Attchmt 7_Pre-Solicitation Site Visit Notes.pdf

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This document outlines a request for proposals for asphalt paving services on the Hurricane Hill Trail located in Olympic National Park, Washington. The National Park Service seeks a contractor to place new 2-inch thick asphalt concrete over a prepared base along 1.6 miles of the trail between July 6 and September 3, 2020. An optional section for ADA improvements from Station 1+00 to 23+50 is also included. Interested small businesses may submit a fixed-price proposal, as this project is set aside totally for small businesses with an estimated value between $250,000 and $500,000. Additional details provided include specifications on grading, paving widths, asphalt depths, and a pre-solicitation site visit. All questions must be directed to the contracting officer by email, referencing the solicitation number.

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Solicitation (RFP) No. 140P8320R0001 – Attachment no. 7

Hurricane Hill Trail Asphalt Paving, OLYM

Hurricane Hill Trail Asphalt Paving

Pre-Solicitation Site Visit

September 16, 2019

The site visit was held for this paving project prior to the solicitation being issued because the site will be inaccessible and under snow for approximately 6 months. It is hoped that the snow will melt by late June so that the work can be accomplished between July 6th to September 3rd, 2020.

A Special Notice was publicized in FedBizOpps on August 15, 2019, that announced the site visit and provided date, time, location information. Attendees met at the Hurricane Ridge Visitor

Center at 1pm. They included:

Pam Griffin, MABO *Contracting Officer

Lisa Turecek, OLYM Chief of Maint

Zach Gray, OLYM Trails Supervisor

Brad Mettler, OLYM Engineering Tech

Pete Connor, OLYM Trail Crew

Dave Coyner, Quality Asphalt Services

Chase Looker, Asphalt Patch Systems

Questions & Answers from the site visit discussion:

Q: The road base is wider than 8’ in many places. How much will be paved?

A: The NPS will have the base down – pave no wider than 8’. Pave right up to the rock walls and between the rocks – will need to be hand tamped.

Q: What is the required asphalt depth?

A: 2 inches

Q: What is the total length of trail to be paved?

A: 1.6 miles

Q: Where is the nearest hot asphalt plant?

A: Port Angeles

Q: What is the estimated total number of days needed to complete?

A: 5 days at most

Q: How many lobes? All Paved?

Solicitation (RFP) No. 140P8320R0001 – Attachment no. 7

Hurricane Hill Trail Asphalt Paving, OLYM

A: 10 total all paved.

Q: Will the bases be in place for the benches and signs?

A: No, pave all areas and NPS will cut asphalt to install signs.

Q: What is the steepest slope?

A: 23%

Q: Will week-end work be allowed if weather delays occur?

A: POP is 60 days to allow for late snow melt or weather delays. No week-end work is authorized without CO approval.

NPS general information provided:

Solicitation, Section B-Price Schedule (within the terms/clauses document), will have two line items as follows, for providing the price proposal:

Item 1 -main trail from Sta 23+50 to Sta 86+26

Item A, OPTION - ADA trail from Sta 1+00 to Sta 23+50

The area of Hurricane Ridge Road near the entrance station will be under construction during the time work needs to occur on this project because the park is relocating the entrance station.

There will be traffic control in place to control flow of traffic. Contractors’ trucks will be waved through when possible.

*PLEASE NOTE: The Contracting Officer named above retired from NPS in October 2019 and is hereby replaced by Phaedra Fuller, Olympic National Park. Email:

Phaedra_Fuller@nps.gov.

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