Industry Questions.Rev2 9.16.206.pdf

1. Controlled SOW: Please provide authorized access to the complete SOW and associated attachments.

Access to the complete Statement of Work (SOW) and its attachments is now unrestricted

2. NAICS and workshare: Please confirm the applicable NAICS code and the requirements for work performed by the prime versus subcontractors.

The relevant NAICS code can be found in the provided solicitation documents, which also outline the workshare requirements for prime only.

3. Labor requirements: Which wage determination and labor standards apply?

YES. Wage Determination is Kern County. WD #: 2015-5603

4. Proposal submission: Please confirm the closing date, exact time and time zone, and designated submission email address.

For information on the proposal closing date, time (PST), and submission email, please refer to sections 9 and 10 of the solicitation.

5. Past Performance Questionnaires: Please confirm who should return the completed PPQs, where they should be sent, and their deadline.

Completed Past Performance Questionnaires must be submitted when the proposal is due.

6. Site visit and clearance: Is a site visit mandatory, and must our representatives attend by a specific date? If so, please provide the registration deadline and any identification, forms or other documents required for base access.

A site visit is not required, and none has been scheduled

7. Can we provide a bid using Rigid frame (red iron) that meets all other specifications? can be painted to your preference.

Yes, they can use Ridged Frame metal. We want it coated in a Silver or Beige to match the buildings color

8. Wages and labor requirements: The industry answer to the wage-determination question states “YES.” Please provide the applicable wage determination number, revision, and labor requirements for installation, concrete, and electrical https://sam.gov/wage-determination/2015-5603/32 work. Is any union labor or project labor agreement required?

Service Contract Act WD #: 2015-5603

9. Prime and subcontractor workshare: The cover lists NAICS 332311, while pages 4 and 21 describe a service acquisition. Page 10 measures payments to subcontractors that are not similarly situated, while page 21 refers to personnel costs performed by the prime’s own employees. Which requirement governs, and how should we calculate the permitted subcontracting?

Because the shelters/tents are manufactured in the United States whoever is assembling would make any small business doing that work the manufacturer.

10. Missing design standards: SOW sections 4.1–4.4 reference “Attachment 1, Edwards Air Force Design Standards.” We could not locate that attachment in the supplied SOW. Please provide it and confirm the governing wind, snow, and seismic design criteria.

Minimum 110 mph wind and minimum ground snow load shall be 5 pounds per square foot

Vendor PE will design the sunshades to meet the California seismic load requirements per Design standards, ASCE 7-10 Seismic Design Category D..). – See attached EAFB Design Standards, pages 27 and 43 Structural Design Criteria, Design Load, Wind, Seismic and snow loads.

11. Shelter dimensions and frame specification: Section 3.1.1 provides the dimensions, including 190-foot clear span at 25 feet high, 90-foot length, 69.5-foot center height, and 30-foot sidewalls. Please provide a dimensioned section showing how these clearances are measured. Also, please clarify the frame specification printed as “54”wall ASTM zinc tubular steel” on SOW page 3.

See attached preliminary, not construction drawings; Note dimensions may be slightly off.

Standard is specification for zinc (hot-dip galvanized) coatings on iron and steel products.

12. Foundations and existing pavement: We understand the contractor must provide stamped foundation drawings when foundations are required. Are existing pavement drawings, thickness and reinforcement details, soil reports, or underground utility surveys available? If not, what pre-bid access is available for the investigations needed to price the foundations?

https://sam.gov/wage-determination/2015-5603/32

Current concrete is 14” thick aircraft rated concrete. No placement of the support columns within 18” of adjacent to the expansion joints. See excerpts from Airfield Pavement Evaluation, Aug 2018 below.

13. Electrical connections and lighting: Section 3.1.7 specifies six locations per shelter for 120V, 20A outlets serving NEMA 5-20P plugs. Please confirm the required receptacle configuration and placement. Where are the available power connection points, and what capacity is available? Please clarify whether new feeders, trenching, panel modifications, and pavement restoration are required.

Are there project-specific lighting requirements beyond the cited UFC section?

4 each 4-S quad boxes with 5-20P plugs on each interior leg.

Contractor to advise the Government of needed electrical requirements to support all sunshades. A separate project will be completed to support infrastructure (to include electricity requirement).

All electrical to be routed through the structure itself; Roof mounted light kits will be installed fo each sunshade meeting the minimum or exceeding the requirements in

UFC 3-530-1.

14. Schedule and access: The solicitation gives September 30, 2026–September 29, 2027 as the performance period. Are there earlier required dates for drawings, delivery, installation, or final acceptance? What government review times, working hours, and access-processing lead times should subcontractors allow?

We understand no mandatory site visit is scheduled.

Drawings will be required; and will include column grid/base plate arrays. Understand those may take some time, along with delivery/install/final acceptance. We may have some flexibility with extending the PoP. Contractor will need to submit list of personnel (must be U.S. citizen and must not have any felonies/Real-ID) for base access at least two weeks in advance. Working hours are duty days, exceptions can be made with adequate advanced notice. Crane usage will need to be cleared through airfield management (assistance to be provided by government facility manager)

15. Proposal deadline and email correction: The industry answer specifies “PST,” while the cover states September 21, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. local time. Please confirm the deadline using the applicable UTC offset to avoid a one-hour discrepancy. Please also confirm Alejandro’s correct submission address: the cover prints “alejandro,” while page 22 prints “elejandro.”

