B08_Attachment_7_Limitations_on_Subcontracting_Report_0004.xlsx
XLSX spreadsheet 77 KB Posted
- Attached to
- YELL 326141 YELLOWSTONE MODULAR HOUSING
- Solicitation number
- 140P2026R0078
About this file
This file is a Limitations on Subcontracting Report in the form of a Questions and Answers (Q&A) spreadsheet documenting pre-proposal inquiries and Government responses for the YELL 326141 Yellowstone Modular Housing project.
The solicitation is for construction of modular housing units and associated utilities infrastructure across three Yellowstone National Park locations: Mammoth Hot Springs (four 3-bedroom units with garages), Canyon Village (ten 2-bedroom units), and Northeast Entrance (two 2-bedroom units), with 16 total units spanning 9 contract line items. The project includes potable water systems, sanitary sewer systems, electrical infrastructure, telecommunications, site grading, pavement, stormwater management, and demolition at all three sites. Responses address critical contractor concerns including contractor licensing requirements (state and local trade licensing applies); permitting and approvals administration (NPS administers permits including Wyoming/Montana DEQ water permits and Section 404/401 approvals); scheduling flexibility (concurrent Mammoth and Canyon work permitted in 2027 season with Northeast Entrance in 2028); equipment and material requirements (Product Binder establishes contractually-binding quality baselines); workforce accommodations (15 RV trailer sites available at Canyon Village only at $485.74/month; camps prohibited at Mammoth and Northeast Entrance; housing in Gardiner or Cooke City acceptable); construction water (10,000 gallons/day free at Mammoth and Canyon hydrants with backflow preventer required; none at Northeast Entrance); equipment inspections (mandatory power-washing and inspection every time equipment leaves and returns the park); and project-specific conditions including hydrothermal features, raptor/songbird nesting restrictions (March 1–August 15 raptors, May 1–August 15 songbirds), road closures, and the requirement to balance cut-and-fill materials between sites with all excess hauled outside the park at contractor expense. The contract carries firm fixed price (FFP) terms against a 730-day performance period with liquidated damages of $1,796/day and a bid guarantee of 20 percent of bid price or $3,000,000 (whichever is less). Applicable wage determinations are Wyoming WY20260041 (building) and WY20260044 (civil); both cover Park County, Montana work. The solicitation includes David Bacon wage requirements and Buy American construction materials requirements under FAR 52.225-11.
View the file
Other files
Show all 37
On GovTribe
Work with this file
- Download the original file
- Contacts named in this file
- Similar government files
- Ask GovTribe AI about this file
Text version
Questions
| Date Answered | Question No. | Amendment No. | Detail | |
| (**) | Spec | |||
| (**) | Description |
| Response | ||||
| 8/27/26 | 1 | 2 | Prime Contractor Licensing---FAR 52.236-7 requires the Contractor to obtain all necessary licenses and permits, and Drawing C1.01 states that the Contractor must maintain valid Wyoming and Montana contractor licenses. We understand that a general contractor license is not generally required for construction performed within Yellowstone National Park; however, the reference to Wyoming and Montana contractor licenses in Drawing C1.01 is unclear as to whether it applies to the Prime Contractor or to licensed trades performing work under the contract. Please confirm whether the licensing requirement in Drawing C1.01 is intended to apply only to trades for which state or local licensing is required (e.g., electrical, plumbing, or other regulated trades), or whether NPS requires the Prime/General Contractor itself to hold a contractor or general contractor license or registration in Wyoming, Montana, Park County, or any other jurisdiction associated with the Canyon, Mammoth, or Northeast Entrance work sites. | There is no federal regulation/requirement for contractors or subcontractors to be licensed; however, the applicable state and local governments regulate professional and trade licenses (such as electrical, plumbing, or general construction); therefore, all contractors and/or subcontractors must comply with applicable regulations. |
| 8/27/26 | 2 | 2 | Section 01 31 00 identifies Government-furnished permits and approvals, including the Wyoming/Montana DEQ water and wastewater permits and the Canyon Section 404/401 approvals. Based on our review of the Contract Documents and the project’s location within Yellowstone National Park, our understanding is that NPS will administer and/or obtain the permits, inspections, and approvals required for the Work, including those that would ordinarily be administered through state or local authorities. |
Please confirm this understanding and provide the following:
Existing Permits and Approvals: Confirm the permits and approvals that have already been obtained by NPS for this project Permit Validity: Please identify any existing permit or approval that may require renewal, extension, reinstatement, modification, or other action during the anticipated construction period, and confirm whether NPS will administer the required action.
