Attachment 15_RFIs_PDO Consolidation.pdf

RFI #

Petersburg District

Office (PDO), Harris, or Fram

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1 General Solictaction Section C C.1

The solicitation in Section C; C.1 speaks to the PDO being eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Is the PDO certified as a Historic Place?

The PDO has been determined eligible but not registered as a Historic Property.

2 General Solictaction Section F 5211-10

The solicitation in Section F; 52.11-10 speaks to the project NTP to be issued in November 2024. Is that still the intent of USFS?

Yes.

3 General Solictaction Section H H.2

The solicitation in Section H; H.2 speaks to Local Disposal Sites and the caveats therein. Will the Petersburg Landfill accept the USFS project construction waste (excluding regulated or HAZMAT wast)

Contact the Petersburg Borough Sanitation Department.

4 General Solictaction Section L L.2

The solicitation in Section L; L.2 speaks to the Technical Proposal Instructions. We do not see a page count restriction concerning the above. Is there a page limit for Factor 1 and/or Factor 2.

Factor 1: While no page limit was noted you should be able to provide documentation to cover sub factors 1 &2 in no less than 15 pages.

Factor 2: Length is dependent on number of submitted questionnaires and CPARS reports, however we have noted we are requesting at least one or two.

5 General Solictaction Section M M.2

The solicitation in Section M; M.2 Subfactor 1 speaks to Contractors’. ExperienceIn a Small Business / Large Business JV are the evaluation factors and past performance experience are the technical capability evaluations’ for projects that the JV has worked on and together only?

It is the Prime's responsibility to provide a proposal which identifies your technical capabilities to meet the requirements of this contract. Please identify your collective experience with this type of work.

6 General Solictaction Section 01 30 00 Part 3 3.01

Section 01 30 00 Part 3; 3.01 speaks to Electronic Document Submittal requirements. Are cloud based project document control systems such as Submittal Exchange or Autodesk acceptable?

RFP proposals are to be submitted as PDF and/or word documents.

The Forest Service and the successful awardee will coordinate the system to be used for submittal exchanges.

Amendment #3 Solicitation #: 1240BJ24R00187

Petersburg Consolicdation Questions/Comments/Inquiries, Administrative Comments and Government Responses

Office (PDO), Harris, or Fram

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Amendment #3 Solicitation #: 1240BJ24R00187

Petersburg Consolicdation Questions/Comments/Inquiries, Administrative Comments and Government Responses

7 Harris 90% Draft Construction Docs. Page #2

In the Harris Building 90% Draft Construction Documents on page #2 the removal and disposal of a flammable storage building is spoken to. Is the storage building empty? Are there any controlled or HAZMAT items/products concerning the container?

The storage building currently contains containers of flammable liquids. The contractor shall transfer the contents from the existing flammable storage building to the new flammable storage building. See the 100% drawings for details as provided in Amendments 1 & 2.

8 Harris 90% Draft Construction Docs. Page #3

In the Harris Building 90% Draft Construction Documents on page #3 -Structural- a seismically separate canopy is spoken to. Is the selected Contractor responsible for the structural engineering concerning the above?

The Forest Service's consultant's structural engineer performed the structural engineering for the proposed canopy. See the 100% drawings for details as provided in Amendments 1 & 2.

9 PDO

HAZMAT Material Selection 02 26 00

Page 12 last paragraph , 1

In the statement of findings 3 sentence 'inclusive' is used. Should that be 'inconclusive'?

Yes: "inclusive" is a typo, and should read "inconclusive". As discussed on page 14 of 02 26 00, because the ceiling tile mastic is attached to gypsum wall board with asbestos-containing joint compound, any disturbance of the ceiling tile mastic would need to be conducted as Class II asbestos work, the same as any other disturbance of the asbestos-containing joint compound. Additional testing by the contractor could be used to segregate and minimize the volume of asbestos-containing wastes for the project.

10 PDO

HAZMAT Material Selection 02 26 0

Page 16 Soil Contamination

EHS speaks to no investigation of soils occurred by them. Is there a soils report available for the contractor to review concerning contaminants?

There is no evidence to indicate that hazardous substance activity took place on the property during or prior to federal ownership, so no investigation for soil contamination has occured.

11 PDO Demolition 02 41 00 3.02 ; F

Underground Storage Tanks are spoken to and reference to see Section 02 65 00. We do not find section 02 65 00 in the documents?

