RFI Answers.pdf

1. Shall the offeror indicate the locations in Germany where it can provide range maintenance support, or it is the Government that will define the zones of operations? We will appreciate if you send us a list with the ranges that would need additional labor support.

Answer: The Government will define the areas of operation as determined by current operations withing the AOR of US Army Europe and Africa Command. The Expeditionary Training Support Location has 16 Persistent Sites, 13 Non‐persistent Sites, and multiple emerging locations. The list of ranges/countries also could increase or decrease as the mission dictates. Contracted personnel will not be present at all locations simultaneously, but they must be directed to a location by the Government as needed. Please see the following list for current operable sites.

Persistent Loca ons Non‐Persistent Loca ons Emerging Loca ons

1 Tapa, Estonia Setermoen, Norway Tain, Great Britain

2 Adazi, Latvia, Rovajarvi, Finland Sennybridge, Great Britain

3 Pabrade, Lithuania, Niinisalo, Finland Salisbury, Great Britain

4 BPTA, Poland Oksbol, Finland Kvarn, Sweden

5 Nowa Deba, Poland Hradiste, Czech Skillingyard, Sweden

6 DPTA, Poland Pocek, Slovenia Bulboaca, Moldova

7 Torun, Poland Slunj, Hungary Yerevan, Armenia

8 Zagan, Poland Krivolak, Macedonia Kalo Chorio, Cyprus

9 Cincu, Romania San Grigorio, Spain

10 Smardan, Romania Vaziani, Georgia

11 Babadaq, Romania Greece – Mul ple Sites

12 MK Airbase, Romania Turkey – Mul ple Sites

13 Lest, Slovakia Africa – Mul ple Sites

14 Varpolota, Hungary

15 Novo Selo, Bulgaria

16 TSC Kosovo, XKS

2. Is it possible for the Government to provide an approximate number of SITs, SATs, MATs, MITs per location and approximate dimensions of the ranges to be maintained, so that the offeror can better calculate the workload per location?

Answer: The workload per location will be determined by the Government as the specified mission requires. The number of SITs, SATs, MITs, and MATs differ from each range and training requirement. The ranges that ETSD facilitates can range from a 50m small arms range to 300 sq kilometers heavy weapons range.

3. Will it be required from the contractor to provide excavators and other heavy vehicles for the performance of the range maintenance, or the Government will provide the vehicles, and the contractor will provide the licensed drivers?

Answer: The government will provide all equipment, with the exception of personal protective equipment (PPE). The PPE requirement is to be held by the contractor and/or contracted employee. The base contract amount will cover the CLIN for Contracted personnel’s TDY expenses, however, please note that it is the responsibility of the Contractor to provide all transportation (vehicle and airfare), lodging, food, etc.

4. Will it be required from the contractor's personnel to construct/assemble lights structures based on designs, or the team will be responsible only to replace, repair and transport targets and batteries?

Answer: The scope of work is best defined in the Performance Work Statement (Part 1:

General Information, Sec 1.3 & Part 5, Specific Tasks). The basic tasks will be as follows:

1. Range Preparation – digging target pits/berms, construct targets and range markers for range operations, prepare target lifters, charge batteries, etc.

2. Range Setup – Load and delivery all targets, range markers, etc to the range, program lifters in accordance with (IAW) the Remote‐Control Unit’s (RCU) range layout, and conducting a test run of all lifters to ensure operability.

3. Range Maintenance – Replace Targets, reconstruct target berms, replace, and charge batteries, etc.

4. Range Recovery – Remove all equipment from the Range and consolidate at the TST location or prepare equipment for shipping back to Home‐Station (Grafenwöhr, Germany).

5. Additional Tasks: If not deployed, Contracted personnel must be available to assist with Home‐Station tasks such as but not limited to: pre‐shipping loadouts, target construction, target maintenance, equipment inventories, etc.