QA_11-20-2023.pdf
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This document contains questions and answers related to federal contract solicitation number 69056724B000002 for the Skilak Lake Road AOP Improvements project. The solicitation is seeking bids for improvements to Skilak Lake Road in Alaska and is issued by the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. Key details include questions regarding vehicle requirements, bid submission dates which have been amended to December 13, 2023, changes to plan sets in an amendment, fuel provision requirements for government vehicles, use of automated machine guidance equipment, culvert design approvals, acceptable distances for contractor housing, and use of excavated material as culvert backfill.
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Project No. AK FWS KNA 1192(1)
Project : Skilak Lake Road AOP Improvements
# General Technical Question Answer Date
1 X In section F‐15 there is language requiring 2 vehicles. However, the schedule on A‐11 seems to indicate that only 1 vehicle is needed. Please provide clarity on this.
will be addressed under Amendment A001 11/13/2023
2 X In Amendment #2 it states the bid opening has been changed to 12/13/23. Can you clarify when bids are due? Are they also due 12/13/23?
In accordance with Amendment A002, the
Bid Opening Date (when bids are due) has been changed to 12/13/2023 at 2:00 p.m.
PST.
11/15/2023
3 X New plans were uploaded with Amendment #2. Can you say what was changed?
The plan set that was originally posted on sam.gov was not the correct plan set to post, so we replaced the entire plan set with the correct set.
11/15/2023
4 X
On 637.03 Facilities, (c) Vehicle, Contractor is to provide all fuels for the government vehicle. If the Contractor is not using an onsite fuel storage tank, would FHWA prefer
Contractor to supply a fuels credit card? Additionally, does FHWA have an estimate on government fuel usage for the project?
There are no restrictions for providing fuel via a fuel credit card. The Government does not have an estimate on Government fuel usage for the project, please submit bids according to the solicitation documents.
11/16/2023
5 X
If Automated Machine Guidance is used, per 152.05, Contractor is to supply surveying equipment to FHWA with training. If AMG is used, can the Contractor provide a rover and data‐collector setup which will be operating off the same base station as the Surveyors?
Provide equipment meeting the requirements SCRs 152.01, 152.04(b), and
152.05, and please submit bids according to the solicitation documents.
11/16/2023
6 X Has FHWA applied or received a memorandum from Alaska Department of Fish & Game
(ADF&G) approving the culverts and their design?
No, please submit bids according to the solicitation documents.
11/16/2023
7 X What is an acceptable distance from the project sites to provide FHWA with residential housing?
This will be addressed under Amendment
A003.
11/16/2023
8 X
Subsections 204.06 requires conserving 6‐inch minus material from the roadway excavation to be used for finishing the roadway embankment. Would this conserved 6‐ inch minus material be suitable to qualify as culvert backfill material? 704.03(a) requires 3‐ inch minus material.
Material conserved under Subsection
204.06, may be used as backfill material if it meets the applicable requirements of
Subsection 704.03.
11/20/2023
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