B08 7 Questions and Answers for AMENDMENT 0001.docx

1- Reference: Solicitation, General Question: Would the Government please provide the number of annual service orders for each of the last two (2) years, and also specify the number of service orders for rodent control during that same period of time?

Answer: 350 Service Orders in 2020, Approximately 200 rodent control. 227 Service Orders in 2021, Approximately 150 rodent control.

2- Reference: Performance Work Statement (PWS), Section 4.1.7.1.1.4 which states: “Rodent control must be established within 30 days and the site will remain free of any infestation for the remainder of the contract.”

Comment: A rodent’s behavior is unpredictable and sporadic, and rodents may move from building to building or come from outside of the base to buildings on the base.

Question: Would the Government please consider modifying the requirement so as to “achieve and maintain control of rodents for the site for a 30-day period”?

Answer: Yes. Achieve and maintain control of rodents at the site for a 30-day period is sufficient.

3- Reference: Solicitation, General Question: Would the Government please provide the number of Pest Control Technicians currently servicing Tobyhanna Army Depot?

Answer: Currently 2 Pest control technicians servicing the depot

4- Reference: Performance Work Statement (PWS), Section 4.1.1.2 which states: “When control operations are conducted in response to a complaint in family housing, multi-family dwellings shall be treated as a whole when ordered by the Contracting Officer/COR.”

Question: Would the Government please identify family housing by building number by providing the appropriate description for the building numbers included in Appendix I?

Answer: Building numbers 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, and 509.

5- Reference: Performance Work Statement (PWS), Section 4.2.1, references vertebrate pests.

Question: Would the Government please provide the number of annual service orders for vertebrate pests?

Answer: Approximately 20-40 per year.

6- Reference: Performance Work Statement (PWS), Section 4.2.1.2, Carcass disposal which states “Response to these service requests will be made within four hours of notification.”

Question: Would the Government please clarify whether the response is to be made within normal working hours only?

Answer: Yes. The response is during business hours.

7- Reference: Performance Work Statement (PWS), Page 5, Paragraph 6 Bidding, Bid Prices and Payment Comment: The second sentence states “The estimated quantities of services to be ordered annually are shown on the contract solicitation bidding schedule.” What we are seeing is a place for a monthly price and then the monthly price multiplied by 12 months to arrive at an annual price.

Question: Are service orders for problems outside of a scheduled visit or treatments for termites as an example billed separately, or is this a total monthly cost no matter what the contractor encounters?

Answer: Emergency service orders exist for certain specific instances and are billed and paid separately. These are typically reserved for termites and bedbug incidents.