Refuse_Questions_3.docx

W91QF5-19-R-0009 Response to Questions 3

Question: “The solicitation was not issued with a SF 33 or SF 1449. Does the Government intend to issue one?”

Answer: No, written solicitation will be issued “This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, request for proposals (RFP) are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.”

Question “Section L.C.1 names 4 volumes: General, Mission Capability, Past Performance, and Price. Section L.C.2.c lists those 4 volumes as General, Technical Capability, Past Performance, and Price. What is the proper name of Volume II, Mission Capability, or Technical Capability?”

Answer: “Volume II is Technical Capability”

Question: “Please confirm that an email submission is the preferred method.”

Answer: “Email is the preferred method of proposal submission”

Question: “Can offerors provide the SAM FAR and DFARS report in lieu of completing Section K?”

Answer: “If SAM certification is complete a separate Section K is not required”

Question: “If so, can the Government please increase the page limit to accommodate the length of the report?”

Answer: “Per Section L, if SAM certification is complete a separate section K is not required”

Question: “Please confirm that proposals should be emailed to the following 2 individuals: John Meyers: john.h.meyers8.civ@mail.mil and Sharon Hillard: sharron.r.hillard.civ@mail.mil.”

Answer: “Yes those are the correct e-mails for proposal submission”

Question: “Section L.C.3(a) Volume I-General states that Section B should be submitted with this volume. Section L.C.3(d) Volume IV-Price states that Section B should be submitted with this volume. Does the Government want Section B prided in both Volume I and Volume IV? Please confirm that Section B refers to the xlsx file titled “Section_B_Pricing_Worksheet.xlsx. Does the Government want Section B in its native format (i.e. xlsx) or can offerors provide this information in PDF?”

Answer: “Section B need only be submitted with Volume IV. Section B refers to Section B Pricing Worksheet. Section B may be provided in Microsoft Office Excel”.

Question: “The only requirement for Volume IV-Price is the completed Section B. Please confirm that Section B refers to the xlsx file titled “Section_B_Pricing_Worksheet.xlsx. Does the Government want a pricing narrative contained in Volume IV?”

Answer: Section B refers to the excel spreadsheet labeled Section B. A separate pricing narrative is not required, but may be submitted as long as the Volume IV page limit is not exceeded.

Question: “PWS 3.3.1 Reporting Labor Hours (for Contractor Manpower Reporting) (page 18) states “As part of is submission, the Contractor shall provide the estimated total cost incurred to comply with this reporting requirements.” Section B does not have a place to report this cost. Can the Government please adjust Section B to accommodate this request? If the Government does not adjust Section B to accommodate this request, can the Government please specify where this information should be located within the proposal?”

Answer: This section of the PWS refers to CMR during contract performance. It is not required for proposal submission.

Question: “Does the Government want offerors to complete TE #3 and provide it with the proposal? If so, in which volume should the information be provided?”

Answer: No. Technical Exhibit #3 shows IMCOM standards Army is currently using but a Combination of container pick up frequencies may be used to service Post.

Question: “Please confirm that the contractor does not need to maintain Government owned containers, in accordance with Attachment 3, 3.3.”

Answer: There is no government owned container maintenance.

Question: “Does the Government want offerors to complete Attachment 3 4.0 Work Capability Levels and provide it with the proposal? If so, in which volume should the information be provided?”

Answer: No

Question: “Section L.C.2(c) provides a file naming protocol. Is it acceptable to also include the solicitation number and volume name in the file names?”

Answer: Yes, it is acceptable to include the solicitation number and volume name in file names.

Question: “TAB A contains the Table of Contents and the Executive Summary. The Table of Contents is not included in the page count. TAB B contains the Cross Reference Matrix. The Cross Reference Matrix is not included in the page count. Is the Executive Summary included in the page count?”

Answer: “The Executive Summary is not included in the page count”

Question: “Section L Volume III – Factor II. Paragraph 5 Specific Relevant Contracts Format last sentence reads “ The submittal shall include rationale supporting your assertion of relevance and how it was determined that the work performed previously was the same or similar in nature, size, and” There appears to be something missing from the end of this sentence. Would the government please clarify?”

Answer: “The submittal shall include rationale supporting your assertion of relevance and how it was determined that the work performed previously was the same or similar in nature, size, and complexity to the work specified by this solicitation.”

Question: “Section L Attachment 2 is missing a number 8, is there a missing requirement or is this section just mis-numbered?”

Answer: “There is no number 8.”

Question: “TAB A states “The Offeror shall provide an Executive Summary of its proposal, which shall provide an overview of the proposal and is to be used as an aid in understanding the organization, content and interrelationship of the proposed material.” Does the Government want the Executive Summary to address all 4 volumes or only the Technical Volume?

Answer: “The Executive Summary should be an executive summary of Volume II” Question: “Attachment 3, 2.8.1 lists stable waste. That reference is the first and only one in this solicitation. Is stable waste part of this effort?”

Answer: “No, Fort Lee does not have any stables.