Attachment_4_-_Responses_to_questions_submitted_0002.pdf

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This document contains responses to questions submitted by offerors for solicitation number 140R3022Q0050 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation. The solicitation requires loading and hauling existing processed base material from the YAO Gravel Quarry. Offerors must attend mandatory four-hour turtle training and use loader-mounted scales to measure materials. Overnight security will be allowed at the contractor's expense. Traffic control is not required but signage must ensure safety when entering public roads. Drawings and a dropped pin file for Google Earth were provided with the amendment. The bid due date was corrected to July 11, 2022 at 2:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time.

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140R3022Q0050 YAO Gravel Quarry Mining and Riprap Material

Question # Offeror Questions BOR Response

Please clarify bid due date. We see conflicting information on SAM.gov documents. Page 15 of Combined Synopsis/Solicitation states July 11, 2022 at 2:00 PM PT, Page 1 of Solicitation: 8. OFFER

DUE DATE/LOCAL TIME 07/07/2022 1400 PD.

Page 1 of Solicitation, SF 1449, Block 8 "Offer due date/local time" is being corrected to read 07/11/2022 at 2:00 PM PD.

Revised SF 1449 is being provided.

The last time we worked at Times Gulch Quarry (December 2018) we experienced theft and vandalism of our equipment - as well as unsafe working conditions because of the public using the area adjacent to the quarry for target shooting. Is it possible for the Contractor and/or BOR to post a road closure to the quarry during the performance period (including evenings and weekends) in an effort to keep the public out of the work area and away from Contractor property?

Road closure sign or blocking the road will not be permitted.

Can the existing base required to haul to the stock piles be used on the access road to the quarry? If so, how much will be allowed for use on the access road?

The contractor may use existing base material , however they must ensure that there is sufficient material for the project Contratctor's should submit a Request for Information requesting use of base material to include esitmated quanity

4 Can a dropped pin file for Google Earth be supplied by the Government for the sites?

File provided with this Amendment.

Will the 4 hour turtle training be required of the truck drivers hauling the material?

Per Page 8, Paragarph 10 of the Statement of Work , the contractor and any subcontractors used in this contract must attend mandatroy training of 4 hours duration provided by Reclamation prior to mobilization.

6 Will a scale be required or will a loader with a scale built in be allowed?

Loader mounted scales shall be used. The Statement of Work has been revised.

7 Will the Levee Road and Dike Road need to be maintained the entire time of operations?

Contractor shall ensure levee and dike roads are not damaged while performing under this requirement. Levee and dike roads shall be returned to current or better conditions.

8 Will any traffic control be required? Traffic control is not required. Signage shall be posted to ensure safety when entering public road from quarry.

9 The RFP refers to the contractor having to processing rip rap, gravel base, and 1-4 inch material, along with blasting and operating and developing a quarry. Please confirm that we will only be loading and hauling the base material visited at site walk.

Only loading and hauling existing processed base material will be required. The Statement of Work has been revised.

10 Due to quarry area being unsafe at night, will we be able to have overnight security on site?

Overnight security will be allowed at contractor's expense.

11 Can the Government supply the drawings it references in the RFP?

Drawings provided with this Amendment.

12 Will any processing of the existing base stockpile to be hauled be required?

Processing will not be required. Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer's Representative if gradation larger than gravel is discovered.

13 Are there any local permits that will be required for this project?

It is the responsibility of the contractor to research and investigate what permits are applicable.

14 Please confirm that as-builts will be required. If so, will they Government supply CAD drawings and will surveying be required?

As builts will be required. CAD drawings will be provided to the awardee. No surveying will be required.

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