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Site Visit

Contract Information Review (provided on-site):

· Mainly upgrading water meters in Fish Lake Basin – some new pipe work Maple Grove CG – Install Chlorinator and Tank Valve

· Attachments to Solicitation Wage Rate Determination, Specifications, Plans, Award Document

· Evaluation of proposals will be based on criteria in Section M, Best Value to the Government

· Closing date, unless otherwise stated in an amendment, remains July 12, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. Local Time

· Email to CO = Tanya Spanfellner

· Site Visit Notes and attendance list will be uploaded to www.sam.gov as an amendment to the solicitation shortly after this meeting

· If there are any questions asked at this meeting that representative cannot answer, they will be addressed by the CO in the site visit notes via an amendment to this solicitation

· Contracting Officer Representative (COR) will be Garon Sandall, Fishlake National Forest

· Schedule – Fall: About Sept. 17 to Oct. 15ish (when it gets too cold) Spring: After snow is clear but before approx. May 15ish whenever the Campgrounds open

Other Points Covered On-site:

· Where new boxes are required the existing water line is HDPE

· Discussed the locations of where the new meter utility boxes are to be installed

· USFS will provide best knowledge of where the existing water lines are, but may not know the exact location

· It is unknown if the new meters will be the same length as the existing meters. Most existing meters are approx. 17” long.

· The USFS decided to make all new meters be 2” in size. Therefore, please note the updated Schedule of Items. The SOI on Sheet G2 of the plans is now outdated and all of the water meter sizes listed on Sheet C3 shall be 2”.