QA_12-12-2023.pdf

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

11 X There does not seem to be a Culvert Plan and Profile sheet for the 36in Culvert at 254+03, Lower Ohmer Creek. Could this please be provided?

See Physical Data file name ak‐r‐kna119201_CulvertXS.pdf.

12/12/2023

12 X

The Skilak Lake – Final AOP Foundation and Geotechnical Recommendations Memo indicates that AOP Site 2 is designed such that the “contractor should be prepared with appropriate equipment for rock excavation or blasting, if rock or large boulders are encountered” and that AOP Site 3 is designed such that “the contractor should be prepared with appropriate equipment for boulder excavation and rock removal, if encountered”. However, this report states it is based on the 30 percent plan sheets. Have any design changes taken place since the 30 percent design that would alter the degree or potential of discovering these types of materials during excavation?

Final alignment deviations from the 30% alignment are typically minimal, so the

Geotechnical Memorandum presents the

Government’s findings at approximate locations along the corridor that was evaluated. Please submit bids according to the solicitation documents, and Note: FP‐

14 Subsection 204.06(a) & Section 205 covers rock cuts and blasting requirements.

12/12/2023

13 X

The memorandums for each AOP Report seem to indicate that the Alaska Department of

Fish and Wildlife instream work period is May 15th to July 15th. However, the specifications indicate that the Project is not required to maintain fish passage during construction. Could you please clarify what work restrictions there might be for in‐stream work.

Most of the requirements you’re asking about reside under Sections 107 and 157, but there may be other requirements in the solicitation documents that a

Contractor will need to comply with, so the response is “Comply with the requirements of the solicitation documents, and please submit bids according to the solicitation documents.”

12/12/2023

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14 X Must all in‐stream work take place between May 15 and July 15? See Subsection 107.10(e)(1). 12/12/2023