RFP-RFQ_Q_AND_A_TEMPLATE_1.docx

MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND-NORFOLK

N32205-13-R-6005

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

The following are answers to questions received from potential offerors. The answers provide clarification only and DO NOT constitute an amendment to the solicitation.

1. Question: Under Section 1 General, page 50 in the Instructions to Offerors, can you please elaborate on the submission of the binders. What constitutes a “… sealed binder..”?

Answer: A sealed binder has a seal of some sort (e.g. tape, plastic) to close the binder. You may also enclose the binder in a envelope. The contract specialist will have to break the seal on each individual binder once the solcitiation closes to protect any proprietary information in the proposal.

2. Question: In the Description of Services, 1.B Transportation: The average number of student to transport is 60. A commercial bus holds 56 so 2 buses will be required. If 2 buses make the trip from the hotel(s) to the training center, do you consider that 1 trip or 1 trip per bus meaning 2 trips?

Answer: In accordance with 1.B Transportation, we would consider that one trip to include any associated costs with that trip.

3. Question: Between pages #3 and #8 of the solicitation, each transportation CLIN requires to quote 550 single trips, representing 225 round trips, to equal 225 days of service. According to Page #12 of the solicitation, first paragraph reads “The Contractor shall provide a single trip transportation rate per day, including all applicable taxes in the composite rate. However, generally, the U.S. Government is tax exempt. At a minimum, there will be at least 2 single trips each day (one from the hotel to the Training Center in the morning, and one from the Training Center back to the hotel in the afternoon).” And later in same page #12, paragraph 5 it reads “For planning purposes, the Contractor should assume there will be two drop offs in the morning and two pickups in the afternoon on each day.” Would you please let me know how many days of service, per week or month we should contemplate?

Answer: See Amendment 01 to the solicitation that clarifies parapraph 5 on page 12. Also, the extact days of service are unknown at this time, which is the reason we state to “estimate 550 single trips”.

4. Question: I was wondering of we would have the ability to offer a two bedroom two bathroom suite for 2 guests? Each person in the two bedroom suite will have their own TV, bathroom, bedroom and only have to share common living room/dining room/kitchen space. If we are keeping the room in inventory for the entire year, the longer term guests can be placed in them so they will not have new roommates coming and going as often.

Answer: No, this is not possible per union requirements. As stated in the performance work statement, they shall be single rooms.

5. Question: I have a question, on page 52 of 55 #19. We have an emergency generator in the event of a power outage. We also have emergency lights in the stairwells that meets IHG life safety brand standards and EWT ordinances. Burn time is a minimum of 90 minutes as required by both. They are not connected to the generator. Does this meet your requirements?

Answer: Yes, this meets the requirement.

6. Question: In the Instructions to Offerors, page 50, paragraph 2: “Offerors shall complete Blocks 12, 17, 23, 24, and 30 of SF 1449…..” Blocks 23 and 24 only allow for one unit price and one total amount and there are multiple price points and CLIN’s. Which CLIN would you like us to put in 23 and 24 please?

Answer: Block 23-unit price will be removed in the next amendment, and total price should be put in block 24.

7. Question: Will we be allowed to rotate the primary position between the 3 facilities? i.e. 2013 facility 1 primary, 2014 facility 2 primary, etc

Answer: The Primary Hotel will remain the same throughout the life of the contract. With MSC approval, additional overflow hotels can be added, as well as deleted, but they must always have at least 2 overflow hotels authorized by MSC.