| NPS-Administered Permitting and Inspections: Please confirm that NPS will administer the applicable building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, fire/life-safety, inspection, and occupancy/final acceptance processes for the Work, including those that would otherwise typically fall under state, county, or local jurisdiction | Confirmed | ||||
| 8/27/26 | 3 | 2 | Factor 3 requests an “MS Project Gantt Chart format.” Please confirm whether an Oracle Primavera P6 schedule presented in Gantt Chart format is acceptable, provided it includes all required activities, durations, logic, milestones, predecessor relationships, and critical path. | Yes that is acceptable | |
| 8/27/26 | 4 | 2 | Please confirm that the Product Binder is a separate Factor 1 deliverable and does not count toward the 15-page Concept Narrative limit. | Confirmed | |
| 8/27/26 | 5 | 2 | Both Factors 2 and 4 request organizational charts. Please confirm whether one comprehensive project organizational chart meeting both requirements may be submitted under Factor 4 and referenced in Factor 2, or whether separate charts are required. | Only one organizational chart will be required. | |
| 8/27/26 | 6 | 2 | Since we are licensed to install sprinklers, I assume it would be fine for us to install those during the build process? | Either method is acceptable either during installation or during the build process. | |
| 8/27/26 | 7 | 2 | Please provide the available electronic CAD files for the civil/site design at Mammoth Hot Springs, Canyon Village, and Northeast Entrance, including existing topographic survey information and proposed grading information. If available, please also provide existing-ground and proposed-finish-grade Civil 3D surfaces and/or LandXML surface files with the associated civil DWG files. Please confirm that electronic files provided for proposal use are informational and that the issued Contract Drawings remain controlling. | These will be provided after contract award | |
| 9/2/26 | 8 | 3 | Please provide available static and residual water-pressure information, flow data, and any available recent test information for the existing water systems serving the three project sites. Please also confirm the existing pipe size/material and intended tie-in conditions where those conditions are not fully established by the Contract Documents, so Offerors may develop a consistent proposal basis. | Project Reports including as much of this information as is available have been attached to this solicitation amendment. | |
| 9/2/26 | 9 | 3 | Please clarify the proposal basis for locating and reconnecting the existing sanitary service associated with the Northeast Entrance fourplex where the existing service location is not positively established on the Contract Drawings. Please confirm whether dye testing, exploratory excavation, or other investigative work is anticipated and identify the bidding assumption Offerors should use if the service cannot be located as shown. | Although not shown on the CDs, old construction drawings indicate that the 4-Plex discharges into the SSMH-D1. Base your pricing on the assumption that this is true, and that no work will be required to re-connect the 4-Plex to the existing sanitary sewer system. | |
| 9/2/26 | 10 | 3 | Please clarify the intended proposal basis for Canyon utility work in areas where existing utility locations, profiles, or connection conditions are approximate or require field fit. Please identify any Government-held survey, record drawings, or utility information not included in the solicitation that can be provided to Offerors, and confirm the baseline condition to be carried for proposal pricing. | Consider the Construction Drawings to be accurate as drawn, and price the work accordingly. If you have specific questions about any particular items, ask them. | |
| 9/2/26 | 11 | 3 | The Contract Documents provide that certain clean soil, rock, boulders, logs, and felled trees may remain NPS property and require Contractor hauling to Government-designated locations. For consistent proposal pricing, please identify the anticipated receiving, stockpile, quarry, or delivery locations for NPS-retained materials generated at each project site, or provide a maximum one-way haul distance Offerors should include. | The Government maintains salvage pits for desirable materials within 10 miles of both the Canyon and Mammoth construction areas. Do not rely on being able to dispose of any materials in these pits. The Government will not require delivery of any waste materials from the Northeast Entrance construction to Government-maintained pits. | |
| 9/2/26 | 12 | 3 | Please identify the Government-designated or anticipated disposal/delivery locations for woody slash, stumps, brush, and other green waste generated at Mammoth, Canyon, and Northeast Entrance. Please clarify whether NPS has an approved in-Park location for disposal or processing of these materials or whether the Contractor is responsible for locating and paying for an approved offsite disposal facility. If locations are not presently designated, please provide the haul-distance assumption Offerors should use. | There is not a Government-owned disposal area for the materials listed. Offerors are responsible for locating legal offsite disposal areas and the associated hauling and disposal costs. | |
| 9/2/26 | 13 | 3 | The Contract Documents require the Construction Access Plan to identify staging areas and stockpile locations. Please identify or confirm the areas available at Mammoth, Canyon, and Northeast Entrance for temporary stockpiling and segregation of salvaged topsoil/duff, satisfactory excavated material, rock, and other earthwork materials. If the designated areas are insufficient for the contemplated earthwork operations, please confirm whether additional temporary stockpile locations within previously disturbed areas may be proposed by the Contractor for Contracting Officer approval. | Allowable staging and stockpile areas are shown on Sheets C2.11, C2.12 and C2.13. Price the work with the assumption that no other areas will be offered within the park. | |
| 9/2/26 | 14 | 3 | Please identify whether NPS potable or non-potable water sources at Mammoth, Canyon, and Northeast Entrance will be available to the Contractor for dust control, moisture conditioning, compaction, and other construction operations. If available, please identify connection/fill locations, access restrictions, metering requirements, and applicable fees. If NPS water is not available, please confirm that the Contractor is responsible for independently sourcing and transporting all construction water. | NPS will make 10,000 gallons per day available to the Contractor for free at select hydrants in Mammoth and Canyon, for project use. Contractor must use a backflow preventer when taking water from the hydrants, and the park reserves the right to require Contractor-provided metering if it looks like the limit is being approached or exceeded. Water will not be made available at Northeast Entrance. | |
| 9/2/26 | 15 | 3 | The solicitation requires the Product Binder submitted with the proposal to include manufacturer, make/model, product information, and high-quality representations of finishes and colors for the identified product categories. The solicitation further indicates that the products identified in the Product Binder establish characteristics the Offeror commits to provide if awarded. The level of product-specific information requested appears similar to information typically developed and reviewed through the post-award product submittal process. Please clarify why this level of product submittal information is required from Offerors prior to contract award and whether NPS intends the Product Binder to function as a pre-award product submittal package. If the intent is instead to evaluate the proposed quality, performance, appearance, durability, and overall technical approach, please confirm whether Offerors may provide representative or basis-of-design products and finishes sufficient to demonstrate those attributes, with final manufacturer, make/model, finish/color selections, and complete product data submitted through the required post-award submittal process. |
If final product selections are required at proposal submission, please confirm that those selections are intended to constitute the Offeror's contractual product commitment upon award.
