Attachment G- GOVT RESPONSES TO PREAWARD INQUIRIES 3.27.20.pdf

Page Section Para.

1 1/29/20 41 of 46 1. Recent and Relevant Projects a.

Recent and Relevant Projects: The solicitation states that we must submit the following number of projects: 8 for tanks/spills, 8 for waste/materials, and 4 for Air. It then states that the Offeror can choose any other Specialized Experience project type to meet the 20-project submission requirement. However, completing the former requirement would meet the 20-project submission requirement (8+8+4=20). Did the Government intend to request 6 tanks/spills and 6 waste materials and 4 air projects leaving 4 projects the

Offeror may choose from the project types?

See Amendment 0006. Offerors shall submit 20 recent and relevant projects. Of the submitted projects, eight (8) must be Tank/Spill

Program, eight (8) must be Waste/Material Program, and four (4) must be Air Program, as set forth in Attachments C Table 1 – Tanks/Spills and Attachment D – Table 2 Waste/Materials-Air.

These tables lists mandatory specialized projects. Offerors must demonstrate completion of each mandatory specialized project within the submission of recent and relevant projects. A double asterisk (**) identifies the required mandatory specialized project types. The offeror is free to select any of the other projects not marked with a ** to demonstrate experience with the remaining Tank/Spill Program, Waste/Material Program and Air Program project requirements.

Amend No. 0006

2 1/29/20 41 of 46/ 46 of 46 (1)2.b./(2)(ii) variable

The solicitation states that relevant project experience must only include projects that are a minimum of $100,000 in size (Page 41 of 46 under Definitions and qualifying information). Program Managers on the team have worked hard to keep estimates related to certain types of projects under the $100,000 threshold as a benefit to the Government.

For example, none of our contracts/task orders for EPCRA projects in this region fall above the $100,000 and, therefore, we would not be able to use any of those projects on this proposal. However, on Page 46 of 46 under (ii) Basis of Evaluation, the solicitation states that a minimum value of $20,000 is acceptable. Could the Government please confirm that the Offeror can use projects with value under $100,000 but not under

$20,000 for the required 20 projects?

See Amendment 0006. This amendment revises the definition of "size" for relevant projects to task orders with a minimum value of

$50,000.

Amend No. 0006

Date Received

ATTACHMENT F- PREAWARD INQUIRY FORM N4008020R0010

N4008020R0010 MULTI-MEDIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES- FUEL STORAGE TANKS/SPILL, AIR, AND WASTE/MATERIALS, WASHINGTON DC AOR

Amend No.REFERENCEQuestion No. QUESTION GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

SOURCE SELECTION INFORMATION ‐ SEE FAR 2.101 AND 3.104

Page Section Para.Received Amend No.No. QUESTION GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

3 1/29/20 37-46 Throughout Throug hout

The Government has written this scope in such a manner that it greatly reduces competition among small businesses and favors only an SBA approved mentor/protégé JV. The latter is allowed to have a large business as a venturer within the JV for small business set-aside opportunities. The SBA does not allow large businesses to be in a JV for these types of opportunities otherwise. However, the SBA does allow a small business to prime a team of subcontractors and as long as at least 50% of the contract revenue is performed by employees of the small business prime and it's similarly situated first-tier subcontractors, the remaining portion can be performed by a large business subcontractor.

Since the requirements of this scope are vast and it takes the SBA typically 6-8 months to approve a mentor/protégé JV, we can only think of one (perhaps two) teams that may compete fairly for this opportunity. Will the Government please revise the scope to accept Teams led by an experienced small business and to allow some projects/certs, etc. to come from subcontractors?

See Amendment 0006. Amendment 0006 allows for teaming agreements (joint venture member, partner, team member, subcontractor), to be proposed by offerors (via incorporation of Factor 1, Technical Approach/Management). Therefore, projects, resumes and certifications by team members that have signed a copy of the

Agreements or Letters of Commitment may be submitted in response to Factor 2, Corporate Experience/Personnel Qualifications.

