Base_Specific_Q&As_AFGOCO_Northwest_Region-Ellsworth_AFB.pdf

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SOLICITATION SPE603-18-R-0507 – AF GOCO NORTHWEST REGION

BASE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS: ELLSWORTH AFB, SD

1. Reference PWS Appendix AF – Ellsworth: If fuel has to be received via tank truck, what are the normal days, times and duration of receipt?

Answer: Refer to PWS Appendix AF para II.A. (3).

2. Reference PWS Appendix AF – Ellsworth: The workload information states that there have been 13 times that the Contractor has been called in outside normal duty hours as Contractors are available 24 hours. Please confirm the Contractor has also not had to have personnel stay after normal duty hours to complete receipts/transfers/issues.

3. Reference PWS Appendix AF – Ellsworth: The workload information states that there have been 13 times that the Contractor has been called in outside normal duty hours, what is the average duration of after-hours call outs?

4. Reference PWS Appendix AF – Ellsworth: The workload information states there are 2 transfers performed on average per week. What is the duration of a transfer?

5. Reference PWS Appendix AF – Ellsworth: The workload information references one emergency generator being in the Contractor’s AOR, and that it is inspected daily. Who is to perform this daily inspection, the Government or the Contractor?

Answer: Refer to PWS Appendix AF para II.A. (3).

6. Reference PWS Appendix AF – Ellsworth: The workload information references one emergency generator being in the Contractor’s AOR. Please confirm that a

Government entity is responsible for conducting the periodic generator testing.

Answer: Refer to PWS Appendix AF para II.A. (3).

7. Reference PWS Appendix AF – Ellsworth: The workload information references one emergency generator being in the Contractor’s AOR. Please confirm that the

Government provides the fuel for this generator in the event that the Contractor is responsible for testing.

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8. Reference PWS Appendix AF – Ellsworth: The workload information states there are confined spaces. Do Contractor personnel have to enter any of the confined spaces to perform work tasks?

Answer: Refer to PWS paragraph C-5.3.2.1, Appendix C, and AF para II.A. (3).

9. Reference PWS Appendix AF – Ellsworth: The workload information states that quarterly, semi-annual and annual maintenance on GFP is provided by DLA

Energy. Please confirm the Contractor is only responsible for operator level inspection.

Answer: Refer to PWS paragraph C-5.3 and subparagraphs and Appendix AF para I.

10. Reference PWS Appendix AF – Ellsworth: The base specific requirements provide a listing of Government-furnished facilities to be used by the Contractor. Are initial and replacement spill kits to be provided by the Government?

Answer: Refer to PWS para C-5.8.2 and Appendix F.

11. Reference PWS Appendix AF – Ellsworth: There is no listing of furniture included for the Government furnished facilities. Does the Government provide furniture for the Contractor’s use?

Answer: Refer to PWS Appendix AF para II.A. (9).

12. The chart shows that truck receipts require Contractor Escort, but there is no workload data showing any truck receipts. Please provide the number of truck receipts per month?

13. In upcoming years, there are plans to remove one tank area, and build new tanks at the existing tank area. This will require numerous escorts in and around the

Contractors AOR.”

When is this construction expected to start?

Answer: Refer to PWS Appendix AF para II.A. (4).

14. At the site visit it was mentioned that escort duties takes 1500 hours per year. Please provide details about this requirement.

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15. During the site visit, the COR noted that the contractors often have to provide escorts during routine base services such as grass cutting, DFSP pipeline pigging operations, and emptying portable toilets. Can you provide the estimated number of man hours the contractor spent escorting servicing personnel?

16. How often does the incumbent contractor required to escort other contractors at multiple locations simultaneously (provide more than one escort)?

17. How often has the contractor been called in to perform return to bulk operations

(i.e. R-11 or bowsers) after hours?

18. How often has the contractor been called in after hours to perform C300 fills after normal hours?

19. Please provide the average number of diesel and unleaded receipts the contractor performs, and the average duration of the receipts.

20. During the site visit it was noted that the contractor must transfer from Area C to

Area D, which requires two contractor employees to complete. Please provide the average number of transfers and duration where two FDSOs are required.

21. During the site visit it was noted that all R11 truck fills occur at Area D during the monthly hydrant flush; therefore Area D must be continuously manned. Please provide the average duration (hours per month) of the hydrant flush.

22. During the site visit it was noted that the bulk storage tanks acquire an unordinary high amount of water. Please provide the average amount of man hours the contractor spends performing product recovery operations.