B11_-140L1721Q0036-_Pre-Bid_Questions_and_Answers_0001.pdf

United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management

Montrose Public Lands Center – Building Removals

Pre-Bid Questions and Answers sam.gov/ Notice ID: 140L1721Q0036

Q: Will the “man gate” in the existing fence remain near the old fire building?

A: Yes, the fence “man gate” shall be salvaged and reinstalled with the new fence.

Q: What is the depth of the building foundations? What is the thickness of the concrete floors?

Are there as-built drawings?

A: The building’s foundations and concrete floors are unknown. There are not any as-built drawings for the buildings.

Q: Does the security system need to be salvaged?

A: Yes, the contractor shall salvage the exterior security cameras and exterior entry keypads and provide them to the Government. There are no other items the contractor is required to salvage and provide to the Government.

Q: Will the wooden fire hose drain, adjacent to the old fire building be demolished?

A: Yes.

Q: Will the ice machine and air compressor in the old fire building be demolished?

A: No, the ice machine and air compressor will be removed by the Government, from the old fire building, prior to demolition.

Q: Will the metal rack, that is welded to the building structure in the old shop be demolished?

A: No, the metal rack, that is welded to the building structure in the old shop will be removed by the Government prior to demolition.

Q: Will the 3 phase air compressor in the old shop be demolished?

A: Yes, the 3 phase air compressor in the old shop will be demolished.

Building Removals, Montrose Public Lands Center

Q: Will the materials, south of the old shop building, located outside of the building, on top of the concrete pad to be demolished, be included in the demolition?

A: No, the Government will remove the materials prior to demolition.

Q: Provide electric service to gates and relay switch. Gates are operational, however the electrical service to the gates and relay switch are provided through the fire building, which will be demolished.

What are we doing with the relay switches?

A: The contractor shall provide electric service to the relay switch. The location of the relay switch is shown on sheet 4.

Q: On Drawing 4 there are 3 existing gate motors shown, on the walk only 2 were found, is this for a future gate?

A: Sheet 4 shows two existing gate motors and one relay switch.

Q: There are existing pole lights do these also need to be refeed, if so how are they controlled?

A: The existing light poles do not need to be refeed.

Q: Will BLM have all the utilities disconnected prior starting work? Gas, Power, Phone/IT, Water?

A: See specification section 02 41 10, paragraph 1.3.

Q: Will the owner remove all electronic type devices like computers and copy machines from the buildings?

A: No, the Government will not remove all electronic devices. However, the Government may remove computers and copy machines prior to demolition.

Q: The owner will have removed all items from the building that they want to salvage prior to the start of the demo work? Will the contractor be able to salvage, recycle or demo what is left in the buildings?

A: See specification section 02 41 10, paragraph 1.1, 3.7, 3.8. Yes, the Government will remove all items they want to salvage from inside the building prior to demolition, except the exterior security cameras and exterior building entry keypads.

Q: Can the owner be some what more specific on what will be left to remove from the buildings, like shelving, work benches, etc…?

A: No. See specification section 02 41 10, paragraph 1.1. The Government may remove items of value from the building prior to demolition.

Building Removals, Montrose Public Lands Center

Q: Do KDHE licensing, notification, & fee requirements apply to this project since all ACM’s are non-friable? The KDHE ASBESTOS CONTROL definitions only mentions friable.

Article 53.--ASBESTOS CONTROL 65-5301. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Asbestos project" means an activity undertaken to remove or encapsulate friable asbestos containing materials.

A: The project is located in Colorado. Therefore, Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) does not apply to this project.

Q: When is the RFI deadline? The information on Sams does not specify.

A: This is not a RFI but a RFQ. In Beta Sam, we had SF-18 with the due date of 8/10/2021.

Q: Is there going to be other documents that need to be filled out for the proposal process – there are not RFP type documents on the Sams site?

A: There are 8 documents included for this project that were attached in Beta SAM.

Q: Is the banking information / letter required at bid submission or only required from the low technically acceptable bidder after the bid opening? What bank information is required and is there a standard form?

A: No banking information is required.

Q: Please confirm there is no requirement for a bid bond.

A: That's right, no bid bond.