Response_to_Industry_Questions.pdf

RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS

CRANES AND HOISTS SERVICES

FORT WAINWRIGHT, ALASKA

1. QUESTION: Can an offeror solely bid on a portion of this solicitation?

ANSWER: No. The government will not separate parts of this requirement.

2. QUESTION: What are the service/inspection intervals? Is it weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually?

ANSWER: Annually.

3. QUESTION: Can “load testing” be defined more in detail? Due to scheduling and equipment availability a better definition, besides the regulated need do to repair or changes.

ANSWER: Load testing is in the applicable publications.

Per 29 CFR 1910.179 (Occupational Safety and Health Standards, Materials Handling and Storage, Overhead and Gantry Cranes):

Load means the total superimposed weight on the load block or hook.

Load Block is the assembly of hook or shackle, swivel, bearing, sheaves, pins, and frame suspended by the hoisting rope.

For Rated Load Test, loads shall not be more than 125 percent of the rated load unless otherwise recommended by the manufacturer.

Per the Crane Certification Association of America (CCAA):

It is the purpose of the load test to ensure by actual overloading that the equipment is capable of safely lifting and moving the rated load through all designed motions.

The inspection and load test do not take into account the duty factor of the equipment.

The frequency of performing a load test can vary depending on regulatory jurisdiction.

4. QUESTION: Is it possible to set this contract up in a CLIN type structure (e.g.

inspection, repair, emergency, parts)?

ANSWER: The government does not intend on changing the CLIN structure CLIN. The Over and Above Work CLIN covers all the above concerns. See Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) PGI 217.7701 and the implementing clause at DFARS 252.217-7028. DFARS PGI 217.7701(2) set forth the procedures for over and above work requirements as follows:

(2) Over and above requirements task the contractor to identify needed repairs and recommend corrective action during contract performance. The contractor submits a work request to identify the over and above work and, as

RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS

CRANES AND HOISTS SERVICES

FORT WAINWRIGHT, ALASKA

appropriate, the Government authorizes the contractor to proceed.

(3) The clause at DFARS 252.217-7028, Over and Above Work, requires the contractor and the contracting officer responsible for administering the contract to negotiate specific procedures for Government administration and contractor performance of over and above work requests.

(4) The contracting officer may issue a blanket work request authorization describing the manner in which individual over and above work requests will be administered and setting forth a dollar limitation for all over and above work under the contract. The blanket work request authorization may be in the form of a letter or contract modification (Standard Form 30).

(5) Over and above work requests are within the scope of the contract. Therefore, procedures in DFARS Subpart 217.74, Undefinitized Contractual Actions, do not apply.

(6) To the maximum extent practical, over and above work shall be negotiated prior to performance of the work. This shall be priced per approved work request.