HDEC0810R0009 Amendment 0001.doc

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Solicitation HDEC08-10-R-0009 to furnish all supervision, personnel, equipment, and supplies necessary to perform shelf stocking, receiving/storage/holding area (RSHA), and custodial operations for the Fort Bragg North Commissary, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is hereby amended as follows:

1. Questions of a technical and/or contractual nature are provided at Enclosure 1.

2. Attendees at the April 21, 2010 site visit are provided at Enclosure 2.

3. Minutes of the site visit are provided at Enclosure 3.

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

ENCLOSURE 1

ATTENTION PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS:

Reference is made to solicitation HDEC08-10-R-0009 for shelf stocking, RSHA, and custodial operations at the Fort Bragg North Commissary located at Fayetteville, North Carolina.

The following questions and answers, pertaining to the above-referenced solicitation, are provided for your information. Offerors are cautioned that these answers do not alter the solicitation. Only the amendment to the solicitation will change the requirements or any other content of the RFP. In the event of an inconsistency between statements contained in any amendment on the solicitation and this document, the amendment shall take precedence.

Question #1: Is the current floor maintenance acceptable?

Response: We are unable to discuss performance levels of the current contractor. Quality standards required for the floor maintenance of this solicitation are set forth in Exhibit 4-5 of the Performance Work Statement.

Question #2: Please provide a copy of the attendance list and any minutes from the site visit held on April 21, 2010.

Response: Requested information is contained within Enclosures 2 & 3 of the amendment.

Question #3: Would you please provide a definition of the term “case” for this contract?

Response: A case is defined as the amount contained in the original packaging of each item as it is delivered to the commissary from the distributor.

Question #4: Is this procurement on the Procurement List under the provisions of the JWOD Act?

Response: The Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled approved the deletion of this service from the Procurement List (PL) effective April 24, 2005 for the Fort Bragg Commissaries, Fayetteville, NC.

Question #5: Will offers submitted in response to this solicitation be reviewed in conjunction with the price submitted under the provisions of the JWOD Program?

Response: No. As stated above, the services for the Fort Bragg North commissary are not on the Procurement List.

ENCLOSURE 2

SITE VISIT ATTENDEES

FORT BRAGG NORTH COMMISSARY

SOLICITATION NUMBER: HDEC08-10-R-0009

APRIL 21, 2010

Evelyn Barnes, QAE Fort Bragg N Commissary

Matt Matagi, Q Services & Technologies

Robert Hansen, C&H Contracting

Ashley Dunn, Martin Edwards & Associates, Inc.

Brandon Johnson, LCS, Inc.

Margaret Prince, DeCA

Alphonso Johnson, DeCA

ENCLOSURE 3

SITE VISIT MINUTES

FORT BRAGG NORTH COMMISSARY

SOLICITATION NUMBER: HDEC08-10-R-0009

APRIL 21, 2010

A site visit was conducted at the Fort Bragg North Commissary, located at Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 1000. Those in attendance were:

Evelyn Barnes, QAE Fort Bragg N Commissary

Matt Matagi, Q Services & Technologies

Robert Hansen, C&H Contracting

Ashley Dunn, Martin Edwards & Associates, Inc.

Brandon Johnson, LCS, Inc.

Margaret Prince, DeCA

Alphonso Johnson, DeCA

The following start time and information was discussed at the meeting:

1. The site visit began at 10:10 a.m., when the undersigned welcomed the prospective offerors to the site visit and ensured he and each attendee signed the attendance sheet. Then the undersigned turned the tour of the commissary over to Ms. Evelyn Barnes, QAE.

2. After the tour of the commissary and all the attendees had reconvened, the undersigned discussed the following issues with the prospective offerors:

a. The point of contact for the project is Alphonso Johnson, Contract Specialist and the Contracting Officer is Mrs. Kathy L. Hawthorne, Commercial Services Division East Branch.

b. The prospective offerors were advised to refer to Attachment 1, DD Form 1707, Information to Offerors (Section A) of the solicitation, which cites the date for submission of questions, as a result of the site visit, PWS, and the proposal response date.

c. The prospective offerors were advised that DeCA is soliciting for the acquisition of shelf stocking, receiving/storage/holding area, and custodial operations.

d. The anticipated period of performance will be November 1, 2010 through October 31, 2011 for base year and four option years.

e. The acquisition is a negotiated procurement, which is 100% set-aside for HubZone small business concerns.

f. The offerors were advised that the site visit conducted on April 21, 2010 is the only authorized opportunity to inspect the site.

g. The undersigned indicated that he would not address any questions of a technical and/or contractual nature during the site visit. Such questions must be submitted in writing, via fax or e-mail, no later than April 28, 2010. The offerors were advised that it may be necessary to issue an amendment, as a result of the site visit, to provide answers to any questions which may be received and/or to revise portions of the solicitation document.

h. The undersigned emphasized to the offerors to utilize Section J, List of Documents, Exhibits and Other Attachments of the solicitation to assist in assembling the solicitation package. Offerors were cautioned of the importance as to adhering to the information contained within Section L, Proposal Submission Format and Content, when developing/assembling the proposal. In addition, offerors were advised that they should read Section H, referring to insurance requirements. Also, offerors were encouraged to read Section I, Notice of Total HubZone Set-Aside, Post-Award Small Business Program, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer–Central Contractor Registration, and Central Contractor Registration; and Section K, Representations, Certifications and Other Statements of Offerors.

i. The offerors were advised that the proposals must be submitted by the proposal receipt date of May 19, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. (local time)

j. The offerors were advised that Section B must be priced.

k. The offerors were advised that the proposals must be submitted in three distinctly severable parts consisting of Volumes 1, II, and III. Volume I consists of Sections A, B, K, and the cost breakout. Volume I shall be submitted in an original and two copies with a computer disk and a hard copy of cost breakout. The cost breakout must be submitted in hard copy, as well as on a 1.44m IBM computer disk/CD in Microsoft Excel 2003. Volume II consists of the technical capability and personnel proposal, known as the narrative, along with the Typical Daily Work Schedule (TDWS), and the Direct Labor Summary (DLS). The offerors were advised to submit Volume II in an original and four copies, with a computer disk/CD of the DLS. Offerors were advised that the page limitation for the narrative is 24 single sided or 12 double-sided pages, not including the TDWS or DLS forms. Offerors were advised to number the narrative pages. Volume III consists of the past performance information, whereby the offerors were advised to submit in an original and two copies.

l. The offerors were advised that after the proposal is received, the proposals will be technically evaluated, in accordance with the two performance factors, which are performance capability and price (of the two, performance capability is approximately equal to price).

m. The offerors were advised that there are 16 elements/subelements. The result of the technical evaluations (such as the technical score and price), will determine the next phase that the government will pursue (i.e., awarding with or without discussions). The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary.

n. The undersigned inquired if there were any questions that were not of a technical or contractual nature. Since there were none, the undersigned ended the site visit at 1100 a.m.

o. POC for this action is the undersigned at 804-734-8000, ext. 48469.

Alphonso Johnson

Contract Specialist

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