Attachment 0003 - Solicitation Questions - W519TC24Q2192.pdf
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- W519TC-24-Q-2192
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This document is a set of Questions and Answers related to Solicitation W519TC-24-Q-2192 for Potassium Chlorate. The solicitation is issued by the Army Contracting Command - Rock Island (ACC-RI) as a 5-year Firm-Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract under NAICS code 325180 as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. Proposals are due by 4/16/2024 with a 30-day validity period. The contract requires delivery of 160,000 lbs of Potassium Chlorate, with the full amount due 120 days after First Article Test (FAT) approval. One FAT per ordering period is anticipated. The solicitation includes a pricing matrix and outlines requirements for raw material sourcing and delivery terms. Potential offerors are instructed to send questions to the specified Contracting Officer representatives.
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W519TC-24-Q-2192
Question and Answer
Q1: Please Clarify the schedule for this solicitation.
A1: Proposals are due 4/16/2024 at 15:00 CDT
Q2: Proposal Validity of 30 days, so until 5/16/2024 – assuming this means you plan to award by this date, if there are no delays?
A2: Yes, proposals are required to be valid 30 days after closing, ACC-RI expects to award in that time frame, given no delays occur.
Q3: 50kg FAT Sample is due 30 days after DO Award – is that expected to be concurrent with the IDIQ
Award?
A3: The Award of the delivery order will follow the base award, there may be a slight delay between base award and delivery order award.
Q4: Is there an expected amount of time the FAT approval will take?
A4: On average, FAT will be completed within 2 weeks, but can vary depending on workload, and documents provided.
Q5: Do you want the entire 160,000 lbs delivered 120 days after FAT approval (AFATA), or deliver start at that point?
A5: Pine Bluff Arsenal expects the entirety of the 160,000 lbs delivered by the 120 day AFATA mark.
Partial deliveries can be arranged with PCO approval.
Q6: Confirm FAT Requirement
A6: First Article Test CLIN has a max quantity of 5. It is anticipated that one FAT will be requested per
Ordering Period. 1 FAT Submission includes 3 separate 2 lb samples packaged in steel drums.
Q7: Can all three FATs be double poly lined in 1 steel drum?
A7: Yes, this is allowable.
Q8: Usually there is a spreadsheet with all five years. Is this available?
A8: Yes, Please refer to SAM.Gov. Attachment 0001 is the requested Price Matrix.
Q9: Can we place a 5-year step projection on the bid?
A9: Per the price matrix, each quantity range and year allow for a different price.
Q10: On Page 8 of 72 – this is the max amount for all 800,000 #s?
A10: The Max Quantity is 800,000 lbs. but pricing should be completed within the price matrix
(Attachment 0001).
Q11: This contract calls for FOB Destination – Gas Prices and other factors are volatile and make shipping prices challenging. Please Advise.
A11: If significant changes occur, an adjustment can be requested in accordance with FAR 52.216-2
Economic Price Adjustment - Standard Supplies.
Q12: Starting with bottom of Page 9 of 72 through middle of 10 of 72 – we repeat the same pricing?
A12: The amounts on the pages in question serve to provide minimum and maximum limits for contract and orders.
Q13: Please clarify – no Year 1 or Period of Performance
A13: There are five ordering periods. The first begins on date of award, and goes for 364 Days After
Award, where the second ordering period will begin, 1 year from award date.
Q14: If we get raw materials from overseas but from different countries – do I list all of these countries in the solicitation?
A14: Raw materials shall be in accordance with the 52.225-1 Buy American - Supplies and DFARS
252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors. Number 19 has been added to the Executive
Summary that states the following: Shall be in accordance with 52.225-1 – Buy American – Supplies and
DFARS 252.225-7002. Offerors shall indicate in the space below where all material will be purchased from:
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