Government Responses PPI 1-5.pdf
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- Solicitation number
- N4425523R1507
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This document provides responses to questions regarding a federal contract for gull abatement services. The contractor will be required to patrol the facility with free flying predator birds to chase off glaucous-winged gulls and reduce the population by 90% on average each day onsite. The contract will be performed over 43 hours per week on average throughout the year, with actual weekly hours varying based on bird pressure, security restrictions, and federal holidays. The responses indicate the services are currently provided under contract number N4425521P5004 and that while onsite the contractor must maintain an 80% reduction minimum, with 90% considered highly satisfactory. No real-time response is mandated if populations increase while the contractor is offsite, but consistent increases may require adjusting hours onsite.
The related solicitation is for gull abatement at the Trident Refit Facility for the Naval Base Kitsap in Washington. The contractor will provide personnel, equipment, transportation and other services to patrol the facility with predator birds and reduce the gull population by 90% daily on average according to the performance work statement. The Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command is the contracting agency.
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Government Responses: PPI #1-5 04/03/2023
1. Has this services been provided in the past? If so what is the contract/solicitation number?
Yes the services are currently provided under contract number N4425521P5004
2. Is the contractor responsible for keeping the population down by 90% 24/7? Or just during a certain time period each day.
Just while the contractor is onsite, on average, over the course of the year. As outlined in the PWS Attachment 1, an 80% reduction is considered satisfactory while a 90% reduction is considered highly satisfactory.
3. What is the current estimated population?
During spring-summer, 100-200 gulls may be onsite at the start of the day, though this varies significantly. During fall/winter, numbers tend to fall to the 20-50 range. Delta Pier's breeding population has been approximately 90 nesting pairs the last couple of years.
4. How many hours or what time frame is the contractor expected to be onsite?
43 hours/wk on average over the course of the year (PWS Section 1.7). The actual hours of operation will be determined based on time of day when the bird pressure is highest at the site. Dependent on the bird pressure, security restrictions around WRA operations, escort availability, federal holidays, or personal leave, the actual hours of abatement may be more or less in any given week,but must average 43 hours per week over the period of performance. Weekly hours are expected to be higher during the breeding season and lower during the non-breeding season.
5. What are the response requirements if the population of gulls increase while the contractor is offsite?
No real-time response requirements, though depending on level of consistency/severity of the population increase, may be an indicator that more hours are needed onsite.
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