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USDA Forest Service. Request for Proposal. Road Construction and Maintenance

Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity [IDIQ] Contracts. Region 5 Southern Sierra Zone

Forests: Inyo, Sequoia, Sierra, Stanislaus.

This amendment provides answers to all Requests for Information [RFIs] and associated RFP revisions. The time period for RFI receipt and Government response is closed.

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AMENDMENT 1

RFP no. 127EAW22R0032 Road Construction and Maintenance IDIQ

Region 5 Southern Sierra Zone

The following RFIs and answers are related to the BASE IDIQ RFP

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1. Is the contractor required to bid on both seed projects to be eligible for the IDIQ?

ANSWER:

To be eligible for selection of an IDIQ contract, interested contractors are required to submit bid pricing for at least ONE (1) of the Seed Projects RFPs. The expectation is that bid pricing submitted for selected seed project(s) shall be realistic as the Government intends to award these seed projects as active task orders concurrently with the overall IDIQ contract award(s). Therefore, bidders are encouraged to only submit price information/bids for the seed project(s) in which they have the capacity to receive for task order award and complete the project work during 2022-2023 at the price proposed.

Submitted price information shall also be utilized for overall evaluation of price (see Section M Evaluation Factors) for determining selection of the overall IDIQ contract award.

RFP Section A.5 has been revised to include this language. RFP replacement page 5-6 attached.

2. Please confirm that both projects must be “bid-to-win” with submission of a proposal for this IDIQ.

The Solicitation allows for a contractor to identify which forests they wish to participate in and what size of project they wish to be considered for. (section A, page 4) If this is the case, it seems appropriate for contractors to choose whether or not to propose on the seed task orders with the intention of actually winning the award. Can a contractor provide pricing on the seed task orders and opt to be evaluated for fairness only, not award of the seed tasks?

ANSWER: See answer to RFI no. 1.

3. If a small, disadvantaged company has reached its bonding capacity for the year, it may not be possible to provide bonds for both seed projects at this time. Can a firm provide pricing to be evaluated on both projects, but only provide a bid bond to win one of them?

ANSWER: See answer no. 1. Bonding required for those seed projects the bidder has elected to submit pricing. Required to submit bid pricing for at least one.

4. Due to the timing of this solicitation release, it may not be feasible for a selected contractor to win/perform the seed task orders as they are written. For instance, most contractors are booked for the year already, and will not be able to meet the P.O.P. assigned to each of the seed task orders.

Will the USFS consider proposals from companies that do not wish to perform the seed task orders, but still desire to be included on the IDIQ for future opportunities?

ANSWER: No. See answer to RFI no. 1.

Region 5 Southern Sierra Zone

5. Can a well-qualified contractor that has performed many successful projects on multiple forests, be considered for the multi-year IDIQ award without performing the seed task orders?

ANSWER: No. See answer to RFI no. 1. As it is required for bidders to submit realistic bid pricing for a possible task order for at least one of the seed projects, and the bidder may determine which seed project(s) to provide pricing for, the expectation is the contractor shall be prepared to receive the task order award and perform the work during 2022-2023.

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A. Are we bonding each Seed project in anticipation of being awarded this work? (We have been told it is not possible to bond the entire IDIQ). What would the Forest Service’s expectations be in starting these projects for the successful bidder?

ANSWER: It is not required or possible to providing bonding for the entire IDIQ. IDIQ shall be 5-year term with $45M capacity.

Bonding is required on those seed project(s) the bidder has determined to provide pricing. See answers to RFIs 1-5.

B. The Seed Project 2 road maintenance project is quite a way away from our home base and we are trying to plan accordingly. Are these two projects only being used in theory to award the overall IDIQ?

ANSWER: See answers to RFIs 1-5.

7. What are the liquidated damages?

ANSWER:

Liquidated Damages are not included. In the base IDIQ or individual project task orders.

