Attachment B Kirtland Question and Answers Amd0005.pdf

Question Number

Question Answer

3. Average amount of fuel movement per day? See Appendix M. FY24 fuel issues are 10.5 K gallons average daily with June being the busiest month at 13.8K gallons average daily.

18. Reference Section I, Contract Clause FAR

52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND

CONDITIONS—COMMERCIAL

PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL

SERVICES. (NOV 2023), sub-paragraph (k), Taxes. The revenue generated by this contract is subject to New Mexico’s gross receipts tax.

a. Will DLA modify the contract for NM gross receipts tax if the tax rate increases during the contract through REA?

b. Will DLA allow the gross revenue tax applied to increases in annual wage adjustment to be recovered through the REA process?

FAR 52.212-4(k) states that the contract price includes all applicable federal, state, and local taxes and duties.

a. No. See FAR 52.212-4(k) and FAR 52.229-3, which is incorporated by reference in Amendment 0005.

b. Refer to FAR 52.222-43 and solicitation contract text I102.02 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act

– Payroll Tax Adjustment (DLA Energy JAN 2012).

20. Reference PWS paragraph C-5.2 – this paragraph states in part “In the event of failure of the existing facilities and equipment resulting in extended downtime, the Contractor may be required to perform the same functions using an alternative method provided by the Government or the Contractor.”

Question: Will the Government allow equitable adjustment to the fixed price for reasonable costs incurred by the Contractor to provide services using alternative methods?

See updated PWS in Amendment 0005. PWS section C-5.2 Operations revised in part to state, “In the event of failure of the existing facilities or equipment resulting in extended downtime, the Contractor may be required to perform the same functions using an alternative method provided by the Government or the Contractor without additional funding.”

23. Reference PWS C-5.2.6 Quality Surveillance/Laboratory – Please clarify if the contractor is responsible for shipping costs of required samples to area lab. Will local TMO be available to contractor for shipping samples?

Contractor is responsible for cost of taking and preparing the sample for shipment and for cost of shipping if Transportation Management Office (TMO) is not used.

TMO is available for shipping.

24. Reference PWS paragraph C-5.2.6 and Appendix M paragraph (9) – this paragraph

The contractor is responsible for replacing all necessary lab states in part that the contractor is responsible for providing replacement laboratory equipment without additional Government funding. While we understand the Contractor’s responsibility to provide consumable supplies, please clarify if it the Government’s intent to require the Contractor to purchase, at their own expense, replacements for Government provided equipment such the analytical balance, CU meters, B-2 kits, oven, etc., should they become unserviceable during the life of the contract?

items not specifically identified in PWS Appendix M para (9a).

26. Reference PWS paragraph C-5.8.1. –Please confirm traveling distance between the main fuels flight building and the refueling areas and truck parking area, bulk storage, laboratory, service station, and cryogenics.

This is necessary in order to calculate the specific number of general-purpose vehicles required since simultaneous vehicle requirements are needed throughout the workday, i.e. Lab tech, cryogenics support and immediate response to flightline activities.

Bldg 255 to (miles) St A = 0.6 St B = 5.0 Lox = 1.9 Lab = 2.9 Storage = 2.5

Bldg 255 to (miles) Pad 5 = 4.4 Spot E35 = 1.6 TA Ramp = 0.7

27. Reference PWS paragraph C-5.8.1.4 – this paragraph clearly states the Contractor is responsible for providing fuel for Contractor furnished special purpose vehicles.

a. Who pays for fuel for government furnished special purpose vehicles listed in Appendix M, paragraph (13)?

b. If the Contractor is required to purchase fuel for Government provided vehicles, please provide the previous three-year consumption rate for each grade of fuel used.

a. The Contractor is responsible from day one of the period of performance to pay for fuel used by government furnished and contractor furnished general purpose and special purpose vehicles.

b. Only grade used by GOVs is diesel. Cost per FY:

FY21 $13,751.45

FY22 $19,334.34

FY23 $19,569.92

FY24 $12,822.05 so far

28. Reference PWS paragraph C-5.8.2 – this paragraph stats in part “When an item of IE/IP is no longer required or becomes unserviceable, the Government, at its discretion, is not required to replace the item.” If a piece of IE/IP equipment that is no longer serviceable but is still required, and

The Government will determine the continued requirement and if still required will replace or provide reimbursement for IE/IP other than common hand tools or general the Government chooses not to replace the item, will the Government reimburse the Contractor for replacement costs?

furniture items listed in Table 9b or consumables.

32. Reference Appendix M (3) Table M-3b Aircraft workload information:

[no change to responses for questions a. – k.

and m. – n.]

l. How often are multiple defuels (back-to-back aircraft) called in; which would prevent one refueler from performing one-time defuel operations?

l. 268 defuels performed last year. HH60 has the most requirement for defuels (128); it is back-to-back but usually at the same time, one at a time, on the same ramp, before they get put back into the hanger.

However no log comments indicate specific back to back breakout.