Amendment_0004_04.14.2016.pdf

GSA Mid-Atlantic Region

U.S. General Services Administration 20 N. 8th Street Philadelphia, PA 19107-3191 www.gsa.gov

RFP Solicitation Number: GS-03-P-DX-C-7004, issued March 24, 2016 Cooling Tower Replacement Internal Revenue Service – Enterprise Computing Center Kearneysville, WV

Amendment 0004, dated April 14, 2016

This represents Amendment 0004 issued against the above referenced Request for Proposal

(RFP).

1. The due date and time for receipt of proposals remains May 11, 2016 at 2:00 PM (Local Philadelphia Time).

2. This amendment must be acknowledged with your price proposal.

3. All questions and Requests for Information (RFI’s) are to be submitted by e-mail not later than May 2, 2016 at 12:00 pm (local Philadelphia time) to the contract specialist, Tracy Meister, at tracy.meister@gsa.gov.

4. The following answers are provided for questions submitted by contractors regarding this

RFP:

A. QUESTION:

Please provide the contractor that is currently working at the facility or has done so in the past for Security System maintenance and / or new device installation.

ANSWER:

DTZ Government Services, John Schilling, 304 264-5720.

B. QUESTION:

In the Solicitation, page 10, II.A Proposal Contents section it states that our proposal shall consist of the GSA Form 527 Qualifications & Financial Information. This form is not included in any of the documents provided.

Can we please get a copy of this required document?

ANSWER:

Yes. GSA Form 527 will be provided as an attachment to this amendment.

mailto:tracy.meister@gsa.gov

C. QUESTION:

In the Solicitation, page 11, it states the technical proposal shall not exceed 25 double sided pages in length. Page 16 requires a Quality Control Plan as part of our technical proposal submission which consists of close to [XX] pages alone.

Will GSA permit our Quality Control Plan to be submitted as an attachment and not count towards the page limitation or would GSA consider raising the page limit for our technical submission?

ANSWER:

Yes, the Quality Control Plan may be submitted as a separate attachment to the technical proposal. The Quality Control Plan attachment shall not exceed 25 double sided pages.

The technical proposal page limitation shall remain 25 double-sided pages.

D. QUESTION:

In the Solicitation, page 16, (4) Bonding Capacity, it states this factor is a go/no-go to assess the offeror’s ability to provide an offer guarantee and performance & payment bonds sufficient to cover a project of this magnitude which is $10M.

Does GSA want a letter from our surety company for this section verifying the required information?

ANSWER:

Yes. An Offer Guarantee (SF 24 - Bid Bond) is required for this project equal to 100% of the proposed price. If the proposed price is less than $10M, then the offeror shall provide a letter from their surety company verifying the Offeror has the financial capability to perform.

E. QUESTION:

Will a SF 30 Amendment Acknowledgement form be issued for Amendment 0001, Amendment 0002 and any other future amendments?

ANSWER:

Yes. SF 30's will be provided for all Amendments. SF30’s for Amendment 0001, Amendment 0002, Amendment 0003, and Amendment 0004 are attached to this amendment. SF30’s for future amendments will be published with the Amendment.

Acknowledgements shall be forwarded with the Offeror’s proposal.