Amendment 0001 EVSE Feasibility Study Final 2022 3 2.pdf

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AMENDMENT 0001

Sources Sought Synopsis

ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT (EVSE) FEASIBILITY STUDY

March 2, 2022

The subject Sources Sought Synopsis is amended as follows to answer Request for Information (RFI) submitted.

1. Question: Would we be precluded from participating in the follow-on work if we are a key subcontractor on the Feasibility Assessment?

Answer: No.

2. Question: For this source sought is there a page limit you would like us to follow?

Answer: For the Sources Sought Synopsis issued there was no page limit requirement to be submitted.

3. Question: Do you expect the results of the SPD-EV Feasibility Study to lead to subsequent construction projects for installation of EV Charging Stations? Do you have an estimated timeline for these projects?

Answer: It is likely that the government will have a subsequent requirement for construction following the EVSE Feasibility Study. A timeline for such construction has not yet been determined.

4. Question: Good afternoon, we have never submitted on a “sources sought,” and I was curious as to how long it normally takes to make a decision?

Answer: A Sources Sought is simply Market Research. The government is gaining a perspective on the available number of contractors to perform this work from certain socio-economic categories.

5. Question: Can you confirm if any subsequent opportunity would be a SDVOSB set-aside as indicated in eBuy? If yes, would the SDVOSB set-aside be required to meet VA requirements for a SDVOSB, as per below:

852.219-10 VA Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set- Aside VA Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (DEC

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2009)

(a) Definition. For the Department of Veterans Affairs, “Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern”:

(1) Means a small business concern:

(i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans (or eligible surviving spouses VA requirements for a SDVOSB);

(ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans (or eligible surviving spouses) or, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran;

(iii) The business meets Federal small business size standards for the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code identified in the solicitation document; and

(iv) The business has been verified for ownership and control and is so listed in the Vendor Information Pages database, (http://www.VetBiz.gov).

Answer: A determination of set aside will be made after the government has analyzed the results of its’ market research. If a VOSB or SDVOSB set aside is deemed appropriate a provision similar to VAAR 852.219-11 may be included.

Please visit https://www.acquisition.gov/ for an up to date full text version of

VAAR 852.219-11.

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