Amend No. 0006

4 1/29/20 43 of 46 Certifications 14-Jan

The amount of certifications required for the Offeror to have is completely unrealistic for a small set-aside competition especially when the Government forbids use of subcontractor certs/quals/resumes/projects. For example, even a highly experienced and qualified small tank company does not have a welder inspector certificate (#9) and typically subcontracts that niche specialty. 510 inspectors (#7) deal with "Pressure Vessels" and are not commonly involved with liquid fuels. Four STI inspectors is excessive especially when subcontractors can't be utilized. Because this scope does not accept a Contractor Teaming Agreement and subcontractor involvement, it is written for failure for all Offerors except perhaps for an SBA approved mentor/protégé JV.

See Amendment 0006. Amendment 0006 incorporates Factor 1, Technical Approach/Management which allows for teaming agreements (joint venture member, partner, team member, subcontractor), to be proposed by offerors. See Amendment 0006.

Certifications have been revised in Amendment 0006. Please look at the list again. All certifications submitted must be valid at the closing date of this solicitation.

Amend No. 0006

5 1/29/20 37- 46 Throughout Throug hout

We understand that the Government wishes to reduce complexity and control costs and we propose the following to increase competition: 1) That the scope be changed to also accept a signed copy of a Contractor Teaming Agreement (CTA); 2) That the CTA include language committing team members to utilizing the same list of labor categories and prices submitted in the cost proposal (i.e., the estimate to the client will have all of the team's labor contribution defined on the same labor spreadsheet); 3) That projects/ resumes/ experience/ past performance/ certifications may come from team members that have signed the CTA agreeing to the proposed labor category rates regardless if they are subcontractors or not; 4) That the requirement for prime position for relevant projects be relaxed as there is significant need for specialized work/certs and highly experienced and qualified small companies that do this work have never been a prime. The most important thing is to ensure the small business in the prime position has prime experience.

See Amendment 0006. Amendment 0006 allows for teaming agreements (joint venture member, partner, team member, subcontractor), to be proposed by offerors (via incorporation of Factor 1, Technical Approach/Management). Therefore, projects, resumes and certifications by team members that have signed a copy of the

Agreements or Letters of Commitment may be submitted in response to Factor 2, Corporate Experience/Personnel Qualifications.

Additionally, Solicitation Submittal Requirements for price has been revised to state that Offerors shall submit one set of fully burdened rates and that the fully burdened rates submitted must include costs for all firms proposed under Factor 1.

Amend No. 0006

6 1/29/20 2 of 46 A.3 NAICS Code

The type of work described in the scope is predominantly environmental consulting services and not engineering. Could the Government consider changing the NACIS Code for this solicitation to 541620 - Environmental Consulting Services?

Amendment 0001, issued 3 February 2020, changed the NAICS code from 541330-Engineering Services to 541620-Environmental

Consulting Services. Additionally, Amendment 0003, issued 27 February 2020, changed the NAICS Code in Section A General

Information.

Amend No. 0001, 0003

7 1/29/20 N/A N/A N/A It appears that Attachment A in the solicitation is a duplicate of Attachment B. Can the government please provide a revised Attachment A (NAVFAC/USACOE Corporate Experience Questionnaire)?

See Amendment 0003 incorporates a Attachment A Relevant Corporate Experience. Also included the Attachment in Amendment

0006 (See BetaSAM.gov for Attachment A Relevant Corporate Experience)

Amend No. 0003, 0006

8 1/29/20 44 M2.3.ii 4 While we understand that firms cannot use subcontractor past performance as part of our of qualifications, please confirm that offerors may utilize subcontractor resumes and certifications in Factor 1.

See Amendment 0006. Amendment 0006 allows for teaming agreements (joint venture member, partner, team member, subcontractor), to be proposed by offerors (via incorporation of Factor 1, Technical Approach/Management). Therefore, projects, resumes and certifications by team members that have signed a copy of the

Agreements or Letters of Commitment may be submitted in response to Factor 2, Corporate Experience/Personnel Qualifications.

9 1/29/20 42 M2.1 3 Please confirm that Attachment C and Attachment D do not count towards the page limit of Factor 1.

Attachment C and Attachment D do count in page limit. In accordance with Clause 5252.215-9300, the only items that don't count towards the page limitations are: Past Performance Questionnaire, Contractor

Performance Assessment Reports, and Agreements or Letters of commitments. In accordance with this clause, non-price proposal shall not exceed 150 pages.