8. What is the warranty guarantee period?

IAW FAR Clause 52.246-21 Warranty of Construction – included in the RFP and forthcoming base IDIQ contract(s) – standard period is one year from date of acceptance.

9. Do you need original bid bonds to be mailed to you, or are electronic copies acceptable to be emailed with our proposal?

Hardcopy bonds not required. Electronical copies bonds via emailed proposal sufficient.

Region 5 Southern Sierra Zone

10. For the technical proposal for this solicitation, will similar IDIQ contracts count towards past performance, or are we only to submit single projects for past performance?

ANSWER:

Individual projects/contracts shall be submitted. These projects/contracts can include delivery/task orders from your similar IDIQ contracts.

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A. What is the concept behind the IDIQ as far as project locations?

ANSWER: The Government intends to award multiple (up to 12) IDIQ contracts. The IDIQ contracts will be for the purpose of soliciting and awarding individual project Task Orders to provide road construction and maintenance services to the Southern Sierra Zone Forests: Inyo, Sierra, Sequoia, Stanislaus. For each individual project, which will be located on one of the Southern Sierra Zone Forests, the Forest Service will send to the list of all awarded IDIQ contractor the Task Order Requests for Proposal [TORFPs] and provide an opportunity to submit a bid and receive the task order award.

B. Are the successful bidders expected to work in all 4 areas listed in C.3 or will specific bidders be assigned certain areas?

ANSWER: Review RFP Section A. Contractors are required to indicate the Forests they request to be considered for award of individual projects. Contractors that indicate capacity to work in multiple Forests will be evaluated more favorable. Note: bidders that indicate providing coverage to multiple Forests shall be expected to submit bids/complete for the projects

Each IDIQ contract awarded will indicate which Forests the IDIQ holder has confirmed coverage.

Therefore, the IDIQ holders will be expected to provide bids/compete for projects at those Forests they have indicated they cover.

Following award of the IDIQ, all IDIQ-awarded contractors shall be provided a fair opportunity to compete for project task orders at all of the above Forests. Awarded IDIQ contractors are not required to submit bids for ALL RFPs for ALL Forests.

Region 5 Southern Sierra Zone

The following RFIs and answers are in reference to RFP A Seed Project 1.

Construction, ERFO Stump Springs Road, Sierra NF.

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1. Are there any photographs of the asphalt repair needed at Mile Post 3.3?

The following picture was taken by the Government during initial assessment:

Additionally, IAW FAR 52.237-1 Site Visit, offerors or quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable.

2. Can you please clarify the gauge of the 8” corrugated metal pipe to be used at Mile Posts 2.8, 5.5 and 8.0?

ANSWER: Not less than 0.064 inches (16 gage).

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A. The specified G4 guardrail system is no longer available. I have submitted an information sheet with the proposed alternate Guardrail, that is now the 11g Midwest Guardrail System. Can you please clarify which items are an acceptable alternate on the attachment, i.e. rail, termination ends, etc.

ANSWER: The information provided on the submitted information sheet insufficient to determine if materials do or do not meet the requirement. Please review section 617 Guardrail on the FP-14 for more details.

B. Can you please clarify if you are wanting Wood Posts and Blocks.

ANSWER: 8” x 8” Douglas fir wood post. Refer to the attached Drawing Sheet 5.

RFP A Seed Project 1 Attachment 1 Drawings is considered revised with added sheet 5.

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A. there are no details on how you want the culverts installed at the existing walls?

ANSWER: New pipe shall be connected to existing pipe; no excavation is necessary. Refer to the following picture:

B. The project documents say to refer to Sheet 8, however there are only 4 sheets? Are there sheets missing from the published set?

ANSWER: Please disregard the note referring to sheet #8. That is a reference when the wall was built.

New pipe shall be installed outside the wall and connected to existing pipe. Refer to the above picture.

