Questions_and_Answers_043018.pdf

BCH Sewer and Water Pre-Solicitation Meeting Question Responses Meeting Date: March 21, 2018

Location: BCH District Office

Questions and Answers:

1. What is the expected Period of Performance?

a. Award Mid May with Notice to Proceed issued within 10 days of award

b. June 1, 2018 start work 180 days to complete

c. Extensions will be determined based upon work completed and contract will be modified if necessary

2. Who is responsible for Quality Control testing?

Refer to the “Quality Control Testing” in Specification 01 43 00. The Contractor is responsible for all quality control testing. Refer to Section 1.12 and 1.13 for a table that displays the applicable field testing specifications.

3. Will the contractor need to coordinate the timing of existing utility disturbances and conversion to municipal utilities?

Yes. Refer to Section 1.5 D in Specification 01 01 50-2. Planned interruptions in the existing utilities must be included in the Construction Schedule as explained in Specification 01 01 50-11 and coordinated with the Contracting Officer.

4. What is the contractor’s responsibility for excess soil material generated during earthwork?

The government will stake an on-site area for disposal of excess soil material generated during the contract. All non-soil material generated during construction must be disposed off-site by the contractor. Refer to Section 3.12 in Specification 31 00 00-15.

5. Can the contactor use in-situ materials for pipe bedding?

Yes, but the likelihood of the in-situ soils meeting the bedding specifications is highly unlikely. The pipe bedding is described in Section 2.1 H of Specification 31 00 00-5.

6. Will the Town of Saratoga have personnel on site?

The Town of Saratoga’s Public Works department could have staff on site to monitor construction.

The Public Works department staff will work through the Contracting Officer to resolve any issues discovered during construction.

7. What are the surveying requirements related to construction?

The contractor is responsible for surveying as described in the specifications. Reference Section 1.8 of Specification 01 11 00-3 and Section 1.5 of Specification 01 31 00-2. The contractor must comply with surveying requirements that exist elsewhere in the specifications.

8. Who is responsible for the protection of existing underground utilities?

The plans show existing utilities but the locations displayed are only estimates. No As-Built utility plans exist for the site. The contractor is responsible for the protection of all existing underground utilities.

9. What type of surface is the parking lot near the Shop and Warehouse?

The parking lot adjacent to the Shop and Warehouse area is gravel, but concrete pads exist outside of the doors for both buildings. The new utility line installations do not pass under these concrete pads.

10. Will a staging area be provided?

Yes, a materials staging area will be staked on-site by the Contracting Officer prior to the start of construction. This staging area will be located in the gravel parking area to the north of the shop and will be an area of approximately 2,000 square feet.

11. Where are details for the asphalt and sidewalk cuts in the plans?

The asphalt patch detail is displayed on Sheet CD1.0 and described in Specification 32 12 00. No concrete detail is shown on the plans, but Specification 32 13 00 covers the requirements for concrete curbs and sidewalks.

12. How should the contractor abandon the existing utilities?

The abandonment of existing utilities must comply with WYDEQ regulations. Refer to the “Utility Abandonment Notes” listed on Sheet C1.0.

13. What type of traffic control is necessary for this project?

At the municipal connections on Veterans and River St traffic control must be provided. A flagger will also be necessary when the contractor is trenching across the entrance road to the District compound. Elsewhere on the District compound the contractor will be required to place basic hazard signage and will coordinate closures of portions of the site with the Contracting Officer. The District compound will be utilized throughout the construction will have to be closely coordinated with the Contracting Officer.

14. Does the Buy American Act apply to this project?

Yes refer to the FAR 52.225-10

15. TV inspection is listed in Section 3.9 D of the Field Quality Control Specification 33 30 00-14.

How often will the TV inspection be requested by the Contracting Officer?

TV inspection will only be requested by the Contracting Officer if the pipe has failed the required Field Quality Control tests listed elsewhere in Section 3.9 and the source of the failure cannot be determined by other means.

16. The Town of Saratoga’s Public Works Department has experienced failures of tapping saddles that utilize stainless steel straps as called out in Section 2.2B Specification 33 10 00-10.

To help prevent future corrosion problems, Section 2.2B Specification 33 10 00-10 has been updated to require a bronze tapping saddle with bronze straps.