Attachment_01_Vendor_Submitted_Questions.docx

M6700418Q1002 Attachment 01

GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO VENDOR SUBMITTED QUESTIONS

1. To which management systems standards are you requiring registration?

Government Response: Quality management systems (ISO 9001)-Integrated/Combined. Environmental management systems (ISO 14001, EMAS)-Integrated/Combined

2. Do you require the auditing of your management system to form part of a combined audit with other management system standards?

Government Response: Yes

3. If #2 is yes, please provide details of the management systems which are integrated and an outline of the structure. Fully integrated systems shall be recorded as 100% integrated. If the management systems are only partially integrated, then the level of integration should be indicated.

Government Response: The 14001 and 9001 are fully integrated. 9001 is the parent management system as 14001 relies on the required management structure of 9001 and the 9001 supporting software system (IQS; Truebox)

4. Please provide details of the main office and branches.

Government Response: Blount Island Command: Marines-104; Civilians-86; Contractors-660 Marine Corps Support Facility: Civilians-71; Contractors-94

5. Please provide details of your previous registration.

Government Response: The Blount Island certificates was transferred to Perry Johnson Registrars, Inc. on June 5 2017.

6. Are you expanding the scope of your previous certification?

Government Response: No

7. Do you provide installation or other contract site works?

Government Response: No

8. Do you have outsourced or subcontracted activities?

Government Response: Yes

9. Please provide details of outsourced or subcontracted activities.

Government Response: We are a DoD (Marine Corps) outsourced operation. We are a government-owned-contractor-operated (GOCO) activity. This is why we must maintain certifications (9001/14001) as a joint activity. Further, our principal logistics support contractor (Kellogg, Brown, and Root, Wyle) has subcontracts in place that enable product realization.

10. Does the organization have a simple structure with vertical lines of management communication and few decision makers?

Government Response: No

11. Is the management system highly complex with numerous specific processes?

(e.g. a manufacturer where each process is critical to the end product may have many procedures and references to legislative and regulatory documentation)

Government Response: Yes

12. Are there a large number of the employees completing a similar simple task(s)?

(e.g. manned guarding, commercial cleaning, similar assembly lines)

Government Response: No

13. Is the organization highly regulated by external agencies?

(typical industry sectors would be food preparation, aerospace, automotive, electricity generation & gas/oil production etc)

Government Response: Yes

14. Do stakeholders have specific expectations of the organisation?

(e.g. security, health/safety inspections, dangerous waste processing etc)

Government Response: Yes

15. Does the organization work within/operate areas having strict security controls? (e.g. chemical plants, oil/gas refineries, electricity generating stations etc)

Government Response: Yes

16. Are the organisation’s operations managed as part of or influenced by a larger organisation’s management system? (e.g. controlled by parent company or heavily influenced by local/central government etc)

Government Response: Yes

17. Are there any other factors which affect the complexity of the organisation’s management and processes?

Government Response: Yes

18. If you have answered yes to any of the above questions (10-17) please provide details.

Government Response:

11: The Marine Corps' prepositioning program consists of afloat and ashore programs that provide combatant commanders the equipment, supplies, and sustainment to support crisis and contingencies ranging from major combat to steady state operations. The current program includes the MPF which consists of two squadrons of ships each loaded to support a Marine Expeditionary Brigade; and, the Marine Corps Prepostioning Program-Norway (MCPP-N) which consists of equipment and supplies stored in six climate controlled cave complexes, and at two host-nation airfields in Norway. Blount Island Command (BICmd) executes this mission principally through a logistics support contract. This contracted civilian workforce is aboard the ships and at a CONUS industrial facility and is responsible for performing the full range and depth of logistics functions such as preventative and corrective maintenance (up to 4th echelon maintenance), equipment modifications, stock rotation, calibration, inventory management, management of support systems, supply support, asset visibility and transportation management to include in-transit visibility. The Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) program requires logistics efforts to be accomplished aboard ship, in port areas around the world, and at an industrial facility that is Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island (MCSF-BI). It is upon this home station the Marine Corps Maintenance Contractor (MCMC) performs the MPF Maintenance Cycle (MMC).

13: The organization is highly regulated by federal laws and regulations; i.e., title 10 USC, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

14.: Yes, there are directed requirements for product realization as well a federal directives/laws for health and safety.

15: there are stick access requirements to enter the installation. Once on the installation escort is required.

16: Yes, there are compliance requirements for product realization directed by the USMC 17: There are overseas requirements that draw on resources.

19. Please list legal obligations relevant to the proposed scope of certification.

Government Response: Title 10 USC, Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)

20. Do you have a target assessment date?

Government Response: Yes, see solicitation for period of performance.

21. Will you be using a consultant to help you implement/manage the management system?

Government Response: No

22. To which standard are you requiring registration?

Government Response: ISO 9001:2008, ISO 9001:2015; ISO 14001:2004, ISO 14001:2015

23. How long has your quality management and environmental management system been in place?

Government Response: Over ten years for each

24. Do you undertake design activity?

Government Response: No

25. Are your operations subject to an authorisation/permit/licence/registration from a regulatory body?

(e.g. environmental permit, hazardous waste producer registration, abstraction licences, registered waste or water discharge exemptions, etc.)

Government Response: Yes, Air: FDEP Permit Title V 0310099-019-AV. Stormwater FDEP Mulit Sector Generic FAC ID FLR05D006-04, St John's River Water Management District General Stormwater Permit 40-031-35866-71. Biomedical Waste Permit 16-64-1777498. Hazardous Waste EPA/DEP ID FL7170023710

26. Do you produce any industrial effluent (other than domestic sewage and surface water)?

Government Response: Never

27. Do you produce hazardous, special or clinical waste?

Government Response: Frequently, we are classified as a large quantity generator for Hazardous waste, and produce a small amount of biomedical waste monthly.

28. Have you had complaints with respect to noise or other nuisances (smoke, dust, fumes, odours or other escapes) from your premises?

Government Response: Never

29. Do you keep, use, accumulate or dispose of radioactive substances?

Government Response: No

30. Does your business handle, produce, use or store dangerous substances (including toxic, oxidising, explosive, flammable, etc.) in large quantities and could therefore be subjected to COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards)?

Government Response: No. COMAH are regulations within the UK

31. Have you had any environmental incidents leading to high clean-up costs or a breach of legislation (including prosecution)?

Government Response: No

32. Are there any surface waters (rivers, lakes, streams, etc.) or boreholes within or adjacent to the site boundaries?

Government Response: Yes. The installation is an island, so we are surrounded by the St John's River, along with a large saltwater lake in the middle, lake Tomroy.

33. Is your site overlying groundwater of significance (e.g. major / minor aquifer)?

Government Response: Yes. The installation is an island, so we are surrounded by the St John's River, along with a large saltwater lake in the middle, lake Tomroy.

34. Do you have listed buildings (Grade I, Grade II*, Grade II) or archaeological sites (tumuli, burial mounds etc.) on site?

Government Response: No

35. Is the site within or adjacent to any designated nature conservation sites including Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), National Park, or Special Areas of Conservation?

Government Response: No

36. Are there any other conservation issues at the site?

Government Response: No

37. Is there evidence to suggest land contamination requiring clean-up is present at the site?

Government Response: No

38. Who provided the most recent ISO 9001/ISO 14001 Surveillance Audit?