13-UCA Parker Mtn Construction Scope of Work.pdf

Request For Construction Bids

UCA PARKER MOUNTAIN NEW SITE BUILD PROJECT

The Parker Mountain communication site is located on the Parker Range in Piute County Utah.

The site sits on State Trust Lands and is approximately 10 miles South of the Fish Lake turn off on SR24. The site is accessed by dirt road, most of which is flat and well traveled. The last mile and a half gets steeper and rockier. The GPS coordinates are: 38.324602°, -111.892773°.

Drive route and terrain photos are provided in ATTACHMENT A.

Project Overview

UCA is looking to hire a contractor with extensive radio site construction experience to build a new communications site in Piute County, Utah. The communications site will consist of a new modular equipment shelter, shelter foundation, three solar sectors, propane tank, and a self-supporting 100’ tower with ice bridge, antenna and line installations. The site location is sloped and rocky, grading and ground work will be required. Several trees will need to be removed as part of project.

General Information

• Project to be Completed by August 24th 2026.

• A site walk with UCA will be conducted prior to construction.

• Site to be built to scale as seen in site layout drawings.

• Contractor is responsible for coordinating all concrete work associated with project with local suppliers.

• Several small to medium sized trees must be cut down to allow room for site components. Trees will be tagged or identified prior to construction.

• Install UCA provided 100’ Sabre self-supporting lattice tower, tower foundation, tower components and 10’ section of ice bridge.

o A geo technical report will be provided for excavation information.

• Install UCA provided 4’ microwave dish, MW radios, ice shield and LMR cables.

• Install Qty. 2 omni directional antennas, TTA and lines.

• Form and pour concrete foundation for equipment shelter.

• Assemble on site UCA provided two room modular equipment shelter.

• Install UCA provided Generac generator inside shelter, UCA will do all electrical work with generator.

• Install 1000-gallon propane tank and prefabricated tank pads.

• Install fuel line and sensor cable from propane tank to shelter.

• Install ductless mini split HVAC system in / on communications shelter.

• Install solar panels, bracketing and support pipes as per site layout drawings and detailed manufactured drawings.

• Run conduits and conductors from solar panels to communication shelter.

• Site Grounding to L3 Harris Grounding Specifications Manual T4618 Revision F.

Electronic version of manual will be distributed on request.

• All construction, electrical and grounding elements will be approved by UCA.

• Photos of trench work, conduits and all grounding must be taken prior to backfilling.

• Work area must be kept clean and free of debris.

• All UCA provided parts listed to be picked up by contractor at UCA warehouse and coordinated with UCA warehouse manager. Any parts not on this list to be provided by contractor.

• Required photos of various construction elements.

ATTACHMENTS

ATTACHMENT A – DRIVE ROUTE AND SITE PHOTOS

ATTACHMENT B – SITE LAYOUT AND SHELTER DESIGN

ATTACHMENT C – SOLAR DESIGN

ATTACHMENT D – TOWER FOUNDATION

ATTACHMENT E – SHELTER FOUNDATION

ATTACHMENT F – ICE BRIDGE

ATTACHMENT G – GENERATOR INSTALL

ATTACHMENT H – ANTENNA DESIGN

ATTACHMENT I – GROUNDING EXAMPLE

ATTACHMENT J – LIST OF UCA PROVIDED PARTS

ATTACHMENT K – GEO TECHNICAL REPORT

ATTACHMENT L – REQUIRED PHOTOS

DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK

1- Tower

Tower and associated tower parts will be located at UDOT Road shed located near the Fish Lake turn off at 38.473200°, -111.832516°. Contractor responsible to load and transport tower and tower materials to site. UCA will provide the final erection drawings to contractor at time of awarding project. Geo Technical Report for tower foundation excavation is available in

ATTACHMENT K.

o Install tower foundation as per final erection drawings in ATTACHMENT D.

