Responses Solicitation W911SG26QA064.pdf

Reponses to Solicitation W911SG26QA064

MICC Bliss: SSG Lujardo Lahera, Susette; SFC Isreal, Destine

E-Mail: susette.lujardolahera.mil@army.mil ; destine.k.isreal.mil@army.mil

Phone: 915-525-2816

RFQ: W911SG26QA064

1. Installation Scope and Pricing

Question: Is installation within the scope of the solicitation? If so, how should installation costs be priced?

Response:

Yes. Installation is within the scope of the solicitation. Offerors shall include all delivery, installation, and associated incidental costs within the unit prices of the applicable equipment CLINs. The

Government does not intend to add a separate installation or labor

CLIN.

The installation area is empty. No removal or relocation of existing equipment is required. The contractor is responsible for complete delivery, installation, testing, and required closeout actions.

Question: Which specific CLINs should include installation costs?

Response:

Installation costs shall be incorporated into each applicable mailto:susette.lujardolahera.mil@army.mil mailto:destine.k.isreal.mil@army.mil equipment CLIN requiring delivery and installation. No separate installation CLIN will be added.

2. Installation Location and Delivery Point

Question: Do “Stafford Dining Facility, Building 2457” and “Warrior

Restaurant/Military Dining Facility, Building 2457” identify the same location?

Response:

Yes. Both references identify the installation location at Building

2457, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Question: Is Building 2527 the delivery point, while Building 2457 is the installation point?

Response:

All equipment procured under this requirement is for the dining facility in Building 2457, Fort Bliss, Texas. There are no separate delivery and installation locations.

Question: Is the contractor responsible for interim storage or a second move between buildings?

Response:

No separate delivery and installation sites are contemplated under this requirement. Equipment is to be delivered for installation at

Building 2457.

3. Utilities and Installation Readiness

Question: Will all electrical, plumbing, gas, steam, and ventilation connections be complete, properly sized, operational, accessible, and located at the designated equipment positions before installation begins?

All stub hubs will be completed before equipment is installed

4. Delivery and Installation Schedule

Question: What is the required completion date?

Response:

All equipment delivery and installation shall be completed within the required performance schedule. The solicitation previously identified a required delivery date of 30 November 2026.

Question: May equipment be delivered in coordinated or phased shipments before installation?

Yes. Equipment may be delivered in coordinated shipments before installation.

Question: May installation proceed in phases as equipment arrives?

Response:

Yes, equipment may be installed as it arrives

Question: Will the Government consider a later delivery date or allow long-lead equipment to be delivered after 30 November 2026?

Response:

All equipment delivery and installation shall be completed within the required performance schedule. Yes. Equipment may be delivered in coordinated shipments before installation.

5. Receiving Hours, Dock, and Base Access

Question: What are the receiving hours, dock configuration, and base-access requirements?

Response:

Receiving hours are Monday through Friday, from 0800 to 1530. A loading dock is available at the delivery location. Personnel requiring access to Fort Bliss must possess valid identification and obtain the appropriate installation access pass.

6. Duplicate CLINs, Item Conflicts, and Governing Schedule

Question: Are CLINs 0125 through 0144 additional quantities or duplicate line items?

Response:

CLINs 0125 through 0144 on the SF 1449 and Enclosure A have been corrected. Offerors shall refer to the updated solicitation documents posted on SAM.gov and price the revised schedule accordingly.

Question: Where Enclosure A and Section B differ in item description or quantity, which document controls?

Response:

The SF 1449 provides the complete, detailed breakdown of all items requested. Enclosure A is intended as a general overview and does not include every individual item. Offerors shall use the CLIN structure and quantities in the SF 1449 when preparing quotes.

Question: What are the correct quantities for the pallet jack, tilting skillets, reach-in freezers, dining knives, shelf trays, infrared strip heater bars, ice machine scoops, and other inconsistent items?

