FA822424Q0018 Questions and Respones 2.pdf

Questions and Response # 2

Question 1 - Section 2 states that: “The contractor shall spray areas identified in Appendix D for insects, arachnid, and other arthropod pests such as Black Widow, Hobo, Brown Recluse, Wolf, and Yellow Sack Spiders, wasps and cockroaches as well as vacuum dead insects that are left behind bi-weekly using a High Efficiency Portable Air (HEPA) Vacuum.”

Can you clarify this statement? Currently we interpret this to mean that we should treat and vacuum every building every two weeks. Is this correct? It appears that this is in conflict to what is stated in section 2.5.3.1.

Response 1 – The contractor will spray for the insects and other arthropod pests. Some of them will not die immediately but others will die after a time period. When the contractor comes back they will find dead insects that were left behind from the previous spray. These insects will need to be vacuumed up.

Yes each time it will be required to vacuum and spray. The areas that are to be sprayed are indicated in Appendix D as stated in Section 2 or if the Preventative Maintenance Coordinator has given approval as stated in 2.5.3.1.

Question 2 - Section 2.2 states that we should place a multi-trap with poison every 2000 SF for each building. When you say multi-trap, do you mean exterior rodent bait stations or interior multi-catch traps? Standard practice is not to utilize rodenticides in multi-catch traps. We would assume that they are exterior rodent bait stations. Are we placing poison on the interior of any building?

Response 2 – Multi-trap is a trap that allows for capturing of multiple rodents without the need of be reset after capturing a rodent each time. All multi-traps for Hill AFB and UTTR will be interior.

In section 2.2.1 The contractor shall implement rodent control measures by placing multi-traps equipped with a minimum of one (1) one-ounce bar of poison per trap in each defined area. The contractor SHALL NOT use poison in Administrative Areas, instead only place traps. Poison will be placed in the interior of all buildings unless considered an administrative building. Only 2 buildings are considered Admin.

(Appendix D).

Question 3 - We just want to make sure we are all on the same page as to expectations on frequency of liquid pest treatments. Section 2 says that we are to treat and vacuum all 182 buildings every two weeks.

Is that correct? That would require a technician to do 18 buildings a day, just for the liquid treatments and vacuuming. The confusion for us is the historic work load section (Appendix B) does not reflect that.

We interpreted the workload to treat and clean each building on the first and third quarter of each FY.

We have no problem treating every two weeks, we just need to account for the hours needed to do so.

Response 3 - "Historical workload" (Appendix B) was retained in the PWS to demonstrate how services were conducted under the previous contract. However, with updates and additional requirements from the respective areas, it is now required to be done more frequently bait stations will be used