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1305M327Q0035 Questions and Answers
Are the hourly quantities only estimates, or is there any guaranteed annual minimum? This involves snow, so the quantity of services is estimated. Your rates are needed for each service and a total amount for the year. If additional services are needed due to extra snow events, we will use those rates to increase the contract. There are no guaranteed minimums as we cannot pay for services not rendered. Will services be invoiced by actual hours worked, a fixed monthly rate, or a fixed annual amount? How should the requested hourly, monthly, and annual pricing be reconciled? Invoices will be billed monthly in arrears for the number of snow events worked, using the rates provided. The PO will have a not-to-exceed yearly amount, calculated by totaling the hourly rates multiplied by the quantity of services listed. Can NOAA provide historical annual service hours and actual expenditure under previous BPA 1305M322ANWWR0001? The quantities listed in the line-item description were provided based on historical usage on the previous BPA. Is a site plan available showing parking areas, driveways, sidewalks, square footage/lengths, and approved snow-storage areas? We do not have a site map detailing the parking area, driveways, sidewalks. We do have approved snow storage areas. Google Maps provides aerial views of the site. How does the two-hour emergency response requirement interact with the clause requiring normally 72 hours' notice for after-hours facility access? We are specifying within the contract award that we need a two-hour emergency response in the SOW so that supersedes the 72-hour notice in the NAM. Are de-icing materials and quantities to be included within hourly rates, or separately priced? Are specific products required? De-icing materials and quantities must be included in the rates (hourly or otherwise). We do not require specific products. Are there minimum insurance, local licensing, or bonding requirements beyond those expressly listed? No. May a small-business prime demonstrate technical capability and relevant past experience through an identified qualified subcontractor? Yes as long as their information is provided so it's clear that the information is for the subcontractor and not the prime. Is FAR 52.219-14 applicable to this procurement? No
Does the phrase 'No more then 2/3 pages' mean two to three pages or two-thirds of a page for each technical and experience narrative? 2 to 3 pages total