C05a RFI QA 1240LT26Q0106.docx

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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FORM

1240LT26Q0106

GAOA Kents Lk. CG Reconstruction Fishlake National Forest

RFI #1 – I see there is a pre-bid site visit on this project. Is the site visit mandatory or encouraged?

The site visit is not mandatory.

RFI #2 – How long of a drive is it from Junction, UT to the site visit at Kents Lake Campground traveling on the road indicated on attachment 6?

It has been reported that it is about 45 min.

RFI #3 – Google Maps says that the back road (#153) is closed currently. Will it be open by September 6?

Contracts should confirm with the USFS that State Route #153 is open from the Junction.

RFI#4 - The Schedule of Items lists 530 LF of 18-inch galvanized CMP. Drawing R18 culvert table identifies 120 LF total for the listed 18-inch culverts (2 = 40 LF, #3 = 30 LF, and #10 = 50 LF). Please confirm the required bid and installation quantity. If 530 LF is correct, please identify the locations and/or stationing for the remaining 410 LF.

120’ is the correct total.

RFI#5 - The Schedule of Items lists 520 LF of 24-inch galvanized CMP, while Drawing R18 culvert table totals 490 LF. Please confirm the required bid and installation quantity and identify the location and/or stationing of the additional 30 LF if 520 LF is correct.

470’ is the correct total.

RFI#6 - The Schedule of Items includes separate 311000 Clearing & Grubbing items, while other contract provisions indicate clearing/grubbing and excavation/embankment associated with site preparation may be paid under 312100. Please clarify the intended payment allocation and confirm whether the 311000 items are additional to, or included within, the 312100 Site Preparation and Grading items.

Clearing and grubbing the entire site will be paid with the 31100 spec. The project site prep and grading will be paid under the 312000 spec and not include the clearing and grubbing.

RFI#7 - The Schedule of Items lists 30-unit markers. The family-unit quantities total 31 units (23 single aggregate, 6 single concrete, and 2 double aggregate). Please confirm whether 30 unit markers is the correct contract quantity and, if so, identify the family unit that does not receive a marker.

31 each is the correct total.

RFI #8 - The drawings indicate an existing cattle guard to remain in one location and a cattle guard relocation/reinstallation in another. Please identify the exact cattle guard to be relocated and reinstalled and confirm whether the drawings depict two separate existing cattle guards or a single cattle guard affected by the work.

There are two separate existing cattle guards. Only one needs to be relocated. The one to be relocated is located at the entrance to the campground, shown on DE3. It will be reinstalled in roughly the same area but will match the new alignment of the entrance road.

The cattle guard to remain in place is located on the road to the day use area, DE2.

RFI #9 - Section 221100 addresses payment for the Water Distribution System/pipeline, but a separate 221100 base-bid pay item does not appear in the Schedule of Items. Please confirm under which Schedule of Items line item(s) the base-bid 2-inch HDPE piping, fittings, trenching, connections, pipe-zone/special bedding, testing, flushing, and disinfection are to be priced and paid.

This line item has now been included.

RFI # 10 - Please identify any mandatory seasonal shutdown periods, inactive dates, winter restrictions, access closures, wildlife/resource restrictions, or other dates during which contract work cannot be performed. Please also confirm whether any such restricted or inactive periods count against the 150-day base contract time and/or the 45-day option contract time.

There are no shutdown periods, except for a possible winter shutdown period, when construction would be impractical. No time would count toward the base contract time during this shutdown period.

RFI #11 - The Schedule of Items lists 15 regulatory/directional aluminum signs. The quantities shown in the Drawing D15 sign list total 16 signs (2 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 1). Please confirm the required contract quantity. If 15 is correct, please identify which sign shown on Drawing D15 is excluded from the Schedule of Items quantity.

16 each is the correct total.

RFI #12 - The specifications indicate that contractor work trailers or housing trailers may be staged on site with written Contracting Officer approval. Please identify whether an area at or near the project may be approved for B&B employee housing trailers/RVs and clarify applicable requirements for occupancy, generators/power, potable water, sewage/wastewater disposal, parking, fire prevention, and duration of use.

Approximately ¼ mile up the Kents Lake Road, the contractor may use an existing staging area, which is situated just at the base of Upper Kents Lake Reservoir. There is no power, potable water, or sewage disposal there. Fire prevention precautions would need to be implemented as delineated in the contract package. The contractor may use the area while construction activities are taking place.

RFI #13- The contract documents indicate that construction water is not normally available at the project site. Please identify any Government-approved or nearby water source that may be used for construction, compaction, dust control, testing/flushing, and related work. Please identify any required permits, permissions, metering, fees, withdrawal limitations, or access restrictions associated with that source.

The contractor may take water out of Kents Lake. The contractor will not be responsible for any permits, permissions, metering, fees, limitations, or restrictions.