Assessment and Monitoring Services for Disaster Debris and Hazard Tree Removal

Customer Reference Attribution – Subcontractor/JV Experience We believe there is an ambiguity in the “Customer References” section of the RFP and Attachment 5 – Customer Reference Form as these provisions pertain to experience obtained under Assessment & Monitoring (A&M) subcontracts or as members of joint ventures. The RFP does not distinguish between the “agreement dollar value” of a subcontract and that of the underlying prime contract. Nor does it distinguish the scope of work performed by individual members of a joint venture. For example, a subcontractor may have performed post-disaster A&M services on 40 APNs where the prime A&M contract covered 10,000 APNs and exceeded the Category 3 threshold of more than $55 million. A literal reading could allow the subcontractor to rely on the entire prime contract value and APN count even though its A&M responsibility was substantially more limited. (a) Will the State clarify RFP Section 3.2.2(1) to state that, for references related to A&M work performed as a subcontractor, the Proposer should report the agreement dollar value of the subcontract and the number of APNs for which the Proposer performed A&M services? (b) Likewise, will the State clarify that, for references related to A&M work performed as a member of a joint venture, the Proposer should report the agreement dollar value and APNs attributable to the portion of the work performed by the Proposer? (c) Will the State similarly clarify Attachment 5, Sections 1(b) and 1(c), regarding the agreement value and APNs to be reported for subcontractor and joint venture experience?