Questions and Answers During Advertisement for CO OMAD 300(67) 06092022.pdf

Questions and Answers During Advertisement for CO OMAD 300(67) Minuteman Missile Access Roads

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Questions Answers

We need to know if all the section 1 existing material excavated out can be used as additional shouldering or carried forward into section 2 widenings? To haul it off would be very expensive; it's not a good product, and people wouldn't want it. Having wider shoulders in section 1 roads might be a better, cheaper option.

Only Typical Section 2 widening roadways have been cleared environmentally for widening. Follow SCR 212.03(a).

Does the excavated material in section 1 balance into the section 2 embankment, or will the contractor need to haul this material off? We would want to have cross-section information to see if it is an option to balance in the embankments

Material is not expected to balance between Typical Section 1 and 2.

Follow SCR 212.03(a).

The Dust control is a lumpsum. This would be an expensive pay item, as we would need to have dust control as a daily event.

Would the government consider an M-Gal unit price this way, they pay for what is done?

This item will be kept as a lumpsum item

4 Does the contractor own the export material? Or does the export road material belong to the Government or county?

See SCR 212.03(a), the Contractor owns any material not claimed by the County.

How does the contractor get paid if the back slope of the ditches ends up requiring import to maintain positive flow parallel to the road? We would have to spend a lot of time building up the back slope and regrading in the ditch for many feet on some of the roads, which might cause ROW problems.

The project does not include ditch grading as the intent is to widen the roadway base through Linear Grading as specified in Type 2 Widening shown on Sheet A5. In most areas, the surrounding topo is flat and used for farming so water would drain away from the roadway into the fields.

Any costs associated to grading poor drainage areas created by Linear Grading is included in the cost of Linear Grading and will not be paid for separately.

Will this be a fixed subcontract? Unit prices will give you a lower number, but it will be higher if we end up with a lump sum contract. I see the Base lower than my takeoff; I'm coming up with 107,895tons. Do you want me to treat this as a lump sum contract or unit price?

The estimated quantity that we have in the contract is reasonable based on past OMAD projects. This will be unit price contract.

With not working the weekends, the tons per day would need to be around 2200-3000 tons to complete the base contract within the completion date. This is the max that could be accomplished; this would be about 50-60 trucks per day for around 55 days. The two pits quoting the project wouldn't be able to do more than that. The problem is the alternatives; the two alternatives have less time to complete than the base bid quantities. Meaning we would not be able to complete them on time. Should we put in an additional 30 days of liquidated damages? Or can the Government change the completion date for the two alternatives? Alt X might be able to be completed on time, but there is no way alt Y can.

We are not able to extend contractor completion date due to weather concerns. Based on the past OMAD projects, production rate of 5,000 ton/day is what the contractors were able to place and we believe is reasonable.

Item # A20466-0000 Conserve and stockpile topsoil, are we to assume that we are going to windrow topsoil out past the catch point of the slope or haul it to stockpiles and re-haul back to place after embankment is complete?

Means and methods is up to the Contractor but there is no requirement in the contract to haul topsoil to a stockpile site and re-haul it back to the embankment.

We have a couple of subs that would like to put eyes on the job site. I know we cannot just drive up to the silo’s themselves, but we were wondering if we could do a drive by of several of the locations tomorrow via the county roads?

All the routes to the site are county routes so you should not have any issues looking at the site.

10 What is the availability of water in the areas? Can we pump out of ponds, ditches, and streams?

Contractors for previous OMAD projects covering the same area were able to purchase water. The contractor cannot cannot get water from pond, ditch or streams due to water rights and other laws. Please refer to SCR Section 105.01.