Attachment 14: Prebid Request for Information Responses Round 2

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS 72D AIR BASE WING (AFMC)

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE OKLAHOMA

21 August 26

MEMORANDUM FOR AFSC/PZIOC (ATTN: Tamra Torres)

THROUGH: 72 ABW/CENM

FROM: 72 ABW/CEED

Tepa Companies
SUBJECT: Pre-Bid RFI Responses

Project: WWYK250063 - INSTALL REACT VII FACILITY, B9001, POST V19

Reference: Memo, 13 August 2026, Pre-Bid RFIs, WWYK250063 - INSTALL REACT VII

FACILITY, B9001, POST V19

1. This office reviewed the referenced RFIs for the subject project and provided answers below. Please forward to the contractor(s) for their use in preparing proposals. (1) With the drawings having an arc flash/coordination study on the drawing sheet E-602, will a contractor provided arc flash/coordination study be required on this project? Government Response: No. The Arc Flash and Coordination Study shown on drawing E602 is for information only. A new, contractor-provided study is not required for this project.

(2)

If arc flash/coordination study is required. How far upstream is the contractor supposed to go with the arc flash/coordination study based on General note 4 E-602. Government Response: See response to RFI #1. No new study is required.

(3)

The SOW is unclear on the extent of the telecommunication scope. Please provide more information on the telecommunication SOW.
a) Is the contractor to only provide inwall boxes and "stub-ups" for the base com to install the data? Yes. The contractor’s telecommunications physical scope of work is strictly limited to pathway infrastructure. The contractor shall provide and install all in-wall outlet backboxes, conduits, and pull strings. b) Is the contractor to provide raceways back to the nearest communication rack in 9001. If so where is this rack located? Yes. The contractor shall install continuous raceways/conduits with pull strings routed from the new outlet locations back to the nearest existing telecommunications cable tray system. The nearest active communications rack is located in
Telecommunications Room 1 (TR-1) at Column Post T18, approximately 100 feet east of the project site. Conduit pathways must route back to the cable tray serving this terminal space.
c) Is the contractor to supply a full telecom system including wall mounted rack and fiber back to nearest telecommunication fiber rack within 9001. If so, where is the fiber rack located? No. The contractor is not responsible for supplying

(4)

active network hardware, racks, fiber backbones, patch panels, or cabling. All cable pulling, terminations, patch panels, active electronics, and system testing