Pre_bid_site_walk_RFI_-_Responses_-_Updated_6-10-24_0003.xlsx
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- Solicitation number
- 140P2024R0054
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This document contains a set of questions and responses from a pre-bid site walk for a federal contract opportunity to replace the wilderness boardwalk sections at a national park.
The key details are:
- The project involves removing and replacing elevated and low floodplain wooden boardwalk sections within wilderness boundaries, to meet Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standards.
- Bidders had questions about construction requirements, such as pile driving methods, material specifications, equipment weight limits, access routes, and safety/quality control staffing.
- The agency provided responses clarifying these requirements, including that helical piles must be used, wooden decking and handrail material specifications, a 100 psf pedestrian load design, restrictions on closing existing boardwalk sections, and qualifications for the quality control supervisor.
- The solicitation number is 140P2024R0054, and the bid due date was extended to June 21, 2024.
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Sheet1
| May 23, 2024 | |||
| # | QUESTION | RESPONSE | Note/comment |
| 1 | Is the contractor required to remove the existing helical coils or can they be cut flush and left insitu to minimize erosion and associated impact to the area? | All existing piles must be removed. | |
| 2 | Will new helical coils be required due to the anticipated weight of the new boardwalk? Can pylon-barbs be used instead of helical coils? | Helical pile requirements are shown in the Contract Documents. Piles are required for multiple reasons, including but not limited to: seismic load, lateral load, flooding, live loads and soil conditions. In addition, helical piles are required based on the constructability and minimizing disturbance within the Wilderness area. |
Pylon-barbs are not acceptable.
| 3 | Is the mesh required to be 416 stainless steel? | Wire mesh requirements are listed in the Project Manual Section 057300. Wire mesh is aluminum. Fasteners are Type 316 stainless-steel. | |
| 4 | How much downtime is expected on a monthly basis due to weather delays and high flooding? | See Project Manual Section 013218, 2.2.B.7.d.3). Weather Calendar. The project schedule must include anticipated flood and weather events based on available information. See Section 013218, 2.2.B.8.c. for suggested resources. | |
| 5 | Will the contractor to be working in or traversing through areas that are open to the public? | The Contractor is responsible for securing active construction areas from the public. The path to the different Boardwalk locations may overlap with the public access locations. | |
| 6 | Is space available within the park for contractor to stay onsite overnight in a camper? | Per specification 01 11 00 - Establishment of a camp within park will not be permitted. | |
| 7 | Will contractor be allowed to drive pylons using the water-jet method? | Helicals must be driven per the manufacturers recommendations. Water jetting is not allowed. | |
| 9 | What is the elevation on boardwalks from ground to board, and from ground to top rail? | Elevations of the boardwalks vary through the sections and terrain. Low boardwalk has a maximum deck height of 24-28 inches off the existing ground. High boardwalk varies. Elevations of the high boardwalk decking are shown on the plans. | |
| May 31, 2024 | |||
| 8 | What is the maximum weight of the equipment allowed on-site? | Boardwalk Section A was designed for 100 PSF pedestrian loading. The proposed new sections were also designed for 100 psf pedestrian loading. Design loads are outlined on sheet S0. Previous sections constructed prior to Section A, it is unknown the design load for these boardwalks. | 1. NPS was not able to determine weight limit of bridge. Would the AE team provide a weight limit from best practices? |
2. Is there a typical system, low price, the Contractor would have available to span the bridge for equipment? We are not aware of any such equipment.
| 10 | Please confirm specifications for 2x6 decking and wooden handrail components (grade, treatment type, etc). Section 061063 Rough Carpentry specifies decking and handrail components to be 0.15 CA, Section 061301 Timber Boardwalk Framing references decking shall have minimum of 0.31 CA. | Decking and wooden handrail requirements are listed in Section 061063 EXTERIOR ROUGH CARPENTRY. Section 061301 TIMBER BOARDWALK FRAMING is applicable to the boardwalk framing, below the decking, shown in the Structural Drawings. |
| 11 | Will the treated materials be required to have a “water repellent treatment” applied at time of treatment as part of the pressure treatment process or can this be done after installation? This is referenced in the Rough Carpentry Specifications 061063. We are not familiar with this process being done at time of pressure treatment. Or can it not be required at all? | Per Section 061063, 2.3 Preservation Treatment, a preservation treatment including or not including water-repellent treatment is acceptable. Water-repellent treatment is not required. |
| 12 | Can the decking and handrail materials be supplied with the grademark stamp? It is very difficult to procure dimensional lumber in this type of quantity without it being grademarked due to today’s manufacturing processes. Typical SPIB or TPI grademark stamps are small and coupled with treatments of CA or CCA to the retentions requested, the stamps may not be as noticeable. | Specification Section 061063, 2.1,A,2 requires all grade stamps to be omited from view. |
| 13 | On Sheet S0 of the plan set, it mentions “NO WANE ALLOWED” in the sub structure notes. SPIB grading rules specify the amount of wane that is allowed per the grade supplied. It is nearly impossible to supply this material with no wane in the quantities that will be required for the project. Are we to go by the SPIB grades shown and the rules associated with them or should we figure significant overages for the contractor to be able to cover the no wane requirement? | Follow SPIB rules for the specified lumber grade. Minimize wane as much as possible. If present, install out of view when possible. Wane must not interfere with the function of the boardwalk and its systems. |
| 14 | Is there a CPM schedule required? | See Specification Section 013218, 1.3 SUBMITTALS for Baseline Schedule and CPM Report requirements. |
| 15 | Can the Superintendent also be the QC Manager and SSHO, or does the proposal need to include three(3) full time workers, Superintendent, SSHO, and a QC Manager? | See Specification Section 014000, 1.5 QUALITY ASSURANCE. The QC Supervisor shall be assigned no other duties. |
See Specification Section 013523 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS for Site Safety Supervisor requirements for designated onsite representative. The designated representative must be capable of carrying out the outlined duties but is not required to be an individual's lone responsibility on site.
