Answers to the Request for Information 22B0022 Fencing.docx

Answers to the Request for Information SOLICITATION Number W91151‐22‐B‐0022

RFIs

1. Are all gates manually operated? If not, which gate(s) will need operators and access control items?

Answer: All gates are manually operated unless specified by customer to be electronic operated.

1. Does the existing fence have top rail or top tension wire?

Answer: The newer fences have top and bottom tension wire, and the older fences have top and bottom rails, but at any given time the contract must be able to install both.

1. Does the existing fence have bottom rail or bottom tension wire?

Answer: See answer above.

1. Is ASTM 1043 Group IC an acceptable material on this project?

Answer: Yes, ASTM 1043 group 1C is acceptable material as long as it’s Hot Dipped Galvanized. All material must be American made (3.2 of scope of work). “No aluminum material shall be used on this contract”.

1. Will the 38 LF swing gate need to be a single swing gate or double swing gate (two each 19 LF panels)?

Answer: (Two 19 LF gate leafs). All swing gates will be divided between to equally divided gate leafs with the exception of personnel swing gates, which will be one gate leaf.

1. Will the 24 LF swing gate need to be a single swing gate or double swing gate (two each 12 LF panels)?

Answer: (Two 12 LF gate leafs). All swing gates will be divided between to equally divided gate leafs with the exception of personnel swing gates, which will be one gate leaf.

1. Will the 16 LF swing gate need to be a single swing gate or double swing gate (two each 8 LF panels)?

Answer: (Two 8 LF gate leafs). All swing gates will be divided between to equally divided gate leafs with the exception of personnel swing gates, which will be one gate leaf.

1. Does the called out 210 LF of fence need to be replaced in its entirety (brace sections, barbed wire, barbed wire arms, and fence fabric)?

Answer: Yes, The contractor shall be responsible for all labor, materials, and equipment to install chain link fabric, brace section, barbed wire, barbed arms, posts, tension wire or fence rails, and the accessories required to attach fabric to posts, bracing, and tension wire; i.e. – stretcher bars, stretcher bar bands, hog rings, and wire ties.

1. Will providing new barbed wire be an acceptable alternative to retightening the existing barbed wire on the 148 LF run of chain link fence?

Answer: No, only if the exiting barbed wire is badly corroded or damaged.

1. Will the government consider past performance and years of experience from the prime contractors teaming partners as relevant?

Answer: SBA’s regulations (codified at 13 C.F.R. 125.2(g)) that states:

When an offer of a small business prime contractor includes a proposed team of small business subcontractors and specifically identifies the first-tier subcontractor(s) in the proposal, the head of the agency must consider the capabilities, past performance, and experience of each first-tier subcontractor that is part of the team as the capabilities, past performance, and experience of the small business prime contractor if the capabilities, past performance, and experience of the small business prime do not independently demonstrate capabilities and past performance necessary for award.

Thus, an agency must consider the capabilities, experience, and past performance of first tier subcontractors as the experience of the prime contractor where:

The prime contractor is a small business;

The prime contractor proposes a “team” of small business subcontractors that are identified in the proposal; and The prime contractor does not independently demonstrate the capabilities and past performance necessary for award.

1. Will the government consider the Superintendent/ Quality Control Manager as a dual hat (1 person)?

Answer: No, Due to the different roles the Superintendent and Quality Control Manager will have fill during the life of this contract, they can’t be the same person.