AMD0005 - 12905B24R0008 - RFI Log_05-14-2024.xlsx
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This document is an RFI (Request for Information) log related to a federal contract solicitation for renovations to Buildings 92 and 66 at the USDA ARS Range Sheep Production Efficiency Research Unit in Dubois, ID. The solicitation number is 12905B24R0008 and the work includes demolition, new construction, and installation of electrical, mechanical, and plumbing systems. The government provided responses to questions about the site visit, required permits, HVAC systems, fume hoods, and requirements for subcontractors, prevailing wages, and proposal formatting and submission. Bidders are required to provide pricing for a base bid and alternates. A site visit was held on April 17, 2024 and the government indicated they do not plan to hold additional site visits. The solicitation has a deadline of April 26, 2024 for submitting proposals.
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| RFI # | Date Received | Date sent to customer | Spec/Drawing reference | Question / RFI | Government Response | |
| 1 | 4/16/24 | Contracting office answered | Site Visit | Are you still planning the site visit on 4/17 since the Solicitation was just release on 4/12? | ||
| If so, is it possible to schedule a visit on a different day in the next week or two? | The 4-17 site visit did take place and at this time, the government does not intend to do additional site site visits. | |||||
| 2 | 4/17/24 | 4/18/24 | Site Visit | Is there a dump in Clark County? | Yes, there is a county dump in Clark County, ID. Contractor will need to verify hours and what materials they will accept. There is also a landfill in Jefferson County. | |
| 3 | 4/17/24 | 4/18/24 | Site visit | What is happening with the items in the buildings? | We will remove what we want prior to the start of the contract, contractor will remove what is remaining. | |
| 4 | 4/17/24 | 4/18/24 | Site Visit | All of the interior walls are being removed in building 66? | There is one wall on the drawings that remains, please refer to the drawings. | |
| 5 | 4/17/24 | 4/18/24 | Site Visit | What is above the lab space in Building 92? | There are water lines up there. Anything that may be stored in the space will be removed by us prior to start of project. | |
| 6 | 4/17/24 | 4/18/24 | Site Visit | Will the buildings be occupied during the renovations? | No. | |
| 7 | 4/17/24 | Contracting office answered | Site Visit | Will the sign sheet be provided to the contractors | Yes, see amendment 0001 | |
| 4/18/24 | Contracting office answered | Site visit | Can we get a copy of the pre-bid sign in sheet? | See RFI 7 | ||
| 4/18/24 | Contracting office answered | General question | Are subcontractors required to be registered with Sam.gov? | No. | ||
| 4/18/24 | Contracting office answered | Solicitation | Will certified payroll reports be required on a weekly basis? | Please refer to the solicitation clauses | ||
| 4/18/24 | Contracting office answered | Solicitation | Who will be enforcing that certified payroll will be reported with the correct prevailing wage? | Please refer to the solicitation for submission requirements, compliance. | ||
| 4/18/24 | 4/18/24 | Per Specifications the subcontractor is required to install the HVAC system to SMACNA code, Is the subcontractor required the be a SMACNA Member? | This is a reference SMACNA standards. No contractor does not need to be a SMACNA mwember. | |||
| 13 | 4/18/24 | 4/18/24 | Is there a controls system for the HVAC system or are the HVAC systems on stand alone thermostats? Does the facility currently have any type facility wide BMS system? | Stand alone. No facility wide BMS. | ||
| 14 | 4/18/24 | 4/18/24 | On drawing M001 there is a seismic bracing chart for the mechanical equipment, can the SMACNA Seismic Restraint Manual be utilized for the seismic restraints for the HVAC equipment? | Yes. | ||
| 15 | 4/18/24 | 4/18/24 | Which of the fume hoods being demoed out of building 66 is going in to building 92? Or will it be a different hood? The larger fume hood currently has double wall stainless steel exhaust duct and 2 connections on the top of the hood and the smaller one looks like it is currently ducted with 6 inch duct not 12" as shown in detail 1 on drawing M201. | The existing 4-foot fume located in Building 66 room Open Storage #42 will be relocated. | ||
| 16 | 4/18/24 | 4/18/24 | Will the stainless steel exhaust duct for the fume hood and chemical exhaust duct be fabricated per the SMACNA Industrial Duct Construction manual? | Yes. | ||
| 17 | 4/18/24 | 4/18/24 | Will welding on the stainless steel duct be welded to AWS D9.1? Can we utilize our AWS certified weld inspectors to inspect any welds? | Yes. | ||