| Binder is intended to communicate the proposed quality, performance, appearance and durability of the listed materials for evaluation purposes AND to establish a minimum level of quality. Item descriptions in the binder will be seen as contractually-binding quality baselines. | |||||
| 8/27/26 | 16 | 2 | Can key personnel be dual hatted? | Yes, only the SSHO and QC key personnel positions can serve in a dual hat capacity. As the work may involve concurrent construction activities, the contractor shall ensure that appropriate key personnel are on site at the various locations during the performance of the work. This may entail multiple individuals serving in these roles. | |
| 8/27/26 | 17 | 2 | The solicitation package indicates RV camp pricing shall these costs be included in cost proposal? | No, these costs are paid directly to the Park and are included in the solicitation for informational purposes only. | |
| 8/27/26 | 18 | 3 | Section L states pre-proposal questions shall be submitted a minimum of seven (7) days prior to the due date and time for proposals; however, the Pre-Proposal Conference presentation identifies September 3, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. MT as the deadline for questions. Please confirm the official deadline for submission of all pre-proposal questions. | All questions shall be received by September 3, 2026 | |
| 8/27/26 | 19 | 3 | The Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) included as Attachment 6 appears to have been provided as a flattened/non-fillable form. Because offerors are required to forward the PPQ to client references for completion and submission to the Government, will the Government please provide an editable/fillable version of the PPQ to allow offerors and client references to complete the required fields and rating selections electronically? | Fillable form is attached. | |
| 9/2/26 | 20 | 3 | C2.11 | Sheet C2.11 Shows the Laydown and Concrete Washout in the parking lot to the North (Rec Center). That area is currently asphalt. Can you confirm if it is intended that the area would be repaved following construction? | Contractor is responsible for removing all un-needed concrete material from the project site after completion of the work, at no additional cost to the Government. If this requires re-paving, the Contractor would be responsible for those costs. |
| 9/2/26 | 21 | 3 | C2.11 | Sheet C2.11 indicates that the existing 8" sanitary be grouted entirely but it is a little unclear the full length. Can you confirm the length and also confirm if full removal of that section would also be acceptable? | Pipe is approximately 300 feet in length. Contractor may choose to remove of all or some of this pipe and dispose of it off-site, at no additional cost to the Government. All portions of the pipe that remains must be grouted. |
| 9/2/26 | 22 | 3 | 19-24 | Can you provide cut and fill data for each site or sheets 19-24 | An estimate of cut-and-fill quantities for each of the locations has been attached to this solicitation amendment. This information is unverified by the Government and is being provided as a courtesy to the offerors, if they choose to use it. The Government is not responsible for the accuracy of this information. Use at your own risk. |
| 9/2/26 | 23 | 3 | Will the Contractor be responsible for coordinating with RV campers at the Canyon site that will have to be moved to allow installation of the new water and sewer mains shown on Sheet C5.04? | If the Contractor chooses to take advantage of the RV sites made available at 01 11 00, Paragraph 1.6.G, they will be assigned the RV sites that will be impacted by construction. If not, the NPS will be responsible for coordinating with the campers to make the area available for construction, based on schedule updates provided by the Contractor. | |
| 9/2/26 | 24 | 3 | Regarding finishings in the modular homes (ie. Fixtures etc.) does anything with the Buy America Act apply? We had heard rumors on past projects that this was something that was a priority so we just wanted to verify if that would be something to consider for the homes. | This solicitation includes 52.225-11 BUY AMERICAN – CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS UNDER TRADE AGREEMENTS (Nov 2023) and this clause must be adhered to in any subsequent contract | |
| 25 | Are there any other staging/lay down areas that may be available for use to stage the modular sections ahead of time that are relatively close to each of the construction sites that are not included in these documents? This may help with pricing; it would allow us to feed the crane more effectively while setting the homes with less down time. | The Government cannot commit to any additional staging or laydown areas at this time. We will work with the contractor and the park to allow for temporary road closures allowing for efficient use of the cranes, but cannot commit to anything specific at this time. | |||
| 26 | Is it ok to trade all thrust block for mega lugs? | ||||
| 27 | For utilities can either or any of these products be used: Muller, Kennedy, Mega Lug? | ||||
| 28 | Once we have gotten to good soil will native scarfing be ok for sub-base? | ||||
| 29 | Is 3" Select Road mix ok for fill and/or sub-base material? | ||||
| 30 | Is P208 road mix ok for final base material? | ||||
| 31 | There is detail for the curb on civil drawings, but curbing is not shown on any plans. Is the asphalt top of sidewalk ok and there is no curb? | ||||
| 32 | Mammoth – Northwestern Energy design/release, transformer schedule, and grounding demarcation - Please confirm the current Northwestern Energy design/release status for the Mammoth electrical service shown on E1-E2, including the two pad-mounted transformers, anticipated equipment lead times, required Contractor site-readiness milestones, inspections, and planned energization sequence. Please also confirm whether Northwestern Energy or the Contractor is responsible for furnishing and installing grounding electrodes, grounding connectors, and bonding associated with the two transformer/power-vault locations. | ||||
| 33 | Mammoth – Secondary point of delivery, stub-up, and utility testing - Please confirm the exact Northwestern Energy point of delivery and responsibility for the four Mammoth secondary services, including who establishes/provides final service conduit stub-up geometry and the required timing relative to foundation completion and modular-unit setting. Please also confirm that Northwestern Energy performs testing and acceptance of utility owned primary and secondary conductors, transformers and associated utility equipment with the contractor responsible for contractor furnished site electrical work and overall startup coordination. | ||||
