MODIFICATION
68 -- Gases BPA for Edwards AFB - Amendment 1
- Notice Date
- 9/25/2012
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 325120
— Industrial Gas Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFFTC - AF Flight Test Center, 5 S WOLFE AVE, Edwards AFB, California, 93524-1185, United States
- ZIP Code
- 93524-1185
- Solicitation Number
- FY12-289
- Archive Date
- 12/6/2012
- Point of Contact
- Terence D Vickers, Phone: 661-277-9659
- E-Mail Address
-
terence.vickers@edwards.af.mil
(terence.vickers@edwards.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Gas Log by Delivery and Location. The intent of the spreadsheet is provide a monthly account of the quantities of gases this past Fiscal Year (Oct 2011 - Sep 2012). This ammendment (issued on 25 September 2012) is to provide the following: A) Extension to the Solicitation Response Date - The Response date is extended to 28 Sep 2012, at 11am Pacific time. B) Questions and Answers 1. Question: The statement of work mentions that the Govt. will not incur any charges for cylinder loss during the life of the contract. During our site visit one of the end users was complaining about the loss of one of their Govt. owned cylinders to one of the incumbents and was expecting it to be found or replaced at the contractor's expense. Should this not work both ways? Answer: The end user explained to me that the contractor is the only one who could lose the cylinders as the storage areas are well defined - once put on the truck for transport, it is the contractor's responsibility to account for it. 2. Question: Regarding the steel mix & tri mix gases, we need to know percentages of gas mix in each cylinder. (example) is steel mix 90% argon, 7.5% co2 & 2.5% oxygen)? Answer: We use three mixed gasses. NOS, which is 25% CO2 and 75% Argon, for plain carbon steel. Tri-Mix is mixture of Helium, CO2 and Argon, for stainless steel. Steelmix is a mixture of Argon and CO2 for pulse welding carbon steel. 3. Question: What are the sizes of the propane cylinders in use that the Govt. are filled? Answer: 33-gallon containers 4. Question: In the event one of the current incumbents is excluded in the award, will they be picking up all their cylinders before the new awardees' cylinders are delivered, thus narrow lying the chance of loss of cylinders? Answer: Transition plan TBD 5. Question: Reference the Statement of Work, It was noticed that there currently isn't an electronic cylinder tracking system in place, is this something new that the Govt. is requiring? Answer: We don't have cylinder tracking system, but that would be very helpful to us. 6. Question: The specifications/components of the R134A Tetrafluroethane blend? Answer: This is refrigerant and is common. 7. Question: The specifications/components of the Steel Mix? Answer: Please see above (question 2) 8. Question: The specifications/components of the Tri Mix? Answer: Please see above (question 2) 9. Question: Can you accept delivery and pick up on Tues/Thurs only? Answer: There could be times when we need something more urgent and next day, but we can work with scheduled delivery dates but contractor has to be able to respond in emergency situations. 10. Question: Monthly quantities of each gas during this past fiscal year (Oct 2011 - Sep 2012)? Please refer to the attachment (excel spreadsheet)called "Gas Log by Delivery and Location." Note: this data quadntities represent one year's delivery from Oct 2011 to Sept 2012. C) Further Quotation Guidance Information: as for pricing that is submitted for the Gases,provide pricing for 5 years, along with Deivery Charges, Fuel Surchareges, HAZMAT, and Cylinder Rental Per Day. Please indicate how these charges are presented on your quote.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFFTC/FY12-289/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Edwards AFB, CA, Edwards, California, 93524, United States
- Zip Code: 93524
- Zip Code: 93524
- Record
- SN02897251-W 20120927/120926000803-be7dcdcce5c67221bf689130cb301ab4 (fbodaily.com)
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