Questions and Answers Document

LTBMU Parking Lot Snow Removal
Questions and Answers
12444527Q0006
Does the RFQ or intended purchase order require any bid guarantee, performance bond, or payment bond? If so, please identify the applicable clause and amount. No
Please confirm that prices must be entered separately for every line item 0001 through 4003 in Schedule_of_Items_RFQ1838066.docx, and whether those items are fixed seasonal amounts, estimated per-event quantities, or another unit of pricing. A bid value for each bid item for each year must be provided. Please confirm any mandatory experience questionnaire attachments, past-performance reference format and the permitted approach for firms whose directly relevant snow-removal experience is performed through their operations team.
An experience questionnaire has been attached to this solicitation. It is NOT a mandatory deliverable, however it offers a company the opportunity to indicate their past performance/technical capabilities. If the form is not used, it is the discretion of the offeror how they wish to notate their past performance and technical capability. Please confirm the exact work area and access points for the South Shore Estates site. SEE map provided in the Statement of Work (SOW)
The base-year schedule lists two events per location, and each option year lists 12 events per location.
Are additional authorized events beyond the listed quantities paid separately at our quoted firmfixed unit prices? Once contractor has reached performed work to the limit of the contract value, work needs to stop until the contractor receives direction from the contracting officer. Does the required afternoon return after another six inches of snowfall count as another paid event, or is it included in the initial morning occurrence? Each snow removal effort as described in the statement of work represents a singular event regardless of whether a removal event already took place that day or during a sustained storm as long as the accumulated amount of snow reached the depth as described in the statement of work.
During a prolonged storm requiring further clearings, what defines the start and end of one paid event?

LTBMU Parking Lot Snow Removal
Questions and Answers
12444527Q0006
Would each additional authorized clearing constitute a separate paid occurrence, or would multiple visits during the same storm be included under one occurrence? See previous response
What authorization or funding limits apply when actual snow removal services exceed the