Amend No. 0006

10 1/29/20 42 M2.3 1 Did the government intend to state that offerors can submit up to two page resumes per anticipated staff? Resumes for each of the Qualified Personnel shall not exceed 2 pages. Amend No. 0006

11 1/29/20 38 L 1

If two page resumes are required, can the government increase the page limit, as two page Attachment A forms for past experience (20x2), two page resumes (23x2), the certifications, and the map, would be at a minimum of 88 pages, 23 pages over the current 65 page limit.

See Amendment 0006. In accordance with Clause 5252.215-9300, the only items that don't count towards the page limitations are: Past Performance Questionnaire, Contractor Performance Assessment

Reports, and Agreements or Letters of commitments. In accordance with this clause, non-price proposal shall not exceed 150 pages.

Amend No. 0006

12 1/30/20

M2 1(b)(1)2.b

M2 Para.

Factor 1 for the evaluation states that the minimum value of relevant projects is $100,000 and Factor 3 Past Performance states a minimum value of $20,000.

The majority of tasks that would be included in this scope would be significantly less than

$100,000. A minimum value of $20,000 is much more appropriate for this scope.

Would the Government consider revising the minimum value of relevant projects to $20,000?

See Amendment 0006. Factor 2, Relevant project revises the definition of "size" for relevant projects to task orders with a minimum value of $50,000. Factor 4, Past Performance revises the minimum value to $50,000.00.

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M2 1(b)(1)1.

M2

It appears from the Recent and Relevant Projects description beginning on page 41 of the solicitation and from the Basis of Evaluation on Page 44 that the Government will not consider a Prime/Subcontractor arrangement since it requires that submitted projects must have been performed by the Offeror (Prime) as the prime contractor or as a member of a

Joint Venture.

Is this the Government’s intention? Would the Government consider a Prime/Subcontractor team that includes a commitment from each team member to one set of agreed upon labor rates?

See Amendment 0006. Amendment 0006 allows for teaming agreements (joint venture member, partner, team member, subcontractor), to be proposed by offerors (via incorporation of Factor 1, Technical Approach/Management). Therefore, projects, resumes and certifications by team members that have signed a copy of the

Agreements or Letters of Commitment may be submitted in response to Factor 2, Corporate Experience/Personnel Qualifications.

Amendment 0006, also requires the submission of one set of fully burdened rates by Offerors.

Amend No. 0006

14 1/30/20 43 M2 3.

The list of certifications on page 43 are very specific and extensive and it is unlikely to find all of these certifications in one SB, JV or Prime/Sub arrangement. Is it an unacceptable rating if the Offeror cannot demonstrate a certification on the team but has relationships with outside firms that can provide the certification when needed?

See Amendment 0006. Amendment 0006 allows for teaming agreements (joint venture member, partner, team member, subcontractor), to be proposed by offerors (via incorporation of Factor 1, Technical Approach/Management). See Amendment 0006.

Certifications have been revised. Please look at the list again. All certifications submitted must be valid at the closing date of this solicitation.

Amend No. 0006

15 1/31/20 General Question Is NAVFAC requiring a JV be established to use team member qualificaitons (certifications, past performance etc.) ?

See Amendment 0006. Amendment 0006 allows for teaming agreements (joint venture member, partner, team member, subcontractor), to be proposed by offerors (via incorporation of Factor 1, Technical Approach/Management).

Amend No. 0006

16 1/31/20 General Question Will the government allow for similarly situated SBs (as defined by SBA) to submit as a team sharing resources and allow those shared resource be evaluated as acceptable if they met the criteria?

See Amendment 0006. Amendment 0006 allows for teaming agreements (joint venture member, partner, team member, subcontractor), to be proposed by offerors (via incorporation of Factor 1, Technical Approach/Management).

17 1/31/20 46 of 46 M2 1(b)(1)2.b

Factor 1 for the evaluation states that the minimum value of relevant projects is $100,000 and Factor 3 Past Performance states a minimum value of $20,000.

The scope of many air and haz materials projects are well bnelow $100,000, we feel the most representive projects would be excluded if 100,000 were the minimum critera.

Please consider evising the minimum value for all t projects to $20,000.

See Amendment 0006. Factor 2, Relevant project revises the definition of "size" for relevant projects to task orders with a minimum value of $50,000. Factor 4, Past Performance revises the minimum value to $50,000.00.

Amend No. 0006

18 1/31/20 General Question Would the Government consider a Prime/Subcontractor team that includes a commitment from each team member to one set of agreed upon labor rates?

