Amendment_3--47PC0619R0003_GSA_CENTER.pdf

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE

RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

1. CONTRACT ID CODE

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NUMBER 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUISITION NUMBER 5. PROJECT NUMBER (If applicable)

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 11/2016)

Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

FACILITY CODE

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NUMBER

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended. is not extended.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER

NUMBER IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation data, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15C. DATE SIGNED

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

16C. DATE SIGNED

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

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6. ISSUED BY CODE

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (Number, street, county, State and ZIP Code) (X)

CODE

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

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14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

The Solicitation due date is extended from Monday May 13th 2019, 4:00PM (EST) to Friday May 17th, 4:00PM (EST).

Please see attached documents for additional information.

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CARIBBEAN ACQUISITION UNIT GSA, PUBLIC BUILDINGS

SERVICE 150 CARLOS E. CHARDON AVENUE, ROOM 359

HATO REY, PR 00918

CARIBBEAN ACQUISITION UNIT GSA, PUBLIC BUILDINGS

SERVICE 150 CARLOS E. CHARDON AVENUE, ROOM 359

HATO REY, PR 00918

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INSTRUCTIONS (Back Page):

Instructions for items other than those that are self-explanatory, are as follows:

Item 1 (Contract ID Code). Insert the contract type identification code that appears in the title block of the contract being modified.

Item 3 (Effective date).

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

For a solicitation amendment, change order, or administrative change, the effective date shall be the issue date of the amendment, change order, or administrative change.

For a supplemental agreement, the effective date shall be the date agreed to by the contracting parties.

For a modification issued as an initial or confirming notice of termination for the convenience of the Government, the effective date and the modification number of the confirming notice shall be the same as the effective date and modification number of the initial notice.

For a modification converting a termination for default to a termination for the convenience of the Government, the effective date shall be the same as the effective date of the termination for default.

For a modification confirming the contracting officer's determination of the amount due in settlement of a contract termination, the effective date shall be the same as the effective date of the initial decision.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

Item 6 (Issued By). Insert the name and address of the issuing office. If applicable, insert the appropriate issuing office code in the code block.

Item 8 (Name and Address of Contractor). For modifications to a contract or order, enter the contractor's name, address, and code as shown in the original contract or order, unless changed by this or a previous modification.

Items 9, (Amendment of Solicitation Number - Dated), and 10, (Modification of Contract/Order Number - Dated). Check the appropriate box and in the corresponding blanks insert the number and date of the original solicitation, contract, or order.

Item 12 (Accounting and Appropriation Data).

When appropriate, indicate the impact of the modification on each affected accounting classification by inserting one of the following entries:

(2) Accounting classification Net decrease $

Include subject matter or short title of solicitation/contract where feasible.

Item 16B. The contracting officer's signature is not required on solicitation amendments. The contracting officer's signature is normally affixed last on supplemental agreements.

(i)

NOTE: If there are changes to multiple accounting classifications that cannot be placed in block 12, insert an asterisk and the words "See continuation sheet".

Item 13. Check the appropriate box to indicate the type of modification. Insert in the corresponding blank the authority under which the modification is issued. Check whether or not contractor must sign this document. (See FAR 43.103.)

Item 14 (Description of Amendment/Modification).

Organize amendments or modifications under the appropriate Uniform Contract Format (UCF) section headings from the applicable solicitation or contract. The UCF table of contents, however, shall not be set forth in this document.

Indicate the impact of the modification on the overall total contract price by inserting one of the following entries:

(i) Total contract price increased by $

(ii) Total contract price decreased by $

(iii) Total contract price unchanged.

State reason for modification.

When removing, reinstating, or adding funds, identify the contract items and accounting classifications.

(g)

(h)

When the SF 30 is used to reflect a determination by the contracting officer of the amount due in settlement of a contract terminated for the convenience of the Government, the entry in Item 14 of the modification may be limited to --

(i) A reference to the letter determination; and

(ii) A statement of the net amount determined to be due in settlement of the contract.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 11/2016) BACK

(1) Accounting classification Net increase $

PUERTO RICO HURRICANE RECOVERY PROJECT

SAN JUAN, PR

SOLICITATION NO. 47PC0619R0003

AMENDMENT NO. 3

GSA-PBS, REGION 2

Amendment No. 3 is hereby issued as follows:

1. The Solicitation due date is extended from Monday May 13th 2019, 4:00PM (EST) to Friday

May 17th, 4:00PM (EST).

