Response_to_Industry.pdf

Request for Information

W91151-19-B-0010

1. In the solicitation on page 11 of 62 of the PDF document item 3 Pre-Requisites for Specialty Trades and Certifications. It states the contractor shall provide documentation to support the qualifications to, or can acquire assets to, demonstrate journeyman (or master license) qualifications in the following trades electrician and Class A Air Conditioning. However, there is no line items of such trades on the 4.2_Technical Exhibit_D_FY17_-_Estimate Sheet_-_Blank document for any of the years. Will the government please provide an updated sheet that includes HVAC Technicians, Electricians, and Low- Voltage Electricians, and Plumbers, if required, on each of the years of the contract?

Response: No, Bid sheets will not be revised to reflect cost for qualifications of specialized trade. This is no longer a requirement for the Prime Contractor to hire and staff office personnel, i.e. HVAC Technicians, Electricians, and Low-Voltage Electricians, and Plumbers. However, all functions of trade work, (self-performed by in-house or subcontracted) completed, i.e. Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) and inspected by the Contractor and Government shall be In Accordance With (IAW) applicable design criteria, laws, codes, regulations, statutes, contract specifications, and Fort Hood AR requirements.

2. In the solicitation on page 11 of 62 item 1. It states a draft progress is to be provided with the priced bid.

Does the government have a proposed scenario the bidders can use to provide this draft progress schedule?

Response: Contract work plans and schedules - software programs will be use at the discretion of the Contractor. The scheduling software utilized to produce and update the schedules required must be capable of meeting all contract requirements. Reports from the programming software shall be formatted to PDF.

Preferred scheduling software Primavera, Microsoft Project, or similar product.

3. The requirements for pricing allow for line items across a wide variety of potential tasks, but is absent

HVAC (Mechanical) and Electrical which is required under the invitation for bid package for licensing and certification - is there a reason for this or can the Government explain how will we accommodate mechanical and electrical work?

Response: Requirement removed for page 11 for contractor to provide certifications with bid. If Mechanical or Electrical work is needed the Contractor shall utilize Line Item 7300 Unpriced Unit Item to reflect cost for contract work associated and provide certifications on a task order level for review.

4. Do we need to provide resumes or at least licensing and certifications in our bid package? Can this be individuals or does it have to be company held?

Response: Reference RFI response #1. The only resumes and certifications needed for this solicitation required are for the three key personal.

5. Can the Government project how many individual task orders will be issued annually under this contract, and a projected total dollar amount anticipated per year?

Response: Previous contract was issued ~50 task orders however task orders are awarded based on government needed and this may or may not be representative of future work load. Reference the guarantee minimum for this contract in the solicitation.

6. Reference Section 00100, 3. PRE-REQUISITES FOR SPECIALITY TRADE LICENSURE AND

Certification

a. Please confirm that licenses and certs for electricians and Air conditioning will be required as part of this response. The bid sheet does not show these trades to be priced.

Response: Reference RFI response #1.

7. For bidding purposes, we are to provide a unit cost rate that covers Main cantonment, west fort hood and

North fort hood; depending on the task order location this will drive the price up on task orders located in the main cantonment area. Is it not more feasible to provide a unit price for each area?

Response: A single unit price should be provided that cover all of Fort Hood.

8. Is the project manager required to be on site (fort hood) 100% of the time?

Response: No, Non-emergency, Project Manager shall be made available on site within 24 hours. An Emergency situation, Project Manager shall be made available immediately.

9. What utility services are available at the contractor yard?

Response: All yards may be connected to the electrical system once coordination and an account is set up with DPW to pay for utility.

10. Will there be liquidated damages assigned to task orders?

Response: Yes, they are provided in the contract and will be assess at task order level.

11. What is the progress payment schedule? Monthly? Bi-weekly?

Response: Bi-weekly

12. What percentage of the contract should be assumed nights & weekend work?

Response: Review specification 01 32 01.00 10 section 3.3.8

13. How many Superintendents are assumed to be needed on any given duration? Can 1 superintendent be assigned to multiple task orders?

Response: Superintendents will be assigned a maximum of 5 active Task Orders, all within a 15 minute response time to each site. See revised specification 01 45 01.00 20 section 3.3

14. Can you get clarification on how the bonds will be set for this one? We assume it will be one bond per year (~5MM in work) as that seems to be how Fort Hood does it. But usually it’s made clear in the doc or sometimes in a Q&A doc. We will need to confirm how this will be set up.

Response: The Bid Guarantee shall be $500,000.00. This is equal to the minimum guaranteed amount of the entire contract. Payment and Performance bonds shall be required for each task order.

15. Do you have any idea how much mold & asbestos remediation there will be as a percentage of the overall work?

Response: Reference quantities on bid sheet.

16. Should dumpsters, trash haul-off, etc. be factored into the line items?

Response: reference Division 1 Specification 01 57 20.00 10 paragraph 3.9.7

17. Should portable restrooms be factored into the line items?

Response: reference Division 1 Specification 01 35 13 paragraph 1.4.5

18. Line Item 0900 Demolition of Gypsum Wallboard. Will the government confirm that this line item is for walls only, or should this include Gypsum Wallboard on Ceilings as well?

Line item used for ceiling and wall, typically 80% will be wall vs ceiling.

19. Line Items 2600 and 2700 Hollow Metal Frames. How many frames should be assumed to be installed into masonry? Installed into stud partitions?

75% of the time will be in studded partitions.

20. Line Item 2800 Cipher Locksets. Should door prep be assumed to be included for this line item?

Yes

21. Painting Line Items 4200, 4300, 4400, 4500, 4600, and 4700. The line items list paint tables that require differing coating systems per paint table. The coatings range from 2 to 5 coats per system. Can the government brake down the line items further per the paint tables?

The maximum level will be 4 otherwise it will be a texture finish.

22. Section 00100 of the solicitation, paragraph 1. States that a draft progress schedule is to be submitted with the bid, what is the basis of this draft project schedule?

Response: Reference RFI response #2.

23. Section 00100 of the solicitation, paragraph 3. States the contractor shall provide licenses for the specialty trades HVAC and Electrical. None of the line items in solicitation require HVAC or Electrical. Will this be required?

Response: Reference RFI response #1.

24. Line Item 6000 and 6100 Horizontal Metal Window Blinds/Vinyl Window Shades. What size should be assumed for the blinds/shades?

Response: Blinds, interior, horizontal, 1" metal 48" wide x 72” high - window opening maximum.

25. Will submittals be required for all task orders in the case of repetitive materials i.e gypsum board, paint (with exception of color), ceiling tile, etc.

Response: Yes, For Information Only (FIO)

26. Will Joint-Ventures and teaming agreement be allowed?

Response: Joint Ventures may propose, provided they are certified by the SBA as an 8(a) joint venture prior to award. Teaming agreements will be subject to the limitations specified in FAR clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting.

27. Unit pricing for exterior work such as painting can be burdened with the use of lifts and or scaffolding, is the expectation of the Government that our unit price include this anticipated cost? Or can will an item like this be negotiated on a per task order basis?

Response: Items should be bid with use of ladders. Other scaffolding or lifts if needed will be paid for under line item 7300.

28. From the site visit meeting - please confirm that 30-50 task orders per year is the Government expectation, with an average monetary value of 10k-250k?

Response: Reference RFI response #5.