N4523A21Q5701 RFQ Amendment 2 Q and A 12-9-2020.pdf

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N4523A21Q5701 Forklift Rental IDIQ RFQ Amendment 1 - Monday, 07 December 2020

Question 1: Regarding Exhibit A, the number of estimated lease months exceeds the number of months in a calendar year. Can you please clarify what that means?

Answer 1: On Exhibit A, there is a section with instructions and definitions below the price worksheet. Please reference the definition for “Estimated Lease Months”. This term is defined as, “total amount of months per forklift type projected to be required under this contract based on historical data and future projections.” Estimated Lease months are used in a weighted price evaluation for this solicitation. These estimated months per forklift type WILL NOT be incorporated into the contract and do not represent final IDIQ quantities.

Question 2: Is it possible to propose on only part of CLIN 0001 (e.g., CLIN 0001AA and CLIN 0001AB)?

Answer 2: No, it is not. The price of CLIN 0001 will be evaluated as the total price of the proposal and shall be equal to the total price from the completed price proposal worksheet (Exhibit A), as highlighted in green within the Exhibit. Partially completed price worksheets will not be evaluated and a quote may be eliminated from the competition without further discussion. Please reference provision FAR 52.212- 2(a)(5) Price Evaluation in the RFQ.

Question 3: Does the Contractor need to ensure the forklift attachments are compatible with the provided forklifts and who would be responsible for changing them?

Answer 3: These are Government owned attachments that would be installed by Shipyard personnel qualified for the specific attachment with engineering evaluations to ensure the forklift intended for that evolution was compatible. The Contractor would only need to give permission that the Government may use attachments on their forklifts.

Question 4: What is the estimated start date of the contract?

Answer 4: The estimated start date of this contract is 15 February 2021. Please reference the updated cover page of the RFQ.

Question 5: Does the Government have an estimation of when the majority of units will be required, or are the units required on an “as needed” basis?

Answer 5: The majority of units will be required on as needed basis. Please reference provision FAR 52.212-2(a)(3)

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N4523A21Q5701 Forklift Rental IDIQ RFQ Amendment 2 - Wednesday, 09 December 2020

Question 6: Is the Government able to share the number of units required, CLIN types, and rental length of the initial task order?

Answer 6: The Government does not have the specifics of the seed task order at this time.