RFI_10 June 2026.pdf

RFI #3

Question 1: Are the Dud Survey and Clearance Services events scheduled periodically, or will they occur when duds occur?

Response: Not periodically, only when a dud occurs.

Question 2: Upon notification, what is the response time to begin an event?

Response: Preferably on the same day or next day, maximum arrive within two days of notification. Depends on the company’s location so varies.

Question 3: Is the contractor required to have a team on-site or on standby with a designated response time?

Response: Team does not need to be onsite or on standby just meet the response time above.

Question 4: Has the range been used for other training activities? If so, what ordnance items may be present at the site?

Response: No, only used for hand grenades.

Question 5: What are the performance criteria for the surface and subsurface clearances? What size items must be removed? Will the contractor be required to remove munitions debris (MD) /frag?

Response: Criteria is only to find the dud grenade thrown and blow it in place. No removal of debris needed.

Question 6: Does each event require a subsurface clearance?

Response: No, only surface clearance can be conducted with metal detectors or similar.

Question 7: When was MD and frag last removed from the range? What was the quantity of material removed?

Response: No MD removed, only dud grenades blown in place, last was March 2026.

Question 8: Can the contractor site an explosive magazine at the installation?

Response: Portable explosive magazines like an armag can be staged onsite, however per Army regs it has to have security. Requirement is to blow one hand grenade in place per visit so the amount of explosives needed to transport is low. A situation may arise where up to three or four hand grenades may need to be blown in place, but this is not as often.

Question 9: How many grenades are used per month or year?

Response: Between 60k to 80k per year.

Question 10: What type of grenades are used at the range?

Response: M67 frag grenades.

Question 11: Is the contractor required to certify material recovered to be free of energetic material?

Response: Contractor certifies that grenade was found and detonated in place.

Question 12: Is the contractor required to dispose of or recycle recovered material?

Response: No.

Question 13: Please confirm whether the quantity of 15 Jobs represents the total estimated quantity over the full BPA period of performance or a guaranteed quantity. Is there a minimum ordering guarantee under the BPA?

Response: The 15 Jobs is over the BPA period. No minimum

Question 14: Please identify the expected lead time and documentation required for contractor personnel, vehicles, explosives delivery vehicles, subcontractors, and vendors to obtain Fort Jackson access under IACS and installation vetting requirements.

Response: Access only requires copy driver’s license. Vehicles don’t require access requirements. Explosive transport follows state standards, no additional requirement to enter gate.

Question 15: Please identify any vehicle/equipment restrictions for Remagen Range, including access routes, ground pressure limits, slope restrictions, berm restrictions, and any required restoration for rutting or surface disturbance.

Response: No vehicle or equipment restrictions, it’s all flat and there are access roads.

Question 16: Please identify the expected ordnance types associated with the range, including grenade model/type, fuse type, practice versus live ordnance, and any other MEC that should be assumed for pricing and safety planning.

Response: Only live M67 Frag grenades used on Range. Only enough C4 needed to detonate one hand grenade at a time, maximum is four hand grenades per trip.

Question 17: For surface sweep operations, please confirm whether the contractor is required to remove and disposition all visible MD/munitions debris and metallic debris, or only identify/mark MEC, UXO, and explosive hazards for demolition.

Response: No, mission is finding dud hand grenade and detonating in place, nothing else.

Question 18: For subsurface sweep operations, PWS 5.3.2 states that all detected subsurface anomalies shall be investigated by excavation. Please confirm whether all anomalies must be excavated to source, including non-MEC metallic debris, or whether the contractor may stop excavation upon determining that the item is non-hazardous/non-MEC.

Response: No sub surface needed.

Question 19: Please clarify whether non-munitions scrap metal, trash, wire, range debris, and other non-MEC items encountered during anomaly investigation shall be removed by the contractor, staged for Government disposal, or returned to the excavation after confirmation as non-hazardous.

