AMENDMENT 1 SFO LI-13675.pdf

Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic

6506 Hampton Boulevard

Norfolk, Virginia 23508-1278

AMENDMENT 1 TO

SOLICITATION FOR OFFERS (SFO) LI-13675

DATED JUNE 15, 2020

FURNISHED DWELLING UNITS

FOR

UNACCOMPANIED TRANSIENT MILITARY PERSONNEL

VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA

Brandy L. Tallaksen

Real Estate Contracting Officer

1. The attached Questions and Answers are hereby incorporated into the SFO as

Exhibit “D”.

Exhibit “D”

Questions / Answers

Solicitation for Offers LI-13675

1. Is this a new request, or do you have a current program going now?

This is a new solicitation for offers.

2. Does each room require a Stove for cooking?

Please review Paragraph 2(B) Facility Requirements and Exhibit C Apartment

Furnishings – Minimum Requirements.

3. What happens after January 2021, there is mention of a potential (4) year lease.

Please review Paragraphs 6(C) and 7 of the SFO and Paragraphs 2 and 5 of

Enclosure 4.

4. Am I offering a lease for (6) months or four years.

Please review Paragraphs 6(C) and 7 of the SFO and Paragraphs 2 and 5 of

Enclosure 4.

5. Will the rooms offered or requested be occupied at all times? In other words will there be any unoccupied rooms at any time?

That is at the Government’s discretion. Please review the SFO.

6. Will unoccupied rooms be paid for?

The Government will only pay for units under Lease pursuant to the terms of said

Lease. Please review the SFO.

7. I understand there will be a turnaround time for occupancy, what will the window be?

That is at the Government’s discretion.

8. Do you have any preferred properties or hotels you would like us to include?

Please refer to the SFO for requirements and the basis of award

9. Has the Navy used properties or hotels there is the past that have worked well?

This information is not available.

10. Can we submit multiple properties and configurations on the properties?

Yes. Please review Paragraph 1 of the SFO, “The government may substitute unit accommodations or configurations at its sole discretion to meet the total occupancy requirement.” Please also review Paragraph 4 of the SFO.

11. We did not see a rotation schedule, will there be any. If so, how many?

That is at the Government’s discretion

Exhibit “D”

12. Do we need to handle the clean in between rotations? We need to identify how many times the unit will need to be cleaned/turned.

Please review General Clause 12 of Exhibit A and response to Question 7 of this amendment.

13. California is very costly when providing a 5.5 month lease on an apartment and then allowing month to month. Some properties will provide us with a military termination clause, would you be providing us a termination to give to property.

Any termination would be in accordance with the SFO and the Lease (Enclosure

4, along with Exhibits).

14. Do you have an interactive map we can us showing your boundaries?

No.

15. May we submit layouts of four (4) bedroom homes?

Unit accommodations not listed in Paragraph 2(B) Facility Requirements are not acceptable.

However, recommendations for unit accommodations outside of what is in

Paragraph 2(B) Facility Requirements can be submitted to zachary.schuhart@navy.mil with layout information available for confirmation. If a unit accommodation not listed in Paragraph 2(B) Facility Requirements is determined to be acceptable, the solicitation will be amended and posted on sam.beta.gov.

16. What takes place during the FSL screening/how are the properties screened?

Please review Paragraph 2(C) Security Requirements of the solicitation.

17. The RFP allows for vendors providing 1 bed 2 bed and 3 bedroom options.

According to the Price Evaluation Process, will you please confirm that when given the choice between 70 one bedroom and 35 two bedroom options, chances are you will opt in for the 2 bedroom options because the cost per occupant is divided in half (rarely would a 1 bedroom apartment cost half of what a 2 bedroom apartment costs to lease.)?

Please refer to Paragraphs 5 and 6 of the SFO.

18. We are trying to determine if we are required to present firm pricing in 2 year periods. Typically with long term commitments we are used to allowing for an annual rate increase, market driven, not always taken if the market does not yield price increases. Please confirm you are seeking 2 year firm pricing terms.

Please refer to Paragraphs 3 and 6(C) of the SFO.