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621-22-3-5612-0005

621-22-125

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 9 (90C)

NCO 9

1639 Medical Center Parkway, Suite 400 Murfreesboro TN 37129

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Network Contracting Office 9 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (90C) 1639 Medical Center Parkway Suite 400 Murfreesboro TN 37129

To all Offerors/Bidders

36C24922B0017

04-07-2022

X x x

621-3620162-5612-854200-3240 23NR2JA28

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The purpose of this amendment is to answer the questions, revise specifications, add curb details, environmental assessment, and drawing D-003, EPSC plans.

Diana K. Grube Contracting Officer

36C24922B0017 – Rehab Dogwood Avenue & Other Campus Services

Question 1: Confirm if this project is taxable or tax exempt.

Answer: This project is taxable and all taxes should be included in your bid.

Question 2: Provide a copy of the site visit sign in sheet.

Answer: Site visit sign in sheet attached to amendment.

Question 3: Provide location for GC laydown area and size of area of laydown and requirements.

Answer: Location and size of laydown area to be determined closer to the start of construction. Area will be the contractor’s responsibility to keep clean. Access should be protected and kept clean.

Area shall be fenced. Laydown area shall be restored to pre-construction conditions unless otherwise approved by the COR.

Question 4: Will the VA provide access for the GC to attach their trailer (at GC cost) to VA existing building power.

Answer: Yes

Question 5: Base bid 0001 SOW (Scope of Work) calls for replacement of signage and repair of curb-gutter sections.

Provide locations and specifications of existing signage to be remove-replaced and all areas of concrete curb-gutter to be removed & replaced. Provide details for curb-gutter.

Answer: No signage will be replaced. Curb and gutter measurements and details have been provided in a separate document (“621-22-125 Curb Details and Quantities”)

Question 6: Alternate Bid 0002 calls for Bid Deduct 1, same as Base Bid except

Rehabilitation of Dogwood Avenue. Provide clarification of what portion of work is to be omitted on Dogwood Ave.

Answer: All of Dogwood Ave will be omitted. This will include excavation of existing material, placement of new stone, placement of new asphalt, striping, traffic control, and other miscellaneous items required to complete the rehab.

Question 7: Have soil boring been taken of the areas where work is to take place? Is there a soils report available for the specific areas of work?

Answer: No

Question 8: Are there any contaminated soils anticipated? If known provide locations and cubic footage to be remediated. Are there areas of repaving, where undercutting is to be anticipated? If so, provide specific details, locations and information.

Answer: Condition of soils is not known. Undercutting is not anticipated in areas of re-paving work only.

Question 9: Is there existing concrete sidewalk to be removed / replaced? Provide locations of this work and details for replacement.

Answer: No sidewalk planned to be removed or replaced. Any sidewalk damaged by the contractor will be contractor’s responsibility to fix.

Question 10: Are there any ADA handicapped ramps to be removed / installed? Provide details including

ADA truncated dome specification for new work.

Answer: No

Question 11: Confirm that both street and parking lots must occur off hours.

Answer: Rehabilitation of Dogwood Ave will occur during the day. Resurfacing work of streets and parking lots must occur during off hours unless otherwise stated by the Chief Engineer or the

Contract Officer’s Representative (COR).

Question 12: Sheet B-001:

• All roads (Brownlo Circle, First Street, Lake Drive (West), Memorial Avenue, Second Street,

• South First Street and Third Street) and Parking Lots (Lot C (200 East), E (200 Southeast),

• building 37, N (building 8 East), P (building 8 West) and building 160 (east), may require

• both SWPP and protection of existing curb inlets. Provide information on the drawings

• showing locations of all curb inlets to allow for accurate bidding. Note that existing curb inlets,

• catch basins and valve boxes are not accurately shown.

Answer: Curb inlets and catch basins have been shown on sheet D-003.

• Provide SWPP and environmental protection details and locations.

