RevQuestions_and_Answers_20_Jan_2016.pdf

Revised Answers to Contractor’s Questions on PWS dated 10 Sept 2015 from Solicitation Number

FA8224-16-R-0042.

1. Paragraph 1.1 requires spaying for spiders. A pesticide is required to perform this requirement. Pesticide reporting is not outlined in the PWS paragraphs 1.1.2.1, 1.1.2.2, and 1.1.2.3 Reporting requirements for rodenticides are covered but not pesticides.

• Answer – Added the use of PT 565 insecticide aerosole. The term “pesticide" includes rodenticides and insecticides and was added in paragraphs 1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.2.1, 1.1.2.2, 1.1.2.3, 2 (Services Summary) and Appendix E.

2. Paragraph 2. Service Summary SS#2 requires the reporting of pesticides but not rodenticides. SS#3 requires furnishing rodenticide labeling but not pesticide labeling.

• Answer – Changed paragraph 2, Service Summary, to read “pesticide (rodenticide and insecticide).”

3. Appendix E. has no list for DOD approved pesticides, only rodenticides.

• Answer – Added PT 565 insecticide to the list in Appendix E. The term

“pesticides” includes both rodenticides and insecticides.

4. Paragraph 1.1.1 states cleaning requirements. Is there a cleaning requirement for walls if so how high will this cleaning go?

• Answer – Yes, there is a requirement to clean interior walls. The height requirement will be 8 feet or as high as the Contractor can reach standing flat on the ground using a broom. The use of a ladder will not be needed.

Paragraph 1.1.1. was modified to include this statement.

5. Paragraph 1.1.1 requires the cleaning on the inside of compressors, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, etc. However, Paragraph 1.1.5 states the

Contractor shall not open any electric panel boxes, air handling units (AHUs), compressors, air conditioners A/C and heating units within any facility. I see this as a conflict as to what to clean.

• Answer – The Contractor shall clean the areas outside these units, not inside.

Paragraph 1.1.1. was modified to reflect this change.

6. Paragraph 1.1.2 states, The Contractor shall replace the poison, reset traps, remove carcasses and perform mechanical cleaning every three months (once a quarter).

Appendix B: Historical Workload Data page 21 outlines Cleaning on the 1st and 3rd quarters and rodent control every quarter. Is facility cleaning every quarter or 1st and 3rd quarter?

• Answer – Mechanical cleaning will only need to be done every six months (on the 1st and 3rd quarter). Paragraph 1.1.2. was modified to reflect this change.

7. Paragraph 4.7 Hours of Operation. Does Missile Transportation work every other Friday?

If so can that Friday be used as a work day?

• Answer – Yes, Missile Transportation works the 5-4-9 work schedule and their

Regular Day Off (RDO) is on Pay Day Friday. They work from 0630 to 1600 hrs.

The Contractor can use the Friday that they work (non-Pay Day Friday) as a work day if desired.

8. In your HISTORICAL WORKLOAD Service Chart, the Quantity list is the number of buildings visited/cleaned during the quarter?

• Answer – Yes

9. Does the contractor have to develop a schedule as to which buildings are going to be visited and when as part of the proposal?

• Answer – Yes. Proposed Schedule shall be included with the Contractor’s

Proposal.

10. What is the current contractor’s price?

• Answer – The Air Force is currently completing this work internally.

11. Do you remember how high the highest interior is?

• Eight to ten feet. For cleaning interior walls, the interior height requirement will be 8 feet or as high as the Contractor can reach standing flat on the ground using a broom. The use of a ladder will not be needed to clean interior walls. Paragraph 1.1.1. was modified to include this statement.