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INL/Honduras – Dormitory Furniture Questions & Answers FedBid Buy #: 905208 Solicitation #: JDLRFQ15

No. Questions Answers

1 What are the delivery conditions for the project?

Items shall be delivered to final Location at EIC where product will be properly assembled.

2 Do you have a AutoCAD floor plan available?

There is no AutoCad floor plan available at this time. A PDF of the floor plan will be provided.

3 Would the Government consider removing the HUBZone set-aside?

Not at this time.

4 I would like to know if you have drawings for the Berths and for the Lockers you are requesting.

There are no drawings for the items at this time.

5 Picture of the bed? Photos of the beds are provided below.

6 Delivery location? Please reference “Appendix B” in the Statement of Work and question 9 below.

7 Installation - where, what kind of installation? drawings, pictures how many floors, elevator. ect.?

By installation, we mean proper assembly and placement in each of the rooms. Please refer to attached PDFs. The location is on the 1st floor of the building - no elevators.

8 Once product arrives at the State Department location, does the government assume responsibility of this for damage as it is transported to the final destination.

Items shall be delivered directly to the final destination EIC facilities, once they arrive in Honduras. Embassy will not assume responsibility of damages while items are being transported to final destination.

9 Can you tell me about the delivery location - it appears to be to the embassy in Tegucigalpa where product will be inspected. Are we also responsible for transporting the product to the final destination on the military base in Comayagua after stopping at the embassy?

The items will not be delivered to the Embassy, they will be delivered to the Final Location at the EIC Compound in Comayagua, about two hours from Tegucigalpa, below the address:

Instituto Tecnológico Policial (ITP) Escuela de Investigacion Criminal (EIC) Col San Miguel 2 Calle principal, entrada por Gasolinera Puma, Antiguas instalaciones de ZIP Comayagua.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/INSTITUTO+TECN

OLOGICO+POLICIAL/@14.437608,-

87.6396502,17z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sColonia+San+M iguel+2+Comayagua+Honduras!3m4!1s0x8f6585bf90059 c0b:0x2d9e5428db6a33ed!8m2!3d14.434565!4d- 87.63955

10 Will the space be ready to accept the product as soon as it arrives? We are trying to determine when the installers should be onsite to install.

Yes. The site is ready to receive the products.

11 Can you give me any requirements for our installers to be able to access the

They do not require US citizenship. Full names and IDs will need to be provided to create access cards to the EIC base? Do they require US Citizenship? facilities.

12 Is there a target timeframe to install product?

Fifteen days after items arrived at EIC.

13 Specifically for the beds, the spec calls for a blue paint. Is this an absolute requirement, or can these be black?

They can be black.

14 I am not sure that I saw any reference to sales tax in the SOW. I would assume since it is government that you are tax-exempt, but I just want to be sure.

Yes, that is correct.

15 Is there any chance of an extension so that we may be able to gather shipping and installation pricing with greater accuracy?

The Government will extend the buy to Monday, January 22nd at 11:00 AM Est.