| 34 | Canyon-Transformer/LBC4 furnishing, release and lead times - Please confirm the serving-utility/NPS scope for the Canyon primary distribution system shown on E4-E6 specifically whether Northwestern Energy furnishes and installs all six pad mounted transformers and both 1PH LBC4 utility junction enclosures. Please identify required cfontractor release dates and site readiness milestones, current anticipated lead times, paid/vault interface requirements, and the planned inspection and energization sequence. This issue remains open in our current utility scope reconciliation. | ||||
| 35 | Canyon-Transformer/LBC4 grounding and utility testing. Please confirm whether Northwestern Energy or the Contractor furnishes and installs ground electrodes, grounding conductors, and bonding at each Canyon transformer/power vault location and the two LBC4 utility junction enclosures. Please confirm that Northwestern Energy performs testing and aceptance of utility owned primary and secondary conductors, transformers, LBC4 equipment and other utility owned equipment with the contractor responsible for contractor furnished site electrical work and startup coordination. | ||||
| 36 | Canyon-Secondary Service point of delivery/stub up - Please confirm the exact Northwestern Energy point of delivery and responsibility for the ten Canyon secondary services, including who establishes/provides final service conduit stub up geometry at each residence and the required timing relative to foundation completion and modular unit setting. | ||||
| 37 | Northeast Entrance - Flathead primary equipment/vault scope demarcation - Please confirm the complete Flathead Electric/Contractor scope for the Northeast Entrance primary system shown on E3, including who furnishes and installs the new pad mounted transformer, new three-phase primary valut/pad mount transformer lid, primary pulling vault, primary condut and conductors, and rigid steel sweep/riser at the existing utility pole/transformer vault interface. | ||||
| 38 | Northeast Entrance - Flathead connection charges, design status and lead times - because the contractor is responsible for Northeast Entrance temporary and permanent Flathead Electric connection charges, please provide any current Flathead Electric service application, utility design, budget/estimate, authorization, or other connection charge information available for this project. Please also confirm expected utility design/release timing, transformer/equipment lead times, site readiness milestones and energization sequence. | ||||
| 39 | Northeast Entrance - Flathead grounding and utility testing demarcation - Please confirm whether Flathead Electric or the Contractor furnishes and installs grounding electrodes, ground conductors, and bonding at the new primary vault/pad mounted transformer location, primary pulling vault and existing utility transformer vault/pole interface. Please also confirm which primary and secondary conductors, transformer/vault equipment, and utility interfaces are tested and accepted by Flathead Electric versus the Contracting, includidng responsibility for final energization and documentation required for NPS acceptance. | ||||
| 40 | Northeast Entrance - Secondary Service Point of Delivery/Stub Up - Please confirm the exact Flathead Electric point of delivery and responsibility for the two Northeast Entrance residence secondary services, including who furnishes/installs the service conduit and conductors, who established final service stup up geometry and the required timing relative to foundation completion and modular unit setting. | ||||
| 41 | All Sites - Permanent Telecom Provide Scope, Fees, and Demarcation - Please confirm the required permanent telecom service scope at Mammoth, Canyon and Northeast Entrance, including the serving provider at each site, required point of demarcation, whether provider-furnished cable/fiber/electronics are included by the provided and whether any permanent provider connection or service charges are Contractor costs. For Northeast Entrance, please also confirm whether a new communications vault/handhole is required in addition to the existing telecom pedestal shown on E3. | ||||
| 42 | All Sites - Environmental/Biological Surveys and Resource Delineations - Please confirm whether all required preconstruction environmental and biological surveys, protected species surveys, wetland delineations, and similar resource invetigations necessary to establish approved construction limits have been completed by NPS. If additional surveys, monitoring, delineation, or environmental consultant services are the Contractor's responsibility, please identify the required scope by site. |
| 43 | Placeholder for adding information about anticipated road closures during construction. | Question in to YELL staff on 9/1 | ||
| 44 | ||||
| 45 | It was said during the site walk-through that Contractors would be required to develop their own water system flow and pressure data. Is that now a requirement? | Lawrence should be able to answer this one. | ||
| 46 | FAR 52.219-14(f) has two unchecked boxes. Which compliance period applies? | As this is an individual contract award (not an order under a Task Order Contract) - the following is applicable: "by the end of the base term of the contract and then by the end of each subsequent option period." | ||
| 47 | SF 1442 Block 10(f) stated the requirement is unfunded with "high expectation" of funding. Confirm the funding outlook and whether the 90-day minimum acceptance period may be extended. | The 90-day acceptance period is sufficient. | ||
| 48 | Confirm the bid guarantee is the $3,000,000 cap rather than 20% of the proposed price? | As per FAR 52.228-1 - Bid Guarantee - "The amount of the bid guarantee shall be 20 percent of the bid price or $3,000,000, whichever is less." | ||
| 49 | Under FAR 52.225-11 is a complete modular unit evaluated as single pre-assembled construction material or component by component for domestic content? If component level - will NPS entertain pre-award determinations for appliances and heat pumps? | It is a component by component construction materials as is typical in the construction industry. No | ||
| 50 | Does FAR 52.222-5 extend David Bacon coverage to the modular manufacturing plant as a secondary site of the work? | Yes | ||
