFI) Question and Answers