Attachment 4 - Questions and Answers.pdf

Attachment 4 – Questions and Answers

The purpose of this Amendment is to reply to the below Requests for Information:

Question 1: Could you please confirm do you accept the Tank is of blank iron, and not stainless steel type.

Answer 1: Technical Specs requires: “External accumulation tank, thermal insulated type, 500 lt, inox or polyethylene type, completed of bottom discharge valve and connection points having same diameter of the in/out chiller pipes”. INOX means stainless steel.

Question 2: Working temperature for this heat pump? Summer and winter.

Answer 2: -10 Celsius degree to +45 Celsius degrees

Question 3: Is there a forklift for unloading the chiller at the requested delivery place charged to the Government?

Answer 3: Yes

Question 4: Is the chiller required to be delivered only or do you need any commissioning, testing, or follow up assistance?

Answer 4: It’s specified at the bottom of the Technical Specifications

Question 5: In case the product is only to be delivered at Camp Darby, Tirrenia (Pisa), is the delivery point on the outside or on the inside of the base?

Answer 5: Inside

Question 6: In case the delivery point is on the inside of the base, do you have someone that can escort for delivering?

Answer 6: Yes

Question 7: Do you have equipment to unload the equipment off of the truck at the assigned location or should we be accounting to provide?

Answer 7: Yes, but in conjunction to a preventive schedule with the customer.

Question 8: Does the government have a taxes VAT exception? if yes, this would be the best benefit for the government in terms of prices. Because if we pay the taxes VAT, taxes VAT of 22% in Italy this will raise prices. for this reason you have to write me what you want to Answer 8: DFAR 252.229-7003, included in the solicitation, only applies to Italian Companies that are requested to provide a quote not inclusive of the IVA Tax. The percentage of 22% refers to Italy. The United States Government is exempt by virtue of tax agreements between the United States Government and the Contractor's government. You should submit pricing in accordance with your cost implications. If you know how to obtain a tax exemption through your Government, then you should submit an invoice without taxes. In case, you do not know of this, then you should submit it inclusive of the taxes.

Question 9: You have a preferred manufacturer for the product.

Answer 9: We do not have a preferred manufacturer for the product.