| 51 | Spec 01 27 -- states the six modular unit CLINs are measured and paid PER UNIT, Section B lists all nine CLINs as LS with totalprice only. Issue a corrected Section B and confirm whether the unit CLINs should carry quantities and unit prices | |||
| 52 | Spec 01 27 00; Section B | Spec 01 27 00 orders CLINs 0004-0006 as Northeast Entrance and 0007-0009 as Mammoth, the reverse of Section B. Confirm the correct assignment by amendment. | ||
| 53 | Spec 01 27 00; Section B | Define the CLIN boundary between "Site Improvements" and the modular unit CLINs for: foundations, crawlspace, anchor rods, utility laterals from main to unit, site concrete (walks, stoops, pads), the four Mammoth garages, and the twelve 2BR decks. Section M warns on unbalanced pricing under FAR 15.404-1(g); offerors need this in writing before allocating. | ||
| 54 | Section B; Section M(3)(c); Spec 01 27 00; Dwg S101/S201 | Is a classified rock and trench rock unit price being added to Section B, or is 100% of rock risk carried in the lump sum? Spec 31 23 00 defines Rock and Trench Rock in full (D-8 with 50,000 lb breakout, CAT 320 with RR bucket, 6-inch over-excavation allowance, 35% volume reduction) but no rock pay item exists in Section B or 01 27 00. Note that the project's own erosion control detail concedes shallow bedrock: C7.01 detail 1 note 3 directs gravel bags over wattles where stakes cannot be used due to bedrock. If no pay item is added, the 31 23 00 measurement provisions serve no purpose and should be struck. | ||
| 55 | Spec 31 23 00; Section B; Spec 01 27 00; Dwg C7.01 det 1 note 3 | Every Canyon sanitary manhole is set at or below the depth at which the only Canyon boring hit auger refusal. Rim-to-invert: SSMH 1 9.82 ft, SSMH 2 9.44, SSMH 3 9.67, SSMH 4 9.41, SSMH 5 9.46, SSMH 6 9.48. Terracon boring B-05 encountered severely to completely weathered bedrock at 9.1 ft with auger refusal at 50 blows per inch. State the anticipated rock quantity for the Canyon utility trenches or add a unit price. The Amendment 3 Canyon Project Report adds no subsurface data. It states only that the sanitary lines will have depths of cover over 6 feet in all locations, and it does not address rock. This question is unchanged. | ||
| 56 | Dwg C5.05 (29); C5.06 (30); Att. 1A App. D | Blasting is prohibited; only ripping, hydraulic hammer, or expansive grout with CO approval. Confirm expansive grout is pre-approved for trench rock and state the approval turnaround. | ||
| 57 | Spec 31 23 00; Spec 01 11 00 | Spec 31 23 00 excludes hardpan, loose rock, and boulders from classified rock, yet the NE Entrance boring logged large cobbles and boulders and the drawing legend maps boulders as an existing site feature. How is boulder and oversize removal compensated? | ||
| 58 | Spec 31 23 00; Att. 1A App. D; Dwg C5.03; C1.03 legend | NE Entrance sanitary trenches run 10.87 to 11.10 ft deep (SSMH-D3 11.10, SSMH-D2 10.87) in alluvial sand and gravel with large cobbles and boulders above rhyolite bedrock at 14.1 ft. Confirm the anticipated excavation classification and shoring basis. | ||
| 59 | Dwg C5.03 (27); Att. 1A App. D | Mammoth sanitary trench depths sit at the measured groundwater table: SSMH 1 and SSMH 2 are each 8.67 ft rim to invert, and the 1989 Braun report recorded groundwater at 8.3 to 14.8 ft in three of four borings. S001 general note 14 states the contractor shall be solely responsible for any required dewatering of the site during construction, with no pay item and no reference to differing site conditions, and Spec 31 23 19 likewise carries no pay item. Confirm whether NPS considers groundwater above design invert a compensable differing site condition notwithstanding note 14, and identify where dewatering discharge is permitted in a hydrothermal area. | ||
| 60 | Dwg C5.02 (26); Dwg S001 note 14; Att. 1A App. E; Spec 31 23 19 | Mammoth alluvium at 5-9 blows per foot will not support 2,500 psf without over-excavation and structural fill, and no over-excavation or subgrade improvement detail appears in the set. Is over-excavation anticipated and how is it paid? | ||
| 61 | Att. 1A App. E; Dwg S500/S501 | Which report is the geotechnical basis of design? S001 cites a McGettigan Consulting report, project 15000701, available for review at the architect's office and included in none of the appendices. Will it be issued? Is the 1,500 psf allowable bearing on S001 deliberate conservatism or a carryover, given Terracon reports 2,500 psf continuous and 3,000 psf isolated? | ||
| 62 | Dwg S001; Att. 1A App. C, D, E | Both Terracon borings were drilled for a different project (YELL 309913 Predesign Services), one boring per site. The Mammoth report is dated 02/22/1989 for a proposed four-plex. Will NPS commission a current investigation, or grant reliance on these reports as the FAR 52.236-2 baseline, notwithstanding Spec 01 11 00 para 1.13 stating they are not Contract Documents? | ||
| 63 | Spec 01 11 00 para 1.13; FAR 52.236-2; Att. 1A App. C, D, E | Confirm the basis for hauling excess excavation and green waste offsite, and whether material may be balanced between sites. Amendment 3 Q&A 11 states the Government maintains salvage pits within 10 miles of Canyon and Mammoth but directs offerors not to rely on being able to dispose of any materials in them, and Q&A 12 states there is no Government-owned disposal area for slash, stumps, brush or green waste and that offerors are responsible for locating legal offsite disposal and the associated hauling and disposal costs. Against the Amendment 3 cut and fill estimate this is approximately 3,232 CY of net export from Mammoth and NE Entrance plus all cleared vegetation, hauled out of the park. Confirm: (a) whether NPS will identify any receiving location, even conditionally, so offerors price on a common basis; (b) whether Mammoth and NE Entrance export may be hauled to Canyon Village and used as the imported fill required there, which would substantially reduce total haul; and (c) whether the felled trees, including the 60 five-needle pine at Canyon, are NPS property to be retained or contractor waste to be disposed. | All materials will need to be hauled outside of the park. | |
