W15QKN-24-Q-5144 Questions and Answers.pdf

W15QKN 24-Q-5144 Solicitation Questions and Answers Elevator Maintenance Services, Pennsylvania, Region B5

Dated 05 September 2024

1. How many elevators are at each location and how many floors are there at each location?

Answer: There is one elevator at each location. All buildings are two floors except for the ATC Tower located at 471 Airport Road, Johnstown, PA which has seven floors total, but the elevator only runs to five floors, and the T/SGT Vernon McGarity USARC located at 99 Soldiers Lane, Coraopolis, PA only has three floors.

2. What is the brand of the elevator?

Answer:

PA168 – Schindler Elevator PA166 – Schindler Elevator PA053 – Eastern Elevator PA051 – Bldg 292 – Schindler Elevator PA051 - ATC Tower – Eastern Elevator PA051- Bldg 195 – Schindler Elevator

3. Who is the current Incumbent?

Answer: There is no incumbent/contract at subject locations.

4. What is the total contract value.

Answer: There is no contract in place at subject locations.

5. Are service calls and materials covered under the fixed cost, or is the fixed cost from PM service only?

Answer: The Firm-Fixed-Price contract line item numbers (CLIN) are for monthly elevator maintenance and annual elevator inspection.

6. If we are called for an elevator being out of service do we change time and material for the repair?

Answer: Service calls fall under the Cost Reimbursable – No Fee, Not To Exceed CLINs.

7. Are Bids accepted via email?

Answer: Yes. Please refer to Solicitation W15QKN-24-Q-5114 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS, Section 9.a. Completing a Quote for Submittal which states the following in part, “Quotes are due no later than the date and time listed in Standard Form (SF) 1449, Block 8 and shall be submitted via email to BOTH: Christopher Naylor, Contract Specialist at christopher.j.naylor.civ@army.mil and Christina M. Elardo, Contracting Officer at christina.m.elardo.civ@army.mil. Updates to this solicitation will be posted on the SAM website (www.sam.gov/). Local time for this requirement is Eastern Standard Time (EST).

No other forms of delivery proposal will be accepted or reviewed by the Government other than those delivered by means expressed in Solicitation W15QKN-24-Q-5144 (SUCH AS E-

MAIL DELIVERY ONLY.)

8. Please advise if this is a new contract?

Answer: This is a new contract.

9. Would you be willing to accept the "Certificate of Insurance" from our valid second source who would have this?

Answer: No. The certificate of insurance shall be listed in the prime contractor’s name.

Please refer to Solicitation W15QKN-24-Q-5114 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS, Section f.

Offerors shall submit with their offer, their valid Certificate of Insurance, as prime contractor, in accordance with the requirements and applicable insurance amounts set forth within the solicitation at FAR Clause 52.228-5, “Insurance – Work on a Government Installation,” and “Insurance Requirements.”

10. When arriving for the survey the elevator at this location was out of service due to Lightning strike, will this have any impact on the Solicitation?

Answer: The Government will have the elevator fixed prior to contract award. This will not have any impact on the solicitation.

11. We were filling out the bid documents and noticed the prevailing wage, however, we did not see the elevator mechanic in the wage rate category, just the elevator operator. Are you able to provide this rate?

Answer: The Government cannot provide a rate for the elevator mechanic.