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A. Please clarify what it means on the 8.0 wall detail for "secondary geogrid placed between primary geogrid reinforcement 1.5' vertically spaced"

ANSWER: The number 8 is the mile post of the road. This wall is 8 miles from the beginning of the road.

The cross sections include the details when the MSE was built; please disregard the details inside the wall on focus your attention on the slope and dimensions of the face of the wall which is where the shotcrete shall be installed.

B. Do we know how much "rock" is there?

ANSWER: This question is unclear as to the purpose and what is being referenced. No answer to be provided by the Government.

6. Section B, Bid Schedule. 635.01 Temporary Traffic Control is missing Quantity. May we assume quantity 1 is correct?

ANSWER: Yes. Pay unit is Lump sum “LS” and the quantity is 1 for all Temporary Traffic Control pay items.

7. Sheet G-3 (page 4 of 4) refers to Sheet 8 in the cross section box. However there is no sheet 8. Please advise.

ANSWER:

Please disregard the details inside the MSE wall. Focus your attention on the slop and dimensions of the face of the wall.

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A. Is there existing retaining wall at mile marker 5.5?

ANSWER: Yes there is a MSE wall at mile post 5.5. Additionally, the contractor is encouraged to visit the project sites for any project/RFP to verify these type of items.

B. Please provide as-built drawings of all locations.

ANSWER: As built plans are not required to install shotcrete on the face of the wall. Details as slope and dimensions of the wall were provided on drawings. This contract does not require any internal repairs to the wall.

C. Is it the intent to install the additional 20ft of 8'' CMP to the existing 8'' CMP subdrain?

ANSWER: New pipe shall be connected to existing pipe and does not required excavation.

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A. There are no details provided with the plans for guardrails, walls, culverts. How do you want the culverts installed/placed at the existing walls? Are these additions to the end?

ANSWER:

Drawings Sheets 2-4 (RFP A Seed Project 1 Attachment 1) has the details of the existing walls. Please focus your attention to the slope and dimensions of the face of the walls which is where the shotcrete shall be installed. New pipe is an addition to the end and no excavation is necessary.

Guardrail details have been added to the attached Drawing Sheet 5.

RFP A Seed Project 1 Attachment 1 Drawings is considered revised with added sheet 5. Section J is revised. RFP replacement page 48 attached.

B. And the walls needing shotcrete?

ANSWER: Refer to Section C Statement of Work for description of work. Quantities are included on Section B.1 Bid Schedule.

C. The 8.0 wall detail for "secondary geogrid placed between primary geogrid reinforcement 1.5' vertically spaced” makes it appear that we are installing the wall system. Is this correct? We have no specific information/a detail on method required, materials, etc.

ANSWER: Please disregard the details inside the wall, this project is only to place a layer of shotcrete on the face of the wall. Not to build the wall.

D. Are we removing all the loose rock and shotcreting over open face block walls?

ANSWER: Contractor shall propose a method that will prepare the face of the wall. The method proposed shall guarantee that shotcrete will be in direct contract with the soil and will protect the face of the wall from erosion.

E. Is there a location provided to dispose or stockpile or are we to price hauling it out later?

ANSWER: If the material removed from the face of the wall is only base rock, the contractor will be allowed to dispose material in an area designated by the COR on the mile post 1 of Stump Spring Road. Approximate GPS location is 37.211599, -119.267093.

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A. What does the removal of structures entail?

ANSWER: Review Item 203 on FP-14. Contractor is responsible to remove and dispose all debris and loose materials necessary to prepare the face of the walls before applying shotcrete.

B. Asphalt patch, what is the tonnage of the patch?

ANSWER: See schedule of item 418.04 (30 Tons)

C. What are the specs for the 8" cmp to be installed?

ANSWER: Review item 606 on the FP-14. (Minimum 16 gauge).

D. What are the parameters of the traffic control?

ANSWER: Review section 635 on FP-14.

