QA_05-24-2021.pdf

MT DAR 2021(1)

Defense Access Roads FY 2021

# General Technical Question Answer Date

1 X

Regarding Solicitation No. 69056721B000006, can you please confirm that bids cannot be sent electronically, but must be sealed and submitted in hard copy to the address below?

Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration 610 East Fifth Street Vancouver WA 98661‐3801

Correct. See NTB. Bids may not be submitted electronically.

5/4/21

2 X

Thank you very much for the clarification. My current concern is that the questions deadline is Friday, May 21, and there is not sufficient time for Offerors to incorporate answers from the Government before bids must be packaged up and FEDEXed to arrive by the due date. Can you please advise on whether the proposal due date can be extended to the following week or, perhaps, the questions deadline moved to an earlier date?

We do not intend to move the bid opening date or the latest date to submit bidder questions at this time. Please bid accordingly.

5/5/21

3 X What psi Concrete is required for the inlet collars?

See SCR Subsection 602.05A, and FP‐14 Table 601‐1.

5/20/21

4 X Is the culvert pipe required to have an interior seal/coating?

Provide leak‐resistant seals at all pipe joints according to Section 602.

5/20/21

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5 X Will any special requirements be required for the work near the rail road (i.e., special permits, flaggers, shut down times)?

See Subsection 107.04, and do not perform work between M.P. 2.62 and M.P. 2.68 according to Plan Sheet C.6.

5/20/21

6 X Is there a requirement for the contractor to provide the Government with office trailer(s)?

No. 5/20/21

7 X

Outside of holiday restrictions specified in IFB Section 156.07, are there any restrictions on daily work hours or days of the week in which work can be performed?

See Subsection 108.01. 5/20/21

8 X Are all of the necessary permits in place?

The government has obtained the permits contained within Section H. Obtain all permits needed for the Contractor’s methods of operations. See Subsections 105.02(c) and 107.01.

5/20/21

9 X Are there town‐owned locations from which water can be pulled for dust control requirements?

See Subsection 158.03. 5/20/21

10 X Are flared end sections required at the culvert locations?

This will be addressed under Amendment A002.

5/20/21

11 X Is culvert cleaning is required on the newly installed culvert pipe?

Culvert cleaning is only required where indicated on the plans. See Plan Sheets F.1 through F.2.

5/20/21

12 X

No fence specifications were provided. For estimating purposes, can you please provide a fence specification (i.e., 6' chain link) for areas requiring fence removal/reinstallation?

We will not be providing existing fence information for removing and resetting fence requirements under FP‐14 Subsection

619.05. Recommend performing a site visit

to obtain existing conditions and bidding accordingly.

5/20/21

13 X Will permits be required to cut/weld during the fire season?

Comply with the requirements of Subsection 107.01.

14 X Can you please provide specifications for the fiber rolls to be used for erosion control (i.e., biodegradable, fill etc.)?

See FP‐14 Subsection 713.12 and SCR Subsection 713.12(e).

5/20/21

15 X

Section 622.02 of the IFB relates to Rental Equipment Number and indicates the Contractor must provide model number and serial number for one 12 CY Dump Truck, one Backhoe loader/Min Bucket width 2 ft, and one Motor Grader 12 ft min blade width. Is the Contractor required to use these pieces or can we price larger equipment? If larger equipment is allowed, how will we indicate the pricing is different and will you require us to state the model and make or proposed equipment?

The equipment requirements listed under Section 622 are minimums, so please bid accordingly. Submit the equipment information listed under Subsection 622.02 before using equipment on the project.

This information is not required for bid submittals.

5/20/21

16 X Regarding IFB Section 311.05, can a rotary mixer, such as a CAT RM 400, be used in place of a stationary pugmill?

Comply with the requirements of Subsection 311.05 for Pugmill Mixing, and comply with the requirements of Subsection 311.06 for In‐Place Mixing.

5/20/21

17 X

Will the Government provide staging area(s) where Contractor can store aggregates, chloride, etc.? If so, can you provide the locations for estimating purposes?

See last paragraph on Page A‐2a, Subsection 105.02(c), and Subsection 105.04, and bid accordingly.

5/20/21

18 X

311.07 Compacting and Finishing. Can we use a

4000 Gal. water truck "Loaded" for compaction as long as we reach the 95% Density requirement?

Comply with the requirements of Subsection 311.07.

5/20/21

19 X

Public traffic 156.04 Will there ever have to be 24 hr Road/Traffic control in some of these areas due to Missile Silo transportation or USAF traffic?

This is dependent on the Contractor’s method of operations. See Subsections

156.04 and 156.07(n), and bid accordingly.

20 X

Regarding IFB Section 156.07 Limitations on Construction Operations, is the Contractor responsible for furnishing a 2‐way radio for the CO in charge?

This will be addressed under Amendment A002.