2. Incorporate RFI responses 1-2, 18-19, 21-34, 36-49.

END OF AMENDMENT

NO. 3

SOLICITATION NO. 47PC0619R0003

GSA-PBS, REGION 2

RFIs 1-2, 18-19, 21-34,and 36-49 Responses

1. Page 7 of 29 in the file titled Solicitation_GC_PR_Hurricane_Recovery, states in paragraph II.C. includes paragraph (3) Additional Proposal Requirements - Price proposals will be evaluated on a total value basis. This includes the base and option pricing. Refer to the offer pricing sheet form. What information (if any) is required to be submitted for Additional Proposal Requirements?

Response: You are required to complete the Contract Pricing Form that is included in the SF1442.

2. Page 7 of 29 in the file titled Solicitation_GC_PR_Hurricane_Recovery, states in paragraph II.A. Proposal Contents, 3. Representations and Certifications. Would it be acceptable to include the Representations and Certifications at the end of Volume 2 - Price Proposal?

Response: Yes, please submit C301 - Offeror Representations and Certifications with Volume 2 - Price Proposal.

18. Please indicate if more time will be provided to turn in the proposal considering that a major Addendum was received on Friday 04-26-19. We suggest providing 2-3 additional weeks.

Response: Although the amended works are not complex activities or tasks to estimate; the due date will be moved to Friday, May 17, 2019, 4:00PM (EST).

19. Please clarify and/or confirm if the contractor will be responsible for paying Municipality of Guaynabo Business Tax (Patente) and Construction Taxes (Arbitrios).

Response: Contractor will be responsible for paying both of them.

21. Please clarify if Builder’s Risk Insurance is required and if the government or the contractor shall obtain it.

Response: Builder’s Risk Insurance not required.

SOLICITATION NO. 47PC0619R0003

GSA-PBS, REGION 2

22. The plan notes call for a qualified contractor with the required permits/licenses to perform environmental mitigation of LBP and or ACM abatement and that a report from the latest inspection shall be evaluated.

a. Please provide the latest environmental report indicating where LBP and ACM may be present.

b. Please clarify if the contractor or the government will perform testing to identify the areas to mitigate.

c. The plans include notes indicating that the environmental mitigation work shall be done in off hours. Please indicate if the areas will be evacuated from working personnel / available to perform the mitigation work.

d. Please indicate how many phases (to relocate temporarily work areas) shall the contractor contemplate for the phasing plan.

Response: No ACM or LBP abatement works have been foreseen under this contract.

Selected GC will have access to LBP and ACM Reports for best operational or work practices on handling areas that may have LBP or ACM.

23. To perform the work, Power and AC System interruptions will have to occur.

a. Please indicate if temporary AC systems shall be provided by the contractor to provide supplemental AC service while AC systems are replaced.

b. Please indicate if temporary Power shall be provided by the contractor or if existing generators will run to provide power to the work spaces while the electrical work takes place. Please indicate if fuel will be provided by the government when generator units are used to provide temporary power.

Response:

a) No temporary AC required by the selected GC has been foreseen under this contract.

b) No temporary Power required by the selected GC has been foreseen under this contract.

Both a. and b. building systems interruptions while performing construction on an occupy building are part of the logistics of the project that the selected GC will be providing and requiring approval from the Government.

24. Please indicate if there will be utility cost / charges for water and electrical use of the contractor while performing the project and/or if meters shall be provided.

Response: In the event that external utility connections and/or usage is required by the Government and negotiated under this contract, the selected GC will be responsible to provide them.

