S01_PA-112 Site Showing Statements Questions 2024.pdf

PA112 Conneautville Dam Site Showing Statements/Questions and Answers

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Permits/local laws/ordinances It is the Contractors responsibility to determine what municipal laws or regulations are applicable and to comply with them, if any. Washington Street is a state road. The contractor will need to determine if any permits are needed through PennDOT.

Pre-construction meeting

A pre-construction meeting is to be conducted prior to the commencement of construction and must be scheduled with the COR. Other interested parties will also be invited to the pre-construction meeting, including Crawford County Conservation District and PADEP.

Co-permittee with Conneautville Borough on NPDES Permit The Contractor will need to sign on as a co-permittee on the NPDES permit for the project issued by the Crawford County Conservation District.

Additional Insurance Requirements The work is to be performed on land and a structure not owned by NRCS, so there are additional insurance requirements related to the property, dam owners, and grant providers. The Contractor shall purchase and maintain such policy or policies of insurance as will protect from claims which may arise out of or result from the Contractor's performance under contract, whether such performance be by themselves or by any subcontractor, or by anyone directly or indirectly employed by any of them, or by anyone for whose acts any of them may be liable. Such insurance shall name the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service as well as the agents, employees, directors and officers of the Borough of Conneautville and Commonwealth Financing Authority as Additional Insured under the policy(ies).

Utilities The contactor is required to perform a PA-One Call.

Other statements made onsite:

1) On the Bid Schedule, Enter an amount for each line item, unit price, extended price and total quote amount. Do Not round numbers. Check math! Also enter Name of Company submitting quote and DUNS # - now Unique Entity ID.

2) Perspective Awardee MUST be registered in the SAM prior to award and maintain as Active throughout contract performance.

3) Work is set aside for Small Business - under NAICS Code 237990 - Size Standard is $39.5 million average annual gross receipts averaged over 3 years.

4) If the Contractor fails to complete the work within the time specified, without an excusable delay, liquidated damages may be assessed in the amount of $622.56 for each calendar day of delay until the work is completed or accepted.

5) Performance Time is 217 calendar days. This time includes the entire time between the start date which is the date of the notice to proceed and all the way through completion of the work and site cleanup. The maximum workweek that will be approved is 10 hours per day, Monday through Saturday (pages 10-11 of solicitation package).

6) Construction is anticipated to start as soon as possible during the summer 2024. It will be up to contractor scheduling and NRCS on-site inspector if construction can continue through the winter or if a site shutdown is needed. Site conditions generally start deteriorating towards the end of October/beginning of November.

7) Bid bond of 20% of the bid is required.

PA112 Conneautville Dam Site Showing Statements/Questions and Answers

Site Showing Date: May 7, 2024 2 of 2

8) Payment and performance bond at 100% of the bid amount is required from the successful bidder within 10 calendar days of the bid award.

9) The contractor is responsible for survey and layout, as per CS 7 – Construction Surveys. Survey control points are provided on the design drawings.

10) There were challenges during initial construction with water at the toe. An approved dewatering plan, signed by a PA-registered Professional Engineer, is required prior to starting work on the filter diaphragm.

11) The pond drain and principal spillway pipe shall remain open OR the contractor shall pump inflows over the dam and into outlet channel. The pool behind the dam is to remain in a drained condition.

12) The contractor is responsible for Quality Control and may need to hire a firm to that purpose.

NRCS will only perform Quality Assurance onsite.

Questions asked during the site showing and received after the solicitation was posted.

1. Q) Is the access to the site from Washington Street the only access route?

A) While onsite, it was thought that there may be access available to the staging areas from East Main Street. This was mistaken and is not the case. The only access is from Washington Street.

2. Q) Have there been any changes to the project since the 2022 bidding?

A) There have been no changes. The amended technical specifications that were posted following the site showing in 2022 are what is being used for the project.

3. Q) Can the CAD files be provided?

A) The CAD files will be provided to the successful bidder, as will shapefiles of linework.

4. Q) Does a potential winter shut down count against performance time?

A) A winter shutdown was not accounted for in determining the expected duration of work. A winter shutdown will not count against performance time.

5. Q) Are there requirements as to the maximum allowable vibrations at the nearby homes when sheetpile work is underway?

A) While there are no vibration requirements, requirements in Construction Specification 13 – Piling are to be followed.

6. What additional information can be provided ahead of bidding for the expected dewatering challenges at the impact basin?

A) The design report is included as an amendment to the Solicitation. Please see section

3.3 Drain Reconfiguration and Filter Diaphragm. Also included in the solicitation documents are the Final Design Geotechnical Report and select construction As-Builts.

Both show bore logs of drillings and test pits completed within the vicinity of the impact basin.

Attachments

1. Conneautville Final Design Report

2. Conneautville Final Geotechnical Report (Rev 1)

3. Conneautville Select Construction As-Builts 1984