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Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

E. IMPORTANT: is not is required copies to the issuing office.

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. CONTRACT ID CODE

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NUMBER 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUISITION NUMBER 5. PROJECT NUMBER (If applicable)

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10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER

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The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. is extended. is not extended.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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Contractor

The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers to sign this document and return

Rachel Dyer

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NPS, DSC Contracting Services Div 1 Denver Federal Center, Building 50 P.O. Box 25287 Denver CO 80225-0287

DOI, NPS, DSC Contracting Services 1 Denver Federal Center, Building 50 P.O. Box 25287 Denver CO 80225-0287

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THE PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT 00005 IS TO ANSWER

QUESTIONS FOR THIS PROJECT.

QUESTION 1: What is the engineer estimate for this job?

ANSWER 1: The government does not provide that.

You can file a FOIA request at the DOI level if you want that information.

QUESTION 2: I just wanted to check whether an electronic copy of the bid bond is acceptable to submit along with the other bid documents, or if the original hard copy needs to be mailed to your office.

ANSWER 2: An electronic copy is acceptable.

QUESTION 3: Section 01 11 00 - 1.9 Item B7 - If contractor is responsible for providing an authorized biologist, will that contract biologist be responsible for the pre-construction (30-day & 14 day) surveys, flagging of resources, and posting signage for sensitive wildlife areas?

ANSWER 3: NPS or its representatives will provide the biologist. NPS is contracting separately for third party monitoring services

(not part of this solicitation).

QUESTION 4: Section 01 11 00 ¿ 1.9 Item B18 -

Can nesting bird surveys be conducted during the 14-day pre-construction survey or is there an additional 3- or 7-day pre-construction survey required for nesting birds?

ANSWER 4: NPS or its representatives will perform the surveys.

QUESTION 5: Section 01 35 13.22 ¿ 1.1 Item

C/3.2 Item A ¿ Will NPS be providing biological, archeological, and/or paleontological daily field monitors?

ANSWER 5: NPS or its representatives will provide the monitors.

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QUESTION 6: Section 01 11 00 ¿ 1.9 Item B7 -

For desert tortoise burrows, does NPS require a standard buffer size for all burrows or does

NPS have specific buffer sizes based on burrow class (i.e., Class 1 ¿ 100ft, Class 2 ¿ 50ft)?

ANSWER 6: NPS or its representatives will perform the surveys.

QUESTION 7: Due to the project potential impacts to T&E species and their habitats, will the construction personnel be escorted on and off the project site daily, or are they free to move on and off the project site without biological escorts?

ANSWER 7: No escorts will be required.

QUESTION 8: Section 01 11 00 ¿ 1.9 Item B10 -

The solicitation mentions Klare springs as a primary area for Bighorn sheep, however, it states that speed must be reduced and primary habitat must be avoided between lambing season

¿ can NPS clarify the boundary of bighorn sheep habitat area?

ANSWER 8: This location will be clarified after contract award.

QUESTION 9: Section 01 11 00 ¿ 1.9 Item B19 -

Will NPS provide shapefiles for existing sensitive wildlife and rare plant zones?

ANSWER 9: YES

QUESTION 10: Section 01 11 00 ¿ 1.9 Item B18 -

For nesting bird buffers, does NPS have a standard buffer zone to protect active nesting birds?

ANSWER 10: NO.

QUESTION 11: Section 01 11 00 ¿ 1.5 Item E - If or when the contractor plants trees for restoration, is a biological monitor required to be on site during this time or during any post-construction restoration?

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ANSWER 11: No trees will be planted.

QUESTION 12: Drawing sheet #C5 - On the drawings, desert tortoise monitoring areas are noted as points on the map, can NPS clarify what the points reference (i.e., live tortoises, active burrows)?

ANSWER 12: NPS working with consultants during the design phase determined where monitoring would be necessary.

QUESTION 13: Drawing sheet #C5/C6 ¿ Can NPS clarify if a biological monitor is required for the entire project area?