Response: No, mission is finding dud hand grenade and detonating in place, nothing else.

Question 20: Please identify required GPS accuracy, coordinate system, datum, GIS format, and mapping deliverable format for daily progress maps, GPS data logs, and final clearance report maps.

Response: Format will be 10 digit MGRS (17SNT15555,68555) NAD1983/WGS1984, PDF in an email is fine.

Question 21: Please identify whether an Explosives Safety Submission, UXO Work Plan, Explosives Site Plan, Demolition Plan, or other Fort Jackson/Army explosives safety document is required before demolition operations begin.

Response: Can be one or multiple documents that provides EOD/UXO certification of company/personnel, Explosives site plan, and demolition plan.

Question 22: Please identify Fort Jackson-specific requirements for bringing contractor-furnished explosives onto the installation, including required submittals, inspections, escorts, transportation routes, fire department coordination, range control coordination, police/security coordination, and approval lead times.

Response: Only coordination with Range Operations.

Question 23: Please confirm whether Fort Jackson will provide access to an approved explosives storage magazine or Ammunition Supply Point for contractor-furnished demolition explosives/donor charges required under PWS 4.2 and Task 3. If Government explosives storage is available, please identify the location, allowable net explosive weight (NEW) limits, access procedures, approval lead times, and any required Fort Jackson-specific explosive safety documentation.

Response: No access to gov ASP or mag storage. Portable explosive magazine like an armag can be staged onsite, however per Army regs it has to have security.

Requirement is to blow one hand grenade in place per visit so the amount of explosives needed to transport is low. A situation may arise where up to three or four hand grenades may need to be blown in place but this is not as often.

Question 24: Please confirm whether the contractor may place and maintain a contractor-owned approved explosives storage magazine at a Government-designated location for the duration of the BPA period, including between individual call orders, for storage of donor charges/demolition explosives. If not permitted, should offerors assume all demolition explosives and any temporary storage equipment must be mobilized and demobilized for each individual call order?

Response: Yes, a temp armag can stay in place for duration of BPA. Portable explosive magazine like an armag can be staged onsite, however per Army regs it has to have security. Requirement is to blow one hand grenade in place per visit so the amount of explosives needed to transport is low. A situation may arise where up to three or four hand grenades may need to be blown in place but this is not as often.

Question 25: Please confirm whether the contractor is responsible for procuring, transporting, storing, and accounting for all donor charges/demolition explosives required for onsite demolition, or whether any demolition materials will be Government-furnished.

Response: Yes, the contractor is responsible for procuring, transporting, storing, and accounting for all donor charges/demolition explosives.

Question 26: Please identify the approved demolition area or demolition pit for this requirement, including any maximum net explosive weight limits, fragmentation distance requirements, exclusion zones, and range closure requirements.

Response: Max NEW is up to 20lbs. demo area is sand, no frag distance requirements or exclusion zones, Range Ops handles range closure requirements none needed from contractor.

Question 27: Please identify any restrictions on demolition days or times, including weekends, holidays, training schedule conflicts, weather restrictions, fire danger restrictions, or range quiet hours.

Response: No restrictions.

Question 28: Please clarify whether the contractor is responsible for collecting demolition residue, removing shot materials, backfilling shot holes, grading disturbed areas, erosion repair, or restoring demolition areas after each service call.

Response: Only removal of any trash or remaining det cord, no to everything else.

Question 29: Technical Exhibit B references A008 Survey Completion Report under PWS paragraph 5.1.4, but the PWS appears to address final reporting under Task 4/paragraph 5.5. Please confirm the correct PWS paragraph and required A008 deliverable title.

Response: Paragraph should be 5.5 task 4, title should be Survey Completion Report.

Question 30: Please identify the Government review and acceptance period for A008 reports and any other call-order completion deliverables required before invoicing.

Response: Range Ops will accept A008 immediately once received and immediately notify contracting command (MICC) we accept. MICC will have to answer their processing times.