Amendment No. 1 Fermilab Welcome & Access Center.pdf

AMENDMENT TO SOLICITATION

AMENDMENT NO. 01 DATE OF AMENDMENT: February 27, 2024 SOLICITATION NO. 350529 DATE ISSUED: February 27, 2024 PROJECT NO. Project No. 2-9-1A OPENING DATE: March 28, 2024

TITLE OF PROJECT: FERMILAB WELCOME AND ACCESS CENTER

Bidders must acknowledge this Addendum before the hour and date set forth in the solicitation by one of the following methods:

1. Immediately upon receipt of the amendment via email to the FRA Procurement Specialist.

2. Return the Amendment with a signature on the acknowledgment signature line.

3. In the Offeror’s Proposal Letter that accompanies an Offeror’s proposal.

If by this Addendum you desire to change a bid already submitted, such change may be made by email or letter, provided such email or letter refers the Solicitation and this Amendment and is received before the time set for opening.

The above reference Solicitation is amended as follows:

SPECIFICATION DIVISION 01 SECTION 01 42 00 QUALITY REQUIREMENTS

Construction Specification Section 01 42 00 Quality Requirements dated September 27, 2023 is hereby replaced in its entirety with Construction Specification Section 01 42 00 Quality Requirements, Revision 1, dated February 14, 2024.

QUESTIONS/RESPONSES

1. Subcontractor Question

Reference: Owner Provide Equipment

The Mechanical Schedule on M-601 indicates that the split system is furnished by the Owner for installation by the Contractor. Specification Section 01 00 10 (1.5) only mentions electrical equipment which is furnished for installation by the Contractor. Please confirm if the mechanical split system is to be furnished by others or by the Contractor.

FRA Response

Subparagraph Paragraph A 8. is hereby added to Specification Section 010010, General Requirements, Paragraph 1.5 Materials & Equipment Furnished by FRA:

A.8 Split System Heat Pump Air Handling Units AHU-1 (Mech Rm 105) and ACCU-1 (Outdoor Unit) as indicated on sheet M601 Equipment Schedules.”

2. Subcontractor Question

Please clarify the flowing regarding the form liner:

At the completion of the project who owns the manufactured form liner?

If the contractor owns the form liner it appears 03 11 16.13 paragraph 3.1B4 requires permission to use the form liner in the future. Please confirm.

Confirm the contractor is not required to participate in the future master mold storage extension costs.

Per section 03 11 16.13, paragraph 3.1B6 the form liner is required to be capable of a minimum of 40 pours.

Paragraph 3.1B5 indicates the “The textured form liners produced for this contract may net be reused on any other subsequent segment of the project.” Please confirm this is not intended to limit the use of the form liner to 1 pour.

Form liner is to be owned by FRA at the completion of the project. Specification Section 03 11 16.13 Paragraph 3.1B4 requires that the Subcontractor must acquire permission from FRA before using form liner beyond the completion of the project.

Subcontractor is not responsible for master mold storage extension costs of the form liner beyond the completion of the project.

Confirmed, form liners should be capable of a minimum of 40 pours per unit as per Specification Section 03 11 16.13 Paragraph 3.1B6 but should not exceed the recommended reuse as indicated by the manufacturer.

3. Subcontractor Question

Please clarify the Employee / Service Entry – West Wall 2A/A-201 and 3A/A300 is the exterior face of the wall precast or require form liner.

Wall shown in elevation on 2A/A-201 and in section on 3A/A300 to be cast-in-place concrete with form liner consistent with the remainder of the concrete walls on the project.

Exterior face of wall shown in elevation on 1B/A-200 and in section detail on 4A/A-511 is precast panel that will also require form liner.

4. Subcontractor Question

In the interior of the building on column lines 2, 2.6 & 3 there are exposed concrete walls. Do the exposed concrete walls require form liner?

All interior concrete faces do not require form liner. Please refer to interior elevations on sheets A-410 through A-415 and Finish and Material Schedule on A-610 for interior concrete finishing.

