Amendment_0003-Arecibo_Repairs_to_Hurricane_Damaged_Buildings.pdf

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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:

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers X

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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 telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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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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0003 12/19/2018 4014

ETA OCM JOB CORPS bramso

U.S. Department of Labor ETA/OCM/Division of Job Corps Procurement 200 Constitution Avenue, NW Room N-4643 Washington DC 20210

10/23/2018

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Project Title: Repairs to Hurricane Damaged Buildings at the Arecibo Job Corps Center Located in Garrochales, Puerto Rico

a. The purpose of this Amendment is as follows:

1) INCORPRATE the attached questions and answers into the solicitation.

Maria J. Pizarro, CPCM CFCM Branch Chief, Contracting Officer

Division of Job Corps Procurement/ A/E & Construction Eastern Branch

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

SOLICITATION 1630DC-18-R-00029

REPAIRS TO HURRICANE DAMAGED BUILDINGS

ARECIBO JOB CORPS CENTER

1. After our second job visit we discovered that there are none photovoltaic solar panels for a back-up electrical system but there are solar panels for water heaters. Please advise and clarify if there are photovoltaic panels to replace and repair because we did not find the system and the maintenance personnel did not recognize existence of such on jobsite.

Answer: The solar panels requiring replacement are located on the roofs of dormitory Buildings 26 and 28. These rooftop solar panels support the water heaters only.

2. The HVAC Inspection will be to all units in all Buildings? There are small window units that will be more cost effective to replace, if they are currently not functioning rather than incurring in a cost of inspection and replacing the damaged parts.

Answer: Inspection of the window units is limited to determining their operational status only.

3. After a second site visit and going up the roofs, we found out that there are some roofs that need flashing replacement, joint and screws sealing, and more amount of gutters to be changed. All these tasks are not contemplated in the current scope of work. Should we include these works in our proposal? Your clarification is important since, there is the possibility that other contractors that do not made a second visit will be delivering a lower amount in their proposal since they are not considering these works.

Answer: Contractor should provide pricing for the work identified in Section C- DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK of the Solicitation and published Amendments only.

4. After the second visit we encounter that in the dormitories there is more than one area of parapet walls (At the center of the roof) that cannot be seen from ground level.

According to the scope of work we have to change all the counter flashing in the parapet wall. Does the SOW include this inner parapet walls too or just the perimeter parapet wall of the building? Contractors that did not made a second visit will not be contemplating this inner parapet wall in their proposals.

Answer: The scope includes the inner parapet walls. The intent of the scope of work is to provide counter flashing with reglet to parapet walls that are base flashed and not covered with metal panels or modified bitumen sheets that extend full height and cover the parapet wall.

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5. In building 4 there is more than one area where the flashing is damaged or not properly installed, these areas were not included in the scope of work. Do we need to work with those additional areas and include its repair in our proposal?

Answer: Contractor should provide pricing for the work identified in Section C-published Amendments only.

6. Please express yourselves in relation to a manufacturer’s materials guarantee and or labor guarantee for any extended amount of time once the project has been completed and all closeout documents have been delivered and accepted, specifically in relation to the metal roofing system which will be repaired and tested as specified.

It is our understanding that no extended period of warranty time will be provided due to the fact that all roofs will be repaired and tested following specification instructions for this bid and this process is not covered by any of the manufacturers or contractors that may have provided the roofing system on any of the existing work. Equally the contractor or its subcontractors awarded this work cannot warrant any roofing system now installed.

Answer: The Contractor shall warrant the repairs only to be free of defects for a period of one year in accordance with FAR 52.246-21 Warranty of Construction.

Materials incorporated into the repairs shall be warranted by the manufacturer’s standard warranty.

7. Being a Federal Project are there any Municipal Construction Taxes that should be taken into consideration?

Answer: You will have to check with the municipality to find out if there are any applicable taxes.

8. Our first question for clarification is regarding the transformers which were mentioned in first walk-through as pertaining to another bid package. These we believe are the same mentioned as part of the gymnasium building item C. Please clarify.

Answer: The transformers work was removed from this project scope in its entirety in Addendum #2 to the Solicitation.

9. Our second question requiring clarification refers to a possible request for a full design build contract. Specifications show the requirement for materials submittals and materials shop drawings if required but not full design build drawings as you mentioned various times in the first walk through. Please clarify.

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Answer: The Solicitation is for a construction contract only. No Design/Build work is required.

10. Please, clarify if only the necessary repairs, per SOW shall be addressed or if the requirement to be in compliance with local codes prevails.

Answer: Unless otherwise stated, all work comply with Section C-published Amendments.

11. The other aspect that we would like to clarify is regarding the gauge of the materials, since it is not stated in the scope of work, it means the Contractor will decide which one to use?

Answer: All material gauges shall match existing material gauge of the existing roof.

Contractor shall field verify prior to ordering the roofing material.

12. A waterproofing system will be required to the roofs once repairs are completed? If in affirmative, please, specify preference.

Answer: No additional waterproofing shall be required.

13. Per the scope of work, an inspection of all AC Units shall be performed and included as part of the proposal with the report of those inspections. The replacement or repairs of those units, based on the reports, will be determined by the COR. This replacements or repairs would be considered on a different proposal or Change Order?

Answer: The work for replacements and repairs will have to be done under a different solicitation.