See Amendment 0006. Amendment 0006 allows for teaming agreements (joint venture member, partner, team member, subcontractor), to be proposed by offerors (via incorporation of Factor 1, Technical Approach/Management). Therefore, projects, resumes and certifications by team members that have signed a copy of the

Agreements or Letters of Commitment may be submitted in response to Factor 2, Corporate Experience/Personnel Qualifications

Amend No. 0006

19 1/31/20 41 m2(b)(1)

Please clarify requirement for Pg 41 relevant projects - Solicitation requires 8 tank, 8 air and 4 waste/ haz material for types of projects. The requirement goes on to state other projects can be included in the 20 projects contradicting the 8, 8 and 4 requirement in the first statement. Please describe how the projects will be evaluated and if mix other than 8, 8 and 4 would be acceptable.

See Amendment 0006. Offerors shall submit 20 recent and relevant projects. Of the submitted projects, eight (8) must be Tank/Spill

Program, eight (8) must be Waste/Material Program, and four (4) must be Air Program, as set forth in Attachments C Table 1 – Tanks/Spills and Attachment D – Table 2 Waste/Materials-Air.

These tables lists mandatory specialized projects. Offerors must demonstrate completion of each mandatory specialized project within the submission of recent and relevant projects. A double asterisk (**) identifies the required mandatory specialized project types. The offeror is free to select any of the other projects not marked with a ** to demonstrate experience with the remaining Tank/Spill Program, Waste/Material Program and Air Program project requirements.

20 1/31/20 5&40 c.2. & M.2

Per Section C.2 "Contracted work is performed with minimial focus on government process and maximum focus on results. A results based product delivery CTO enables the Contractor to select actions best suited to the site requirements and ensures that the most up to date management practices are employed." The constraints placed upon Offeror to provide all certifications and personnel from in house capbailiies in Section M.2 for this Multi Media requirement limits the ability of the Offeror to provide the government the most up to date solutions to tasks. For example specific testing can sometimes only be performed by a specialty subcontractor. if the Offeror is required to use only resources it posseses internally, this limits flexibility to meet the intent of Section C.2. Please reconsider requiring all resources be held by the Offeror for an acceptable rating.

See Amendment 0006. Amendment 0006 allows for teaming agreements (joint venture member, partner, team member, subcontractor), to be proposed by offerors (via incorporation of Factor 1, Technical Approach/Management). Therefore, projects, resumes and certifications by team members that have signed a copy of the

Agreements or Letters of Commitment may be submitted in response to Factor 2, Corporate Experience/Personnel Qualifications.

Amend No. 0006

21 1/31/20 29 52.204-8 (2) Please confirm the size standard for the NAICS coe is 16.5 M not 15M per the SBA. Amendment 0003 issued on 27 February 2020 corrects the NAICS code size standard to $16.5M. Amend No. 0003

22 1/31/20 42 3 1

Are the resumes for key personnel required in Section L, CORPORATE EXPERIENCE/PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS for staff listed in section C.3

PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS on page 8 of the solicitation, or those detailed in Section M, 3. Qualified Personnel beginning on page 42? Specifically, will additional resumes be considered to address other components of the scope, for example a Senior

Engineer to complete Air tasks.

See Amendment 0006. Resumes are for those personnel identified in

3. Qualified Personnel. Amend No. 0006

23 1/31/20 43 3 5 Please confirm that all certifications listed on Page 43 must be provided by the Offeror.

See Amendment 0006. Certifications have been revised in

Amendment 0006. Please look at the list again. All certifications submitted must be valid at the closing date of this solicitation.

Amend No. 0006

24 1/31/20 43 3 5 Please confirm that the certifications required on Page 43 should be provided in Factor 1 of the response, and will not be counted in the page count.

See Amendment 0006. Certifications have been revised in Amendment 0006. Please look at the list again. All certifications submitted must be valid at the closing date of this solicitation. Yes certifications are included in the page count. In accordance with

Clause 5252.215-9300, the only items that don't count towards the page limitations are: Past Performance Questionnaire, Contractor Performance Assessment Reports, and Agreements or Letters of commitments. In accordance with this clause, non-price proposal shall not exceed 150 pages.

Amend No. 0006

25 1/31/20 46 ii 1 Please confirm that the minimum value for the “size” of a project is $100,000 (as shown in Section M on page 41) and not $20,000 (as shown in Section M on page 46).

