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Questions and Answers SINLEC16R0004 Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) INL Worldwide: Canines and Items

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1. Are there any incumbent contractor (s) providing these services to INL? If yes, who are the incumbent (s) and what are the contract number (s) for these services?

No.

2. Paragraph 2.14 REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION The following documentation shall accompany each canine at time of acceptance.

Question: Are the costs of the documentation required for the canines to be included within the cost of the canine line items? The cost for the required documentation should be included on the final price of each canine.

3. What canine selection and /or general Working Dog experience and qualifications will be required of the INL representative? This is not an issue for the contractor.

INL representatives are advisors with expert subject matter knowledge and experience with canines. The INL advisors will adhere to the requirements of the

SOW

4. Can an awardee of a BPA choose not to submit a quote for a BPA Call without jeopardizing their Contract / BPA? Yes, the government understands the canines are subject to availability.

5. Paragraph 2.17 CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR EACH BPA CALL, The Contractor will ensure that the transport kennel is outfitted with a travel water bowl that meets the airlines requirements and is “spill proof”. Will the government specify what Spill Proof water bowl meets this requirement “Spill Proof capability”? Industry standard for travel IAW the size of the canine see section 6 of the revised Appendix A.

6. Paragraph 2.21.1 EQUIPMENT SUPPORT Will the Government be more specific? See updated section 2.21.1 for other items.

7. Also, will equipment support be required for all dogs supplied by the contractor (including Green Dogs) or only task trained dogs. Applicable to all the canines.

8. Will the government require International Health Certificates in addition to U.

S.?USDA certificate and health certificate for international travel.

9. With respect to Currency Detector Dogs, will the contractor be required to train on foreign currency in addition to U. S. currency? If yes will the government provide the foreign currency as GFM or will this be provided by the contractor.

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If Contractor provided, will the government reimburse the contractor for the costs associated in obtaining same. Obviously, the foreign currency will have different types of ink and scent as opposed to U. S. Currency. The government will specify the type of currency on each BPA call. Any applicable additional cost must be specified by the vendor as Cost reimburse. The government reserves the right to evaluate and apply.

10. Is the INL requiring vendors to offer canines, which are trained to multiple classes of odor (i.e., Narcotics/Explosives, Explosive/Cadaver, Explosive/Currency)? See updated Appendix A.

11. The BPA Solicitation is asking for Dual Purpose Canines, which the canine industry considers as those canines that are trained to find one class of odor and are additionally trained in apprehension and/or tracking or patrol. Is the BPA asking for single-purpose (odor only) or dual-purpose (odor and apprehension, tracking and/or patrol)? Single detection and Dual detection IAW Appendix A.

12. There are conflicting criteria/abilities within SOW, Section 2.10, Discussion, Page 7 and SOW, Section 2.12, Selection Criteria, Page 8. Section 2.12 requires some characteristics of a dual-purpose canine. Please explain which characteristics are desired. See updated Appendix A on the updated SOW.

13. Is a canine trained for bite protection or aggressive tactics desired by the INL through this solicitation? See section 2.13.7, Canines are not required to be trained for bite protection or aggressive tactics.

14. Is the requested dog bed a bed to be placed in the transport carrier at the time of shipping the canine or a long-term bed to be used at the destination? The bed should be designed to travel IAW with Section 6 on Appendix A.

15. Are canine delivery costs to be included in the Fixed Price Per Unit quoted by the vendor in this solicitation or treated as a Cost Reimbursable or ODC as an addition to the fixed price per unit under each BPA Call? See section 2.11.3 and section 2.19

16. Is this BPA solicitation being awarded as a best value or lowest price? Best value –trade off

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17. Will the BPA Calls be awarded as best value or lowest price? Best value -Lowest priced technically acceptable