B09_Amendment_3_Questions_and_Answers_0003.pdf

11/11/2024

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8/27/2026 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.

8/27/2026 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

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8/27/2026 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

8/27/2026 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

8/27/2026 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.

8/27/2026 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.

8/27/2026 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

9/2/2026 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.

9/2/2026 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.

9/2/2026 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.

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9/2/2026 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.

9/2/2026 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.

9/2/2026 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.

9/2/2026 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.

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9/2/2026 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.

8/27/2026 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.

8/27/2026 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.

8/27/2026 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

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8/27/2026 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.

9/2/2026 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.

9/2/2026 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.

9/2/2026 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.

9/2/2026 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.

9/2/2026 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

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.

This question will be answered in a future amendment.