IFB_23-061-170_Addendum_I,_Question_and_Answer_Summary.pdf

State Water Resources Control Board

May 3, 2024

Attention All Prospective Bidder(s):

Invitation for Bid (IFB) No. 23-061-170

Addendum I Salton Sea Laboratory Services

The purpose of this Addendum is to:

1) Respond to potential bidder questions submitted by May 1, 2024, 3:00PM.

The Water Boards has compiled the question(s) received during the bid process for IFB No. 23-061-170 entitled, “Salton Sea Laboratory Services.” The Water Boards has prepared written responses to these questions and are providing them to all potential Proposers; see attached.

The deadline for submission of questions was May 1, 2024, by 3 PM. No additional questions may be submitted by any potential bidder(s) after this date and time.

Completed Proposals for this RFP are due by 3 PM, Tuesday, May 14, 2024.

Please check the website https://www.caleprocure.ca.gov/pages/index.aspx frequently for any addendums and/or revisions to this RFP

The Water Boards would like to thank you for your interest in this IFB. The bidding process is the mainstay of our competitive system, and your participation is appreciated and valued.

Sincerely, Michelle Davis, Contract Analyst State Water Resources Control Board Division of Administrative Services https://www.caleprocure.ca.gov/pages/index.aspx

IFB Number: 23-061-170

INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) NO. 23-061-170

QUESTION AND ANSWER SUMMARY

ADDENDUM I

QUESTION 1: Who is the current contractor?

ANSWER 1: The Water Board does not have an active contract for these services.

QUESTION 2: What has been the total dollar spent to date on the expiring contract?

ANSWER 2: The Water Board does not have an active contract for these services.

QUESTION 3: Please provide a copy of the current contract.

ANSWER 3: The Water Board does not have an active contract for these services.

QUESTION 4: Is this a prevailing wage contract?

ANSWER 4: No, this is not a prevailing wage contract.

QUESTION 5: What is the engineers estimate for this contract?

ANSWER 5: We do not have an engineers estimate.

QUESTION 6: Is there a rate sheet available from earlier years of the project?

ANSWER 6: The Water Board does not have an active contract for these services and cannot provide a rate sheet.

QUESTION 7: In Section B, Lab Services and Section E, Shipping sample courier pickup services at the Regional Water Board office and field locations are referenced. Can you confirm the addresses or general areas of the office and field locations?

ANSWER 7: The location is at the southern end of the Salton Sea at Poe Road in Brawley, CA.

QUESTION 8: To drive to the Salton Sea area would be well outside our courier service range. Is it acceptable to just provide shipping services for samples and coolers/bottle kits instead since none of the analyses appear to have short hold times?

ANSWER 8: That would be acceptable. We could pack and ship samples after sampling.

IFB Number: 23-061-170

INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) NO. 23-061-170

QUESTION AND ANSWER SUMMARY

ADDENDUM I

QUESTION 9: We have the capability in-house and with subcontract labs to run analyses for all the analytes except for the Sediment method for Imidacloprid, since none of our subcontract labs we have contacted can run 8270D-MRM or any other certified method for it. There is one subcontract lab that could analyze Imidacloprid in Sediment by a proprietary LCMS method, but it is uncertified. Is that acceptable? If not, can our package still be submitted if we list the Imidacloprid in Sediment as "N/A" on the cost workbook and analyte list?

ANSWER 9: Your package can still be submitted without the imidacloprid in sediment as long as all of the other analyses can still be performed.