ANSWER 13: NPS or its representatives will provide the monitors.

QUESTION 14: Drawing sheet #C5 ¿ No work, salvage, or access is permitted within the wilderness boundary. Can NPS provide clarification of the wilderness area and any construction limitations?

ANSWER 14: The wilderness boundary is shown as a dashed line on the plans. No work is allowed in wilderness.

QUESTION 15: Drawing Sheet #C6 - For archeological monitoring, on the map it outlines Tortoise monitoring and paleontological monitoring areas, the third is labeled ¿avoidance areas¿ in red, can NPS confirm if the avoidance areas in red are the

Archeological avoidance areas?

ANSWER 15: YES.

QUESTION 16: Drawing Sheet #C3/C5 - According to the avoidance & monitoring maps there are no paleontological or Archeological avoidance areas between P1 and P15, do these areas still require an Arch and/or Paleo monitor on site during ground disturbing activities?

ANSWER 16: NO.

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QUESTION 17: Appendix A ¿ Letter of Compliance

Completion ¿ states at least 2 potential qualified archaeological monitors will be identified ¿ Please confirm the number of contracted archaeological monitors that NPS requires to be present on-site during ground disturbing activities and the specified avoidance areas.

ANSWER 17: NPS or its representatives will provide the monitors.

QUESTION 18: Appendix A ¿ Letter of Compliance

Completion - Please confirm if NPS wants the contractor to submit qualifications/resumes for two contracted archaeological monitors.

ANSWER 18: NPS does not require the construction contractor to provide monitors.

QUESTION 19: Section 01 35 13.22 Subsection 3.3

Item A ¿ please confirm whether NPS arch/paleo monitor will document discovered resources in sensitive areas, or if this service is to be provided by a contracted arch/paleo monitor?

ANSWER 19: NPS or its representatives will document any resources.

QUESTION 20: Drawing Sheet #C6 ¿ Falls Canyon

Trailhead ¿ Please clarify what type of monitors are required during project activities in the area?

ANSWER 20: NONE.

QUESTION 21: Section 01 11 00 ¿ 1.9 Item B8A &

B8C ¿ Please clarify roles of NPS paleo monitor and contracted paleo monitors.

ANSWER 21: The construction contractor will not have any monitors. NPS is contracting separately for third party monitoring services

(not part of this solicitation).

QUESTION 22: Section 01 11 00 ¿ 1.9 Item B8B ¿ states that pre-construction conference will include a paleontologist, please confirm this

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ANSWER 22: NPS or its representatives will provide the monitors.

QUESTION 23: Section 01 31 00 ¿ Subsection 1.9

- Does this project currently have an ITP/BO with incidental take statement to cover potential T&E take, or does the contractor need to coordinate with NPS to obtain coverage.

ANSWER 23: NPS will manage coordination.

QUESTION 24: Section 01 77 00 ¿ Subsection 1.3

Item A3 ¿ It lists environmental record documents, none of the items listed are related to wildlife, archeological or paleo services.

Please confirm that NPS does not require any close out documentation related to these areas.

ANSWER 24: NPS will not require this from the construction contractor.

QUESTION 25: Section 01 35 13.22 ¿ requires a summary of proposed work 2 weeks prior focused on arch sensitive areas and paleo monitoring areas, please confirm, NPS does not want the schedule and proposed work for desert tortoise protection submitted with this document.

ANSWER 25: Tortoise monitoring areas should also be included in the two-week schedules.

QUESTION 26: Section 01 11 00 ¿ 1.9 Item B9D ¿ states the contractor will receive cultural resource training, please confirm NPS will provide this training, and no additional training is required from the contractor.

ANSWER 26: NPS will provide the training.

QUESTION 27: Section 01 35 13.22 ¿ Subsection

1.4 Item A; Section 01 11 00 ¿ 1.9 Item B16 ¿

Can the information presented by NPS to contractor representatives be used to satisfy the archeological, paleontological, and

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(C) sensitive plants & wildlife resource portions of the WEAP. Will the NPS training materials be provided to the contractor to provide to workers performing work on the project site.