See Amendment 0006. Factor 2, Relevant project revises the definition of "size" for relevant projects to task orders with a minimum value of $50,000. Factor 4, Past Performance revises the minimum value to $50,000.00.

Amend No. 0006

26 1/31/20 37 5252.215-9300 7

Can you clarify the page count for Factor 1- Corporate Experience/Personnel Qualifications? It appears that 20 projects completed in Attachment A would yield 40 pages. Additionally, 18 resumes, limited at 2 pages each, yields 36 pages. This does not include the “Proximity to NDW Facilities” portion. These 76 pages exceed the 65-page limit outlined in Section L on pages 37 and 38 of the solicitation.

See Amendment 0006. Please look at the clause 5252.215-9300. In accordance with Clause 5252.215-9300, the only items that don't count towards the page limitations are: Past Performance Questionnaire, Contractor Performance Assessment Reports, and Agreements or Letters of commitments. In accordance with this clause, non-price proposal shall not exceed 150 pages.

27 1/31/20 N/A N/A 1 On Attachment A- the statement “provide a detailed description of what work your firm self-performed on this project.” Is listed twice. Should one statement be removed, or replaced with another question?

Amendment 0003 issued 27 February 2020 incorporates a Revised Attachment A Relevant Corporate Experience (The revised

Attachment A was uploaded to the SAM.beta.gov website with amendment 0003) It was also uploaded with Amendment 0006.

Amend No. 0003, 0006

28 1/31/20 38 2 1

Regarding Page Limitations: We understand that PPQ and CPARS do not count towards the page limitations, but do the Attachment A Corporate Experience Questionaires count towards the page number limitations? If so, there are 20 project descriptions in the form of Attachment A, this amounts to 40 of the alloted 65 pages. Related to this question, do resumes have to be two pages in length? If so that is an additional 36 pages which when added to the project descriptions, equals 76 pages when only 65 pages are alloted.

See Amendment 0006. Please look at the clause 5252.215-9300. In accordance with Clause 5252.215-9300, the only items that don't count towards the page limitations are: Past Performance Questionnaire, Contractor Performance Assessment Reports, and Agreements or Letters of commitments. In accordance with this clause, non-price proposal shall not exceed 150 pages.

Amend. 0006

29 1/31/20 41 F1 2c Is this sentence about "Complexity" saying that all corporate experience must have been in Maryland, Virginia, or Washington DC.

See Amendment 0006.Yes. "Complexity” refers to concurrent projects in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Amend No. 0006

30 1/31/20 41 F1 2b

Please clarify the minimum value of a project required to be submitted as "Recent and Relevant Projects". Project "size" is specified as $100,000 under Factor 1, Corporate

Experience/Personnel Qualifications (Page 41), but is $20,000 under the "Basis of Evaluation" Section on Page 46.

See Amendment 0006. Factor 2, Relevant project revises the definition of "size" for relevant projects to task orders with a minimum value of $50,000. Factor 4, Past Performance revises the minimum value to $50,000.00.

Amend No. 0006

31 1/31/20 43 3e 1, 2

Please clarify the total number of technicians requested in Section e - Mid-Level or Junior Field Technicians and the experience requirements. We are unsure if the five field technicians identified in e.2 are separate from the six technicians identified in e.1 based on the experience requested, or if the five field technicians should be a separate cateogory designated "f".

See Amendment 0006. It was corrected. Amend No. 0006

32 1/31/20 42 1b 1

Paragraph 1 on Page 42 states that the offeror must have been the prime contractor or as a member of a Joint Venture for each of the submitted projects. Companies routinely enter into teaming agreements (non JVs) with other firms with a guaranteed percentage of labor. In some of these instances, the partner (technically a team sub) assumes project management and substantially completes the project. Is it permissible to use projects completed as a team sub in this circumstance where the team sub served as the project manager of record for NAVFAC and substantially completed the project?

See Amendment 0006. Amendment 0006 allows for teaming agreements (joint venture member, partner, team member, subcontractor), to be proposed by offerors (via incorporation of Factor 1, Technical Approach/Management). Therefore, projects by team members that have signed a copy of the Agreements or Letters of Commitment may be submitted in response to Factor 2, Corporate

Experience/Personnel Qualifications.

