WWRS_Questions_and_Answers_12_Oct_16.pdf

Answers for Questions Received 04 Oct 16 through 12 Oct 16 for FA8630-17-R-5001

Please be advised that additional Answers and Questions were posted as a separate attachment previously

1. Q: When is the contractor required to provide Notices of Availability (vs acting as a freight forwarder to send shipments directly)?

A: Notices of Availability (NOA) is a written notification that material requiring special handling is ready to be shipped. The NOA is sent by the shipper to the purchaser or freight forwarder for oversized, hazardous, explosive, classified or perishable material, and requires a response from the recipient with delivery instructions.

With the WWRS program the contractor would only provide NOA for "oversized" material.

2. Q: In Attachment 5 (Pricing Matrix), there is a figure of $46,000 for Freight & Insurance. For this figure, what percentage of shipments were shipped via freight forwarders (vs shipping by the incumbent contractor directly)?

A: is shipped to the freight forward or shipped direct. Less than 1% is shipped direct from the incumbent contractor.

3. Q: In proposal responses to Attachment 5 (Pricing Matrix), how should respondents price Freight

& Insurance without the key specifics: shipment weights, dimensions, destination, and needed delivery date?

A: Please note that Attachment 5 (Pricing Matrix) is now properly titled Attachment 6 Pricing

Matrix. The historical average weight for requisitions is 28 lbs. For needed delivery day, per the

PWS para. 2.2, PWS para. 4.0 Services Summary (SS) SS-1 In-transit Inspection Services, 90% of shipments turned around in less than 2 business days after receipt of materiel. The remaining shipments within 4 business days (excluding items held for USG approval or USG direction).

4. Q: On the face page of the FBO posting, the subject requirement is specified as an Economically

Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business Set-aside. However, in your answer to Question

#5 in the 04 October 2016 Q&A posting, you referred to it as an “economically disadvantaged small business set-aside.” Our working assumption is that you didn’t repeat the phrase

“woman-owned” since that phrase was included in the initial question, but wanted to make sure.

A: That is correct. This contract is set-aside for economically disadvantaged women owned small business.

5. Can the Government estimate the average dollar value of material that will stored in the warehouse?

A: Please be advised that items are not typically stored at the warehouse. This contract is for a virtual warehouse. Items are typically received, inspected, and sent forward on the same day.

However, the following information is available for items that need to be stored due to some irregular occurrence. Since 01 Jan 15, there have been 89 RDOs stored. The value of each and the length of storage time has varied. The overall value of stored items during this period was

$2,449,269.35. The highest value of a stored RDO was $886,326, and the lowest value of a stored RDO was $50.00. The average value was $27,519.88.