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Questions/Answers submitted on or after 11 September, 2015 Please confirm the contractor will be responsible for any required modifications to the Thinklogical and Planar configurations.

AJR: YES

Would the Government provide the awardee both copies of the completed original SOVT from the 3378 install as well as a blank copy of that SOVT as a Word Document?

AJR: Yes, however, note that the contractor is responsible with generating a Pre-Move SOVT (Attachment 02, Deliverable 05) which will operationally check all equipment as well as capture a Preliminary Inventory (details provided in PWS 5.8.2). Test procedures may be used from the original 3378 SOVT, however, a new document should be provided with inventory information and well as additional test procedure (if required) for any additional items in the JOC, Conference room, or Telecommunications Room.

Please confirm no devices are 110V.

AJR: Confirmed, no 110V.

Please confirm Qty: 2 70cm Panduit along each row of the JOC floor and down two sides of the pillar will be provided by others. Please confirm no additional raceway is required along each row of the JOC and on the pillar.

AJR: No, there will be 136 mm panduit/conduit provided with two internal separation pieces allowing for 3 channels on each row of the JOC raised floor platform that will run along the desks. There will be 2 x 136 mm panduit/conduit provided which transition between the drop ceiling and the floor platform.

In the conference room, the contractor shall be responsible for procurement/installation of a low profile floor "speed bump" with 3 separate channels/separation (power, audio, network) to securely transition cables from AV rack (also contractor purchased/provided) to conference table in the conference room.

The contractor should plan to procure 75' of 3 channel panduit/conduit multichannel (not to exceed 136 mm wide) to account for any locations where it is needed but not already in place.

Please confirm the Contractor will be responsible for providing and physical installation of one NIPR switch.

AJR: YES, procurement and install by the contractor is required.

Please confirm the Contractor will provide both SIPR and NIPR patch panels in the JOC and TR respectively.

AJR: YES

Please confirm the only penetration provided by others is between the JOC and TR.

AJR: YES, the contractor is required to make any/all remaining penetrations

Please confirm PDS is not required between the vertical penetrations from the TR down to the penetration into the Conference Room. If PDS is required, will it be provided in this scope or by others? If provided in the scope of this contract, will an air gap be required?

JAM: PDS will be required

Would the Government extend this solicitation one week in order to provide Bidders time to account in their bids for the response to this question?

JLZ: Delaying any further may prevent award by end of FY15 so the Government will not extend the solicitation.

Please confirm all lights on the front wall of the JOC will be removed by others.

AJR: YES, Jamell, please confirm (users from SOCFWD will remove/unplug any lights at the front of the JOC or conference room that affect viewability of the video walls correct?)

JAM: Yes the lights on the front wall will be removed by others.

Please confirm the 38" LCD to be procured is 16:4 format.

AJR: Yes, and tech specs are as follows (shall be LG M3801SCBN or equivalent):

38inClass (38.1in diagonal). LCD flat panel display. Viewable Area: 38.1 in diagonal; Image Aspect Ration: 16:4; Viewing Angle (H x V): 178 deg/178 deg; Flat Panel Mount Interface 400 x 200 mm, VESA™ Standard Mounting Compatible; Power: 100V - 220V~, 50/60 Hz; Native Resolution: 1920 x 502; Interface: 1 x RGB input ( 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) ) - rear ¦ 1 x HDMI ( 19 pin HDMI Type A ) - rear ¦ 2 x serial ( 9 pin D-Sub ) - rear ¦ 1 x network ( RJ-45 ) - rear

Please confirm the Government will be move all furniture for JOC and Conference Room Controller stations.

AJR: YES, however, contractor will be responsible for disconnecting, removing and transporting the conference table itself as well as AV items such as microphones/audio-related items, and any other AV-related item such as Thinklogical Tx's/Rx's.

Would the Government confirm the Contractor may use technically-qualified Local or Third-Country Nationals in the performance of this contract as long as these personnel have a current background check on file with the Garrison and are signed onto Post and escorted by Contractor-provided US-cleared personnel?