Amend No. 0006

33 1/31/20 Att.

Can Word and/or Excel versions of the Attachment files - Corporate Experience

Questionnaire, Past Performance Questionnaire, Table 1 - Tanks/Spills, and Table 2 - Waste/Materials-Air be provided to facilitate data entry?

Amendment 0006 uploaded word documents for Attachment A- Corporate Experience, Attachment B- Past Performance

Questionnaire, Attachment C- Table 1 Tanks/Spills, and Attachment D- Table 2- Waste/Materials-Air.

Amend No. 0006

34 1/31/20 37 2a If a joint venture agreement is included, can it be exempt from the page count limitation based on the very tight page count limit as discussed above in Question No. 1?

In accordance with Clause 5252.215-9300, the only items that don't count towards the page limitations are: Past Performance

Questionnaire, Contractor Performance Assessment Reports, and Agreements or Letters of commitments. In accordance with this clause, non-price proposal shall not exceed 150 pages.

Amend No. 0006

35 1/31/20 44 (ii) Basis of Evaluation 2 and 4

This question is regarding the RFP requirements on page 44:

"All projects provided must have been performed by the Offeror as the prime contractor or as a member of a Joint Venture, as opposed to performance as a subcontractor under another firm’s contract" and, "Offeror may not use experience of proposed subcontractors to demonstrate relevant experience"

Considering that:

- This is a 100% Small Business set-aside solicitation and,

- Small businesses, even though they have relevant experience as a prime contractor, generally participate as a subcontractor in a majority of projects. In addition, as a Small

Business, it may be necessary to add subcontractors to strengthen the team in certain areas. As a prime consultant in this and any other contract, we will be the single point of responsibility for every task order but will reach out to our team-members for relevant specialized expertise.

Amendment 0006. Amendment 0006 allows for teaming agreements (joint venture member, partner, team member, subcontractor), to be proposed by offerors (via incorporation of Factor 1, Technical Approach/Management). Therefore, projects, resumes and certifications by team members that have signed a copy of the Agreements or Letters of Commitment may be submitted in response to Factor 2, Corporate Experience/Personnel Qualifications.

36 2/27/20 38 e Are one-inch margins required on all pages? The Attachment A and B questionnaires do not appear to be one-inch margins on all sides.

See Amendment 0007. Removed requirement for one-inch margins Amend 0007

37 2/27/20 43 Certifications last In certification item #5, please clarify the specific requirements or provide additional details regarding the requested 9-VAC-20 certifications to perform inspections and/or surveys.

Item #5 revised to read: "At least 1 employee who is certified to perform Lead-Based Paint (LBP) inspections and/or surveys required under 40 CFR 745, 26 COMAR 16.01 and 20 DCMR.

Amend 0006

38 2/27/20 44 M 5

The Offeror is required to submit 20 recent and relevant projects for which “The Offeror must have been the prime contractor or as a member of a Joint Venture for each of the submitted projects.” (pages 42 and 44). Please confirm that the “Offeror may not use experience of proposed subcontractors to demonstrate relevant experience.” (Page 44)

See Amendment 0006. Amendment 0006 allows for teaming agreements (joint venture member, partner, team member, subcontractor), to be proposed by offerors (via incorporation of Factor 1, Technical Approach/Management). Therefore, projects, resumes and certifications by team members that have signed a copy of the Agreements or Letters of Commitment may be submitted in response to Factor 2, Corporate Experience/Personnel Qualifications.

Amend. 0006

39 3/11/20 Amend

0003 Pg

M 2

Ref. Factor 2, Para. 2: If one of the 20 projects to be submitted shows a value of less than $50,000, but greater than $20,000, can that project be considered relevant under Paragraph 2 of Section M, Factor 2 in Amendment 0003, since relevance is stated as pertaining to work that is similar in .... Size in relation to the value cited in Para. 2.b?

See Amendment 0006. Factor 2, Relevant project revises the definition of "size" for relevant projects to task orders with a minimum value of $50,000. Factor 4, Past Performance revises the minimum value to $50,000.00.

Amend. 0006

40 3/11/20 3 Top

Referenced section states: "A forthcoming amendment to answer the first round of Preaward Inquires / Requests for Information provided on January 31, 2020 will be issued."

Question - when will this amendment be issued?