| 64 | Amd 3 Q&A 11, 12, 22; Att. cut and fill estimate; Dwg C2.11-C2.13 | Confirm the status of the Amendment 3 cut and fill estimate. The estimate provides Mammoth 1,717.41 CY cut / 422.63 CY fill / 1,294.79 CY net export; NE Entrance 2,293.67 CY cut / 356.95 CY fill / 1,936.71 CY net export; and Canyon 1,880.10 CY cut / 3,699.95 CY fill / 1,819.86 CY net import, expressly outside the building envelope, excluding foundation excavation, and excluding asphalt, concrete, base and subbase. The transmittal states the information is unverified, provided as a courtesy, and that the Government is not responsible for its accuracy. Confirm whether an offeror who prices on these quantities carries the variance, or whether a material difference between the estimate and the as-built quantity is a compensable change. Also confirm whether foundation excavation and the pavement section quantities are to be added to these figures or are already reflected in the site CLINs. | ||
| 65 | Amd 3 Q&A 22; Att. estimated cut and fill quantities | Provide the measured static and residual pressure at NE Entrance. The Canyon Village and Mammoth Project Reports were received with Amendment 0003 and both report field hydrant testing with EPANET results: Canyon service nodes model 55.14 to 66.23 psi with 32.36 psi residual at 1,000 gpm, and Mammoth service nodes model 87.03 to 100.19 psi with 33.90 psi (M1) and 23.26 psi (M3) residual at 1,000 gpm. The NE Entrance Project Report gives demands only and reports no measured pressure, so NE Entrance service pressure, PRV count and meter loss remain unpriceable. Provide the NE Entrance hydrant test data and modeled service-node pressures. | ||
| 66 | Amd 3 Canyon Project Report Sec 4.1-4.2, App. C; Amd 3 Mammoth Project Report Sec 4.1-4.2, App. C; Amd 3 NE Entrance Project Report; Amd 3 Q&A 8 | Issue the current Park-inspected gravel pit list. The attached list is 2024-2025 with expirations near 10/1/25 and the nearest PASSED pits are in Livingston, MT. Confirm which pits will be valid in the 2027 and 2028 seasons and whether recertification of a closer pit is available and at whose cost. Note the imported aggregate demand is now quantified: 12 in Class A sub-base under all roadway and parking, 10 in crushed base under all pavement trench restoration, and non-frost-susceptible fill under the garage slabs per Q100. | The pits identified are those which are currently approved for use within the Park. This list is updated annually and as such, will be updated on its regular review schedule. If the contractor wishes to utilize a different pit than those identified, the contractor must submit the recertification request and all costs for such are borne by the contractor. | |
| 67 | Spec 01 71 13; pit list; Dwg C7.02 det 3; C7.07 det 4; S001 note 20 | Is on-site concrete batching permitted at any of the three locations? If not, will NPS grant relief from the ASTM C94 90-minute discharge limit given haul times from Gardiner, Cody, and Cooke City? | ||
| 68 | Spec 03 30 00 | Can foundations be placed in fall 2026 or early season ahead of module delivery, or does the road-closure window force all work into a single season? | Foundations can be placed in Fall 2026, based upon weather conditions and means/methods to be employed by the contractor. The Government makes no guarantees in relation to weather events which would preclude safe working conditions. | |
| 69 | Section F; Spec 01 11 00 | The Mammoth MA 3356 connection invert conflicts between plan and profile. Plan callout: STA 23+83.51, INV 6025.22. Profile invert table: new 8" IN at 6021.86, a 3.36 ft discrepancy. The profile figure closes arithmetically (SSMH 2 OUT 6025.31 less 173 LF at 2.00%) but places the new main 2.91 ft below the existing 18" outlet invert of 6024.77. If the plan's 6025.22 is correct, the reach runs at approximately 0.05%. Provide the governing invert and a corrected profile. Answer together with Q26 and note the Q85 sequencing constraint. | ||
| 70 | Dwg C5.02 (sheet 26) | Mammoth SSMH 2 shows INV 8" IN and INV 8" OUT both at 6025.31 - no drop across the structure. C7.05 detail 5 note 1 requires drop across invert to be greater than or equal to the slope of the adjacent sewer, and every Canyon manhole carries a 0.10 ft drop. Confirm intent or provide corrected inverts. Same reach as Q25. | ||
| 71 | Dwg C5.02 (26); Dwg C7.05 det 5 note 1 | Mammoth SSMH 1 requires a drop connection that is not detailed. The existing 8" VCP enters at INV 6035.89 and the outlet is 6032.59, a 3.30 ft drop inside the structure. C7.01 through C7.07 contain no drop-manhole detail; C7.05 detail 5 addresses drop across invert only. Provide an inside or outside drop detail. | ||
| 72 | Dwg C5.02 (26); Dwg C7.05, C7.06 | "12.25 degree bend" is called out twice, at STA 101+28.58 and 103+60.05. Standard AWWA C900 deflection fittings are 11.25 and 22.5 degrees. Confirm the correct fitting. | ||
| 73 | Dwg C5.05 (sheet 29) | EX SSMH CA2078 (STA 100+64.53, OFF 40.57' L) and EX SSMH CA2205 (STA 100+31.06, OFF 95.28' R) are both shown at RIM 7946.90. Confirm the correct rim elevations. Separately, no work is called out at either structure - state whether the existing 6" VCP services tied to them are abandoned, reconnected, or left in service. | ||
| 74 | Dwg C5.05 (29); C2.13 / sheet 11 | Confirm the set as issued is the bid set and no revision is pending. The C5 sheets carry PE seals yet retain the preliminary stamp, issue dates within Rev 0 range from 06/18/2026 to 06/26/2026 with plot dates to 07/22/2026, several architectural sheets carry two dates (A005B, A101B, A200B, A610B show 05/28/25 alongside 06/12/2026; A901B shows 07/23/25), and A901C carries a duplicate sheet number (shown as both 76 and 77 of 94, with a stray "D") and lists "Designer" rather than an initial in the Designed field. Provide a corrected sheet index and confirm the total sheet count. The unit electrical sheets E101A, E101C and E101D are dated 06/12/2026 and E101B is dated 05/28/25 under PMIS 326141A/326104, and all four carry the PRELIMINARY NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION stamp, while site electrical sheets E6 through E10 carry live professional engineer seals - Wyoming on E6, E7, E9 and E10 and Montana on E8 - and carry no stamp. | The Construction Drawings dated August 18, 2026 issued as Part of Amendment 2 are the 100% final construction documents to be utilized for construction purposes. The Construction Specifications dated August 2026 issued as part of Amendment 2 are the 100% final construction documents to be utilized for construction. | |