Deadline has been extended 23 Sep 2026 2:00 p.m. PST. The submission address will be alejandro.

16. PPQ and pre-award documents: We understand customer references must return PPQs directly to the government by the proposal deadline. Please confirm the return email addresses and whether Attachment 02 should be used with its current placeholders. SOW section 10.1 also requires a Safety and Health Plan before award; is it due with the proposal or requested from the selected offeror afterward?

Due 21 Sep 2026 at 2:00 PM, unless an extension is granted (do not foresee granting and extension)

17. Payment, bonds, and insurance: Please identify the payable acceptance milestones, any required bonds and insurance limits, and whether progress payments or commercial financing are authorized.

No commercial financing is authorized. However, milestone can be considered.

Please submit a schedule.

18. Material sourcing: Please clarify the applicable domestic-source requirements and certifications for the fabric and structural steel, including the application of

DFARS 252.225-7012.

https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars/252.225-7012-preference-certain-domestic-commodities.

19. Drawing index and design funding: Please provide the drawing referenced by the solicitation’s page 16 index, or confirm that the SOW site plan replaces it. Please also complete or clarify the “$TBD” construction funding limitation in FAR 52.236- 22 and explain its application to this award.

The referred drawing is included in the SOW.

20. For a 190’w structure we’d look to use our I-beam frames instead of the tubular steel trusses that are listed on the specification. Can you see if they would approve the use of our I-beam frames.

I-beams would be acceptable provided they can hold the load. Drawings to be stamped by CA PE.

21. What is on the current site now? Is it asphalt or concrete? And how thick?

The site is currently 14” thick concrete.

22. Please confirm the trench length, routes, and communications work contractors should include in their prices.

Trenching from transformer to sunshade should be under 500 feet so no additional environmental actions should be required.

No communication to be run. Confirming previously provided estimate of 250’. All trenches will be filled in/replaced with like materials that were removed.

23. Please identify any additional governing lightning-protection standards, required design/submittals at 100% design, grounding for each sunshade per AFMAN 32- 1065 or bonding criteria, and inspection (required for acceptance), testing or certification required for lightning protection for acceptance. Are existing grounding drawings or connection details available?

SOW page 3, section 4.6 requires lightning protection for all four sunshades in accordance with the National Electrical Code. We have included this requirement in our subcontractor scope requests.

Contractor to provide grounding drawings and connection details in 100% design submittal. Contractor to provide Lightning protection for each sunshade and to be certified by an independent third party.

24. Engineering required with the proposal: Solicitation pages 23–24 request structural plans, calculations and/or engineering certifications, while SOW §3.1 requires government approval before installation. What level of structural and foundation design must accompany the proposal? May final stamped construction drawings be developed after award, provided the proposal includes the required technical evidence and a firm price?

Final CA PE stamped construction drawings to be provided after award, but prior to construction and erection.

25. Are there any soil reports for the site?

The following are excerpts from the Airfield Pavement Evaluation for Edwards Air Force Base, California ICAO: KEDW, August 2018

“Soil Conditions The airfield pavement system of Edwards AFB is underlain by several soil types as listed in the USDA Soil Survey of Antelope Valley Area, CA. Calvista-Hi Vista soils are gently sloping to moderately steep, well-drained soils that have a sandy loam or loamy fine sand surface layer; shallow to moderately deep over granite and on low hills. Merrill series are moderately well drained soils that have formed in granitic alluvium.

Typically, the surface layer is brown dark-gray loam and sandy loam about 10 inches thick. Below is pale brown clay loam about 15 inches thick and underlain by light-brown, weakly cemented loam. Oban series are moderately well-drained soils that have formed in granitic alluvium. Their surface layer is light yellowish-brown fine sandy loam about 4 inches thick. The subsoil is pale brown, heavy clay loam, and heavy loam about 27 inches thick. It is underlain by pale brown gravelly coarse sandy loam and gravelly coarse sand. Pond series consists of moderately well-drained soils that have formed in granitic alluvium. The typical surface profile is brownish-gray loam about 4 inches thick. Below, light brownish-gray clay loam about 20 inches thick is underlain by light-gray silt loam and light clay loam (USDA 1970).

In general, the surface is sandy loam over silt and clay loams underlain by gravelly coarse sand.” Page: 3

“Apron 07 (A21B) is also in GOOD condition. The predominant distresses found were low-severity scaling, low-severity joint seal damage, low-severity small patches, and low-severity joint spalling. The evaluation team observed that some slab replacements were being executed during the present evaluation. Continue localized patching of spalling (Figure 20) and failed patches and selective slab replacement as scaling creates FOD.” Page 27

Additional charts for Apron (Ramp 7) were taken from aforementioned airfield pavement evaluation report.