36C78619Q0176-0001001.pdf

Solicitation 36C78619Q0176

National Shrine Project for Florence National Cemetery

FY2019

Solicitation Questions:

1. Will the new irrigation be installed at both the historical and new cemetery locations?

The specifications in this solicitation states old irrigation system on annex side will be demolished and replaced with new irrigation system. New irrigation system on Annex side only.

2. Does the historical site have an irrigation system?

Per the specifications in this solicitation, the irrigation is to be installed on the “Annex side only”. There is a separated irrigation system on Historical side.

3. Due to the complexity of the job, Is there an irrigation as-built available in order to price the job accordingly?

No, solicitation calls for a new design built system.

4. Is VA working w/ irrigation consultant on this project? As an Irrigation distributor, we highly recommended working with one based on scope of proposed project.

Our irrigation specifications are NCA specifications and is standard through-out NCA cemeteries.

5. Does VA have as-built of existing irrigation system design (including original products installed) in either scalable cad or .pdf format?

No, this solicitation calls for the installation of a new fully functional designed built automated irrigation system to be installed

6. Verification of existing point of connection to include

a. Type (pump, municipal meter), location & size (with flow rate & static PSI)

Connection will be to City water system, there is no pump or well.

i. If pump, existing specs (model #, flow rate, PSI rating).

b. Water window is a concern with new system, we need to know about the meter or pump and what it is covering now to determine if adding onto the existing meter/pump is a possibility.

There is no pump, old system is connected to city water system.

c. Scalable overall proposed limits of project (cad/pdf file), to include turf replacement / irrigation replacement limits.

Drawings attached.

7. Overall scope of demo & replacement of irrigation.

8. Is irrigation design required at time of bid? If, so a bid date extension will likely be needed to meet requirements.

The design build is required at time of bid. The RFQ date is officially extended to 15

March 2019 at 08 AM (Eastern Standard Local Time) as stated in this Amendment.

9. What is the level of expectation on the demolition of the old system? Complete system removal or removal of valves and heads and abandon piping in place?

Demolistion of complete old irrigation system.

10. To accurately bid the demolition we need a site map showing the layout of the irrigation lines. Can you please provide the as-builts for the existing system?

11. What is the mainline size and material of the existing system to be demolished?

N/A.

12. To accurately design and price a new system we need CAD files for the area to be irrigated. At a minimum these files need to show existing infrastructure (roads, sidewalks, etc.) and the utility corridors where irrigation lines may be placed.

13. What is the water source for the irrigation system?

City water system.

14. What is the available GPM and pressure of the water source?

Contractor must design system to make sure entire area will be covered.

15. Is there an existing irrigation booster pump and if so does it need to be demolished and replaced?

No.

16. What is the available water window, days and time?

To be determined when system is installed.

17. Can we get a digit map of areas to be irrigated (pdf or dwg)?

18. Is the new main line feeding the expansion sections to remain?

Solicitation states that old system(lines) will be demolished and new system will be installed.

19. How many zones of the expansion are to remain in place?

Solicitation states that old system(lines) will be demolished and new system will be installed.

20. Are these zones going to continual to run off stand-alone controller in place now?

This is a build design system.

21. Please confirm we are installing Center Computer System? If so where is it planned to be located?

Maintenance Building.

22. How will the water be metered during this project? As this should occur in phases without cutting off water to other sections of cemetery and prefer to have use of irrigation system for sod installation.

That is for contractor and cemetery/COR to discuss.

23. Since this is an irrigation design/build, the due of 6th March is very tough window for the cost takeoff. Can this date be extended?

The RFQ date is officially extended to 15 March 2019 at 08 AM (Eastern Standard Local

Time) as stated in this Amendment.

24. According to the Solicitation, page 12 of 66, section 3.11

Is it correct that the contractor has to pay for all costs of water during the performance of work?

Yes.

25. According to the Solicitation, page 13 of 66, section 3.14

Is it correct that the contractor must provide a warning sign to the specific dimensions this Solicitation specifies? Is this an expense to the contractor?

Yes

26. According to the Solicitation, page 13 of 66, section 3.18

Is the contractor only responsible to clean up trash and debris that was their own?

27. According to the Solicitation, page 14 of 66, section 3.23

Is the government requiring the contractor to provide a licensed arborist?

Yes

28. According to the Solicitation, page 15 of 66, e)

Is it correct that the contractor must find a site for staging in addition to receiving approval from the COR for this or will the Cemetery provide a site for the contractors staging area?

29. Can the contractor use the newly installed irrigation system to water the new sod?

Please read the solicitation, it stated that the irrigation must be installed and fully functioning before installation of turf is to begin.

30. Would the contractor be able pay for 60 days of the Cemetery’s water bill during the establishment of the newly installed sod? The cost of watering such a large section of grass would be much lower if the contractor is allowed to use the irrigation system to water the newly installed sod. There is not enough water available to water approximately

14 acres of sod without using the irrigation system.

Cemetery Response: (This must be work out between contracting officer and cemetery/COR).

Contracting Officer Response: If truly interested in this pathway, please provide two different quotes, one with the contractor paying for the water bill as stated in the question above, and another quote without, and the Government will review both quotes.

31. Can the Cemetery provide maps of the sections they would like to have irrigation installed? Maps will be needed to design a new irrigation system according to the required specifications.

32. Can the government provide maps of all section for the Raise and realign including how many headstones per section?

Total headstone count is provided in solicitation already.

33. Will the government consider extending the due date of the Bid Proposal for at least 2 weeks to allow the contractors adequate time to design an irrigation system according to the specifications? It will take more than a few days to adequately design a system per the required specifications. This solicitation requires drawings and as built designs for the new irrigation system.

The RFQ date is officially extended to 15 March 2019 at 08 AM (Eastern Standard Local

Time) as stated in this Amendment.

34. Does the government require a finished design for the entire irrigation system to be included in the bid package, or does it want a price for 600,000 sq. ft. of irrigation and the design to be determined at a later date?

No this is a design built.