QA_11-29-2023.pdf
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This document contains answers to technical questions regarding federal contract solicitation number 69056724B000002 for the Skilak Lake Road AOP Improvements project. The solicitation involves road improvement work for the Skilak Lake Road and requires the contractor to provide all necessary equipment, fuel, and surveying tools to complete the project. Key details include: the contractor must supply two vehicles but the project schedule only indicates one is needed; bids are due on December 13, 2023 at 2:00pm PST according to Amendment A002 which also replaced the entire plan set; no restrictions exist on using a fuel credit card for government vehicles and fuel usage is unknown; the contractor can provide surveying equipment compatible with the government's base station if automated machine guidance is used; bids should comply with solicitation requirements regardless of Alaska DFG culvert approval; Amendment A003 will address housing standards; and excavated material may be used as culvert backfill if it meets the 3-inch minus specification. The federal agency is the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration.
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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
9 X We are planning to bid this project. Can you tell me who the General is? No. 11/29/2023
10 X We are planning to bid this project. Is WFL.Contracts@dot.gov the correct email for questions?
See Block 9 on Page A‐5 of the solicitation documents for this project on sam.gov.
11/29/2023
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