RFI Responses 8-27-2025.pdf

Request for Information (RFI) / Responses

Solicitation W50S8S25BA002

Date 8/27/2028

RFI - 1

What is required for the bid opening/submission?

Response - 1

In Section 00 10 00 Notes paragraph four (4) identifies expectation of a complete bid package:

1. A complete bid package must contain the following:

(a) Offer, Standard Form (SF) 1442 front and back signed

(b) Section 00 10 00 Bid Schedule - all items must be priced

(c) A Bid Bond and Power of Attorney is required along with the bid on the due date. In accordance with DoD Deviation 2020-O0016, electronic signatures and electronic, mechanically applied, or printed dates may be used and shall be considered original signatures and dates. The bid bond must be on a SF24 form. Rejection of a bid bond shall be in accordance with FAR 28.101-4 Noncompliance with bid guarantee requirements.

(d) Section 00 45 00, Representations and Certifications, completed and return only additional certifications found in this section in addition, the offeror must have entered current and complete data within the past year in Online Representations and Certifications at www.sam.gov.

(e) When completing the “Offeror” portion of the SF 1442 (Blocks 14 – 20), an official having the authority to contractually bind the company must sign the SF 1442 in accordance with FAR 4.102. One copy of the SF1442 is required to have an original signature.

(f) All amendments to the solicitation must be acknowledged.

(g) Mark the front of the envelope with the following: “BID No. W50S8S-25-B-A002”, and the Name and Address of Bidder. See Block 13A of SF 1442 for required number of copies.

2. Joint Venture Requirements - Parties wishing to propose as a joint venture must submit, with the Pro Forma documents, an executed copy of the joint venture agreement. The joint venture agreement shall be executed in accordance with FAR 4.102(d). Each joint venture partner shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Contracting Officer that its Board of Directors has approved its participation in the joint venture or by an instrument of similarly binding character in the case of an unincorporated entity. Offerors are reminded that to obtain an award the awardee, to include a joint venture, must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. Applicable to set-aside solicitations: Joint Ventures must meet applicable size standards (See FAR Subpart 19.1). Submit with the proposal any size determination for the Joint Venture entity received from the Small Business Administration. A Joint Venture where-in one party is not a small business may be referred to the Small Business Administration (IAW FAR

19.302 (b)) to determine eligibility. All questions regarding Joint Ventures must be directed to the Small Business Administration (SBA) and not the Contracting Officer.

A small business joint venture offeror must submit with its offer, the representation required in:

paragraph (c) of FAR solicitation provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications- Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and paragraph (c) of FAR solicitation provision 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations, in accordance with 52.204-8(d) and 52.212- 3(b) for the following categories:

(A) Small business;

(B) Service-disabled veteran-owned small business;

(C) Women-owned small business (WOSB) under the WOSB Program;

(D) Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business under the WOSB Program; or

(E) Historically underutilized business zone small business.

RFI - 2

Can you provide a full text of all Representations and Certifications required to be completed with bid packages identified in Section 00 45 00?

Response - 2

All Representations and Certifications in Section 00 45 00 are required to be completed. Reps and Certs Acknowledgement word document is added under Amendment 01 of this IFB. Please make sure you complete and acknowledge as required for a complete bid package identified in Section 00 01 00 Notes.

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