Answer: After award, the contractor must prepare a Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the Dogwood Avenue portion of the project to include a brief discussion of the following 1) the purpose and need for the proposed action, 2) alternatives, and 3) the environmental impacts of the proposed action and alternatives. There is a 30-day review period for the DEA.

An example DEA has been attached.

• Confirm if any roads require concrete curb / curb-gutter removal and replacement.

• If required show locations and provide details.

Answer: Yes. This has been provided in an attached document “621-22-125 Curb Details and Quantities”

Question 13: Sheet B-002:

Note 1: What is the existing thickness of asphalt to be remove (milled) for all locations which are to be resurfaced. This is required for accurate bidding.

Answer: Existing asphalt should be removed on all re-surfacing sections to a depth of two inches.

Note 2: Show manholes & valve cover locations for adjustment on all areas of work.

Elevations (existing & new) are to be provided to estimate adjustments.

Answer: Adjustments will only occur on Dogwood Ave. Locations of manholes have been shown on provided plan. Any damage done during resurfacing work will be the responsibility of the contractor to repair.

Note 6: All existing striping to be shown to be matched including paint type and color.

Answer: Yes

Note 7: Show areas of landscaping at all locations of parking work to determine possible repairs.

Answer: Any landscaping or grass areas that are disturbed during construction are to be put back to original or better condition by the contractor.

Question 14: Roadways:

Verify hours of work to take place.

Answer: Hours of work will be Monday-Friday 5:30 PM – 5:30 AM. Weekends will be available for 24/7 work on select areas. This will need to be worked out with the COR before work starts.

Confirm that all roads where repaving occurs will remain closed during business hours.

This will avoid on going damage to these areas.

Answer: No. Work done outside of Dogwood Ave will need to be completed during off hours.

Roadways and parking lots will need to be restored to full function by 5:30 AM Monday through

Friday. The use of temporary striping is permissible. Milled surfaces are permissible.

Parking Lots o Lot C (200 East), E (200 Southeast), building 37, N (building 8 East), P (building 8 West) and building 160 (east). Provide new striping lot details and information for temporary and final paving, including ADA handicapped spaces. Provide details, paint colors etc.

Answer: Match Existing Layout unless otherwise directed by the COR. White – 37875.

Yellow – 33538 (Federal Standard 595B)

Sheet D-002:

• Note 1: Limits as shown on sheet B-001 (dashed areas) for both street and parking lots are figured as the project limits. o Provide phases of work and can more than 1 area be both milled & repaved during same timeframe? Are there specific areas in both roadway and parking lots that cannot be worked at the same time as other areas of work? Provide specific areas.

Answer: Phasing will be coordinated closers to construction between the contractor and the COR.

Multiple areas can be worked on during the same timeframe. Parking lots and roadways will need to be restored to a fully useful function before 5:30 AM Monday through Friday.

Pavement Section / Pavement Materials: o Confirm that during demolition, milling is to remove 17” of existing pavement and sub-base? Note that with removal of this extent of materials, use of this portion of the work will not be usable during the daytime (business hours).

Answer: Rehabilitation of Dogwood Ave. is to include the excavation of 17” of existing material.

This will require the use of barrier wall to separate traffic from the work area. Work will be permitted during the daytime for Dogwood Ave.

Detail calling out parking (upper right of sheet) requires information & details.

Answer: Detail in upper left is depicting a typical cross section of the parking on Dogwood Ave.

Question 15: Sheet D-003:

Notes:

Environmental Assessment requires submission to what department? Provide department and mailing address for submission.

Answer: Hilary Radford (GEMS Program Manager). Safety Department.

Assessment can be emailed: hilary.radford@va.gov

Note calls for SWPP and protection of existing curb inlets. Provide information on the drawings showing locations of all curb inlets to allow for accurate bidding. Note that existing curb inlets are not accurately shown.

