(item #1)(REQ # 3591504) C100089; blast consultant services; nwccc; stephanie hixson; HHSN292201400001I proposal clarifications: a. The proposed northwest childcare center will be located in the…

(item #1)(REQ # 3591504) C100089; blast consultant services; nwccc; stephanie hixson; HHSN292201400001I proposal clarifications: a. The proposed northwest childcare center will be located in the northwest portion of the NIH campus area. The project is currently under design with a design-build contractor. The JV will provide a blast subject matter expert (SME) to perform reviews of the basis of design, drawings, specifications and blast calculations and provide advisement on the methodology for the blast approach as well as possible considerations for cost analysis and value engineering. B. Value engineering is limited to a high level advisement only and not conducting a full value engineering workshop. C. The blast design criteria used for federal facilities is per the RFP but we will review and advise our recommendation on the appropriate criteria to use. D. Blast design reviews will be performed for the 95% revision 1 design submission and the 100% design submission. The reviews will be performed during the 21-day standard NIH project review cycle. E. The JV SME will review and analyze the cost related directly to the blast design portion of the project. F. Site visits will be limited to no more than two (2) on-site meetings. Travel time for each on-site meeting is included in the proposal. Telephone conference calls will be limited to ten (10) calls up to two (2) hour duration of calls each. G. Our cost estimate services will be limited to the review of the project 95% and 100% cost estimate documents prepared by the design team. Our fee excludes development of new cost estimates for the project. H. Testing of blast system is excluded. I. Commissioning services are excluded. J. Per NIH s request, our fee proposal during the twelve month construction period includes CA phase services as follows: * we will attend up to six (6) progress meetings as needed for blast related items as noted in our proposal. *our field observation is limited to the blast portion of the construction and is not intended to substitute the designer of record site work responsibilities. *a total of 8 rfis (not-to-exceed amount). An average of 4 hours per RFI is considered. * a total of 2 blast related change orders (not-to-exceed amount). An average of 8 hours per change order is considered. * our CA services include review of the contractor blast design submittals to offer an expert opinion and are not intended for approval of the submittal. A total of 10 submittals (not-to-exceed amount) are assumed with an average of 6 hours per submittal considered. * review and preparation of record drawings from contractor markups at the end of the project is not included. * review of the o & m documents prepared and submitted by the contractor is not included. Can 8018955 HNAM9 OD OM orfdo OFC research facilities dvpmt & operation FY15 08023820155DB0 .