36C24219B0032-0005001.pdf

RFI’s ‐‐‐‐ VA Manhattan Replace Roofs Buildings 4 & 5.

1) Spec section 01 00 00, page 2 states ‘OPETION B – KEMPER, TREMCO, OR APPROVED

EQUAL ROOFING SYSTEM’ ‐‐‐ Please clarify what is this option B and if contractor has to provide a separate price?

VA Response: VA has determined not to proceed with Option B for this bid.

2) Spec section 01 00 00, page 2 lists ALTERNATE BID: Deducts No. 1. Replace Building 4 & 5

Roofs with Kemper liquid‐applied roof or approved equal. ‐‐‐‐ Please advice if contractor has to provide a separate price for this alternate work and if Yes then this alternate should be added in “Bid Sheet” page on page 6 of 65 of solicitation.

VA Response: Remove Alternate Bid from Section 1.2 Statement of Bid Item.

3) Spec section 01 02 40, page nos. 3 to 11 provides a ‘Bill of Material’ which has description of work items and provides quantities for some work items:

VA Response: This bid is only for A/C Building 4 Roof and Switchgear/Chiller Building 5

Roof. Please disregard all other roof areas listed in the Bill of Material.

a) Please advice if contractor has to fill out and submit this as part of bid submission?

b) As the drawings are not to scale, then can contractor use/consider these quantities for bid submission?

c) What about the quantities which are missing and even some work items which are part of the scope of the work but are not included? Will agency provide quantities of all the items which are in scope of the work?

d) It also lists “Item #1 ‐ Chapel Roofs, Item #1 ‐ Gymnasium Roof, Item #4 ‐ Building #2

Roofs, Item #5 ‐ Main Entrance Roofs and some more roof areas which are not part of building no. 4 and 5 roofs. Please advice and clarify which exact roof areas are part of this bid.

4) Bid sheet states “Provide Ten (10) third party monthly construction inspections and reports per Spec Section 1.34 (Construction Safety Program)”. ‐‐‐‐ Spec section 01 00 00, page 33, para 1.34 Construction QA/QC and Safety Program, states ‘Contractor to provide full time

Quality Assurance/Quality Control and OSHA certified safety inspector on construction site for daily monitoring of quality of work and compliance with safety regulations’. ‐‐‐‐‐ Please clarify if contractor’s supervisor can perform simultaneous duty of this full‐time quality assurance/ Quality Control and OSHA certified safety inspector? Also please confirm that this full time quality/safety inspector can provide 10 third party monthly construction inspections and reports OR does contractor has to hire an another third party independent company?

VA Response: Contractor’s supervisor can perform simultaneous duty of this full time

QA/QC and OSHA certified safety inspector. The supervisor shall have a 30‐Hours

OSHA training certificate. The 10 third party monthly construction safety inspections/reports shall be performed by a third party independent company.

5) Amendment no. 0003, RFI response no.1 states Full scale drawings are not available. ‐‐‐ So in order to get the correct quantities does contractor hast to measure the existing roof areas? Or agency will provide the correct quantities?

VA Response: The contractor shall measure and confirm the total existing roof areas for this bid.

6) Spec book has section 03 45 00 for Precast Architectural Concrete, please clarify the scope of the work and identify on drawings.

VA Response: Precast Architectural Concrete is not required for this bid. Please disregard section 03 45 00 in the specification.

7) Spec book has section 04 05 13 Masonry Mortaring, please clarify the scope of this work and identify this work on drawings.

VA Response: Masonry Mortaring is not required for this bid. Please disregard section 04 05 00 in the specification.

8) Spec book has section 05 51 00 Metal Stairs, please clarify scope of this work and identify this work on drawings.

VA Response: Metal Stairs is not required for this bid. Please disregard section 05 51 00 in the specification.

9) Spec book has section 07 41 10 Metal Roof Panels, please clarify scope of this work and identify this work on drawings.

VA Response: Metal Roof Panels is not required for this bid. Please disregard section 07 41 10 in the specification.

10) Spec book has section 09 91 00 Painting, please clarify scope of this work and identify this work on drawings.

VA Response: Paint shall be performed under a separate project and is not required for this bid. Please disregard section 09 91 00 in the specification.

11) Please advice the location of dumpster.

VA Response: If space is available, the dumpster can be located on the small island in the parking lot, but will need approval from the Chief Engineer.

12) Please advice if agency will allow use of chute and hoist for material.

VA Response: Chute and hoist for material will be allowed, but will need approval from the Chief Engineer.

13) Please advice if any safety netting is required at the perimeter of roof as fall protection requirement.

VA Response: Temporary protection safety netting is required for the bid.

See revised final bid drawing L‐2 for details.