| 16 | Does the Contractor have to provide a Construction Trailer for the NPS COR? | See Specification Section 015000, 2.2 TEMPORARY FACILITIES for Field Office requirements. |
| 17 | Will a SWAPPP be required for drilling helical piles, since soil excavation is limited. | See Specification Section 015723 for SWPPP requirements. |
| 19 | Would the offeror's proposal due date be extended one(1) week? | No change to due date at this time. |
| 20 | The proposal calls for the demolition and construction of sections B, D, and F of the boardwalk (CLIN's 1-6). Pages A6, A8, S4, and S6 show details fo rthe ATV/UTV crossings, neither of the two crossings fall within the station points of any of the proposal CLIN's. To eliminate ambiguity during the bid process can those items be included in the details on the proposal? | Include all items within each section in the Line Item cost. |
| 21 | The UTV crossings are not part of the station points in the CLIN's (0+00 for each section starts after the UTV crossings). Can they be added to the proposal in the CLIN that they will be inclusive to? | All items in the Contract Documents must be priced. Include all items within each section in the Line Item cost. |
| 22 | On my walk I noticed several locations where terees were incororated into the boardwalk, both into the decking and with handrail breaks. Is it the intent to incorporate this same method in the new boardwalk? | Assuming bidder is asking about 'trees'. There is no intent to incorporate trees into the boardwalk design. |
| June 3, 2024 | ||
| 18 | What is the access to Section B? Section A&C are already completed and there was no direction on how contractors are to gain access with equipment and material. | The park is expecting to have A & C closed to allow work access but prefers impact to those sections to be as limited as reasonably possible. This stays true for all sections of the boardwalk. Also ideally multiple (non contract) sections are not closed at the same time. The requirement is to keep as much of the boardwalk open to visitors as possible, and work with the park (communicate) closures. |
| 23 | Will the previoius newly constructed sections of the Boardwalk be utilized as a construction access, or will the UTV routes be utilized? | All routes within the floodplain are through existing trails The Boardwalk, Firefly Trail & Sims Trail (gravel road) are the only access options for material, staff, and equipment. Same as above question. The requirement is to keep as much of the boardwalk and trail system open to visitors as possible, and work with the park (communicate) closures. |
| Pending Respone June 5, 2024 | ||
| 24 | There appear to be discrepancies in Clin #’s. Spec 012700 numbers and option labels do not all correspond to Contract Price Schedule Clin #’s. 1-4 appear to match, but 5-10 do not. Also, there are inconsistencies between the Summary of Work describing work vs Clin Definitions and Contract Price Schedule. Will the Contract Price Schedule take Precedence over all? | CLIN #7 corresponds with Spec Section 012700, 3.1,G: Option 3. The only descrepancy found is that the Spec section includes the word 'Construction'. CLIN #7 refers to the Construction of Overlook off of Boardwalk Section D. The Summary Section is for providing a short overview. The Contract Price Schedule takes precidence. Intent is that the CLIN document and the Specification Section are to match. |
| 25 | 1) Please confirm the entire Spec 260548 will be applicable to this project including Signed & Sealed PE Shop Drawings as required by Building Code. | Confirmed. The project is in a seismic area which requires an engineer as described in the Specifications. |
| 26 | 1) Map Legend Scales appear to be listed incorrectly. Drawing Sheets 2-9 of 14 and 13, 17 of 38. Please advise. | Some of the scales on Drawing Sheets 2-9/14 (survey) is incorrect. The graphic scales are correct but the notation under the scale should be revised to: 1" = 10'. |
Scales are not shown on Legends on sheets 13 and 17/38. View scales are correct. Revised Survey sheets are attached.