| 18 | 4/18/24 | 4/18/24 | Where this is a federal facility will there be any HVAC permits required? | No. | ||
| 19 | 4/18/24 | Contracting office answered | Solicitation | What insurance requirements need to be met by subcontractors? | Please refer to the solicitation clauses | |
| 23 | 4/23/24 | Contracting office answered | Wage determination question | We recieved an updated Davis-Bacon wage sheet this morning for a different project. Is the wage sheet on this project going to be updated? There is a pretty large wage increase for HVAC installers. | Please see AMD 0002 for the latest wage determination. | |
| 24 | 4/26/24 | Contracting office answered | Section L | Proposal Format Instructions: | ||
| There are no format instructions listed, ie file naming, file types, font, page margins, etc. Please provide further instructions on how to format the proposal. Are these submitted as separate files, or in one complete file? | Each item of section L was listed number 1-7. Please submit them separately as numbered. The format for delivery mainly up to the contractor, however please use either PDF or MS Office products for file type. | |||||
| 25 | 4/26/24 | Contracting office answered | Section L | "BOND:A bid guarantee is not required for proposals less than $150K.If a proposal is above $150K, a bid guarantee is required in an amount not less than 20 percent of the proposed price but shall not exceed $3,000,000 (for proposals of $35,000 or more). " |
| Do you want the Bid Bond in the Price Proposal? | The SF 24 can be submitted as a separate document. The SF24 is readily available online for download and use | ||||
| 26 | 4/26/24 | Contracting office answered | Section L | Factor #3: Price |
There were no instructions for the Price Factor. Please provide instructions for this Factor.
Are we to include the following in this factor?
Completed SF-1442 including pricing, signatures, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) Number., Acknowledgement of any solicitation amendment(s).
Active registration at SAM.gov (required at proposal submission or your proposal will not be accepted)., and Completed electronic annual representations and certifications at SAM.gov.
| Does the Bid Bond go in Factor 3? | Item 17 of the 1442 has a section to enter your pricing and Section B is a price schedule to enter your pricing. Bonding should be completed on the SF24. The contractor can also provide a separate price sheet as long as it follow the CLIN structure in section B. | ||||
| 27 | 4/26/24 | Contracting office answered | Section L | What are the page limits for this Factor? |
b.Describe your company’s knowledge with providing building improving projects performed within the last five (5) years similar to the requirements of the SOW. How many projects are we listing? Assuming 3 since there is a max of 3 PPQs. Please confirm.
c. Identification of all USDA-designated biobased products to be acquired, used, and installed in the performance of construction; Please provide instructions on how C. will be evaluated. b. Up to 3 projects is what we are looking for. Pages adequate to describe
c. When evaluating your experience, knowledge and past performance with similar projects, we will look to see if biobased products were used, determine your experience, and what those products are.
| 28 | 4/26/24 | 4/26/24 | Specifications section 02 41 00 1.11 Hazard Abatement Plan | here is mention of abatement in spec section 02 41 00 1.11 when it talks about a "Hazard Abatement Plan" but in the specs we cannot find the asbestos report or what is asbestos? Is abatement required? And if so, where would it be needed? | See attached test report sent as amendment. |
| 29 | 4/26/24 | Contracting office answered | RFP | What Factor does the Bid Bond go in the Proposal? | See RFI 25 above. |
| 30 | 4/26/24 | Contracting office answered | RFP | Standard Form 24 is not provided. Are we to download the form ourselves from the FAR or will they be providing this form? | See RFI 25 above. |
| 31 | 4/26/24 | Contracting office answered | RFP | Standard Form 28 is not provided. Are we to download the form ourselves from the FAR or will they be providing this form? | The SF28 is readily available online for download and use from GSA. |
| 32 | 4/26/24 | Contracting office answered | RFP | There are no format instructions listed. What are the file names, file types, font, page margins, etc.? Are these submitted as separate files, or in one complete file? | See RFI 24 above. |
33 4/26/24 Contracting office answered RFP What Factor does the SF1442 go in the proposal? See RFI 24 above.
