THIS AMENDMENT IS TO ANSWER VENDOR QUESTIONS TO W31P4Q-17-R-0066, HAWK AND CHAPARRAL DEMILITARIZATION, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI). THIS AMENDMENT ALSO EXTENDS THE RESPONSE DATE AS STATED BLEOW.

Qualification 4 begins with the statement: "Each prospective contractor shall be required to utilize the current Logistics Support Center facilities located at 4707 Fred Wilson Road, El Paso, TX 79906."

Q 1. Are there specific arrangements the Government has made with the LSC facility ownership to ensure all bidders have equal access to facility space and supporting equipment?

Response 1: Yes, the facility will be leased to the Corp of Engineers. The awardee will, in-turn, be required to lease the entire facility space and the supporting equipment from the Corp of Engineers.

Q 2. Will bidders be required to lease space within the facility or will the space be government furnished?

Response 2: The awardee will be required to lease the entire facility.

Q 3. Once an RFP is released will facility layouts and supporting equipment lists be provided to all bidders?

Response 3: Yes, once a RFP is released a facility layout and supporting equipment list will be provided to all bidders.

Qualification 7 indicates "Each prospective contractor shall provide personnel to support the maintenance facility for parts inventory management; parts testing and evaluation; test equipment maintenance; logistics supply support; HAWK training support; asset management and report preparation; delivery and receipt of shipments; student in-processing; material receiving, inspection and packaging of associated missile systems hardware and managing facility maintenance emergencies. In addition, personnel with required technical knowledge, skills, and experience to perform preventive maintenance on SAMD non-standard weapon systems and their associated ground support equipment must be provided."

Q 1. Is this qualification only in reference to HAWK and Chaparral Demilitarization or is this to be interpreted as a much broader scope to support overall SAMD LSC operations and system specific training?

Response 1: This qualification also includes TSQ-73 as stated in the RFI. There is no broader scope.

Q 2. If the support is limited to HAWK and Chaparral Demilitarization, will the level of support be defined in upcoming RFPs or will the bidders be required to identify the required level of support themselves?

Response 2: Not applicable as support is not limited to HAWK and Chaparral Demilitarization.

Q 3. If the bidders must identify the level of support themselves, will additional information be included in the RFP to clearly identify the requirements for this support vice the overall LSC support requirements?

Response 3: Yes. The Statement of Work will be provided with the RFP to further define the requirements of this procurement.

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