See Amendment 0007. Amend. 0007

41 3/11/20 6, 20 Factor 2 3(i)1.a Secondary Scope items are listed beginning on p.6. However, the listing of relevant projects does not include secondary scope areas. This suggests no projects in the secondary scope items are to be presented. Please confirm.

Correct, only Primary Scope projects are to be presented, specifically those listed on Tables 1 and 2. Amend. 0006

42 3/11/20 21 Factor 2

3.

Qualifi ed Person nel

As with relevant projects noted above, required qualifications for personnel do not address secondary scope items. This suggests no resumes covering secondary scope items are to be presented. Please confirm.

Correct, only information relevant to Primary Scope items are to be presented in resumes, see Evaluation Factor 2, Section 3

Qualified Personnel for resume requirements.

Amend. 0006

43 3/11/20 1 of 25 Amend 0003 Is the title supposed to say “Media” not “Medical”? Amendment 0006 Corrects the Title. Amend. 0006

44 3/11/20 17 of 25 Amend 0003 Non-Price Proposal – is a copy of a Contractor Teaming Agreement required or is the description of the team in Factor 1 sufficient?

See Amendment 0006. A signed copy of the Contractor Teaming Agreement is required by Factor 1 (i)(2) and

Information required by Factor1 (i)(1) must be submitted.

Amend 0006

45 3/11/20 16 and 17 of 25 Amend 0003

Proposals – does the Government want a digital copy of the price proposal on one (1) CD and one (1) hard copy and then a digital copy of the non-price proposal on one (1) CD (a different one) and four (4) hard copies?

See Amendment 0006. In accordance with Section L and Clause 5252.215-9300 Content of Proposals, hard copies and electronic CDs are removed. Submit proposals via DOD SAFE.

Submit one price proposal and one technical proposal. Please make sure documents are uploaded in separate files and submitted via DOD SAFE.

Amend. 0006

46 3/11/20 17 of 25 Amend 0003 Can the non-price proposal be printed double-sided as well? Removed requirement in price proposal and non price proposal See Amendment 0007. Amend. 0007

47 3/11/20 22 of 25 Amend 0003

For the number of qualified personnel required to submit resumes, in section (e) is it six (6) Mid-level/Jr Field Technicians with tank experience as listed PLUS five (5) Field Technicians with waste/materials/air experience, or are the five (5) Field Technicians included within the (6) Mid-level/Jr Field Technicians (as it appears because of the indented section)? In other words, does this require 11 people different people or can these specific personnel qualifications be demonstrated across a minimum of six people?

Amendment 0006. Amendment 0006 corrects the field technicians as "f". Amend. 0006

48 3/11/20 20 and 25 of 25 Amend 0003

“Size” refers to task orders with a minimum value of $50,000. (pg 20). However, SOW states "Relevant projects under this factor pertains to the type of work set forth in Attachments E and F with a minimum value of $20,000 completed by an offeror or its proposed teaming members within the last five years." (pg 25). Can we have confirmation that any of the 20 relevant projects cna have a value as low as $20,000?

Amendment 0006. Factor 2, Relevant project revises the definition of "size" for relevant projects to task orders with a minimum value of $50,000. Factor 4, Past Performance revises the minimum value to $50,000.00.

Amend 0006

49 3.9.20 42 3 1

Are the resumes for key personnel required in Section L, CORPORATE EXPERIENCE/PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS for staff listed in section C.3

PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS on page 8 of the solicitation, or those detailed in Section M, 3. Qualified Personnel beginning on page 42? Specifically, will additional resumes be considered to address other components of the scope, for example a Senior Engineer to complete Air tasks.

Only resumes listed in Evaluation Factor 2, Section 3 Qualified Personnel are to be submitted. Amend. 0006

50 3/9/20 22 5 Are copies of the 12 certifications listed required to be presented, or is the certification or license number on the resume sufficient?

See Amendment 0006. Certifications have been revised.

Certifications must be provided. All certifications submitted must be valid at the closing date of this solicitation.

Amend. 0006

51 3/9/20 22 5

Under Qualified Personnel, for Mid and Junior Technicians, are six technicians required for the first sub-bullet (tank related work) and five additional technicians are required for the second sub-bullet (air/waste related). Or, are six technicians required in total, five of which must have experience related to the second sub-bullet?

Amendment 0006 corrects the field technicians as "f". Amend 0006