SAQMMA16R0482_Q A_04AUG16.xlsx
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| Questions | Answers |
| This solicitation was posted on Wednesday July 27th. However, fbo.gov does not notify those who are watching the opportunity until the following business day. Therefore, we were first notified of the solicitation's release today, July 28th. The proposal is due August 9th, effectively giving offerors only 8 business days to put together a response. We understand that the Government views this project as urgent and that is the reason for the quick turnaround time. However, we respectively and humbly request just 2 more business days to complete this proposal. If the Government could grant a 2 day extension so that the proposal would be due on Thursday, August 11th (2 weeks from today), that would greatly help us to put together our best effort. Please let us know if our request is possible. | No, The Government is not intending to extend the RFP posting duration. The solicitation propsal is still due August 9th and will remain unchanged. |
| Are the engine exhaust emissions required to be certified to a specific regulation? If so, what exhaust emission regulation(s) must the engines must be certified to? If they must meet US EPA requirements, Tier 4 exhaust emissions certification will be required. This will make a large difference in package design and cost. Please advise. | Offerors shall check the Government of Egypt emissions requirements and comply. |
| kindly notice there is discrepancy between Genset power in configuration in ''Attachment_4_-_Configuration_Drawing_3B’’ shows 200KVA, although SOW & RFP shows Koustal site 300KVA, | |
| Attachment 2 - Configuation Drawing 3B is revised to the following: update the minimum power of the gernator from 200 KVA to 300 KVA | |
| 1. This is a request for a 2 week extension (to August 23, 2016) for responding to the above solicitation. 2. We intend to suggest minor (but important) modifications to the solicitation based on our 35 years of experience in Egypt and the Middle East. |
3. I am confident that no serious contractor will be able to respond to this solicitation in the time allowed.
4. This is not the first advertisement of this solicitation. Unless you have - very common to USAID in Egypt - preawarded this project., it is very difficult to get a serious and responsive proposal..
1. Refer to Cell B2
2. Not a Question
3. Not a Question
4. Not a Question
Is this a Grant from the US taxpayers?
| No, this is a contract and will not be awarded as a grant. | |
| Is it required to be of US source and origin? | There is no lanauge to define or restrict any source and/or origin of items for this acquisition. Therefore, items under this acquisition does not required to be US source or origin. |
| Can we supply Foreign made Generator? | refer to Cell B7 |
| What type of diesel fuel will be used? For example, will it run on #2 diesel? | RFP section L-002, INSTRUCTION TO OFFEROR was revised to the following: All MPS systems under this contractor shall be able to operate with using #2 Diesel fuel |
| On Page 51 of 53 of the RFP under L – 002 "Instructions to Offeror": Do we only have to supply liability and injury insurance for personnel in Egypt or do we have to also provide Defense Base Act (DBA) insurance? In our experience on projects in Egypt, we usually have to provide proof of DBA insurance to the KO before we begin work on US Government contracts. We would just like to confirm that we are not required to provide DBA insurance? | In accordance with the FAR 52.228-3, the DBA is not required for this contract. Because, this is mainly a supply contract while there is a minor portion of services included. Therefore, the Government believes that the DBA insurance is not required. |
| On Page 4 of the SOW under 4.9 "Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)”: Will the Government witness the FAT or will they just accept the resulting documents from the FAT? If the Government will be witnessing the FAT, how much notice will the contractor need to provide? | Yes, the government will witness the factory acceptance testing; please provide as much lead time notice as possible, but a minimum of 10 days is required. FAR 52.209-3 Alt I -- First Article Approval - Contractor Testing (Sept 1989) - Alternate I (Jan 1997) is added into the contract, section I |
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