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This document contains Questions and Answers related to Solicitation #36C78624Q50305 for Grounds Maintenance at Fort Jackson National Cemetery. The solicitation is for an IDIQ contract to provide grounds maintenance services including removing, replenishing, and installing cemetery beds, daily trash and debris removal, leaf collection, dethatching, aeration, fertilization, fire ant and pesticide treatment, pressure washing, janitorial services, headstone receiving and setting, and other related services. The estimated quantity for some services, such as bales required per year, increased significantly from the base year to the option years. The agency, Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration, clarified that the quantity jumps are to account for potential increased service requirements during the option years. The agency has also revised the price schedule which should be used by offerors.
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Solicitation #:36C78624Q50305 – Grounds Maintenance at Fort Jackson National Cemetery Questions and Answers
1. For CLIN 0010, 1010, 2010, 3010 and 4010, would it be possible to specify an amount (quantity of bales required) being requested per year?
Please clarify: Is the past performance questionnaire complete and only meant to be completed by the offeror OR is there a missing element of this document?
Answer: The estimated number of bales required per year is 10,000.
2. The CLIN states Removal, Replenish and/or Install All Areas Cemetery defined. Can the cemetery please “define” or provide the SF of these beds to be included?
Answer: Refer to question one answer.
3. Need clarification on the following CLINs in regard to the Maximum Quantity for the option year renewals.
CLIN 4: Daily trash and Debris. This goes from a quantity of monthly (12), to a quantity of 300 in option in year 2-4 CLIN 7: Leaf collection. Also a monthly invoice task, jumps from a quantity of 12 to 22 in option years 1-4
CLINs 12 & 13 (dethatch and aeration) each have a quantity of 1 per year each in the base year. They both jump to a quantity of 2 per year for all option years.
CLINs 14 & 15 (fertilization) jumps from a quantity of 6 in the base year, to a quantity of 8 in all option years.
CLIN 16 (Lime/Gypsum) jumps from a quantity of 1 to a quantity of 2 for all option years.
CLINS 17& 18 (Pre-emerge) jumps from a base year quantity of 3 to option year quantities of 5.
CLIN 19 (Post-emerge Spot Spray) has a base quantity of 40 and option year quantities of 60.
CLIN 20 (Post emerge Blanket) quantity of 3 in the base year, 5 in the option years.
CLIN 22 (Fire ants daily spot) has a base year JB quantity of 30 and jumps to 180 for the option years.
CLIN 23 (Fire ants Blanket) has 2 apps in the base year and 4 in all option years.
CLIN 24 (Pesticide Blanket) has 2 in the base year and 6 in all option years.
CLIN 25 (Pesticide Spot) has 12 in the base year and 24 in all options.
CLIN 28 (Casket Transports) This has 700 in the base year and 1300 in all option years.
CLINs 30-34 (pressure washing) increases from 4 times per year in the base year to 6 times per year in all option years.
CLIN 35 (janitorial) has a quantity of 12 months for the base year but 14 months for option years 2-4.
CLIN 40 (Headstone receiving and setting) has a quantity of 750 in the base year but jumps to 1400 for all option years 1 & 2 and then decreases to 1100 for option years 3 & 4.
CLIN 42 (Headstone Transport) this CLIN does not have a description in the SOW. It has a base year quantity of 1020 and option year quantities of 1400. We would think that transporting a Headstone would be part of the receiving and setting CLIN.
CLIN 43 (Replacement Headstones) base period quantity of 120, all option years have a quantity of 400.
CLIN 56 (Support Services) Base year quantity of 6, all option year quantities show 12.
Answer: This is an IDIQ contract where a minimum and maximum should be stated. The quantity amount jump during the option years in case additional services are required.
However, the price schedule has been revised and upload. Please use the new price schedule.
Also, CLIN 42 will not be removed from the price schedule.
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