Contractor to provide UCA with Comprehensive Strength of Concrete Cylinder

Test. Concrete shall have a minimum 28-day compressive strength of 4,500 psi, in accordance with ACI 318-14 as per manufacturer recommendations.

o Assemble and install UCA provided 100’, three-legged Sabre lattice tower, model

S3TL, internal climbing ladder, safe climb, waveguide ladder, lightning rod and lightning rod extension and antenna mounts as per manufactures drawings and specifications. Leg templates and bolt templates will be provided with tower.

o Assemble and install UCA provided as part of tower kit, 6’ ice shield at 45’ on

Northwest leg of tower as per manufacturer instructions.

o Install one UCA provided 20” ground bus bar on tower at vertical to horizontal transition, below ice bridge for cable ground kits and tower ring grounding.

o Install one UCA provided 20” ground bus bar on tower at the 97’ mark for cable ground kits, ground bus bar directly to tower.

o Install one UCA provided 20” ground bus bar on tower at the 87’ mark for cable ground kits, ground bus bar directly to tower.

o Install one UCA provided 20” ground bus bar on tower at the 50’ mark for cable ground kits, ground bus bar directly to tower.

o Install one UCA provided 20” ground bus bar on tower at the 39’ mark for microwave cable ground kits, ground bus bar directly to tower.

2- Communications Shelter Foundation o Contractor to form and pour 23’3” X 14’ X 6” thick concrete pad. Pad to have 18” deep X 12” footing around perimeter, with #4 rebar 12” on center as shown in

ATTACHMENT E.

o Contractor to install 1.5” PVC conduit through shelter foundation to shelter ground ring as shown in site layout drawings. Conduit to be centered below RF

Entry and at edge of shelter to accommodate four tinned #2 solid grounding leads, two from inside shelter master bus bar, and two from shelter exterior bus bar, see shelter drawings. The conduit is required so that conductors / seal tight will not present a tripping hazard along front stoop.

3- Communications Shelter Installation.

o *Contractors may not use the shelter for storage, shelter to be clean and empty upon completion. UCA will have technicians on site installing equipment once shelter is complete.

o Contractor to pick up UCA provided, 23’-1” X 11-1.1/2” X 9’2” modular and palletized two room Enviro brand communications shelter from UCA warehouse.

o Contractor to assemble and install shelter on site on concrete pad on site as per manufacturer’s instructions, see shelter drawings in ATTACHMENT B.

o Install UCA provided wall mount, ductless mini split HVAC unit. HVAC must be installed by qualified HVAC personnel, and be in working condition at time of completion. The indoor unit to be mounted centered on the West wall 5’-9” above finished floor. The outdoor unit to be mounted 5’10”’ above ground on the exterior West wall of the shelter as shown in the site layout drawings. UCA to provide circuit and power for HVAC unit.

o Install Contractor provided 8 position, Andrew PN 252138 RF Entry port, 4 X 2 as shown in shelter drawings in ATTACHMENT B.

o Install Contractor provided 20”exterior shelter ground bus bar 4” below RF entry, properly ground as per grounding specifications.

o Install Contractor provided 20” interior master ground bus bar below RF entry, properly ground as per grounding specifications. Interior master bus bar to have two tinned #2 ground leads cad welded to bar and tied to external grounding system through conduit.

o Install UCA provided equipment rack 3’3” from RF Entry port wall (North), and

24” from West wall as seen in site layout drawing.

o Contractor to Provide and install 12” main cable tray system from East to West wall, from RF Entry to Main system, and from main system to South wall as seen in layout drawing. Cable tray to be bolted and secured to walls and ceiling at all end points for seismic bracing. *Cable tray must be installed prior to roof membrane being installed.

o Cable tray to be at 86.5” from bottom of tray to floor.

o Contractor to assemble and install UCA provided intake and exhaust duct work to shelter.

o UCA to install all electrical inside of equipment room and generator room.

4- Generator Installation o Contractor to pick up UCA provided 35 KW Generac generator from UCA warehouse.

o Install generator to UCA provided stands as shown in ATTACHMENT G in generator shelter. * Note, installing generator on stands before generator room is completely built is highly recommended. UCA will secure generator and stands to floor and place generator in its final location.

o UCA will perform all electrical work associated with the generator.

5- Propane Tank Installation o Install UCA provided 1000-gallon propane tank and UCA provided qty. 2- pre-fabricated 4’ X 4’ concrete pads as shown in site layout.

o Level, tamp, and backfill ground, install concrete pads for propane tank with pad surface at grade. Install propane tank on pads as shown in site layout drawing.

Tank to be secured to pads with lag bolts.

6- Propane Line and Sensor line Installation

*Propane fuel line and regulator to be installed by qualified plumber. Line must be kept clean and free of debris.

