9053 - Questions and Answers.pdf

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Procurement Office

605 Suwannee Street, MS 20

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0450

Phone: (850) 414-4477

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS DATE: March 21, 2023

BID No.: DOT-RFP-23-9053-SD

BID Title: Statewide Continuous Count Station Installation and Maintenance_____

OPENING DATE: Monday, April 3, 2023 @ 11:00AM EST

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PROVIDED BELOW

Bidders/Proposers must acknowledge receipt of this Addendum by completing and returning to the

Procurement Office, by no later than the time and date of the bid/proposal opening. Failure to do so may subject the bidder/proposer to disqualification.

Sally Dobson, Procurement Agent

Bidder/Proposer

Address

Submitted by (Signature)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Procurement Office 605 Suwannee Street, MS 20

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0450 Phone: (850) 414-4477

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS DATE: March 21, 2023

BID No.: DOT-RFP-23-9053-SD

BID Title: Statewide Continuous Count Station Installation and Maintenance

OPENING DATE: Monday, April 3, 2023 @ 11:00AM EST

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Question 1

Is there a place to find out what products to provide a price for? Example is the

Anemometer, Google results don't show anything for the part number listed "A-Meter" and the FDOT approved products list doesn't have anything either.

Answer 1

This product is being considered on the Innovative Product List (IPL); therefore, vendor is to bid on the best price for furnishing and installing this device at a traffic monitoring stations without triggering a major issue to power consumption.

Question 2

On the price proposal form there is a unit of measure "100 Per LF", and I need to know what that means. Does it mean give a price for what every 100 linear feet would cost?

OR does it mean how many hundreds of dollar a linear foot would cost?

Answer 2 This means “100 per linear feet”.

Question 3

Is there any way to sub out some of the work? The document talks about DBE and MBE contractors and how much work is intended to be given to them. So I would assume that means that some of the work can be subcontracted.

Answer 3

No, this contract does not allow subconsultants. Diversity Achievement: The Department encourages DBE firms to compete for Department contractual services projects, and also encourages non-DBE and other minority contractors to use DBE firms as sub-contractors.

The Department, its contractors, suppliers, and consultants shall take all necessary and reasonable steps to ensure that disadvantaged businesses have an opportunity to compete for and perform contract work for the Department in a nondiscriminatory environment.

The Department shall require its contractors, suppliers, and consultants to not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, or disability in the award and performance of its contracts.

Question 4 The part about Liquidated damages, are there exceptions for materials delays and/or weather delays?

Answer 4

Work must be completed within 60 days of acknowledgment of the written task work order. Any exceptions shall be requested in writing to the Department’s Project Manager.

It shall be the responsibility of the Vendor to ensure at all times that sufficient time remains in the Project Schedule within which to complete services on the project. In the event there are delays which will affect the project completion date, the Vendor shall submit a written request to the Department which identifies the reason(s) for the delay and the amount of time related to each reason. The Department shall review the request and make a determination as to granting all or part of the requested extension.