Questions and Answers 03182020.docx

Questions and Answers 1256A120R0003 C-N Road and General Construction IDIQ Do all three tasks get awarded to one contractor or does each one individually get awarded? And if individually awarded and we would get it, we are put into the IDIQ contract for future projects? See page 41 of the RFP and the price schedules. We will first evaluate proposals in order to award the IDIQs. We expect to award 6 and they will go to highest technically rated proposals offering fair and reasonable prices on the task orders. After we decide who gets the IDIQ contracts, we will award each task order to the IDIQ holder that offers the lowest price on that task order. So one of the IDIQ holders may get all the task orders, however we reserve the right to award to other than the lowest priced firm if it’s in our best interest to do so. The price schedules allow the contractor to tell us of any limitations they might have in doing the task orders. For example if they are the low on all three but know they can only do one this summer they can indicate that on the price schedule. We did this because we didn’t want firms pricing a task order higher just because they didn’t have the capacity to do all three. Price reasonableness is very important in the evaluations and firms with prices that are too high won’t receive an IDIQ award.

I have a question on the Shawano Creek Box Culvert project. There is a discrepancy on the size between the Schedule of items sheet and the plans. The plan shows 10' 6" Span x 5' 7" Rise, and the Schedule of item sheet shows 9' 7" Span x 4' 1" Rise. Can you direct me to the contact person for answers? Questions should be directed to the contracting officer Melissa.a.johnson@usda.gov. The size should be 10’6”x5’7”. The price schedule for Shawano Creek task order is corrected on Amendment #1. Please use the revised price schedule when submitting your offer.

I noticed that the Jackson Creek Culvert plans specify a 10 gauge Poly Coated CMP. Also saw that the plans say that it should be HL-93 Live Load capable. Based on my charts, this pipe would have to be 8ga to meet that requirement, is this correct? It appears there is in error in the plans on sheet C-03 where it specifies a 10 gauge pipe. Amendment #1 removes the words (10 gauge) from note 1 on sheet C-03 and any other reference to gauge of pipe. HL-93 loading is the governing requirement. A revised price schedule for Jackson Creek task order is provided with Amendment #1 removing the words 10 gauge from item 602.01. Please use the revised price schedule when submitting your offer.

I have a question on the Sawdust Lake Project. I am wondering on the Item #15201 "Surveying and Staking". What all is entailed with this item? This item entails all the survey, staking, and grade checking necessary to build the project to the lines and grades shown in the plans.

Do we have to bid all three task orders? Yes, however you have the opportunity to qualify your offers on the bottom of each price schedule if you don’t have the capability to perform all three at once. For example if you are the low on all three but only have the capacity to do two this summer, you can state that on the price schedules. Remember however that personnel and equipment is a criteria for evaluating who we award IDIQs to and those with more capability would have an advantage over those with less capability when we are determining award of the IDIQs.