Attachment_Q1_Additional_Q&A_5-16-19.docx

Questions based on Amendment 3

1. Questions #19 and #79. PWS 3.1.2.5. Prepare meals for additional field service events. In order for proper costing, could the Government provide the number of these events (for example – twice daily or 500 times per year)? Could the Government provide data similar to Attachment F to provide details on what is to be cleaned? Could the Government provide (A10) Remote Sire Feeding Food Preparation Record (annotated field service)?

ANSWER: Please see updated Attachment F with “Additional Field Service Events” broken out separately.

2. Questions #39 and #81. PWS Para 5. Government will provide office space as identified in Attachment C and D. Attachment C and D are silent on office space. Currently the contractor’s office is contractor furnished. How much space will the Government provide for administrative space and warehousing contractor furnished expendable/durable and other items?

ANSWER: The facility consists of an entranceway, a lobby, seven (7) offices and a warehouse. Total facility dimension is 40’x100’. Furnishing are provided by the contractor.

3. Question #66. PWS Para 4.2. We understand that the contractor is to provide an inspections system ten (10) days after award. When is the Government expecting the contractor developed checklists?

ANSWER: Any contractor developed checklist associated with the Quality Control Plan shall be included and submitted within ten (10) days after award.

4. Questions #68. PWS 3.1.2.2 was changed from ARSOF Policy 6-18 to ARSOF Policy 7-18. ARSOF Policy 7-18 was provided in Amendment 3 at Attachment R-16. Are these policies the same?

ANSWER: ARSOF Policy 7-18 is the update to ARSOF Policy 6-18.

5. Questions #74 through #78. The PWS at Para 3.1.2.2 at Performance Standards a) establishes a standard of follow approved Armed Forces Recipes, TM 10-412 and ARSOF Policy 7-18, and approved Standard Operating Procedures and/or manufacture’s instruction. The website address for the Army Nutritional Standards provided in the PWS is for the Go for Green 2.0. Amendment 3 at Attachment R-16 provides the policy ARSOF Policy 7-18. Which of these standards apply?

ANSWER: ARSOF Policy 7-18 applies to buildings 0-1900, 3-2543, A-9073, D-3624 and T-3467. The remaining buildings are subject to Army Nutritional Standards otherwise referred to as “Go for Green”.

6. Questions #85 and #90. The National Guard DFAC Building 4595 at CLINS X008AA and X008AB is required to be priced using the static staffing. The PWS is silent on CLINS X008C, X008DA, and X008FA. Are these CLINS static as well? If so, what are those levels? Are these reimbursable at the CLINS prices entered on the FFS pricing matrix/base period and ordering period or are they cost reimbursable at actual cost incurred?

ANSWER: SubCLINs 0008CA Extended hours; 0008DA Deep Cleaning and 0008FA Open/Close are not static staffing. It is the offeror's discretion how to staff for these SubCLINs. All CLINs/SubCLINs are FFP on this contract.