QnA_1.7.19.pdf

Questions and Answers during Advertisement for

NM FTFS 107(1) Lincoln NFSR 107

January 7, 2019

Questions Answers

1 What is the intended plan for the excess ROADWAY

EXCAVATION Material?

Will FHWA supply a dump site within the project limits for this material?

Is the intent to use for the excess material to be utilized as

EMBANKMENT?

If the proposed use for the excess material to be used as

Embankment, will an Embankment bid item be added to the Bid Schedule?

Excess material on the project is noted as Waste (Item 20441-0000) on the grading summary (Sheet B3), and will be paid for accordingly. The Waste material will be disposed of legally outside the boundaries of the Forest. No areas within the project limits have been designated for waste.

2 Will the contractor be allowed to pump water from Bonito Creek for construction water?

The City of Alamogordo owns the reservoir downstream of the project site.

The contractor will be responsible for determining any water rights issues/payments associated with pumping water from Bonito Creek.

3 On the bid form item no. A0360 placed rip rap method a class 3:

Does the quantity listed on this line item include all of the rip rap on the project including all the rip rap shown on the box Culverts?

The drainage summary on Sheet B3 quantifies the riprap at individual sites and the total quantity includes riprap placed at box culvert and pipe culvert locations.

4 On sheet number B3 it states underneath the Grading Summary that “ roadway excavation includes excavation of bedrock at STA.

110+58 box culvert.” Is there any quantity of estimated bedrock excavation that will need to be accomplished at this location?

We estimate the rock excavation to be approximately 40 CUYD at the

STA. 110+58 box culvert.

5 Sheet Numbers D1, D2,D3 all show Class 3 Rip Rap and Granular

Rock Backdrain material going completely through all of the box culverts. Is this correct?

Yes, this is correct. The culverts are intended to serve as Aquatic

Organism Passage and the material within the culvert is intended to mimic upstream and downstream of the structures. As noted on sheets D1, D2, and D3, the granular rock backdrain is not a separate pay item and is considered subsidiary to the box culvert item.