2024-UWMSN-00710-RFB Modular Vehicle Barriers and Trailers Amendment 1.pdf

2024-UWMSN-00710-RFB Modular Vehicle Barriers and Transport Trailers Amendment 1, Answers to Questions

Q.1. Can you clarify the number of lanes and measurements of each lane? Each alternative and equal mobile barrier system has slightly different measurements and want to ensure we quote the proper number of barriers in the trailer kit for your security layout.

A.1. Location 1 - 48' of straight line coverage, curb to curb, in 4 assembled sections (each covering one lane), with one section on pivot wheels to swing open to allow exit.

Location 2 - 23' of straight-line coverage, curb to curb.

Location 3 - 22' of straight-line coverage, curb to curb Location 4 - 22' of supplemental coverage on either side of hydraulic vehicle barrier Location 5 - 12' of supplemental coverage on either side of hydraulic vehicle barrier Location 6 - 23' of straight-line coverage, curb to curb Replacement and supplemental use - 20' worth of coverage

Q.2. The items specified are only available as unassembled barriers, which we see very few bids for, especially in the snow belt. We manufacture both types however fully assembled and trailered units are much quicker to transport from site to site and clearly quicker to deploy.

As Americas premier manufacturer of high impact ASTM2656 certified barriers we believe we produce a far, far superior product in terms of pedestrian safety (no chest high bull horns), portability (our unit is actually towable behind an ATV) and durability (hot dipped galvanized super structure). That said, we do not note any “or equal” qualification; it generally costs our company around $4000 to prepare and process a bid and if you are not going to consider anything else we’d appreciate the courtesy of telling us that.

A.2. The specific Modular Vehicle Barriers requested are best suited for our storage capacity and limitations. We need the barriers to be able to be disassembled and assembled when needed. All the Modular Vehicle Barriers must fit into the two trailers we have requested.

See Section 5.1: If you are bidding alternate items, provide complete specifications, documents and materials showing performance features and details for the items/services you propose to furnish for each item/service being bid. These will be used to establish equivalency. The University will be the sole judge of equivalent acceptability between Bidders’ responses.

Q.3. We are somewhat bewildered by the specs calling for an unassembled barrier type given your snowbelt location. We do countless bids every year and we see very, very few calls for equipment requiring assembly on site. That said, we do make that type but we did not bid it—we don’t feel it meets the needs of UW/Madison.

Furthermore, with all due respect, what you are investing in is “portability”, that is to say the ability to move barriers, either by one person or with our equipment, the ability to actually tow long strings of barriers from, say, a staging area---the transient pedestrian cluster (tpc) that shuffles in to the stadium two hours before the game, is a whole lot different than the (sometimes inebriated) crowd that all leaves at the same time at the end of the game-just as an example. The fact is, today’s technology requires that at least some of the barrier equipment be moved sometimes as many as 3 to 4 times during a SINGLE event. Are you looking for a portable, transportable barrier?

A.3. The specific Modular Vehicle Barriers requested are well suited to meet our venue and security footprint specific needs as well as adaptability for deployment at other locations/events. We expect/plan for these assembled Modular Vehicle Barriers to remain in place, with very few exceptions, during the entire operational period of large-scale events (assembled well before crowds arrive and disassembled well after crowds have left the area).