Q&A Solicitation W911XK20Q0001.pdf

Solicitation W911XK20Q0001

Sault Visitor Center Lock Operator Exhibit

Question and Answer

1. In section 1 A The SOW suggests 2 video screens….In section 2A & 2E The SOW suggests 4 Lower screens and 1 Center mounted monitor above the 4. Please confirm that total number of monitors is section 1A should be Five.

Answer: Yes the total monitors should be five

2. We assume the 4 lower monitors be mounted horizontal with 2 on the front panel and 1 on either side panel.

Answer: yes

3. Should the contractor frame the monitors to give the effect of viewing through a window?

Answer: Yes, the monitors shall be framed to appear as windows from the operating shelter

4. Will the center screen monitor be mounted horizontal?

Answer: yes

5. Approximately how long is the entire time lapse video?

Answer: approximately five minutes

6. What format video file will the government be providing?

Answer: Mostly MP4, some WMV

7. What resolution will this footage be?

Answer: 4k and HD

8. Will the audio and onscreen instruction be English only?

Answer: yes

9. Is there any requirement for assistive listening?

Answer: no

10. Can the government provide a 5 second sample of the video for our review prior to bidding?

Answer: No

11. Can the on-site installation take place during normal working hours?

Answer: Yes

12. Confirming Army Corp will provide external hardware…Will this include levers, knobs, switches and lights?

Answer: Yes

13. Reference # 2 Narrated script/prompts….There is no indication on how the simulation will reset to the start position. Will the visitors center provide an operator to reset the levers?

Answer: No they should move back into place when released

14. Can we use the underside of the Operating Panel to house the media players and other hardware?

Answer: yes

15. Will the recorded narration also included the gate buzzers and vessel horn?

Answer: yes

16. Will the Visitors center provide 110 VAC outlets for the “lock Simulator”?

Answer: Yes

17. Per Purpose 1.a it is indicated the exhibit contains two video screens. Section 2e indicated 5 monitors. I believe based on the description of function in the SOW 5 is the correct number but would like this to be confirmed.

Answer: Yes

18 Section 2e indicates the entire unit to be framed with a front and 2 side walls secured to the panel. Should the unit also contain a floor section to rigidly secure the walls to the assembly and make the unit possibly moveable as a single assembly? If no floor section, will the walls be able to be secured to the floor of the facility once installed on site to stabilize the unit? How deep should these walls be? Just deep enough to mount the 32” side display panels?

Answer: In accordance with evaluation criteria 1.2.2 d The design clearly shows that the exhibit can be mounted on heavy-duty locking wheels, easily disassembled or moved with a pallet jack. It is up to the contractor to provide an a design that meets the requirments of the statement of work.

19. We had previously responded to W911XK19T0008. Is this requirement a re-issue of the previous one? If so, was W911XK19T0008 cancelled?

Answer: Questions concerning other contract actions need to be addressed with the POC listed in FBO for that action.

20. Is there an order of magnitude budgetary range that can be shared? Failing that, could you please confirm whether the price is expected to be over $550,000, as implied by clause 52.209-9 on page 10 of the solicitation?

Answer: This is not a construction project and an order of magnitude will not be provided, 52.209-9 is not included on page 10 of the solicitation

21. Will there be any additional animation required by the contractor aside from what is being provided by the government?

Answer: Existing vessel footage will need to be sped up and synced to operator actions.

22. Will there be any additional footage (pre-existing archival or originally produced) required by the contractor aside from what is being provided by the government?

Answer: No

23. Will there be any additional recordings (pre-existing archival or originally produced) required by the contractor aside from what is being provided by the government?

Answer: No

24. Please confirm that the contractor will need to build the lock operating-panel replica in which the screens and monitors will be housed and that this does not currently exist.

Answer: Refer to Reference 1 of the solicitation “External hardware will be sent to the contractor for use in the replica.” The housing for the monitors does not exist as this is the basis for the display.

25. Please confirm the physical setup of the monitors in the space. The specifications describe “two video screens”, “four lower screens”, and “five 32-inch commercial-grade HD monitors.” Please clarify what each screen is displaying and how each screen’s content relates to the other screens’ content.

Answer: One upper screen with instructions and lock animation. Four lower screens showing footage of boat.

26. Are any of the monitors to be touchscreens, or are they all just video displays without touch?

Answer: No Touchscreens

27. Could you please confirm that the monitors to be provided will be mounted onto the “walls” of the operating-panel replica? Do you imagine three monitors on the front “wall” and one monitor on each of the two side “walls”? If not, could you please provide further clarification on how you imagine the monitors to be integrated into the replica?

Answer: one upper monitor, four lower monitros, two in the center one on each side.

28. Is it possible for the contractor to simplify or redesign the replica so that the functionality of the levers and buttons is streamlined to improve the visitor experience?

For instance, spring-loaded levers may be required to ensure that levers return to a default state in between uses.

Answer: Yes

29. Is there any interest by the government in modifying the visitor experience so that it is a bit more dynamic? This would require the contractor to add animations and/or footage beyond that which the government is providing.

Answer: Yes

30. Is there any interest in allowing for both downbound and upbound boats? The experience could be enhanced by having varied boats arriving from both directions.

Answer: No