Aluminum Blanks Questions and Answers Amendment 1

SV0120-27 Aluminum Blanks Amendment #0001 Questions and Answers 1. How do we submit past performance if we have not had any contracts yet? You will be rated neither positive or negative for past performance. 2. Does the Nonmanufacturer Rule Apply? No. This is estimated to be under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) and the Nonmanufacturer rule does not apply. 3. Explain FAR 52.216-2 and FPI1000H1. FAR52.216-2 is for when a business increases or decreases their catalog or published prices and requests a price adjustment on a contract; this is rare. The government doesn’t want to be paying more than catalog/public pricing. FPI1000H1 states that another way to adjust prices is based on the appropriate index and its movement over time. In most circumstances, this is the Economic Price Adjustment clause a vendor will use to adjust their prices up due to inflation. 4. Can you anticipate what the delivery schedule will look like? No. 5. Do you have drawings available? No.
6. Does the Buy American Act apply? Yes.
7. Does the Aluminum have to be rolled, stamped, cut or manufactured in the U.S.? No, but there is a penalty applied to the price of foreign goods. 8. NAICS code 331315 has a small business size of 1,400 employees. Why does your solicitation say 1,500 employees? Unicor’s SAP software only has a selection for 1,500. That doesn’t change the actual number of 1,400.
9. Can the manufacturer drop ship it to Unicor? Yes.
10. What does ‘yellow/yellow’ mean? Does it need to be coated in a color yellow or does that mean it’s reflective? Yellow on both sides (no color code); it not reflective. 11. What coating type? Commonly baked enamel or polyster coil coating. 13. Acceptable edge condition? Typically sheared or die-cut, burr-free (no tabs). 14. Dimensional tolerances? No more of 32nd of a inch.
17. Are there any holes in them? Negative, no holes.
18. What are the masking requirements? Both sides masked (any type). 19. Is there a certain pallet weight or carton count preferred? No. 20. Is thickness tolerance per ASTM B209? Yes.