| 27 | 1) New Low Boardwalk references 180 LF Length on 1/A6. 011100 references the Lenth of the new Low Boardwalk to be 280 LF. What should the length of the new Low Boardwalk be from Intersection point to the start of the Overlook? | Architectural lengths are approximate. See Drawing S4 for length of Boardwalk. |
| 28 | 1) Enlarged Plan 1/A6 references Extending the Existing Overlook from 12’ wide to 18’ wide, but the Enlarged Detail 1/A7 calls out a smaller area. Please clarify if the New Overlook will be 18’ Wide by 30’ Long. | The overlook will extend to 16 feet wide per Enlarged Drawings on A7 and S10. |
| 29 | 1) The Existing Overlook is referenced as Option #2 on the Enlarged Drawing Detail 1/A7, but the Contract Price Schedule is listing it as Options A & B. Please Advise. | Please follow the Contract Price Schedule option notations. |
| 30 | 1) Can the government please extend the bid due date to 2 weeks after the receipt of answers to questions? Our primary subcontractors will need time to review the answers and provide a bid based on any changes. | Bid due date is extended to 21 June 2024 at 5:00PM ET. |
| 31 | 1) Since Parking is limited to a total 7 spot limit, what secondary location would NPS recommend for additional Construction Personnel if we exceed 7 Vehicles? | Contractor to utilize construction laydown space and adjacent gravel road shoulders, so long as a travel lane remains open for park staff and emergency vehicle traffic. No spots will be reserved within normal visitor parking lots. Contractor may use other parking lots available to the public when space allows. |
| 32 | 1) Spec Section 015000 2.2 A directs us to provide (2) Field Offices for Contractor & CMR, is this a requirement considering the Space Constraints? | A single trailer is authorized for both the Contractor and CMR. Contractor must provide work space for the CMR. |
| 33 | 1) Solicitation Document- Section H- Does the contractor fill out the names of the personnel and include with their proposal or is this completed after award? | Fill out with the appropriate personnel for solicitation submittal. |
| 34 | 1) Solicitation Document- Section L- Factor 2 Experience- Per the RFP, experience considered relevant includes addressing three specific elements (1) Logistics, Coordination and Process, 2) Natural Cultural and Historic Resource 3) Means/Methods. Is a project required to include all three elements or can we submit three separate projects as long as all three (3) elements are addressed within the three? | For Factor 2, Project Experience, we are looking for all the elements listed. If the experience submitted does not include all the elements then it will be less favorably rated. |
| 35 | 1) Solicitation Document Section L- Factor 3 Technical Approach- “Pictures should be included and will count towards the page limitation.” Can the government please explain what is to be provided, as this is a Design Bid Build and all drawings are completed and provided? | Pictures in the proposal are considered tables and figures, visually/graphically emphasizing key points in the proposal. Factor 3, Technical Approach is your means and methods to complete the technical aspect of the required work. Please see Factor 3 in the solicitation for more information. |
| 36 | 1) Solicitation Document Section L- Factor 6- Safety- Please exclude the OSHA 300 Logs for the past three years, letter from insurance company with EMR rates, and the resume of the Safety Professional from the page count. We will be unable to provide this information along with the other information within a four-page limit. | We will not be excluding this from the page count. |
| 37 | 1) Solicitation Document Section L- Factor 6- Past Performance- Please increase the page limit for this section to 10 Pages. If we provide CPARS in lieu of PPQ, a typical CPARS is 3 pages and if we submit 3 projects, we will need 9 pages for the past performance plus an additional page to address the required section for disclosing any instances of less than satisfactory performance. | Past Performance Questionairs and CPARS reports do not count towards the page count. |
| 38 | 1) If the offeror was part of an SBA approved Mentor Protege Joint Venture and is utilizing the experience of this Joint Venture (Affiliate Company) but is proposing as itself as a Prime for this contract, can the government confirm that as long as the offeror demonstrates they had meaningful involvement in the Joint Venture project, that this is acceptable? | Provide a copy of the Joint Venture letter with your proposal and use the UIE for the joint venture. |
| 39 | 1) Can the government please revise the Quality Control Supervisor requirements to allow 10 years of experience in lieu of an engineering degree? | 10 Years experience is acceptable. |
| 40 | 1) If the government will not revise the qualifications for the Quality Control Supervisor, please eliminate the professional engineer registration in the state where the project is constructed. Specifically, as a degree in Construction Management does not have professional engineer state registration. | The Quality Control Supervisor does not need to be registered in the state where the project is constructed. |
| 41 | 1) Solicitation Document – Section F- 3. Contents: Instructions are to complete and submit the attached “General References” form. However, there was no General References form provided on SAM.GOV. Can the government please provide this form for Volume II submittal purposes? | This form is attached. |
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