Fox Mtn New Shelter Questions - Reply 20 Jul 21.pdf

QUESTIONS ANSWERS

The BOM identifies Cable Tray as “1 EA”. These are typically 10’ long sections. Are you requesting just one 10’ section?

Yes. Tower is right next to current shelter which new shelter will be placed.

Light fixtures: are you looking for LED? Typical 4’ long fluorescent lights?

LED would be great.

3 Receptacles: duplex or quad receptacles ? Quad

The BOM asks for a concrete shelter. Will the end user look at other alternatives like an ISO 8’ x 10’ building?

No ISO or any kind of steel

Precast concrete shelter

Greater than or equal to: 5" floor, 4" walls, 4" roof. 5000PSI lightweight concrete

Washed aggregate walls

5 What is the average and max load of all equipment going into the shelter? Less than 1000lbs.

6 Is the end user planning on using battery storage?

Only the deep cycles batteries that will be in use for equipment back‐up. No long term battery storage at Fox.

7 Is the end user planning on using a generator for back‐up?

No. Solar backup which is being installed on another contract for our Admin Net.

We respectfully request that the level of pricing detail on the BOM be reduced to a Total for

Shelter & Components (line 51), with the 3 transportation‐related lines remaining separated.

Pricing for complete shelters is not typically broken out to the level shown and pricing down to the level shown is troublesome for manufacturers, especially when items are very much integrated (eg. 12 separate lines for the door components).

Agreed as long as the components identified are included in the shelter selected

Please clarify whether the shelter is expected to be transported by air. There are references in the general PWS, but not in Spec Package 2.

The shelter is expected to be installed via a road with a trailer and crane

Please provide an approximate location for the “near site” to which the shelter is initially to be transported (per the BOM).

My Office: 3005 Camino del Bosque Silver City, NM 88061

Last paved road before going up the dirt road to Fox Mtn is

Mile Maker 16 on Highway 32. (16 Miles North of Apache

Creek, NM)

Does USFS plan to install equipment in the shelter prior to transport to site? If so, please provide an estimated weight of the equipment to be installed for proper crane sizing.

No the vendor will maintain position of the shelter until it is installed at the site

Please confirm the quantity and height of 19” racks required. 01 11 00 Section 3.16.A states

“…install three (4) 19‐inch wide, 84‐inch high equipment racks…”; Drawing A1 references “New

72‐inch High 19‐inch EIA Equipment Racks (x4)”; BOM references quantity of 4, but no height. QTY 4 and Height of 84"

Please clarify whether a temporary shelter (provide and/or install) is in scope. There is reference in 01 11 00 Section 3.4.E.2.a. to postponing demolition of the existing shelter until the temporary equipment enclosure is installed, but there do not appear to be any further details or specs provided for a temp enclosure.

The temporary shelter shall be provided and installed by the

FS ‐ Coordination is all that is required by this statement

Is the current shelter to be disposed of by the contractor, or does USFS wish to keep it? If it is to be retained, where is it to be transported? Disposed of by contractor

15 Please provide run lengths and quantities for RF cables (01 11 00 Section 3.11.B) 50', 2 ea 100' total estimate.

There are many sections which reference other Spec sections that don’t exist in the current document – at least not by the section numbers used. Ref 2.6 B 1, "detailed in Section 13 34 18‐

Prefabricated Communications Shelter." The highlighted section 13 34 18 is not in the Spec book, so it’s difficult to ensure we’re specifying a shelter that meets those requirements. It looks like an error in editing

RFQ 12760421Q0157 Fox Mountain Communications Shelter