SOLICITATION NO. 47PC0619R0003

GSA-PBS, REGION 2

25. Please indicate if the government will consider additional time for construction. The following pre-construction tasks are part of the project’s 365 day time frame to Substantial Completion and 180 day time frame for phase 1 work and the required efforts will take time before construction activities can begin:

a. Pre-Construction Conference

b. Partnering Meeting

c. Security Screening and Clearance of contractor staff and workers

d. ePM registration and training

e. Preparation-Review-Approval of Staging-Mobilization Plan

f. Preparation-Review-Approval of Staging-Work Phasing Plan

g. Preparation-Review-Approval of Safety & Health / Accident Prevention Plan

h. Mobilization Time

i. Preparation-Government Review-Filing of Permits

j. Other

Response: Above requirements have been already considered in the 365 project execution time-frame.

26. Please indicate if there are existing window treatment / curtains and if the contractor will be responsible for removing and re-installing them before and after installing the new windows. Also, please indicate who will be responsible for storing them.

Response: Some windows that may have window treatments/curtains that the selected GC will be responsible to remove and /or re-use and/or dispose them.

27. Please indicate or confirm if all existing windows have gypsum furring. During the site visit we were only provided access to a few offices.

Response: Refer to drawings AD-1, AD-2, AD-4, AD-5, AD-6, AD-7, A-1, A-2, A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-10, A-12, A-13, A-14, A-15, ACD-1, ACD-2, ACD-3.

28. Please indicate if asphalt paving needs to be recycled as part of the waste management plan.

Response: Refer to technical specification 017419.

29. Please indicate if existing asphalt paving marks have LBP and/or if contractor shall perform testing prior to removal of asphalt paving surfaces.

Response: Selected GC will have access to the LBP Report.

SOLICITATION NO. 47PC0619R0003

GSA-PBS, REGION 2

30. No geotechnical report was provided with the bid documents. Please clarify if only a 14" undercut for the specified areas is to be considered as per note 7 on sheet CD001. Also, if available, please provide geotechnical report or the field observation report mentioned on note #8.

Response: Geotechnical Report and Field Observations Letter will be provided as part of the contract documents. Undercut is required whenever existing pavements is demolished to install new pavement. Refer to the referenced and details in drawing

CS501.

31. Specs Section 013100, 1.8, W, B, 2 (page 32 of 788): Please indicate if the government will pay for the cost of the Partnering Meeting Facilitator.

Response: Partnering Meeting Section is clear as what are the expectations to the selected GC. In addition, refer to the partnering document attachment for detailed information.

32. Please indicate / clarify if the 20,000 gals. diesel tank shall be a double wall tank.

Response: Refer to technical specification 231113.

33. Please provide Technical Specs for diesel tanks. Specifications are not included in project specs binder.

Response: Refer to technical specification 231113.

34. The lighting fixtures schedule on sheet E-11 is incomplete. Please provide the manufacturer, model and watts information.

Response: The light fixture schedule is complete because the construction documents provide performance specification. Government expects Contractor to submit lighting fixture that complies with this specification.

SOLICITATION NO. 47PC0619R0003

GSA-PBS, REGION 2

36. The One Line Diagram for Leak Detector System on Sheet FS-4 shows all cables for both electrical generators connected to the same control panel, otherwise on electrical drawing sheet E-7, two control panels for leak detector system are shown.

Please clarify if the Leak Detector System for both generators are going to be controlled by the same panel or if it is going to operate individually with two control panels.

Response: Is only one (1) leak detector panel.

37. Indicate the location of the Leak Detector Remote Annunciator specified on sheet FS-4.

Response: Refer to drawing E-4.

38. According with PREPA NOTES # 3 on Sheet E-10, the contractor shall coordinate the service of licensed engineer to inspect the electrical construction work. Please confirm that this responsibility will be handled by the contractor or by the project’s inspection entity.

Response: Not applicable

39. Please confirm that the following items mentioned on sheet CD001 will not be required to be done by the contractor and are to be done by the government:

a. Note 7: Relocation of Satellite Dish

b. Note 14: Existing mobile ramp

c. Note 25: Existing Antenna

d. Note 26: Existing Cabinet

e. Note 27: Installation of Canopy

Response:

a. Relocation is by contractor

b. By Others

c. Only removal of antenna is by others

d. Only removal of existing cabinet is by others

e. Only installation of canopy is by others.