5/20/21

21 X

Reference IFB Section 156.07 (o), please confirm that across the entire contract, we can have only three roads under construction at any given time? In other words, the Offeror cannot provide multiple crews in location simultaneously to complete work?

The plans shows at least 12 roads to be worked on under Schedule A, and up to 16 roads to be worked on under Schedule C.

Subsection 156.07(o) says do not work on more than 3 roads simultaneously.

5/20/21

22 X

Can you please provide subsection 203.05 that is reference under IFB Sections 157.15 and 303.04? We were not able to locate these in the solicitation documents or online.

Obtain an electronic copy of FP‐14 from the first hyperlink on Page A‐1.

5/20/21

23 X

Regarding IFB Section 303 ‐ Road Conditioning, subsection 30303 indicates the contractor will remove excess should materials in areas where the existing roadbed is wider than necessary.

Can you provide an estimated quantity of material to remove for pricing purposes? For estimating purposes, can you provide a round‐ trip time or distance offerors should use to calculate the cost of hauling excess materials to a stockpile site?

We will not be providing this information.

Recommend performing a site visit to obtain existing conditions and bidding accordingly.

5/20/21

24 X

Regarding IFB Section 607 ‐ Cleaning, Relaying & Repairing Existing Drainage Structures, can you please confirm the Contractor is not required to re‐lay pipe? There is no subsection that discusses relaying of pipe, specifically.

See Subsections 607.03 and 607.04 for requirements to replace damaged pipes;

remove and reset separated pipes; repair leaks and structural damages; and replace missing or broken metalwork.

25 X

Regarding IFB Section 607 ‐ Cleaning, Relaying & Repairing Existing Drainage Structures, can you provide an estimate of the number of RCPs that have become separated and will require removal and reset? In the event that an RCP is damaged currently and cannot be reset, how will the Government reimburse the contractor for cost of replacement?

We will not be providing this information.

Recommend performing a site visit to obtain existing conditions and bidding accordingly.

5/20/21

26 X

Regarding IFB Section 607.02, in lieu of the specified water jet truck, can the Contractor utilize a high‐pressure attachment for a water truck?

No. Please bid accordingly. 5/20/21

27 X

Reference IFB Section 152.05 Survey and Staking Requirements, subsection (m) Station staking: can the Contractor survey and stake on a per‐road basis prior to construction starting on a particular road vs staking all roads up front? If we perform staking of all roads at onset of project, there is a chance the stakes will be altered or removed before crews get to the roads to start construction.

Subsection 152.04 states that work cannot start until staking for the affected work has been approved. It does not state all roads must be staked before any work can take place.

5/20/21

28 X

Will the Government consider extending the proposal due date to allow incorporation of answers to the questions above and questions from other contractors?

We do not intend to extend the bid opening date at this time.

29 X

Can clarification be provided as to whether Flared Ends are required for the below items?

Schedule A A1056 60201‐0800 24” Pipe Culvert A1060 60212‐0800 24” Elbow – Appears on the standard drawing from plan page F.12 that one is required but it is not called out in the Summary of Quantities or Tabulations of Quantities

Schedule B B1062 60201‐0800 24” Pipe Culvert B1066 60212‐0800 24” Elbow

Schedule C C0162 60201‐0800 24” Pipe Culvert C0166 60202‐0200 18” Equivalent Arch Pipe Culvert C1070 60212‐0800 24” Elbow

This will be addressed under Amendment A002.

5/20/21

30 X

I have a question regarding the calcium chloride spec in the bid documents (Page F9 – F17).

311.06 states, in place mixing can be used with a rotary mixing machine.

Question: What rate of injection will be required and how will the calcium chloride be paid for in liquid form?

I have a attached a specification from the Minnesota DOT.

This will be addressed under Amendment A002.

5/24/21

31 X

Please advise if calcium chloride the material is only to be paid under the A,B,C 1060 bid items and it does not also need the material also include in bid items A,B,C 1040, 1044, 1048, 1052, 1056.

The Calcium chloride (flake/pellet) material specified under Section 311, is included in the pay items of the bid schedule according to Subsections 311.09, 311.10, 109.02 and

109.05. Please bid accordingly.

5/24/21

32 X

Over the weekend, we noticed that quantities for Schedule B and C roads in the bid sheet and in the Plans are simply duplicates of the quantities for the Schedule A roads. We did our own take‐offs and calculations and the quantities for Schedule B and C roads are much lower than what is specified in the bid items.

How would you like Offerors to proceed?

Should we simply bid the units as specified?

See Subsections 102.02 and 102.05A on Page E‐2 of the solicitation, and bid the quantities shown in Schedules A, B, and C.

5/24/21

33 X

In reviewing file Q&A_05‐20‐2021 posted on beta.sam, we noted that the Government intends to release Amendment 002 to answer the last question posed. Can you please let us know when you anticipate posting that amendment?

Amendment A002 will be posted when it is completed.

5/24/21