There are no underground storage tanks on site. Please disregard this reference.

Office (PDO), Harris, or Fram

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Amendment #3 Solicitation #: 1240BJ24R00187

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12 PDO

Structural Steel 05 12 00 1.07 ; B

Erector Qualifications are spoken to include AISC certified erector.

Will an Erector whole fallows/participates in the AICS Quality program be acceptable? This is acceptable.

13 PDO L1.02 Totem Pole At the SW end of the drawing sheet the plan shows a TP (1EA). Is USDA FS providing the Totem Pole?

The Totem Pole is existing, per the spec contractor is to protect the screen Totem Pole and park elements.

14 PDO 12.02 Window Schedule Window Schedule speaks to Window Type and to location.

Please Confirm?

Please refer to the Window Type Legend and Interior/Exterior Elevations. Interior storefront graphically shown on A12.02. Exterior windows shown

15 PDO 23 05 93

1.06 Quality

Assurance Is TABB certification acceptable for the TAB firm/personnel? Yes.

16 PDO

M2.03, M2.04, M4.04

Fintube piping/ flow control

The details shown on sheet M4.04 show the fintube piping installed with an automatic flow control valve for a set of 4 fintubes with each fintube equipped with a manual balance valve. On sheets M2.03/M2.04 the fintubes are called out with only one GPM value.

Can you clarify design intent of having both automatic flow control valves and manual balance valves and how that effects the listed GPM for each heating unit?

The GPM listed on the floor plans (M2.03, M2.04) is the total flow for any particular group of fintube. The balance valves shown in the details are to be used to equalize the flow in the top and bottom rows of the fintube. For example, on M2.03, Conference 111 / Storage 110 / Storage 112 has 6 segments of fintube, each at 2.5 feet long. Total flow is 1.0 GPM (as listed in one of the tags). A total of 1 GPM will flow thru all 6 segments of fintube. Per detail 2/M4.04, note 1, connect the 6 segments in series, with each row of fins (top, bottom) receiving 0.5 GPM.

17 PDO Spec 25 90 00 3.06 is the sequence of operations for the Mechanical Room Ventilation Ssytrem SCF-1. However there is no mention of this system anywhere in the plans or scheudles. Please verify if this system is part of the project. If it is please provide a schedule and/or control diagrams for it.

The SCF-1 system has been removed from the project.

Ignore this sequence.

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Amendment #3 Solicitation #: 1240BJ24R00187

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18 PDO Spec 25 30 00 - 5 spec states that airflow measuring stations shall communicate to the BAS via LONworks protocol. However, 25 40 00 - 5 states that other communication protocols are acceptable including BACnet.

All other communication protoccols for devices in this project are BACnet. We are going to assume BACnet communication will be acceptable for the AFMS. Please specify if this is not acceptable. This is correct. Use BACnet, not LonWorks.

19 PDO Spec 25 90 00 - 6

Per Spec, the radiant panel valves are to be wired back to the VAV controller and controlled from the VAV controller and VAV room Temperature sensor. But per diagrams on M4.04 the radiant panel control valvea are controlled by a t'stat. Please confirm how the finned tube baseboard heaters are to be controlled.

There are no radiant panels on this project. We assume the question was meant to ask about fintube and VAV controllers. Where perimeter fintube is in one or more rooms associated with a VAV box, as described in the sequence, it shall be controlled by the VAV controller. In the cases where fintube is in a room without VAV, such as Corr 122 / Gun Safe 123, it shall be controlled by the T-stat shown. Fintube FT-3 in Reception 102 shall be controlled by the T-stat shown.

20 PDO Spec 25 90 00 - 12

Per M4.05, CUH are to have 3way control valves. Per 25 90 00 - 12 they are to have 2way control valves. Please verify what type of valve CUH are to have.

Provide 3-way control valves for the 4 CUHs. These are needed for the minimum flow on the circulation pumps.

21 PDO Spec 25 50 00 - 5

Niagra 4 platform, by Tridium, or pre-approved equal are specd.

Please consider Siemens Desigo Optic as equivalent commercially open software for control System front end. Per the solicitation, no substitution will be preapproved.

22 General Solictaction Not identified Not identified Do you have fire sprinkler as-built drawings?

Yes. Please see attached, "AK0514ZZ 1988-06-14

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23 General Solictaction Not identified Not identified Is the entire sprinkler system to be demolished and replaced? Yes