Answer: Provided in attached drawing D-003

Confirm and provide if any catch basins. valve boxes will require replacement of concrete collars.

Provide locations and details for these replacement locations.

Answer: No replacements planned. If damaged during construction, replacement will be necessary.

Question 16:

Sheets D-004 – D-007:

Notes:

Confirm that streets which run perpendicular to Dogwood Ave along the side of resurfacing will be closed.

Answer: Brownlo Circle and Lake Dr. (East) are to remain open throughout construction.

Temporary access will be required depending on phase.

During phase 1 of Dogwood Ave, Third St. and Fourth St. will remain closed.

During phase 2 of Dogwood Ave, Third St. and Fourth St. will be open.

Note 2: Provide specification for “barrier wall”

Answer: Provided in section 712.02 D Portable Barrier Rail in the specs

Provide dimension for areas of open lanes to be maintained.

Answer: One 12’ lane in each direction

Provide striping details and information.

Answer: Match existing

Question 17: Specifications

Specifications (3 parts) are not aligned and do not seem to show correct information.

Can 1 correct specification be issued.

Answer:

Specification sections as included appear to be incomplete against the indexes provided.

Question 18: Section 00 10 11 / 12 Utilities-Outages

Confirm if there are anticipated outages as the drawings do not indicate any work on any utilities.

Answer: No anticipated outages

Question 19: Specification

Part 2 - Section 411 – Asphaltic Concrete Surfaces: (page 66/250)

Provide clarification of proportioning of required road mixture to be utilized.

Answer: If the plant is a continuous feed operation, it must have the means to accurately measure out and proportion the required aggregate to be put into the mix.

Question 20: Section 501 – Portland cement concrete pavement (page79/250)

Concrete not shown on construction documents. Is this specification to be eliminated?

Answer: Yes

Question 21: Section 604 – Concrete Structures (page 107/250)

Structure replacement / rework not shown on construction drawings. Provide clarifications and information.

Answer: No structures. Applicable sections of 604 will be used for curb along with curb and gutter repairs.

Question 22: Part 7 – Incidental construction and services (page 166/250)

Provide details and information on where these specific items are to occur on project site.

Answer: No sidewalk repair or replacement is planned. Only sidewalk work will take place if damage occurs due to contractor.

Curb along with curb and gutter repair will be marked as shown in the attached.

Question 23: Section 702 – Cement curb, gutter and combined curb& gutter (page 173/250)

Information, details not found on drawings.

Answer: See attached “621-22-125 Curb Details and Quantities”

Question 24: Section 710 Underdrains (page 178/250)

Provide locations and if required.

Answer: Not required

Question 25: Part 9 – materials (page 209/250)

Provide clarification of sections to be used:

Section 907 / Section 908: provide information - details

Section 909 / Section 911 / Section 912 / Section 914 / Section 915 / Section 917: Are this required?

Answer: Sections 907/908/909/911/912/914/915/917 included only for the possibility that existing items on site get damaged.

Question 26: Part 3

Provide clarification of sections to be used o Section 921 – Misc. materials. Several sub sections appear to not be within this project. Provide clarification

Answer: 921.01 and 921.06 are to be followed. Other sections are only needed for the possibility that existing items on site get damaged.

Question 27: Drawings as posted for bidding are drawn on sheets which reflect a size of 8-1/2” x 11” and are NOT able to have a scale posted against them. Sheet B-001 is called out to have a scale of 3/32” = 1’-0”. This is NOT correct. Provide bid drawings which are on any size drawing sheet 18” x 24” or larger which can have a usable scale posted and able to be used for material take-offs

Answer: Drawings are not to scale. Sheet B-001 scale was a mistake.

See attached document: Header - List of Attachments.

See attached document: App D_Draft EA docs for 100_.

See attached document: 621-22-125 Curb Details and Quantities.

See attached document: D-003 EPSC - Revised 2022.04.25.

See attached document: 621-22-125 SPECS - REV.