RFI's_Dated_30Dec13.pdf

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RELATED TO:

SOLICITATION W90FYQ-14-R-0001

Dated 27 Dec 13

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Dated 23 Dec 13

Q1. Will you please provide the names of incumbent contractors, or recent contractors if the contracts have expired?

A1. The incumbent contractors are; Jacobs Engineering Group; Burns & McDonnell, Inc.; CH2M Hill;

Pond & Company; HDR Engineering, Inc.; Leidos Engineering, LLC; Atkins North America, Inc.;

Frankfurt Short Bruza; Tetra Tech-Mead and Hunt-JV; AECOM Technical Services, Inc.; HNTB-Black & Veatch, a Joint Venture. These contracts will expire from 25 Aug 2014 to 22 Sep 2015.

Q2. Because of the requirement for NEPA experience, will there be a need for the disciplines of Biologist, Ecologist, Archaeologist, and Architectural Historian?

A2. Pending

Q3. The RFP release date of 19 December 2013 coincides with office closures and staff holiday schedules over both the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Therefore, we respectfully request the RFP due date be extended 2 weeks, to accommodate the lost time during the holiday season, for a due date of Wednesday, 05 February 2014.

REVISED. A3. The SF330's due date has been extended to 28 Jan 2014.

Dated 27 Dec 13

Q4. Would it be possible to get a list of contract holders for the previous solicitation?

A4. See Q1 above.

Q5. Under Selection Criteria, (B) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence, Item (4), could you please define the acronym DS in front of the words Interior Design?

A5. Pending

Q6. As part of the Submission Requirements for Section F projects, may a joint venture partnership list a project description that included each prime firm delivering the same scope of services in support of the same National Guard Bureau program but was contracted through two separate task orders?

Q6. Yes.

Dated 28 Dec 13

Q7. Why not consider setting aside for SDVOSB firms?

A7. In accordance with the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR) 219.502-1(2) Requirements for setting aside acquisitions. "Do not set aside acquisitions for- (2) Architect-Engineer services for military construction or family housing projects of $350,000 or more (10 U.S.C. 2855), including indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contracts if the value of all anticipated orders is expected to total $350,000 or more." The subject IDIQ AE contract is for military construction. The anticipated value of the subject AE IDIQ contract is valued at $45M per contract.

Dated 30 Dec 13

Q8. Review of the incumbent list reveals that almost all firms are large A&E Firms- No small business and disadvantaged business even though the large A&Es may have Small business plan.

Thus, even though we strongly feel that we can provide the required services in the Pacific Rim, we can not go ahead and respond as a EDWOSB. We like to learn how NGB will evaluate and weight small business responders if the interest area is only Pacific Rim.

A8. This is a national contract for the Army and Air National Guard for all 50 states and US territories so the capability will be weighted nationwide in accordance with the FB0 synopsis.