40. On civil drawings CD001 (Demolition notes), and CD101 note 5, calls for existing a/c units to be removed and temporary stored for future re-installation. (Temporary storage to be coordinated with project manager). Will contractor be required to provide temporary AC to the areas being fed by the units that will be removed / re-installed?

SOLICITATION NO. 47PC0619R0003

GSA-PBS, REGION 2

Response: Temporary AC is not a requirement for the selected GC to consider for this project.

41. On drawing ACV-10, there is a section which calls for "Field Coordination for terminal Devices". It states," Contractor shall confirm that there are no variable air diffusers, variable air volume boxes and re-heat coils on the following ACV Systems:

a. AH-FOW-R3

b. AH-FOE-R4

c. ACP-FOS-R2

d. ACP-FOS-R3

If after a visual inspection, the contractor finds any of these devises, shall the contractor leave them on a "fully open position? Or will the contractor be required to take them off and replace them by either new constant volume supply grilles/ duct flanges? Please clarify the scope intent to be included as part of the base pricing.

Response: For base bid, visual inspection is not required.

42. The documents do not state what the limitations are to performing sitework. What is the maximum site area may be occupied by contractor activities including the earthwork, paving, and drainage at any given time?

Response: The logistics addressing this matter will need to be coordinated and approved by the Government in order to keep the building operational.

43. Paragraph 1.3.C states that work can occur during government working hours except where tasks will impact government activities due to noise. Will any sitework be required to be performed off hours?

Response: Recognizing that there is a level of noise in some of the tasks to be performed under this project and the need to keep the building operational at all times while the project is executed; the selected General Contractor will coordinate logistics with the government in order to achieve the project within the stipulated time frames.

44. With regard to work performed on and within the building, what is the maximum decibel level in occupied areas that is acceptable due to construction operations?

Response: Maximum decibel level requirements won’t be provided. However, the noise generated by a chipping hammer would be a good example that the selected General Contractor might need to consider to work on its logistics (not that the scope or the government requires the use of this tool).

SOLICITATION NO. 47PC0619R0003

GSA-PBS, REGION 2

45. What actions are required from the contractor with regard to securing a NPDES permit for the site, or is there one that work will be performed under?

Response: Selected General Contractor will be required to secure and maintain the NPDES permit for the site.

46. In order to provide the GSA with the best offer, we would like additional time to fully review and evaluate the project scope of work.

Response: Although the amended works are not complex activities or tasks to estimate; the due date will be moved to Friday, May 17, 2019, 4:00PM (EST).

47. We are preparing out bid and I was wondering if you could help me understand the security requirements (if any) related to how our bid is submitted.

Does the building have limits on how this bid can be delivered?

Response: Please refer to Section I.H Receipt of Offers in the Solicitation document.

This section clearly states the delivery method for the proposals, only electronic.

48. Solicitation No. 47PC0619R0003, II D, 1) FACTOR 1: EXPERIENCE ON RELEVANT PROJECTS; First paragraph (3) project. One of the three projects must have a minimum construction cost of five million dollars ($5,000,000) and on ATTACHMENT A1 under elements of Experience; the seventh question it ask:

Performed phased construction on a construction project with a minimum value of $10,000,000. What is the minimum dollar experience required for this project?

Response: Attachment A1 Experience Summary table has been corrected as it contained questions that did not pertain to this project. This has been corrected in FBO under Amendment 2 posted on 04/26/19. Please refer to Amendment 2 for revised document Attachment A1 Experience Summary Table.

49. I have a question regarding the project in Guaynabo 47PC0619R0003, there’s a checklist of the documents that must be submitted for the solicitation?. I have doubts if we have to summit just the documents that appears in the Proposal Preparation Instructions document: Technical proposal: A1,A2,A3 & A4 and the Form 527; and the Price proposal: SF 1442 and SF 24. That’s all? What about documents C301 and Form 30?

Response: Yes, you must also submit C301 Offeror’s Representations and Certifications (an attachment posted in FBO). All SF30s that are or will be posted in FBO must be acknowledged on Page 2, Block 19 of the SF-1442.