Aircraft maintenance and paint services-aircraft avim/avum/depot maintenance and preservation/corrosion control

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION #2-QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Question 1: With the revised submittal date, and the requirement for the transition date, we have a question. Is the transition period still 30 days or is it shortened?

Answer 1: The solicitation allows for a 30 day transition period from the current contract to the new one. The solicitation also requires prospective contractors to provide a plan in the proposal as part of the technical evaluation. However, the Government's desire is that there be no disruption in service from the current contract that expires on May 31, 2010 to the new one.

1. PROPOSAL DUE DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM 05/12/2010 TO 05/19/2010
2. FAR CLAUSE 52.212-2, EVALUATION-COMMERCIAL ITEMS HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS SOLICITATION
3. NO OTHER CHANGES ARE MADE AT THIS TIME TO THIS SOLICITATION

1. PROPOSAL DUE DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM 05/12/2010 TO 05/19/2010
2. FAR CLAUSE 52.212-2, EVALUATION-COMMERCIAL ITEMS HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS SOLICITATION
3. NO OTHER CHANGES ARE MADE AT THIS TIME TO THIS SOLICITATION

AMENDED SOLICITATION IS ATTACHED, CHANGES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. AMENDMENT WAS NECESSARY TO CORRECT WAGE DETERMINATION LOCATION AND NUMBER FROM SALISBURY, SC 2005-2473 TO SALISBURY, NC 2005-2391
2. AMENDMENT WAS NECESSARY TO CHANGE SECTION 3.6 OF THE PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT, REVISED PWS ATACHED. CHANGES HILIGHTED IN YELLOW.
3. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION-QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ARE BELOW.
NO OTHER CHANGES ARE MADE TO THIS SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME.

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION #1--QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Question 1: Wage Determination: I dont believe the referenced wage determination is correct. You list: Salisbury, SC, Dorchester County 2005-2473. I think the wage determination should be: WD 05-2391

Answer 1: You are correct; this will be covered in the next amendment.

Question 2: Previous Contract Vehicle. Most of this work appears to have been done previously (currently) under the US Air Force CFT contract. Under the CFT contract, Employees provided common hand tools, but expendables, supplies, materials, and specialty tools are Government furnished or reimbursed at cost and your paragraph 4.8 appears to continue this approach. However, the OC-ALC clauses included in the contract (OC-ALC 07-040 and OC-ALC 07-07-043) are CFT contract specific clauses. Could you please provide these clauses in full text in the solicitation or replace them with full text terms and condition of your contract? We do not have access to the CFT contract documents. Also, there is no discussion if the contractor can recover G&A costs on the contractor obtained materials.
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Answer 2: You are correct; these clauses will be removed in the next amendment. These should not have been in the Performance Work Statement. There should be no G&A cost in that AVCRAD will provide all materials.

Question 3: Previous Contract Vehicle, Labor. The CFT contract has its own wage determination and is an even numbered AWD allowing the contractor to pool the H&W benefit and the H&W benefit is paid on all hours worked, including overtime. Your solicitation is using even numbered AWDs which require H&W benefits be paid to each employee on an hours paid basis, up to 2080 hours per year. Also, wages are higher on the CFT AWD. Could you please provide a matrix identifying which sites have a workforce that is currently employed by a CFT contractor under the CFT contract?

Answer 3: This will not be provided. The matrix provided in the Performance Based Work Statement is representative of the current staff with only a few minor exceptions

Question 4: Wage Determinations. Please consider replacing the odd numbered AWDs with even numbered AWDs so we can continue to pool the H&W benefit vs. providing them to individuals. There is no wage or vacation accrual difference, but it allows us to be more flexible to providing benefits to the workforce. Also, there should be no negative impact to the Government on price.

Answer 4: This will not be amended at this time. We are using the Wage Determinations set by the Service Contract Act and the Wage Determination Online (www.wdol.gov/sca.aspx#8). Though services have been previously performed at these locations, there is no documentation indicating that the services were previously performed under an SCA wage determination that ends in an even number (which is the wage determinations that are grandfathered into current contracts and services).

Question 5: Proposal Format. The proposal format and instructions are very clear. However, the proposal font size, margins are not provided and there are no page limits imposed. Could you please identify font size, margins and provide a page limit for each section.

Answer 5: There is no specific requirement for this.

Question 6: Will invoice be processed through WAWF (Wide Area Work Flow)?

Answer 6: Once awarded, the invoicing will be sent directly to the Mississippi USPFO and will be addressed in the final contract. However, during the life of this contract the Government anticipates implementation of WAWF for invoice processing. When this occurs the contractor shall implement WAWF procedures as described below at no additional cost to the Government.

1. PROPOSAL DUE DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM 05/10/2010 TO 05/12/2010
2. DFARS CLAUSE 252.228-7001-GROUND AND FLIGHT RISK HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS SOLICITATION
3. FBO SOLICITATION CLASS CODE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM Z TO L.
4. NO OTHER CHANGES ARE MADE AT THIS TIME TO THIS SOLICITATION

MODIFICATION IS TO REATTACHE THE SOLICITATION--NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE SOLICITATION OTHER THAN THE WORD DRAFT BEING REMOVED FROM THE 1ST 2 PAGES. ALL REQUIREMENTS REMAIN THE SAME

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation number W9127Q-10-R-0003 is issued as a Request for Proposals. The solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-40. This solicitation is 100% 8(a) set aside and is restricted to 8(a) small businesses only in accordance with FAR 19.502-2(b). NAICS for determination of size status is 488190 Small Business Standard is $7.0 million.