5. Subcontractor Question

Please confirm the interior face of the perimeter concrete walls in the Electric Room 104, Mechanical Room 105, Storage 108, Unisex 113 and Office 117 do not require form liner.

Confirmed, all interior concrete faces do not require form liner. Please refer to interior elevations on sheets A-410 through A-415 and Finish and Material Schedule on A-610 for interior concrete finishing.

6. Subcontractor Question

Confirm form liner is not required on the concrete walls beneath the clerestory windows.

Confirmed, all interior concrete faces do not require form liner. Please refer to interior elevations on sheets A-410 through A-415 and Finish and Material Schedule on A-610 for interior concrete finishing.

7. Subcontractor Question

On drawing A-601 can you provide specs for TL-1? The elevations doesn't show how high the tile goes on the walls.

Sheet A-610, ROOM FINISH SCHEDULE: ROOM 103, UNISEX AND ROOM 113, UNISEX, change “TL-1” to “SS-1 FULL HEIGHT OF ROOM.” “SEE INTERIOR ELEVATION 5C/A-412” shall be added to the table column, Comments, for Rooms 103 and 113.

8. Subcontractor Question

Reference: Section 03 11 16.13 - Concrete Form Liner- 1

Only one concrete form liner is listed in Specification Section 03 11 16.13. This form liner is manufactured in Germany. Will the design team accept an alternate product manufactured in the United States such as by Scott System, Fitzgerald Form liner, or Dayton?

Please confirm that the application of textured form liners is for use in cast-in-place concrete retaining walls only.

Please note that the specified form liner is manufactured by US Formliner out of their plant located in Athens, Georgia.

Please refer to Specification Section 01 25 00 – Substitution Procedures, Paragraph 1.2A for substitutions of materials after award.

9. Subcontractor Question

Reference: Guard Shack

At the Guard Shack clarify the foundation requirements; civil drawing C-503 shows a perimeter frost wall poured integrally with the 8” SOG and the architectural drawings A-150 details 4B & 5B indicates the existing SOG remains; please clarify.

Sheet A-150, drawing details 4B & 5B: change “EXISTING CONCRETE PAD” to “PERIMETER FROST

WALL POURED INTEGRALLY WITH THE 8” SOG AS SHOWN ON SHEET C-503, GUARDHOUSE

FOUNDATION DETAIL 4A.”

10. Subcontractor Question

Reference: Landscape

Please provide landscape drawings. Plant material is listed on D-001 without locations on the plan.

Please refer to note 15 on drawing sheet C-101A and Specification Section 32 90 00 – Site Restoration.

11. Subcontractor Question

Reference: Elevations & Glazing

On the elevations there is a reference to Framed Glazing Types for AF-1 & AF-2 & W#, as well as the Glazing types GL-1 thru GL-11, but there are no tags in the physical drawings to help determine that which glazing portions are which frame type or which glazing type aside from the doors. There is also a spec section referenced in those notes (081216) which is not included in the specifications provided. Please provide revised elevations with the proper tags to help our subcontractors properly price, as well as the missing spec section.

Please refer to general notes E and F on sheets A-200 and A-201 which indicate typical framing and glazing systems. All atypical glazing types (GL-3 and GL-5) are tagged on the Elevations on sheets A-200 and A- 201.

Sheets A-200 and A-201, GLAZING TYPES: change description of GL-4, GL-8, GL-9, and GL-11 to

“NOT USED.”

Sheets A-200 and A-201, FRAMED GLAZING TYPES: AF-1 and AF-2, change “SPECIFICATION SECTION 081216” to “SPECIFICATION SECTIONS 08 42 13 – ALUMINUM-FRAMED ENTRANCES and 08 44 13 – GLAZED ALUMINUM CURTAINWALLS.”

ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REMAIN UNCHANGED.

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory P.O. Box 500 Batavia, IL 60510 M.S 210

Robert Ropos Procurement Specialist III

(630) 840-5249 Email: rropos@fnal.gov

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