QA_Response_ND OMAD 2024(1) 12.5.25.pdf

Questions and Answers ND OMAD 2024(1) Minuteman Missile Access Road

IFB # 6982AF25B000015

November 6, 2025

Questions Answers 1 What are the Specification requirements for the Surface Course

Aggregate material? Example: Gradation (Grading Type H?), Fractured Faces, PI (Grading Type H 4 to 12?)

Refer to Amendment A001.

2 What is the Sampling, Testing & Acceptance Requirements of the Surface Course Aggregate?

Refer to Table 301-1 of the SCR’s

3 Under 703.06 Crushed Aggregate. Provide hard, durable particles or fragments of crushed stone or gravel conforming to the size and quality requirements for crushed aggregate material normally used locally in the construction and maintenance of highways by Federal or state agencies.

Does used locally pertain to this project as the gradation for Grading Type H is different than NDDOT Class-13 or Class-13M (Class-13M requires PI)?

Section 703.06 is not applicable to this contract, refer to Amendment A001 for aggregate material specifications.

4 What is there a specific start date (besides stating that the Contractor shall begin performance within 10 calendar days. This performance period is mandatory) and may the contractor start at their convenience as long as the completion date is met?

A contractor may not be able to start producing aggregate until the Spring based on weather conditions. On page E-13 of special subcontract requirements, the completion date is August 14, 2026

Please see SCR Subsection 108.01 for start date.

5 Will you be able to use a local certified testing company to perform testing?

Refer to FP-24 Section 154

6 No specific locations have been identified for soft and unstable areas, does that mean that there will not be any and how do you bid this item as it reads to repair any soft or unstable areas?

Refer to FAR Clause 52.236-3 Site Investigations and Conditions Affecting the Work.

7 The price of the project is $4,335,000.00 Does the Contractor only bid what Segment Sites and priority milage total to that amount?

Please follow Bid Schedule Instructions on page A-4 of the IFB.

8 What is the basis for the apparent low bidder. Lowest price per

Mile?

Please refer to Basis for Award on page A-4 of the IFB.

9 What is the Project Lump Sum Pricing for on A-6? This is the Bid Schedule for the project, the Supplemental Description indicates the Section of the FP/SCR’s the pay item corresponds to.

November 10, 2025

9 Can I get more information on this? Total number of locations in need of improvement, average length of road. Time frame of completion.

Please reference page A-6 thru A-8 of the IFB, and SCR Subsection

108.01 on page E-16.

10 Do you have a plans holders list for the subject line project? This is available on sam.gov. We will post a pdf copy as well, but we do not maintain the list.

November 19, 2025

11 Are the Superintendent, SSHO, and QC Manager required to be three separate individuals, or can roles be combined?

Refer to FP-24 Subsection 153.02.

12 Can the period of performance be extended after award once material and equipment lead times are confirmed, considering current market conditions?

Refer to FP-24 and SCR Subsection 108.04.

13 Is there a bulk water source—such as a hydrant or other fill point—available nearby for grading operations?

Contractor responsible to source water in accordance with SCR Subsection 105.01

14 Is this project tax-exempt?

Refer to FAR Clause 52.229-3 Federal, State, and Local Taxes.

15 When is on-site work anticipated to begin?

Refer to SCR Subsection 108.01

16 Are any permits required for this project?

Refer to FP-24 and SCR Section 107 and FAR Clause 52.236-7 Permits and Responsibilities (NOV 1991) (DEVIATION AUG 2025)

17 SCR 152.04 states that grade stakes are not required. Are there any surveying requirements?

No

18 Please provide staking data points for the project.

Refer to SCR Subsection 152.04, staking data points will not be provided.

19 Are red, yellow, and blue tops required for this project?

No, refer to SCR Section 152

20 Is work allowed on multiple sites simultaneously?

Yes

21 If multiple locations are worked at the same time, will more than one QCM be required?

Provide a QCM in accordance with Section 153 of the FP-24 and SCR’s

22 Does the technician need to be a separate individual from the

QCM?

Yes, the technician needs to be a separate individual from the QCM.

The QCM only duties include managing the project QC, not performing the inspection on the project.

153.04 Quality Control Manager.

Provide a QCM who is on site while contract work is being performed. Provide a QCM with no responsibilities for managing or superintending the project or performing operations other than managing QC.

23 Should the full project price be included in the first half of the provided pricing schedule?

Follow Bid Schedule Instructions on page A-4 of the IFB

24 Please clarify the second section of the provided pricing schedule.

Are we to allocate the mileage we can perform for the listed value?

25 Is it correct that we should only price the mileage—by priority— that we can complete within the $4,335,000.00 limit if the entire mileage cannot be completed?

26 Can each roadway section be fully closed during construction, or must one lane of traffic be maintained?

Refer to Section 156 of the SCR’s

27 Is an SWPPP required?

No

28 Should we include silt fencing around the full perimeter of each roadway section?

This is a lump sum pay item. No silt fencing is shown on plans.

This decision and approach to be made by contractor.

November 10, 2025

29 Can Procore be used instead of Masterworks?

Masterworks is required for the project.

November 21, 2025

30 What is the period of performance time for this project.

Please reference SCR Subsection 108.01, pages E-11, and E-13.

December 3, 2025

31 Question regarding Subpart 19.5, specifically 19.505(b)(1)(iii) pertaining to ND OMAD 2024(1) MINUTEMAN MISSILE ACCESS ROAD. This regulation states, "For a contract or order assigned a NAICS code for general construction, the concern will not pay more than 85 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities." If a subcontractor that is not a similarly situated entity plans to process and deliver materials FOB, is the processing and hauling of the material exempt from the subcontracting dollar amount?

Refer to FAR 31.205-26 for material costs and what they can include.

December 5, 2025

31 I referred to 31.205-26, and I do have a follow-up question. For the purpose of this contract, is virgin aggregate considered a raw material?

Yes