MODIFICATION
38 -- DLA Disposition Services Excavators and Front End Loaders - Revised Specifications
- Notice Date
- 3/3/2017
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 333120
— Construction Machinery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Acquisition Locations, DLA Disposition Services, Federal Center, 74 Washington Avenue North, Battle Creek, Michigan, 49037-3092, United States
- ZIP Code
- 49037-3092
- Solicitation Number
- SP451017R1000
- Archive Date
- 5/1/2017
- Point of Contact
- Joseph A. Bednar, Phone: 2699617546, Scott Dan Micklewright, Phone: 269-961-5512
- E-Mail Address
-
joe.bednar@dla.mil, scott.micklewright@dla.mil
(joe.bednar@dla.mil, scott.micklewright@dla.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The purpose of this amendment is to answer questions submitted by the 1 Mar 2017 question deadline for this procurement: 1. What is the size threshold requirement for this small business set aside? It has a note of 1,250 employees, but most dealers will have less than that. Is there an annual revenue requirement that small business dealers have to fall under as well? Strictly one or the other is used for the threshold, either revenue or number of employees. So on this it's strictly the 1,250 employees regardless of revenue. 2. Can you please give us a clear definition on the Buy America Clause associated with this bid, does this mean that each line item needs to be a manufactured in the US or does the Manufacturer need to be based in the US? The Buy American coverage applicable to this acquisition is involved and interested firms are encouraged to review the full text of the solicitation's identified clauses, including but not limited to DFARs 252.225-7001 which provides a definition of "domestic end product" which does not require that each line item needs to be manufactured in the United States, nor that the Manufacturer is necessarily based in the United States. The definition includes but is not limited to "The cost of its qualifying country components and its components that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components..." 3. Are there any Hub-Zone preferences on this solicitation? There is no Hub-Zone preference, this is strictly a Small Business Set-Aside without a socioeconomic sub-category preference within it. 4. The government is classifying this as a small business solicitation under NAICS code 333120 (1,250 employees). There is no dollar amount associated with this NAICS code so almost all major dealers would qualify (and the firm identified two manufacturers, specifically). 95% of these dealers would not be classified as a small business by the SBA. Essentially any firm with less than 1,250 employees can bid. What makes this solicitation a small business set aside? The Small Business Administration (SBA) sees this as a small business set-aside given the application of NAICs 333120. They are closely involved in the process including the set-aside used and which NAICs is being applied. 5. Also SBA has NAICS code 33310 listed as 750 employees (?). DLA and SBA have determined that NAICS 333120 is the most appropriate NAICs for this acquisition. 6. For the excavators in this spec, the attachments have all been removed (in the last solicitation), which is fine, but there are potential problems with this. If it isn't stated what attachments you will be using with these excavators, then you run the risk of getting an excavator that is not going to run the attachments that you'll need. For instance, there was a mention of an orange peel grapple originally (in the last solicitation), and in order for a wheeled excavator to run that attachment, you'll need the secondary operation of an auxiliary high pressure circuit. If the excavator isn't set up to run the attachments you want to run, it isn't going to be very useful for your operators. We would suggest that you may want to list out potential attachments or needs that you will have for the excavators and not just capacities. That way, it would be the vendor's responsibility to make sure that you get excavators that are ready to use the way you want them. All excavator CLINs - Small, Medium, Large and Wheeled - must support the use of the following possible attachments: Shear, Hammer, Orange Peel Grapple, Contractor Grapple, Demolition and Sorting Grabs, and Multi-Quick Processors. The revised specification attachment posted with this amendment incorporates this after the Para. 6 Wheeled Excavator content on page 3. 7. Also, on the freight, is this solicitation asking for CLIN's 1 to 14 to be inclusive of freight anywhere in the continental US, and then CLIN's 15 to 18 to ship to the different zones? If so, there is a big difference between freight on the small excavator spec and the large wheel loader spec. How should freight be entered in for different machines in one CLIN? Freight is based on weight and size. The cost to ship the large wheel loader CLIN to Fort Wainwright is more than double that of the small excavator CLIN. We would suggest you break out the delivery prices for outside the continental US by size of machine. It's CLINs 0001-0008 for CONUS with CLINs 0009-0014 for U.S. Central Command, with all U.S. Central Command units shipped to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait (Para. 11.1 in the specifications). So this is not applicable U.S. Central Command deliveries which are already for each type/size of equipment. The CONUS CLINs are to include full shipping to any CONUS site including differences for weight and size as the contractor sees fit. The OCONUS surcharges as defined are strictly for a proposed premium over and above CONUS shipping, and we have not necessarily found in similar circumstances with a premium over and above a broad basic shipping charge that firms have priced for major differences across very different sized equipment items. Additionally, most units expected to be ordered are for CONUS and U.S. Central Command, so we don't expect to utilize the surcharge CLINs often and at this point in time we plan to utilize the consolidation point alternative per Para. 11.2 of the specifications as much as possible, though over a potential 5-year contract we require the direct ship OCONUS Surcharge CLINs in case they may become necessary. So asking firms to assess and price it using this approach via averaging figures for the premium portion, or however they choose to, and we find it reasonably handles this aspect in a fair manner across all firms in the competition, while allowing for a simpler structure for the potential life of the contract vs. up to 32 additional CLINs per period (four surcharge areas and 8 basic CLINs they can apply to) when we expect to utilize them on a limited basis, if at all. 8. If the consolidation point alternative in Para. 11.2 of the specifications is utilized in lieu of direct ship to the surcharge CLIN areas, can you identify which of the eligible sites would receive the units? While using this alternative we expect that all deliveries subsequently shipped onward via separate means to Alaska, Hawaii/Guam, or Japan/Okinawa/Korea would be delivered to the Tracy, CA, site. All units using this alternative that ship onward to Europe sites after contract delivery would be to shipped to one of three East Coast sites - Norfolk, VA; Newark, NJ; or Savannah, GA (it's acknowledged that not all the consolidation sites are shown on the map attachment). The consolidation points can't be guaranteed for the potential entire 5-year life of the contract but these are the expected points at this time. Note also per Para. 12 of the specifications that although acceptance for payment would occur at the contract delivery site, the warranty period is to begin upon arrival at their final OCONUS location where the equipment will be utilized. 9. For CLINs 0008 - 0018 (OCONUS Delivery) is the contractor responsible for shipping to the Port of Debarkation / Discharge (POD) designated by DLA Disposition Services or deliver to the actual site in country? This question is asked because oftentimes U.S Government personnel will accept the equipment at the port and transport to the inland location. This allows them control of the movement, reduce delays and speed delivery time, also to avoid any tariffs or port surcharges commercial shipments would be subject to. Delivery to the POD will be supported by DLA under the expected contract. Interested firms are hereby notified that offer submittals received after the date of this amendment posting will be construed as being inclusive of the amendment content, with the content fully acknowledged by the responding firm. The closing date for offers is not extended by this amendment.
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