QnA-09_03_2024.docx
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This document is a set of Questions and Answers related to the federal contract opportunity for the NV FLAP 400(1), Logandale Trails Access Road project. The project consists of approximately 3 miles of roadway construction including excavation, aggregate base, asphalt paving, concrete curb and barrier, and minor concrete pavement. Key details include:
- Contractors seek clarification on permit requirements, final site stabilization, and payment for bird/tortoise protection measures.
- There are concerns about safety and access for the public during construction, with a recommendation to fully close the road.
- Bidders request information on the anticipated project start and duration, as well as how staging/restoration areas will be addressed.
- The government indicates that bidders should follow the plans and specifications as written, with no changes to how items are to be paid.
The related federal contract opportunity has an estimated cost range between $10-20 million. The project is anticipated to be advertised in August 2024 with a construction start in February 2025 and completion in October 2025. The contracting agency is the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration.
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Questions and Answers during Advertisement for NV FLAP 400(1), Logandale Trails Access Road
September 03, 2024
| Questions |
| Answers |
| 1 |
| After downloading & printing the plans, you have them at 8.5 x 11, can you please change this to 11 x 17 and re-upload for our use as the 8.5 x 11 cannot be read properly? |
| Posted to SAM.gov |
| 2 |
| Section 107.01, Page E-9, the Contractor can apply for, but cannot procure or comply with all terms of the permit since we do not have the permit prior to bid so we can put the costs in properly. You will need to add a force account item for this item to the bid schedule to handle this. We cannot bid something we don’t have to review first. These permits are getting really bad in our area so we must have them pre-bid to bid properly. This goes for 401, 404, discharge of any kind and any and all permits. |
| Bid as shown in plans and specs |
| 3 |
| The plans & specifications do not cover final stabilization after the project is complete. |
Every square inch of the project that remains dirt at the end of the project must be final stabilized with clean rock, landscape and etc. Your design Engineer must provide this on the plans, NDEP required it to be a design element of the project.
Can you please incorporate this into the bid documents and bid items?
See Sections 625 Seeding, Hydraulic Method and Mulching, Hydraulic Method
| 4 |
| On Page E-12 of the Specs, Paragraph E & G, how is this work being paid as there are no bid items for E (bird survey) or G (tortoise)? |
Page E-15, last paragraph shows end date to be 12/5/25, what is the anticipated start date so we know the duration you are planning for so we can bid properly?
See FP-14 109.05 (b) Indirect payment.
| 5 |
| After driving the project yesterday, LVP believes this access road will be unsafe to permit traffic to travel while work is taking place. The way this has to be graded for one, there will be times there won’t even be a road to travel on by the public. The bigger cut slopes will have to be excavated from the top to the bottom and loaded out as we go. Material, rock and etc. will be a fall hazard to the roadway. This road should be closed completely, but definitely during the construction days and opened for the weekends only. The use of the loop parking lot for staging per E-4 of the specs, there will be nowhere for the public to park. Can you please let us know if this is possible? |
Bid as shown on plans and specifications.
| 6 |
| On Page E-4 of the specs, it says we can use the gravel parking lot from 80+00 to 84+00. Is this the big open area on the left? FYI, whatever staging area is used (gravel or loop parking) they will need to be treated for final stabilization, will you be paying for this area(s) to be done through the seed & mulch bid items or if not, how will it be paid? |
| Per 105.04 “Restore Government-provided storage sites to their original condition” |
| 7 |
| Another question or information on final stabilization. |
It appears you want the seed & mulch option, but the two permitting agencies (NDEP/CCDAQ) will not close the permits out until you have 70%+ germination or two years which ever comes first. If you don’t have a watering program you will most likely never get the 70% germination which means the Contractor has to maintain the site for two years. Can you please confirm how you want us to handle this?
Bid as shown in plans and specifications.
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