*LP line and sensor line trench to be bedded with 4” of sand under fuel line and conduits, and buried with 6” of sand prior to backfilling with native soils.

o Trench at 18” from propane tank to Southeast corner of shelter as shown in site layout drawing.

o Install UCA provided primary fuel regulator to propane tank under tank cover.

Regulator specifications:

▪ MEC Type: MEGR-1622H-JGJ

▪ Body: FPOL X ¾” NPT

▪ Orifice: 7/32”

▪ SPG Range: 8.0-12.0 PSI o Install 1” yellow polyethylene fuel line in trench from primary regulator to corner of shelter stubbing up 2’ at the shelter side, cap off and seal end.

o UCA to connect fuel line to generator.

o Trench at 18” deep from propane tank to Southwest corner of equipment room.

Run 1” schedule 40 PVC from top center of tank into shelter as shown in layout drawing; 20” from exterior edge, and 3’ 6” from ground level. Pull outdoor rated

CAT5/6 cable for propane sensor through conduit leaving 10’ coiled in equipment building, and 6’ coiled up at center of the tank. UCA will terminate both ends. Use outdoor rated PVC LB fitting on exterior of shelter. Conduit to be glued and watertight. Photos are required prior to backfilling.

7- Ice Bridge Installation o Install UCA provided 24” X 10’ section of ice bridge from shelter to center of tower / waveguide ladder. Tower side vertical support may be boot mounted directly to tower foundation, shelter side vertical support may be boot mounted to shelter foundation as shown in site layout drawings. Contractor to provide boots for vertical supports.

o Leave 8” between tower and ice bridge to allow for cable bends.

o See Ice Bridge drawings in ATTACHMENT F.

8- Solar Installation o Contractor to install three UCA provided solar sectors containing 12 UCA provided panels per sector as shown in site layout drawings. Each sector is supported by 8 vertical posts secured to concrete ballasts and bracketing as shown in ATTACHMENT C.

▪ Ballast design allows for stepping with grade, as seen in ATTACHMENT C.

o Panels to be properly secured to bracketing without flexing or bowing.

Contractor provided lock washers are required on all panel mounting hardware and must have torque seal paint applied on all panel nuts.

o Panel wiring to be secured to brackets with stainless steel zip ties. All panel wiring must be zipped tight to frame assembly with no slack or loose connections.

o Wire 12 panels per sector, (6 top “A” and 6 bottom “B”) in a series - parallel configuration, combine wiring in a UCA provided PV junction box on each sector, secure junction box to horizontal pipe on the back side of each sector as shown in ATTACHMENT C. UCA technicians to terminate panel wiring in PV junction boxes.

o PV junction box to be secured and sealed to 1” PVC conduit and trenched 18” underground to contractor provided outdoor rated junction box at shelter as shown in site layout drawing.

▪ Solar conduit trenches to be bedded with 4” of sand under conduits, and buried with 6” of sand prior to backfilling with native soils.

o Stub 2” PVC conduit from exterior junction box to interior of building at 3’10.5” above finished floor, and at 5’4” from exterior wall as shown in shelter drawings, properly seal hole.

o All PVC must be properly glued and waterproof. Photos to be taken prior to backfill.

o Pull #8 AWG THHN red and black from each PV junction box through conduit to shelter junction box leaving 15’ of red and black from each sector coiled in shelter. Label wire pairs, i.e. Southeast #1, South #2, Southwest #3. UCA to wire

PV conductors to charge controllers.

o Contractor to cad weld / ground four corners of each solar sector to grounding system.

9- Antenna and Line Installation

• Microwave o Contractor to install UCA provided 4’ microwave dish with pre-attached outdoor microwave radios at 40’ centerline under contractor installed ice shield on Northeast Leg.

o Antenna to be installed at 40’ centerline, azimuth at 327.09 degrees, and a tilt of

+0.8 degrees.

o Install UCA provided dual LMR 400 cables, properly terminate at radio ends, dressed down the tower using UCA provided cushions, ran through RF entry boot, and terminated to UCA provided poly phasers to master bus bar inside shelter. UCA supplied ground kits to be installed at dish, vertical to horizontal transition at tower and at RF entry on external ground bus bar.

o Microwave radios to be properly grounded to tower bus bar.

o *Contractor to sweep LMRcoaxial lines and antenna, sweep results to be given to UCA as part of close out package.