11. Is wire mesh netting requited prior to placing Shotcrete? If not, is it applied directly to the walls?

ANSWER: The face of the wall currently has a wire mesh; Contractors are responsible to inspect the current conditions of the wire mesh and determine if it is in good conditions and provide any details on proposal.

The following RFIs and answers are in reference to RFP B Seed Project 2.

Maintenance, Pavement Striping, Stanislaus NF.

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1. More information requested for the signs. Can you provide the MUTCD specification number? Or at the very least an image of the signs required?

ANSWER:

The signs are referenced in accordance with the sign codes provided in the work item charts on sheets C-01 thru C-20. For example on sheet C-01, point # 5 indicates a “Replace Curve sign” is needed. The code next to it, W1-2R is a mutcd based code. The W means warning sign. The 1 is the number in the warning sign series. 2R references the shape of the curve and the curve direction. R is for right curve. L is for left curve.

An internet search of the sign codes should get you an image.

2. Drawing C-21, Detail 1, Note 3 has specification for a sign post. The bid schedule only calls out for signs. Are we to bid this assuming each sign will have a new post?

ANSWER: Yes new sign posts are required and shall be considered incidental.

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A. Road 3N01 North: Bid Schedule item 6304a is (2x) Sign, Intersection 36”x36” and drawing C-06 Item 4 specifies Replace “31 National Forest” Sign & Arrows Sign, Item 13 Replace Route 31 National Forest Sign. Please clarify what sign(s) are to be replaced.

ANSWER: See answer to RFI no. 1

B. Road 3N01 North: Drawing C-06 shows an Item 10 on the Drawing but there is no 10 listed on the key note nor on Bid Schedule. Should there be a sign listed?

ANSWER: Item 10 is not considered.

4. There are road signs listed on the plans that are not on the bid schedule. Are we to only bid what is on the bid schedule or will this be updated. I am currently working off of the REV-1. For example, Sheet C-06 shows “4 – Replace “31 National Forest” Sign and Arrows Sign”, but this is not on the bid schedule

REV-1.

ANSWER: Bid in accordance with the Bid Schedule.

Region 5 Southern Sierra Zone

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3. Rates

Contractors are required to submit estimated percentages for the contract base year.

0001 Core Labor to include labor burden ________% Social Security, Unemployment Compensation, Workmen’s Compensation Insurance, Contractor Funded Welfare Plans, Sick and Annual Leave, Severance Pay and Other Benefits.

0002 Performance and/or Payment Bonds ________%

0003 Subcontractor Markups (Materials) ________%

0004 Profit ________%

0005 Overhead ________%

4. OFFEROR INFORMATION

Contractors shall complete fill-ins in the Offeror Information on the below chart: Company Name, POC, E-mail, DUNS #, TAX ID #, POC Name, POC E-mail.

OFFEROR INFORMATION

Company Name: POC & Title:

Email: Phone Number:

Unique Entity ID [UEI] Number:

DUNS Number:

Tax ID:

5. Individual Project Task Order Request for Proposal [TO RFP]

This solicitation includes two (2) active Individual Projects and associated Task Order Request for Proposals. The task orders are intended to be awarded to the successful offeror(s) concurrently with award of the base IDIQ contract.

To be eligible for selection of an IDIQ contract, interested contractors are required to submit bid pricing for at least ONE

(1) of the Seed Projects RFPs. The expectation is that bid pricing submitted for selected seed project(s) shall be realistic as the Government intends to award these seed projects as active task orders concurrently with the overall IDIQ contract award(s). Therefore, bidders are encouraged to only submit price information/bids for the seed project(s) in which they have the capacity to receive the task order award and complete the project work during 2022-2023 at the price proposed.

Submitted price information shall also be utilized for overall evaluation of price (see Section M Evaluation Factors) for determining selection of the overall IDIQ contract award.

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REFER TO SECTION J LIST OF ATTACHMENTS.

