The Department of the Interior is soliciting a Total Small Business Set-Aside contract for rodent abatement services at a house, under NAICS code 561710 and PSC code S207. The contract requires the contractor to block identified rodent entry points with a permanent solution, and payment will be tied to final completion of the entire project. Quoters should use the solicitation information provided, as no site visit or site access opportunity will be offered, and should price standard rodent exclusion measures, with consideration given to alternative solutions that may be proposed.
Analysis by Mindy, grounded in the SAM.gov notice.
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Question 1: Can the Government confirm whether progress or milestone-based invoicing is
permitted under this requirement?
Answer 1: Progress payments or milestone-based invoicing is not permitted under this effort.
Question 2: Can the Government clarify the Government’s criteria for acceptance of work for
invoicing purposes? Specifically, whether payment is tied to final completion of the entire
project, or if partial acceptance and invoicing is allowed?
Answer 2: Payment is tied to final completion of the entire project.
Question 3: Will the Government provide a pre-quote site visit or site access opportunity for
interested quoters prior to the quotation deadline?
Answer 3: No site visit or site access opportunity will be provided to interested quoters. Quoters
should use the solicitation information provided.
Question 4: The Statement of Work requires the contractor to block identified rodent entry
points with a permanent solution and references to notifying the Government before digging to
install flashing at the base of the house. Should quoters assume that digging or flashing
installation is required as part of the base scope, or should quoters price standard rodent
exclusion measures and treat digging/flashing as work to be performed only if approved or
directed after award?
Answer 4: Flashing was recommended as a method of exclusion for this project by industry
specialist. If the contractor has an alternative solution that will permanently exclude rodents
without installing flashing or digging, that prevents rodents entry into crawl space and house, the
contractor may propose this method in their technical quote submission for consideration.
Question 5: The provided photographs show interior furnishings/items within the house. Should
quoters assume these items will remain in place during cleaning and disinfection, or will an
onsite representative remove or reposition contents before contractor performance begins?
Answer 5: The Government will remove all furnishings /interior items prior to contract
performance.
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Source: SAM.gov, as posted. Verify the current solicitation before responding.
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