Q A_1_-_Dining_Facility.docx

Q&A #1 from Site Visit on 18 May 2015

1. Q – Was the incumbent vendor awarded the contract through the Randolph Shepard Act?

A – No

2. Q – Are there other contract dining facilities used on base?

A – There are no other contract dining facilities on Base

3. Q – What is the RFP close date?

A – 10:00 am 28 May 2015

4. Q – Is site visit attendance required?

A – No

5. Q – Does the incumbent vendor fall under the prevailing wage determination?

A – Yes

6. Q – Who is the incumbent vendor?

A – Contingent Workforce Solutions LLC

7. Q – Is the Contract Dining Facility open 7 days a week year round?

A – The dining facility is open year round, 7 days a week. There are a few days during the year that there are no scheduled units for meals resulting in the Dining Facility being shut down.

8. Q – Are the line item prices that we are quoting for food and service or strictly service?

A – The line items on the contract are built to represent the cost of the food and service to provide the meal.

9. Q – How often does the food vendor deliver?

A –The food vendor would be the Dining Facility contractor’s vendor. Delivery schedule is coordinated by the contractor.

10. Q –What military food regulation do you follow?

A – TB Med 530

11. Q – Under this contract who will provide the food, the Vendor or the Government?

A – Under this contract the vendor will provide the food and that cost will be built into the per-meal quoted price.

12. Q – What Wage determination are we to follow for this contract?

A – At the time that the solicitation was posted the wage determination for the Camp Ripley location in Morrison County was and still is WD 05-2289 (Rev. -17).

13. Q – Who is the current food supplier?

A – Sysco/Apperts – a subcontractor of the current Dining Facility contractor.

14. Q – Who purchases the paper products stocked in the Contract Dining Facility?

A – The Government provides the paper products.

15. Q – Is the Government or the Vendor required to remove food and packaging waste from the site?

A – The vendor is required to place the waste in appropriate provided receptacles. The Government will dispose of the waste.

16. Q – Is there an average daily amount of meals served?

A – No, the average ranges from several hundred to a few dozen. Per the RFP, the anticipated meal count will be provided 72 hours in advance.

17. Q – Does the current contract allow for to-go meals?

A – Yes

18. Q –Is there any off-site catering required with this contract?

A – No, however we do use Mermites to send out meals to units in the field to feed mass quantities of soldiers. Soldiers are required to pick up those meals and bring back the containers and utensils provided.

19. Q – Who is responsible for keeping track of the number of meals served?

A – This number is tracked by the contractor at the point of sale, further tracked by the contractor provided dining facility supervisor and confirmed and matched against the Contracting Officer Representative on site for the Contract Dining Facility.

20. Q – Who does the Contract Dining Facility currently service?

A – The primary customer is Minnesota National Guard Units along with other soldiers and National Guard State units located at Camp Ripley for training. There are several other agencies that train at Camp Ripley that eat there as well (DNR, State Patrol and Full Time Staff at Camp Ripley to name a few)

21. Q – Who is responsible for updating the menu boards?

A – The Vendor.

22. Q –What payment terms is the contract going to use?

A – The contract will use Net 15 payment terms.

23. Q – The point of sale is required to use a credit card machine, who is responsible for those costs?

A – The vendor is responsible to cover all costs associated with the use of the credit card machine.

24. Q – The evaluation criteria referenced on Page 16 of the solicitation, does not appear in the PWS?

A – The actual "report card" per say is no longer included with the PWS. What you are evaluated against is build off of what is stated in the PWS and the Wage rates are included in the solicitation.

25. Q – Can you identify the competitive range as a percentage of the Independent Government Estimate (IGE)? And, can you also identify the incumbent contractor's name and status under RSA?

A – We are not divulging the IGE and the competitive range will be determined by the quotes that come in. The incumbent contractor is listed in answer #6 and they do not fall under the Randolph Sheppard Act.

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