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This document contains questions and answers related to solicitation number W51AA124Q0036 for a Facility Environmental Management and Monitoring System. Key details include that the solicitation is for firm fixed price annual, biannual, and quarterly performance audits, calibrations, and maintenance of the environmental monitoring system at Tobyhanna Army Depot. The contractor will be responsible for providing calibration equipment, a site safety and health plan, determining when as-needed maintenance is required, and having equipment available to access weather station components at 10m height. Response time for emergency conditions refers to being reachable within three hours and having a mutually agreed upon remediation plan. The contractor will have access to station data for monitoring and troubleshooting issues.

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Question and Answer #1
February 22, 2024
W51AA1-24-Q-0036 - Facility Environmental Management and Monitoring System (FEMMS)
QuestionAnswer
1. Will the data/reports be used externally?Data/reports will be for internal use only at Tobyhanna.
2. By response, do you mean be on site within the response time?Response time does not necessarily mean physically being on site. It may mean simply providing a proposed course of action.
3. Will the contractors have to provide their own calibration equipment?Yes.
4. Are their brand name testing requirements?There are no brand name testing requirements.
5. Is fixed cost to include the annual subscription costs?Fixed cost would include the annual subscription costs
6. Page 3 of the solicitation refers to FAR 52.212-2 for information to be provided in the technical submittal, however, FAR 52.212-2 is vague in its requirements. Can the Army add additional details on what they would like to see in the technical submittal? The maximum number of pages? The number of past project descriptions? Should resumes of key personnel be included?1) Provide 4-5 previous project descriptions to demonstrate ability, 2) Provide job titles and relative certifications of key personnel to be working on contract. Resumes can be provided if available.
7. Does the Army have a Site Safety and Health Plan – Accident Prevention Plan (SSHP-APP) that the contractor will follow, or will the contractor be responsible for providing one?No, we do not have a specific plan. The contractor must provide one.
8. Will the contractor be required to follow the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Three Phase Quality Control Process for each required task?No
9. Will the contractor be required to use the USACE Resident Management System (RMS) for submittals?No
10. Will the traceable equipment used for verification be on site?The traceable equipment is something that the contractor will provide
11. Does the three-hour response time for emergency conditions refer to having the conditions remedied within that time, having someone on site within that time, or being reachable within three hours?Must be reachable and have a plan to remedy situation mutually agreed upon is expected within three hours.
12. Will the contractor have access to the station data to assist with monitoring and troubleshooting any issues that arise?Yes
13. Will the contractor be responsible for determining when as-needed maintenance is to be performed?Yes, to be mutually agreed upon with TYAD.
14. Please clarify how an error is determined to trip a maintenance of sensors associated with the industrial area groundwater monitoring system on an as-needed basis. This may include trouble-shooting communications, water depth sensor, solar panel, or battery.Trouble shooting communications due to radar wiping out frequency of communications at times, cleaning sensors off due to corrosion or debris, resetting any equipment, changing batteries out, replacing any faulted equipment or parts as part of usual maintenance.
15. Does TYAD own and operate a bucket truck, towable boom, or scissor lift capable of reaching 10m height to service the weather station or is the contractor required to provide? Or does another way exist to access the weather station components at 10m?The contractor provides their own equipment. We can arrange a lift if needed.

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