Request for Information Log 146 FS Lodging Svcs 2027 RSD

RFI No.

R0001

RFQ W50S7527QA012 FS Lodging Services - 2027 RSD

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

RFI / Question / Comment

Response

Breakfast / Meal Service: The Performance Work Statement does not appear to identify breakfast or any other meal service as a required service. Please confirm Complimentary breakfast is not required; whether complimentary breakfast is required, or whether the lodging requirement is however, is not prohibited.
limited to the accommodations and services expressly listed in the PWS.

R0002

Parking Requirement: The solicitation specifies a requirement for at least 300 complimentary parking spaces. If the contractor proposes two lodging facilities, may the 300 spaces be combined between the two properties, provided the total requirement is met?

The 300 required complimentary parking
spaces may be a combined total, if two
(2) properties are quoted.

R0003

AAA Rating or Equivalent: The PWS permits lodging facilities rated AAA 3Diamond or above, or an industry-related equivalent. If a hotel does not hold an AAA rating, what specific industry-recognized ratings or classification systems would the Government consider acceptable as an equivalent?

As industry expert, the quoter must
provide proof of AAA 3-Diamond
equivalency.

R0004

PWS 4.2.3 allows cancellation without charge up to 48 hours before check-in, and If room is not cancelled within required
PWS 1.3 limits invoicing to occupied rooms per the sign-in roster. If a room on the timeframe, Contractor may invoice for
final rooming list is not cancelled 48 hours out and the member does not arrive, may all rooms reserved on Sign-In Roster.
the contractor invoice for that room? If not, who carries that cost?

R0005

Third Party Quoters. Please confirm that a small business that does not own the lodging facility may quote as prime with the facility as its subcontractor.

A small business firm that does not own
the lodging facility may quote as prime
contractor.

R0006

Limitations on subcontracting. Under FAR 52.219-14, will the Government treat a hotel ownership entity that is small under NAICS 721110 as a similarly situated entity, so that payments to it do not count toward the 50 percent limit?

Hotel ownership entity under NAICS
721110 will be treated as similarly
situated entity.

R0007

Capability statement. For the Volume II capability statement, will the Government consider the proposed lodging facility's own experience hosting government and military groups as teaming experience? Does the proof of the AAA 3-Diamond