AMENDMENT 1 - Questions and Answers.pdf
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- Culvert Cleaning Repair and Replacement
- Solicitation number
- 127EAX24R0027
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Department of Agriculture Forest Service
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This document is an Amendment providing Questions and Answers related to a USDA Forest Service solicitation for culvert cleaning, repair, and replacement. The solicitation is for a project to clean two culverts and remove and replace five culverts along Forest Service Road 613 in Arizona. It also includes three optional work items to remove and replace three additional culverts each along the same road. The project requires the contractor to furnish all supervision, materials, equipment, labor, and transportation. The agency has stated that end sections will not be required, and that the 412 CY of structural fill must be purchased from a commercial certified weed-free source. The agency has also provided details on the maximum particle size requirements for bedding and backfill material. The question due date is August 20, 2024, with all questions to be submitted to the Contracting Officer, Denise Thomas.
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AMENDMENT 1 - Questions and Answers
Q: Does the Forest Service want end sections installed at each of the new culverts?
A: No, end sections will not be required for this contract.
Q: The specs call for 412 CY of structural fill. Is there any chance that this material might be available on nearby Govt land? Or elsewhere?
A: It will have to be purchased from a commercial certified weed-free source.
Q: Is there a preferred start date?
A: Timber haul trucks will active in the area starting next Spring. To allow for safe travel and prevent traffic, the preferred start date will be as soon as possible after the contract is awarded.
Q: What are the requirements for bedding and backfill material?
A: Maximum particle size for bedding material is 1/2 inch or half the corrugation depth, whichever is smaller. Maximum particle size for backfill material is 3 inch.
Oversized rock may be used as riprap in culvert catchments and rolling dip outflow.
Q: When is the due date for additional questions?
A: The Question Due date is posting in the solicitation. All questions are to be submitted in writing to the CO, Denise Thomas, denise.thomas2@usda.gov no later than 8/20/24.
mailto:denise.thomas2@usda.gov
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