V231--HOPTEL SERVICES | Wilmington VAMC, DE

The purpose of this Amendment is to answer the below questions:

Q&A Set 2

1. Does the VA know specifically or ballpark what days they will require lodging? The hotel can't guarantee days if they are not sure which ones are needed.

Yes, Sunday- Thursday.

2. If the days are not known, how are you expecting the hotel to provide the rooms?

3. Will reservations from the VA be made in advance so that the hotel can make sure the room is provided, or will it be the day of?

Yes, made at least 3 days in advance.

4. Is the amount of rooms that are in the solicitation for the five years guaranteed?

Yes

The purpose of this modification is to amend the solicitation to:

Extend the closing date to 2 November at 6:00 am

Change the hotel radius from the Wilmington VAMC to 20 miles

Delete the GSA lodging maximum requirement

Add FAR Part 52.223-99 requirement

52.223-99 Ensuring Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors.

ENSURING ADEQUATE COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS (OCT 2021) (DEVIATION)

(a) Definition. As used in this clause - United States or its outlying areas means

(1) The fifty States;

(2) The District of Columbia;

(3) The commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands;

(4) The territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands; and

(5) The minor outlying islands of Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Atoll.

(b) Authority. This clause implements Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, dated September 9, 2021 (published in the Federal Register on September 14, 2021, 86 FR 50985).

(c) Compliance. The Contractor shall comply with all guidance, including guidance conveyed through Frequently Asked Questions, as amended during the performance of this contract, for contractor workplace locations published by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (Task Force Guidance) at https:/www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

(d) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in subcontracts at any tier that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation 2.101 on the date of subcontract award, and are for services, including construction, performed in whole or in part within the United States or its outlying areas.

(End of clause)

 Q&A Set 1

1.What is attachment D for? Does that mean that is what the business has to pay its employees Steve? I don't understand why that's in there.

Please refer to the Dept of Labor to answer your questions regarding the Service Contract Act.Â

2.  In one of their major requirements you stated that a reservation confirmation number will be provided in advance by the Wilmington VAMC Travel Office. Can you explain how this will be done? Will this reservation number be attached to this Arrangement and will there be a system set in place and place to provide confirmation number?

Once we call hotel to make a reservation for a specific day, they will confirm and send us the conformation number for that specific reservation.

3. Are there a required amount of rooms that need to be on standby for these dates?

We are asking that vendor will able to have at a minimal, 7 rooms per week on standby for veterans to occupy.

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4. If there is no past performance for this type of Prior service should I just put no document or no pass performance in the submission?

On the past performance, please identify that you do not have past performance on this type of service. Then we ll know you are responsive to the solicitation requirements.

Solicitation Number / RFQ 36C24421Q0172 Veteran Temporary Lodging (Hotel) Services for Wilmington VAMC in Wilmington, DE

This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity for Hoptel Services in Accordance with the Statement of work utilizing FAR Part 12.603." 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.

The combined synopsis solicitation number is 36C24421Q0172. It is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). The government anticipates awarding Firm Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) resulting from this solicitation. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2021-07 (09/10/2021) and can be found at http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html.

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 721110. This solicitation is Unrestricted.