• Radio o Contractor to provide and install qty. 2 Polyphasers, model # DGXZ+36NMNF-A inside of shelter near RF entry port and ground to internal master bus bar for RX line and TTA test line.

o Contractor to provide and install qty. 1 Polyphaser, model # TSX-DFM-BF inside of shelter near Rf entry port and ground to internal master bus bar for TX Line, mark with RED tape.

o Install UCA provided single feed DB Spectra model DS7C09P36U2D Omni RECEIVE antenna at the top of tower, 98’ on Northwest leg, to UCA provided 3’ stand-off.

Stand-off is part of tower components.

o Install UCA provided tower top amplifier near base of RECEIVE antenna. Install a jumper using LDF4-50 and connect TTA to RECEIVE antenna. Jumper to be no more than 3' in length. Ground TTA to top bus bar.

o Install UCA provided single feed DB Spectra model DS7C09P36U2D Omni TRANSMIT antenna at 69’ base on Northwest leg directly below RECEIVE antenna, (10’ tip TX to base RX) to UCA provided 3’ stand-off. Stand-off is part of tower components.

o Contractor to provide and install one run of 7/8” coax, LCF78-50 from TX Polyphaser to TRANSMIT antenna mount. Install a jumper using LDF4_50A to connect from 7/8” line to the antenna. Jumper to be no more than 3’ in length.

TX line to be marked with RED tape on each end. Contractor provided DIN connectors to be used at antenna port connection of jumper.

o Contractor to supply and install qty. 1 run of LDF4-50 from RX Polyphaser to TTA RX port. RX line to be marked with GREEN tape on each end.

o Contractor to supply and install qty. 1 run of LDF4-50 from TTA Test Polyphaser to TTA Test input. Mark Test line with BLUE tape on each end.

o All coax lines need to be neatly dressed down the tower and under the ice bridge using the appropriate Contractor provided three hole cushion and cushion clamps, snap in style clips may not be used. A single cushion with holes for 7/8” and two ½” is preferred. Contractor provided weatherproof boot to be used at RF entry.

o Antenna system block diagram shown in ATTACHMENT H.

o Contractor to sweep all coax lines and provide UCA of sweep results.

o Contractor to PIM test all coax lines and provide UCA with PIM results.

• *All connections on coax lines must be properly sealed and weatherproofed using layers of PVC tape over layers of Butyl Rubber tape. *Contractor to sweep coaxial lines and antenna, sweep results to be given to UCA as part of close out package.

Contractor to perform a system PIM test on TX line and provide results to UCA.

10- Site Grounding o UCA to install all interior grounding with the exception of interior master bus bar. Contractor to install interior master ground bus bar and tie into system ground ring.

o Contractor to install all exterior site grounding to meet the L3 Harris Grounding Specifications Manual T4618 Rev F, and as shown in, but not limited to grounding example, ATTACHMENT I. Meeting the grounding requirements is critical, and typically where the most contracted corrections are required. Getting familiar with the L3 Harris grounding manual prior to bidding /construction is highly recommended.

o Photos of all system grounding must be taken and provided to UCA prior to any backfill.

o UCA to provide copy of L3H grounding guidelines.

11- Miscellaneous o Change orders will not be accepted without prior approval from UCA.

o In an award, UCA reserves the right to negotiate exceptions and/or additions to terms and conditions in a manner resulting in expeditious resolutions. This process may include beginning negotiations with the Offeror having the least amount of exceptions and/or additions and concluding with the Offeror submitting the greatest number of exceptions and/or additions. Contracts may be executed and become effective as negotiations are completed.

o If negotiations are required, Offeror must provide all documents in Microsoft

Word format for redline editing. Offeror must also provide the name, contact information, and access to the person(s) that will be directly involved in legal negotiations.

o Any mandatorily required acceptance of an Offeror's terms and conditions may result in the proposal being determined to be non-responsive.

o An award resulting from this proposal is subject to successful contract terms and conditions negotiation (if required). The Authority, at its sole discretion, will determine when contract terms and conditions/negotiations become unproductive and will result in termination of award to that Offeror and the

Authority may move to the next eligible Offeror.