| 75 | Cover sheet; A901B (76); A901C; C5.01-C5.09 title blocks | The complete set is stamped "100% DRAFT CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS - NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION" on the cover sheet dated June 18, 2026, the Quality Design Certification block on the cover is entirely blank (no box checked, no Project Manager signature, no date), and every architectural sheet carries "PRELIMINARY - NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION. Not for permits, pricing or other official purposes." A firm fixed price is nonetheless required. Amendment 3 Q&A 7 further confirms that electronic CAD files will be provided only after contract award, so no quantity in this set can be verified against the design model before the price is committed. Either issue a certified, signed and sealed CD set by amendment, or confirm the offeror is entitled to equitable adjustment for changes between this set and the eventual construction set. Note also that S001 note 7 places site positioning and project datum on the architectural drawings, which are reference-only under Spec 13 34 26, and A000 states the set is a conformance set illustrating design intent only. The Amendment 3 Project Reports show the same pattern. The Mammoth Project Report is dated July 21, 2026 on its cover but carries a sign-off block dated 6/18/2026 identical to the Canyon report's, and the Canyon report Sec 5.1 states the project includes no additional storage capacity for the Town of Mammoth, which is text carried over from the Mammoth report. | Please refer to Amendment 2 which provides for the final "for construction" construction drawings and construction specifications and question 74 response denoted above. | |
| Cover sheet (sheet 1); A000 (51); all A/P/E unit sheets; S001 note 7 | Confirm how quantity variance is treated where the drawings cannot be verified before award. Amendment 3 Q&A 7 states that electronic CAD files, existing topographic survey and proposed grading surfaces will be provided only after contract award. Q&A 10 directs offerors to consider the Construction Drawings accurate as drawn and price accordingly. Several quantities material to this scope are stated only as areas, are given without lengths, or must be scaled or interpolated - including the C5.04 water main with no length or profile, roughly fifteen services without lengths, demolition given in area with no depth, the Canyon earthen ditch with no cross section, and the culvert cover at SD Line J. Confirm that a variance between the drawings as priced and the design model furnished after award is a compensable change, or issue the CAD files to all offerors before the proposal date. | The CLIN's are being bid as lump sump therefore, no modifications will be made after award for any variances in quantities. | ||
| 76 | Amd 3 Q&A 7, 10; Dwg S001 note 6 | No profile and no length are provided for the Canyon 8" water main on C5.04. Note 1 states no survey was completed outside the shown contours, utilities are to be field fit, and no design profile will be provided, while note 3 still requires 6 ft minimum cover. The C4 grading series begins at Badger Rd 100+00 and does not cover this run. S001 note 6 directs that scaled dimensions not be used and only written dimensions be relied on, and none are given. Provide a design profile and length, or confirm in writing that depth and quantity variance from field-fit staking is a compensable change. The Amendment 3 Canyon Project Report Sec 1.0 and Sec 5.0 now state approximately 1,460 LF of 8-inch AWWA C900 DR18 main, a single air release valve at the high point, gate valve spacing no greater than 500 ft, a terminal fire hydrant, and a connection point adjacent to the existing maintenance facilities approximately 650 feet south of the proposed units. Confirm the 1,460 LF governs, that the 650-foot lead-in is included within it, and provide the profile, which the report does not contain. | ||
| 77 | Dwg C5.04 (28) note 1; Dwg S001 note 6 | Provide the sanitary profile for the 312 LF reach from CA2092 to STA 100+00. The reach is dimensioned by length and slope but roughly 180 LF falls outside the C5.05 profile grid, on the sheet that disclaims profiles. | ||
| 78 | Dwg C5.04 / C5.05 (28-29) | State the size, material, and pressure class of the existing water main at the C5.04 tie-in, labeled only "EX WATER," and confirm whether a live tap is required or a shutdown is permitted within the 12-hour May-September cap. | ||
| 79 | Dwg C5.04 (28); Spec 01 11 00 | Provide the stations at each site where cover over water services and force mains falls below 5.5 ft, so insulation board can be quantified. C7.06 detail 3 now gives the geometry - high-density XPS per ASTM C578 Type IV, 4 in minimum composite thickness, extending 4 ft either side of pipe centerline where cover is under 3.5 ft and 3 ft either side where cover is 3.5 to 5.5 ft, no rock over 3 in within 6 in of board - so the item is priceable per linear foot once the footage is known. Note the detail's 5.5 ft trigger against plan notes requiring 6 ft of cover: the details concede the design does not achieve cover somewhere. | ||
| 80 | Dwg C7.06 det 3; C5.01 (25); C5.02 (26); C5.03 (27) | Manhole diameter is unspecified for eight of eleven structures - only Mammoth SSMH 1/2 and Canyon CA2092 are called out as 48 in. Provide diameter for Canyon SSMH 1-6 (9.4 to 9.8 ft deep) and NE SSMH-D2/D3 (10.9 to 11.1 ft). Separately, C7.05 detail 5 is the only manhole detail in the set and it is a FLATTOP with depth shown as varies; there is no cone or eccentric-top detail. Confirm flattop construction is intended at these depths. The Amendment 3 Canyon Project Report Sec 7.1 and 7.3 confirm all six Canyon manholes are 48-inch (4-foot) precast reinforced concrete with monolithic base, and the Mammoth Project Report Sec 7.1 and 7.3 confirm two 48-inch precast flattop manholes. This question is reduced to NE Entrance SSMH-D2 and SSMH-D3 (10.9 to 11.1 ft deep). | ||
| 81 | Dwg C5.03 (27); C5.05 (29); C5.06 (30); C7.05 det 5 | Approximately fifteen water and sanitary services carry station ties but no lengths. Only Mammoth Building 1 is dimensioned (167 LF 2" HDPE, 82 LF 2" PVC force main, 13 LF 4" gravity). The Amendment 3 NE Entrance Project Report states that each unit requires approximately 150 LF of service line from the main, which supplies the NE Entrance figure. Provide the equivalent length per unit for Mammoth and Canyon, noting that S001 note 6 directs that scaled dimensions not be used. The Amendment 3 Project Reports now supply several of these: Canyon water services approximately 50 to 80 LF each (10 ea), Canyon sanitary services approximately 35 LF each (10 ea), Mammoth water services approximately 35 LF each (4 ea), Mammoth sanitary services approximately 35 LF (3 ea gravity), and the Mammoth Building 1 force service at 82 LF of 2-inch plus 13 LF of 4-inch gravity. Confirm these report lengths govern over the undimensioned station ties on the C5 sheets, and provide the remaining NE Entrance service lengths. | ||