CLIN 0001: BASE YEAR-LABOR-AIRCRAFT MAINT/PAINT SVS: CONTRACTOR SHALL FURNISH ALL SERVICES IAW THE ATTACHED PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 June 2010 through 31 May 2011. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE-1108th AVCRAD located in Gulfport, Mississippi and sites within the Southeastern United States (12) as designated by the AVCRAD Commander and those Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) locations.

CLIN 0002: BASE YEAR-OVERTIME-AIRCRAFT MAINT/PAINT SVS: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 June 2010 through 31 May 2011. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE-1108th AVCRAD located in Gulfport, Mississippi and sites within the Southeastern United States (12) as designated by the AVCRAD Commander and those Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) locations.

CLIN 0003: BASE YEAR-TRAVEL-AIRCRAFT MAINT/PAINT SVS: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 June 2010 through 31 May 2011. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE-1108th AVCRAD located in Gulfport, Mississippi and sites within the Southeastern United States (12) as designated by the AVCRAD Commander and those Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) locations.

CLIN 0004: OPTION YEAR ONE-LABOR-AIRCRAFT MAINT/PAINT SVS: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 June 2011 through 31 May 2012. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE-1108th AVCRAD located in Gulfport, Mississippi and sites within the Southeastern United States (12) as designated by the AVCRAD Commander and those Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) locations.

CLIN 0005: OPTION YEAR ONE-OVERTIME-AIRCRAFT MAINT/PAINT SVS: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 June 2011 through 31 May 2012. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE-1108th AVCRAD located in Gulfport, Mississippi and sites within the Southeastern United States (12) as designated by the AVCRAD Commander and those Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) locations.

CLIN 0006: OPTION YEAR ONE-TRAVEL-AIRCRAFT MAINT/PAINT SVS: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 June 2011 through 31 May 2012 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE-1108th AVCRAD located in Gulfport, Mississippi and sites within the Southeastern United States (12) as designated by the AVCRAD Commander and those Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) locations.

CLIN 0007: OPTION YEAR TWO-LABOR-AIRCRAFT MAINT/PAINT SVS: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 June 2012 through 31 May 2013. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE-1108th AVCRAD located in Gulfport, Mississippi and sites within the Southeastern United States (12) as designated by the AVCRAD Commander and those Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) locations.

CLIN 0008: OPTION YEAR TWO-OVERTIME-AIRCRAFT MAINT/PAINT SVS: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 June 2012 through 31 May 2013. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE-1108th AVCRAD located in Gulfport, Mississippi and sites within the Southeastern United States (12) as designated by the AVCRAD Commander and those Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) locations.

CLIN 0009: OPTION YEAR TWO-TRAVEL-AIRCRAFT MAINT/PAINT SVS: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 June 2012 through 31 May 2013. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE-1108th AVCRAD located in Gulfport, Mississippi and sites within the Southeastern United States (12) as designated by the AVCRAD Commander and those Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) locations.

CLIN 0010: OPTION YEAR THREE-LABOR-AIRCRAFT MAINT/PAINT SVS: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 June 2013 through 31 May 2014. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE-1108th AVCRAD located in Gulfport, Mississippi and sites within the Southeastern United States (12) as designated by the AVCRAD Commander and those Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) locations.

CLIN 0011: OPTION YEAR THREE-OVERTIME-AIRCRAFT MAINT/PAINT SVS: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 June 2013 through 31 May 2014. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE-1108th AVCRAD located in Gulfport, Mississippi and sites within the Southeastern United States (12) as designated by the AVCRAD Commander and those Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) locations.

CLIN 0012: OPTION YEAR THREE-TRAVEL-AIRCRAFT MAINT/PAINT SVS: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 June 2013 through 31 May 2014. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE-1108th AVCRAD located in Gulfport, Mississippi and sites within the Southeastern United States (12) as designated by the AVCRAD Commander and those Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) locations.

CLIN 0013: OPTION YEAR FOUR-LABOR-AIRCRAFT MAINT/PAINT SVS: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 June 2014 through 31 May 2015. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE-1108th AVCRAD located in Gulfport, Mississippi and sites within the Southeastern United States (12) as designated by the AVCRAD Commander and those Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) locations.

CLIN 0014: OPTION YEAR FOUR-OVERTIME-AIRCRAFT MAINT/PAINT SVS: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 June 2014 through 31 May 2015. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE-1108th AVCRAD located in Gulfport, Mississippi and sites within the Southeastern United States (12) as designated by the AVCRAD Commander and those Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) locations.

CLIN 0015: OPTION YEAR FOUR-TRAVEL-AIRCRAFT MAINT/PAINT SVS: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 June 2014 through 31 May 2015. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE-1108th AVCRAD located in Gulfport, Mississippi and sites within the Southeastern United States (12) as designated by the AVCRAD Commander and those Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) locations.

SEE COMPLETE SOLICITATION ATTACHED.

The following FAR provisions apply: FAR 52-212-1, Instructions to Offerors (Oct 2001); FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items. Evaluation criteria will be based on Best Value- Past performance and technical will be rated significantly more important when compared to price. FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items (May 2001), FAR 52-212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders, (May 2001); Full text of these provisions may be accessed on-line at http://www.arnet.gov or http://farsite.hill.af.mil. CCR is a mandatory requirement for all DoD Government contracts. You must be registered in order to be eligible for award of a contract. To register on line go to http://www.ccr.gov/ .

This announcement is the solicitation which will result in a fixed price contract. Quotes are due no later than 2:00 P.M. CST, May 12, 2010, to United States Property and Fiscal Office, Purchasing and Contracting Division, 144 Military Drive, Jackson, MS 39232-8860. Technical questions regarding this requirement may be addressed to Lisa Anguizola, lisa.anguizola@us.army.mil.