AJR: Yes

Please confirm only price is required in the Contractor's proposal response. Are List of Materials, concept drawing, past performance summary, resumes or certifications required?

AJR: Per attachment 02, Deliverable 01, resumes and applicable experience and certifications for personnel listed in PWS 1.6.11 should be included with bid submission.

Per attachment 02, Deliverable 02, a baseline project schedule requested in PWS 5.4 ("The contractor shall provide an initial high-level POA&M indicating project start, design, procurement, testing, bldg 3378 de-installation, bldg 8250 installation, and closeout milestones") should be included with bid submission.

An estimated list of materials to be procured for the project should also be provided as pr

The contractor requests that the government clarify if the contractor is responsible for relocating the conference room table/control station chairs, and approx. 25 chairs.

AJR: Yes conference table, but not chairs (Gov will move). Jamell, please confirm.

JAM: We will be responsible for the 25 chairs not the conference room table as it is a piece of IT equipment.

The contractor requests that the government confirm that the contractor is responsible for relocating, installing and integrating the Smart Monitors and Smart Board, and that they will be reutilized.

AJR: YES

The 30% design includes some equipment, e.g., Signage PCs and quantities that are different from the PWS. Please confirm that the integrator shall procure and integrate the equipment/materials identified in both the PWS and the 30% design.

AJR: YES, however most AV equipment will be lifted and shifted by the Gov so Signage PCs, for instance, listed in the question are already existing and this will not need to be procured, but will need to be integrated. Contractor is responsible for procurement and/or integration of all equipment shown in the PWS, 30% Design (Technical Exhibit A), and Network Requirements Layout (Technical Exhibit B)

Please confirm that all equipment/materials listed as procure/install on the PWS shall be priced in the contractors bid.

AJR: YES

Please confirm that all switches shall be UCAPL or NIAP approved devices.

AJR: YES

Please confirm that the Contractor is responsible to engineer, furnish, install, and test a structured AV fiber optic infrastructure including patch panels in the TR and Work Area Outlets at the workstation locations (not long patch cables between the locations) between the AV TR and each JOC workstation location, as well as the Conference Room IAW the AFRICOM CDS and Army I3A guidance.

AJR: YES

Please identify if all new passive cabling including fiber-optic and AV shall be Low-Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH).

AJR: YES

PWS 5.10.6: The PWS identifies the contractor to provide the LAN1 network switch, however during the walk-through it was identified that the contractor is responsible for providing LAN 2 network switch. Please confirm which enclaves require network equipment procured and installed under this solicitation.

As the AV fiber infrastructure is transporting classified Secret Audio and Video signals, please identify if PDS is required between the AV TR and the Conference room, e.g., across hallway?

AJR: LAN1 (Unclass) network switch shall be procured by the contractor. LAN2 switch (Classified Secret) will be provided by the Government. Defer to Jamell on PDS requirement (same as question on first page) JAM: PDS is required.

Please clarify who is responsible for moving the conference table and the conference room control workstation.

AJR: Conference table is to be transported by contractor, and conference room control workstation to be transported by the Government.

A "TMGB" will have to be installed in the TR. After observing the TR and surrounding areas, there were no bonding points to the building structure, and wasn't sure where the main power panel(s) were. Most power panels have a grounding bar installed below the branch circuits for grounding #6AWG and up. If a main power panel is equipped with a main grounding bar, is it possible to find out if VPW can run 1/0 from the TR to a main grounding bar within a main power panel?

AJR: A grounding bar will be provided by the DPW/General Construction Contractor and the contractor for this effort (hired on this solicitation) will be responsible for procuring, installing and grounding the Racks in the AV TR.

Can it be verified that the power raceways can be utilized for the installation of fiber and/or copper?

AJR: Depending on the situation, fiber and/or copper may be installed in the same panduit/conduit as power long as there is a separation of ~5cm inside of that conduit.