2.12 Solicitation Amend 1_Q and A Post.pdf

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Longshoring/Stevedoring Support Services
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N0060426Q4033
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This is an Amendment 1 to federal solicitation N0060426Q4033, consisting of answers to contractor questions submitted during the question period.

The solicitation concerns cargo offloading services, structured as a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery Requirement (IDR) under FAR 16.503. Task Orders will be issued on an as-needed basis at an estimated frequency of 3-6 evolutions per year, with average event duration of 2 days. There are no guaranteed minimum orders, but all task orders must be awarded to the contract awardee. Pricing will be submitted using a Quote Submittal Sheet and will remain consistent throughout the contract period. The government will evaluate submitted pricing against historical market rates from the prior IDIQ contract for each labor category listed in the Quote Submittal Sheet. Pricing is structured as FFP per individual task order rather than unit rates for labor and equipment. Surge requirements and overtime are accommodated within the firm-fixed-price framework. Prior performance indicates recent evolutions of this requirement with no significant challenges identified.

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Solicitation N0060426Q4033

Amendment 1

The purpose of this amendment is to post answers to questions submitted during the question period.

1. Has this requirement been performed by another contractor recently? If so, what were common challenges from your point of view?

Yes, there have been recent evolutions with no challenges.

2. What’s the expected number/frequency of Task Orders? Is there historical data on annual cargo volume? Are there guaranteed minimums or is it purely as-needed?

Frequency is estimated at 3-6 evolutions per year, average 2-day events. Task Orders will be issued as needed. There is no historical data on cargo volume. As indicated in the solicitation, the proposed action is an Firm Fix Priced (FFP) Indefinite Delivery Requirement (IDR) IAW RFO FAR 16.503.

There is no minimum guarantee. However, all orders must go to the contract awardee.

3. Is this a firm-fixed-price per Task Order, or are there unit rates for labor/equipment? How do we handle surge requirements or overtime?

FFP per task order. The Quote submittal sheet will be used through the entirety of the contract. Also, pricing submitted in the quote submittal sheet will be used for price comparison to prices paid from recent offloads under the historical IDIQ contract that contains recent market rates for each labor category within the quote submittal sheet.

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