34 4/26/24 Contracting office answered RFP What Factor do the Acknowledged Amendments go in the Proposal? See RFI 24 above.
35 4/26/24 Contracting office answered RFP What Factor do the Reps and Certs go in the proposal? See RFI 24 above.
| 36 | 4/26/24 | Contracting office answered | RFP | In factor 1, the RFP states: b. Describe your company’s knowledge with providing building improving projects performed within the last five (5) years similar to the requirements of the SOW. | |
| Please confirm how many projects we should be providing? | See RFI 27 above. |
| 37 | 4/26/24 | Contracting office answered | RFP | In Factor 1, the RFP states: c. Identification of all USDA-designated biobased products to be acquired, used, and installed in the performance of construction; | |
| How is this section being evaluated? There were no instructions in Section M. | See RFI 27 above. |
| 38 | 4/26/24 | Contracting office answered | RFP | For Past Performance, the RFP States: b. Additionally, per FAR Part 15.305(2)(ii) offerors may provide information on problems encountered on the identified contracts and the offeror corrective actions. Please confirm the page limitation for this section. | Please limit to 1 page | |
| 39 | Factor #3: Price There are no instructions listed for this Factor in Section L, only evaluation Criteria in Section M. Please provide instructions, forms, etc. | See RFI 26 above | ||||
| 40 | 4/30/24 | 5/1/24 | Site Visit | During the site visit, existing walk-in coolers in both Building 92 and Building 66 were observed. Please | ||
| verify that demolition and proper disposal of both walk-in coolers is to be included in Contractor’s pricing? | The location will remove both walk-in coolers. | |||||
| 41 | 4/30/24 | 5/1/24 | PD201A, Keynote #9 | It appears that one existing stainless steel sink is shown to be relocated from Building 66 to Building 92 as |
a part of this project’s scope of work. However, if the Alternate #1 work in Building 66 is not accepted by the Government, should bidders include the cost of a new stainless steel sink in the base bid for Building
| 92? | The building 66 sink will be used in building 92, even if Alternate #1 work in building 66 is not awarded. | ||||
| 42 | 4/30/24 | 5/1/24 | PD201A, General Note A | The scope of “equipment to be removed by Owner” in the plans is unclear, as well as how much debris to |
budget for removal and disposal of Government-owned items being stored inside Buildings 92 and 66.
| Please provide clarification for bidders to price or exclude from their pricing? | In Buildings 66 and 92, the location will remove all freezers, refrigerators, all lab equipment, lab supplies, flammable cabinets, chemical cabinets and walk-in coolers. In Bldg 66, we will remove all of the metal (orange cabinetry in main lab space) except the big center island. The laminar hood will be moved by the location. The relocation of the smaller hood in the garage space is in the SOW for Bldg. 92. The larger hood in Bldg 66 is not being removed by the location. In Bldg 92, the location will also remove the animal pens in south end of the building. | ||||
| 43 | 5/10/24 | 5/10/24 | Project Manual | On page 425 the outline for the DDC control system is shown with a specific call out for the proprietary controls being that of the Mini-split MFG. as the only proprietary system that will be allowed for the project. |
On the drawings for the project the controls are called out on a stand alone basis with no mention of a DDC system or its requirements.
Question: Does the scope for this project require a Building wide DDC system that incorporates the control of the Mini-split control system? If so, will there need to be a user work station provided? Will the DDC system follow the requirements of the project manual
| listed in section 23 09 00? | The intent of this specification is to provide a control system that includes the sequence of operations shown on drawing M301, specifically to control the Chemistry Lab exhaust and make-up air system. The fan coil controls are not intended to be proprietary, but shall be BACnet compatible in order to be accessible from the control system. A workstation is not required, access will be through a wall mounted controller in the electrical room. | |||||
| 44 | 5/14/24 | 5/14/24 | Drawing Q101 | 1. Construction Drawing Q101 lists laboratory equipment, but no further specifications are provided for this equipment. Please confirm if the equipment listed on Q101 is to be furnished by the contractor under the Base Bid. If the equipment is supplied by the contractor, please provide specifications for Division 11 equipment. | No equipment on Q101 is to be furnished by contractor. Equipment listed is provided for coordination with power requirements. |
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