A. Individual Project Task Order RFP A. (Seed Project 1) Road Construction Project.

ERFO Stump Springs NFSR 7S05. Sierra National Forest

B. Individual Project Task Order RFP B. (Seed Project 2) Road Maintenance Project.

Paving Striping and Safety Maintenance. Stanislaus National Forest.

B. General Contract Information

The scope of work of these contracts shall include road construction and road maintenance project task orders.

Road Construction project work includes the following:

Repair and construction of native surface, gravel or paved roads; and road repair and reconstruction due to damage from human or natural causes.

Bridge. Work includes repair and construction of steel, concrete, and timber road bridges; reconstruction of approaches; and related stream work within the project area.

Road decommissioning. Work includes de-compaction, partial or full re-contour to restore the roadway to a hydrological stable condition; removal of drainage structures and associated fill to restore site to natural contour; work may include excavation of stream channels; installation of gradient control devices in channels or sediment basins; seeding, fertilizing and mulching; and the construction of water bars.

Trail bridges. located at trailheads readily accessible by conventional road building equipment. Work includes construction or reconstruction of bridge. Site will be accessible from National Forest system or other public roads.

Culverts, Aquatic Passage Structures, and Ancillary Structures. Work includes road structures for aquatic passages, bottomless arches, small bridges, retaining walls, and cattle guards that are part of National Forest roads.

The projects shall include, but are not limited to, the following work: road construction and re-construction, emergency road construction due to major emergencies such as landslides, flooding, fire, etc.; road and/or parking area construction, reconstruction, reconditioning, maintenance, decommissioning; vegetative clearing, grubbing, and brushing; culvert removal, installation, and repair; road/stream interaction projects; aquatic organism passage projects; erosion control; sign installation and repair; road closure gate/barrier installation and repair, including minor concrete forming and finishing;

crushed aggregate material haul; haul and placement of imported borrow or aggregate.

Road Maintenance project work includes the following:

Repair and maintenance of native surface, gravel, or paved roads; and road maintenance due to damage from human or natural causes, brushing and mowing, grading, rock raking, removal of oversized materials, ditch cleaning, cleaning culverts and decommissioning of roads (without construction of any new features or repair of any existing features); installation and maintenance of road signs. The projects shall include, but are not limited to, the following work: road maintenance, emergency road maintenance due to major emergencies such as landslides, flooding, fire, etc.; road and/or parking area maintenance, vegetative clearing, grubbing, and brushing; culvert repair; road/stream interaction projects; erosion control;

dust abatement; sign installation and repair; road closure gate/barrier installation and repair; spot surfacing; Asphalt

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A. Individual Project Task Order RFP A. Seed Project 1.

Road CONSTRUCTION, Sierra National Forest

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT TASK ORDER RFP A.

Seed Project 1. Road Construction, Sierra National Forest

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A Request for (Price) Proposal.

Project: ERFO CA20 Stump Springs Road NFSR 7S05.

Includes

A1 Drawings

SHEET 5 ADDED VIA AMENDMENT 1

A2 Forest Service Supplemental Specifications [FSSS] 20

A3 Fire Plan 9

A4 Construction (Davis-Bacon) Wage Decision Number

CA20220018 02/25/2022

B. Individual Project Task Order RFP B. Seed Project 2.

Road MAINTENANCE. Stanislaus National Forest

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT TASK ORDER RFP B.

Seed Project 2. Road Maintenance. Stanislaus National Forest

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B Request for (Price) Proposal.

Project: Pavement Striping and Safety Maintenance

Includes

B1 Drawings 27

B2 Forest Service Supplemental Specifications [FSSS] 22

B3 Fire Plan 9

B4 SCA Service Wage Determination x 3 Counties

No. 2015-5667 rev no. 18. 12/27/2021. Alpine

No. 2015-5665 rev no. 18. 12/27/2021. Calaveras & Tuolumne

No. 2015-5661 rev no. 18 12/27/2021. Mariposa

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