RFI Official Responses - 3.pdf

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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) OFFICIAL RESPONSES

127EAW22R0004 - Caldor Fire BAER Road Maintenance, Phase 1

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RFI #1 - Statement of work attachment calls out 59 miles of paved road maint. & 14.5 miles of unpaved road maint. Attachment 7 calls out 65.3 miles total of maint. Which is it?

USFS Response – Total miles of road maintenance is 65.3 miles with 50.7 miles of paved road and 14.6 miles of unpaved road maintenance.

RFI #2 – One doc calls out no pavement (asphalt) & another calls out 9 miles of chip seal. Which is it?

USFS Response – I’m not sure which document this is being referred to, but under road reconditioning, we have 25.6 miles of chip seal road, 25.1 miles of asphalt road, and 14.6 miles of unpaved road giving a total of 65.3 miles of road reconditioning.

RFI #3 – Statement of work page 2 calls out 90 day contract completion, Page 5 of the same doc calls out a 60 (Calendar) day completion of contract. Which is it? That’s a big difference for this size project.

USFS Response – This is a 90 day contract

RFI #4 – Can you give clarification on the 24”, 30” and 36” Riser items – looking for length of main pipes and length/height of riser

USFS Response – The length of the main section should be diameter of pipe plus 2 ft or per manufacturer’s recommendation for a tee pipe fitting. The height of the riser will vary, minimum

2 ft.

RFI #5 – On 36 x 48 Entering Burn Area Warning signs – Can you verify exact wording and color of sign and wording. Please provide mounting specifications including post quantity and size.

USFS Response – See burned area sign description below:

For post quantity, they are to be installed on two 4 inch by 4 inch by 12 foot wooden posts.

RFI #6 - On the Paved Roads – is it the intent for the side ditches to be regraded or is it to remove debris for water flow?

USFS Response – Intent is to grade the ditch to provide enough capacity for the increased water flow.

RFI #7 - On the paved roads – please clarify what you consider “Shoulder Reconditioning”?

USFS Response – Shoulder reconditioning includes removing slide material, vegetation, and debris from existing shoulders which will be from the edge of the roadbed to the start of the ditch.

If no ditch, from edge of roadbed to bottom of cut/top of toe of slope.

RFI #8 - 10N83 – the 400 ton of Class III Rip Rap section – will there need to be a temporary water diversion put into place to install Rip Rap and removed after install?

USFS Response – No temporary water diversion is needed for the placement of Class II Rip Rap.

RFI #9 - Who will be responsible for snow removal during the duration of the project?

USFS Response – The contractor is responsible for snow removal during the duration of the project.

RFI #10 - Does this project require a full time QCM or part time? (Section 153.02)

USFS Response – At a minimum, a part time Quality Control Manager is needed to ensure contract work conforms to the contract.

RFI #11 – Does this project require a full time safety officer? What are the qualification requirements?

USFS Response – This project does not require a full time safety officer. At a minimum, the safety officer will need to be a competent OSHA inspector.

RFI #12 – Will the area of work be closed to the public during construction?

USFS Response – The area of work will be closed to the public during construction. However, at a minimum, a road work ahead is required at each of the road where road work is being completed to warn drivers of road work.

RFI #13 - Section C – Statement of Work states that there are 90 working days. Section F states 60 working days. Please confirm.

USFS Response – This is 90 calendar days.

RFI #14 - Please provide a detail for the new up-sized catch basins. (5’x5’x1’ and 10’ x10’ x2’)

USFS Response – For culverts that are 30 inch in diameter or below, provide a 5 ft wide by 5 ft in length by 1 ft wide catch basin. For culverts that are 36 inch in diameter or above, provide a 10 foot wide by 10 foot in length by 2 foot wide catch basin.

RFI #15 - Please provide a detail for the Fire Area Warning Signs. (42” x 60” & 36” x 48”)

USFS Response – See detail information below:

RFI #16 - Please provide CMP specification with coating requirements, if any.

USFS Response – The CMP is to be a metallic-coated corrugated galvanized steel pipe as specified in Section 707 of the Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on

Federal Highway Projects.