Response:

Offerors shall use the updated SF 1449 posted on SAM.gov as the controlling schedule for item descriptions and quantities.

Question: Will the Government provide a corrected fillable pricing spreadsheet?

Response:

Offerors shall submit their quotes using an SF 1449 that mirrors all solicitation line items. Offerors should refer to the updated solicitation documents posted on SAM.gov.

7. Submission Method

Question: How must quotes be submitted, and what are the primary and secondary points of contact?

Response:

All quotes must be submitted by email to either the Contract

Specialist or the Contracting Officer using the email addresses identified in the solicitation and related correspondence.

8. Nonmanufacturer Rule and SBA Waivers

Question: Does the nonmanufacturer rule apply, and is an SBA class or individual waiver available for any items in this solicitation?

Response:

Offerors should refer to the SBA Nonmanufacturer Rule Class

Waiver List to determine whether an applicable waiver is in effect for the proposed product class.

https://legacy.sba.gov/sites/default/files/2022-

10/NMR%20Class%20Waiver%20List%20-

%20version%20June%202022.pdf

9. Buy American, Country of Origin, and Nonavailability

Question: Does the solicitation require domestic products, or will foreign end products be evaluated using a price preference?

Response:

All quoted equipment must be domestically manufactured and assembled in the United States. Products that do not meet this requirement will not be accepted.

Question: What country-of-origin documentation is required?

For any product whose country of origin is not identified on the applicable qualifying-country list, the offeror must provide a country-of-origin certification.

Question: Does the commercially available off-the-shelf exception apply to tableware and smallwares?

Response:

The Government intends to incorporate DFARS 252.225-7965, Acquisition of Dinnerware and Stainless-Steel Flatware, into the resulting award. No exception under DFARS 225.7002-2 is anticipated for the applicable stainless-steel flatware CLINs.

Question: Will the Government consider a nonavailability determination for items without a domestic or qualifying-country source?

Response:

No. The Government will not consider a nonavailability determination.

Question: Is the country-of-origin certification attachment sufficient, or will an editable version be provided?

The country-of-origin certification is sufficient

10. Brand Names, Salient Characteristics, and Equivalent

Products

Question: Are brand-name products required, or may offerors propose equivalent products from different manufacturers?

Response:

This solicitation is not a brand-name-or-equal requirement. Brand names referenced in item descriptions are illustrative examples and do not establish a requirement to provide that specific brand.

The Government will evaluate proposed equipment against the stated salient characteristics, which represent the minimum functional, performance, and physical requirements. Equivalent products from multiple manufacturers may be proposed provided they meet all stated salient characteristics.

Question: Will the Government accept an alternate convection oven, range, frost top, or other current-equivalent model?

The Government will evaluate proposed equipment based on compliance with the stated salient characteristics rather than on a referenced brand or model number. Offerors are responsible for ensuring proposed products meet all stated requirements.

11. Six-Slot Heated Serving Line, CLIN 0037

Question: What voltage is available at the serving-line location?

The available voltage is 208V.

12. Combi Oven, CLIN 0001

Question: Are the reverse-osmosis system, 10-gallon hydropneumatic storage tank, and 200MS2 multistage filtration system required as part of CLIN 0001? May a manufacturer’s current equivalent filtration package be proposed?

Response:

The combi oven the reverse osmosis system and 10 gallon hydropneumatic storage tank are to be furnished only.

13. Invoicing

Question: May the contractor submit progress or partial invoices for equipment delivered and accepted, with the final invoice withheld until completion of all installation?

Response:

Government confirmation required. Prior guidance stated that the requirement is not complete until all equipment is delivered, installed, operational, and accepted. It did not address whether progress or partial invoices are permitted.

14. Stainless-Steel Flatware Clause

Question: Will the Government amend the solicitation to include

DFARS 252.225-7965 for stainless-steel flatware CLINs, or has the

Government determined that an exception applies?

The clause will be incorporated at the time of award.