ANSWER 27: NPS will provide training and may provide written materials to the construction contractor and employees to assist with identification and avoidance of impacts to protected species.

QUESTION 28: Is grubbing required at berm removals?

ANSWER 28: Roots, stumps, and other organic material must be removed from soil to be salvaged from berms for reuse on the project, per Section 31 23 00-6 2.1.C. Organic material may remain in portions of the berms that remain in place.

QUESTION 29: What is the average rainfall?

ANSWER 29: From 2000 to 2025, annual total rainfall at Death Valley ranged from 0.91 inches to 4.73 inches and averaged 2.27 inches.

These figures apply to Death Valley; rainfall at Titus Canyon may have been more or less than these figures (Source: National Weather

Service Climate Data, https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate).

QUESTION 30: Are individual soil amendment recipes required for each area of the project where soil amendments are necessary? Is compaction testing required?

ANSWER 30: No. However, poor soils must be amended so that they can be compacted, by mixing clay soils into loose sandy/gravelly soils and by mixing sandy/gravelly soils or rock chips into clay soils. Soils must then be tested and compacted according to the specifications of Section 204.11 of the FP-24

Standard Specifications, as referenced in the contract specifications Section 31 23 00-13

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QUESTION 31: What if blasting is required for rock excavation?

ANSWER 31: Per Section 31 23 00-9 3.1.C, blasting is not allowed. Expansive demolition grout may be used upon approval by the

Contracting Officer.

QUESTION 32: Is bedrock excavation required?

ANSWER 32: No bedrock excavation is required on the road surface. Some rock excavation on existing cut banks will be required.

QUESTION 33: The rock apron detail indicates just 6" to 12" size material: is that right?

ANSWER 33: CORRECT.

QUESTION 34: Is it mandatory to import riprap?

ANSWER 34: Yes, where the plans call for imported NDOT various class riprap.

QUESTION 35: Will the attendance sign-in sheet be made available to participants?

ANSWER 35: YES. ATTACHED

QUESTION 36: Can larger than 6" material be used in roadway embankments, gully repairs, raised subgrades, etc.?

ANSWER 36: No. Per details 3/D9, 1/D10, 4/D10, 1/D11 and 2/D11, fill material must be 6" minus. Fills in the uppermost 6 inches shall not have any rocks larger than 3" in diameter, unless otherwise indicated on the Drawings, per

Specification 31 23 00-7 2.1.D.

QUESTION 37: Is night or weekend or federal holiday work allowed?

ANSWER 37: No, not without prior written consent of the Contracting Officer, per

Specification 01 11 00 - 4 1.8.B.

QUESTION 38: Are price and technical evaluation

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ANSWER 38: Per Solicitation Section M.C, proposed pricing is an evaluation factor. All evaluation factors other than price, when combined are approximately equally important to price.

QUESTION 39: Are camps allowed in the park?

ANSWER 39: Per Specification 01 11 00-3 1.5.H, establishment of a camp within the park will not be permitted.

QUESTION 40: How may linear feet of silt fence will be required?

ANSWER 40: Preliminary erosion control plans have not been prepared for this project.

Offerors must apply federal and state NPDES requirements and estimate best management practices (BMPs) that will be needed as part of their Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan.

QUESTION 41: Can electronic files be made available of "culturally sensitive areas" shown on the plans?

ANSWER 41: Only to the awarded contractor.

QUESTION 42: How many individual work sites can be open at one time, given the requirements for coordination of tortoise, paleontological and cultural resource monitoring?

ANSWER 42: There can be up to two simultaneously active work sites for each type of resource monitoring area. For example, there can be work happening simultaneously in two archeological sensitive areas and in two tortoise monitoring and in two paleontological sites (a maximum of six active resource sites total at the same time).

QUESTION 43: Can CAD files be made available to facilitate estimation of quantities?

ANSWER 43: No. CAD files may be made available

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