| 82 | Dwg C5.01-C5.03, C5.05, C5.06; Dwg S001 note 6 | Potholing is mandated on every plan and profile sheet with no quantity, and civil note 23 bars trenching until utility locations are confirmed by the owning utilities. Provide an anticipated pothole count per site. | ||
| 83 | Dwg C5.02-C5.06, C5.09; C1.03 note 23 | Mammoth Building 1 grinder pump: confirm scope, CLIN, and interface. C7.06 detail 4 fully specifies the equipment as contractor-furnished (Zoeller simplex 48 in by 120 in grinder package with M803 or approved equal, 3/4 HP, fiberglass wet well basin, guide rails and base elbow rail system, check and shut-off valves, quick disconnects, 302 stainless fasteners, bolted fiberglass cover, float tree, control panel with HOA switch, elapsed time meter and cycle counter), and it appears on the civil details rather than in the delegated package. Confirm which CLIN carries it; note 2 sends wet well location to the architectural and structural plans, which are reference-only; and Division 26 covers only Site Electrical, leaving the power feed to the control panel unassigned. | ||
| 84 | Dwg C7.06 det 4; C5.01 (25) note 3; Dwg S501 det 14; Spec 13 34 26; Div 22, 26 | Coring into MA 3356 and SSMH-D1 subjects both existing structures to the same leak testing and acceptance requirements as new manholes. If an existing structure fails, is rehabilitation or replacement a contract change? | Per FAR 52.236-9- Protection of Existing Vegetation, Structures, Equipment, Utilities and Improvements(b) "he Contractor shall protect from damage all existing improvements and utilities (1)at or near the work site, and (2)on adjacent property of a third party, the locations of which are made known to or should be known by the Contractor. The Contractor shall repair any damage to those facilities, including those that are the property of a third party, resulting from failure to comply with the requirements of this contract or failure to exercise reasonable care in performing the work. If the Contractor fails or refuses to repair the damage promptly, the Contracting Officer may have the necessary work performed and charge the cost to the Contractor." | |
| 85 | Dwg C5.02 note 7; C5.03 note 4 | NE Entrance manholes cannot be ordered until post-award verification of existing inverts in SSMH-D1, yet the 188 LF profile is already pinned to INV 7389.30. Confirm the schedule assumption and that a differing invert carries time and cost relief. | ||
| 86 | Dwg C5.03 (27) note 2 | All three culverts fail the minimum cover requirement in the project's own culvert detail when the specified pavement section is applied. C7.07 detail 1 note 2 requires 12 in cover to the bottom of the pavement structural section; C7.02 detail 3 makes that section 19 in (3" HMA + 4" Class E + 12" Class A), so 31 in to finished grade is required. SD LINE J: C4.04 gives ends at STA 101+86.34/OFF 17.977/INV 7938.06 and STA 102+05.78/OFF -22.607/INV 7938.45 (geometry yields 45.0 LF, matching C5.09); centerline invert interpolates to 7938.23, top of pipe approx 7940.15 against centerline low point 7940.95 - about 0.80 ft, roughly 9.6 in. The pipe occupies the sub-base. SD LINE K: centerline invert 7950.45, top of pipe approx 7952.37 against BVC 7954.63 - about 27.1 in, roughly 4 in short. SD LINE R at NE Entrance also appears short. Confirm whether the road profile is raised, the culverts lowered, or a reduced pavement section is permitted at the crossings. | ||
| 87 | Dwg C4.04 (22); C4.06 (24); C5.08 (32); C5.09 (33); C7.07 det 1; C7.02 det 3 | The unit schedule is now fully defined by the C3 sheets and does not match the Categorical Exclusion. Mammoth: Buildings 1-4, all 3 bedroom, each with a garage, Building 3 ABAAS. Canyon: Buildings 1-10, 2 bedroom, Building 2 ABAAS. NE Entrance: Buildings 1-2, 2 bedroom, Building 1 ABAAS. Sixteen units, three ABAAS, reconciling to Section C and the nine-CLIN structure. Appendix A describes only two 2-bedroom units at Mammoth with no garages. Confirm NEPA coverage extends to four 3-bedroom units with attached garages at Mammoth, and identify the covering decision document if it is not Appendix A. | ||
| 88 | Dwg C3.01 (13); C3.02 (14); C3.03 (15); C3.04-C3.06 (16-18); Att. 1A App. A; Section C | Confirm the USACE Nationwide Permit covers the SD Line J outfall and its 402 SF Class 1 riprap apron adjacent to mapped wetlands, identify who holds the permit, and state whether any in-water work window applies. C2.13 directs protecting existing wetlands "outside of improvement areas" twice, which concedes impact to wetlands inside the improvement areas. | ||
| 89 | Dwg C5.09 (33); C2.13 (11); C3.04 (16); Spec 01 11 00 | Are as-builts available for existing utilities at all three government areas, what is their stated accuracy, and will NPS accept responsibility for undisclosed or mislocated lines beyond the "truly unknown utility" provision? | There are no as builts for these areas. No the NPS will not accept responsbility for undisclosed and/or mislocated lines beyond the "truly unknown utility" provision. | |
| 90 | Dwg C1.03 note 23; C2.11-C2.13 note 2; Spec 01 11 00 | Is there any known contamination, asbestos-cement pipe, or lead in existing utilities to be removed? | Unknown | |
| 91 | Dwg C2.11-C2.13 | Confirm the fire suppression water supply basis. All 16 units receive NFPA 13D interior sprinklers per A001 notes F1-F8 and the red note on A101A, A101B, A102C and A102D, yet Canyon shows a single fire hydrant on a dead-end 8 in main terminating at a cap at STA 108+28.90 serving ten sprinklered buildings, and neither Mammoth nor NE Entrance shows a new hydrant. The Amendment 3 NE Entrance Project Report establishes a 1,000 gpm one-hour site fire flow and a 150 gpm automatic suppression demand, and states that the 2 in HDPE service is a combined domestic and fire suppression connection with no additional hydrants at that site. Provide the equivalent basis for Canyon and Mammoth, the hydrant count, and confirm the existing mains can support both domestic and sprinkler demand. |
This is the start of the file's text. The full file is on GovTribe.
File details come from the government source that posted it. Updated .