Addendum-1-30th-Street-Project.pdf

November 2, 2026

To all Bidders:

Attached is Addendum No. 1 to SEPTA's RFP #26-00233-AKQC - Construction Management for the 30th Street West Catenary Replacement Project - Phase 1A

The proposal due date that was scheduled for Thursday, November 5, 2026 by 4:00 pm ET has been extended. The new proposal due date is scheduled for Tuesday, November 10, 2026 and must be hand delivered by 4:00 pm ET.

Any inquiries regarding this proposal must be directed to Karen Cyphers of the Procurement and

Supply Chain Management Department at kcyphers@septa.org.

Sincerely, Karen Cyphers a

Karen Cyphers

Sr. Contract Administrator

Procurement & Supply Chain Management

Addendum No. 1

Dated: November 2, 2026

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NO. 26-00233-AKQC

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR THE 30th STREET WEST

CATENARY REPLACEMENT PROJECT - PHASE 1A

ADDENDUM NO. 1

To All Bidders:

The following constitutes Addendum No. 1 to SEPTA's RFP No. 26-00233-AKQC - Construction

Management for the 30th Street West Catenary Replacement Project - Phase 1A. Addendum No.

1 must be acknowledged by inserting the date of the Addendum on the Addenda Proposal Form.

Failure to do so may render a proposers submittal as non-responsive.

The proposal due date that was scheduled for Thursday, November 5, 2026 by 4:00 pm ET has been extended. The new proposal due date is scheduled for Tuesday, November 10, 2026 and must be hand delivered by 4:00 pm ET.

A. General

1. Questions and Answers are hereby incorporated by reference and are made a part of the requirements of this proposal.

2. The new proposal due date is scheduled for Tuesday, November 10, 2026 and must be hand delivered by 4:00 pm ET.

3. All else remains unchanged.

B. Specifications - No changes

C. Drawings - No changes

Dated: October 28, 2026

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

Question 1: Regarding the conflict of interest requirements outlined in the RFP, please confirm whether an archaeology firm that served as a subconsultant to the Engineer of Record during the

Preliminary Engineering phase would be eligible to participate as a subconsultant on the

Construction Management team, provided the firm is not involved in the final design or serving as the EOR during construction.

Answer 1: TBD

Question 2: In lieu of the CM being a professional Engineer registered in the Commonwealth of

PA is a CCM and or NICET certification permissible.

Answer 2: The CM may be a CCM and/or have NICET certification, but must also be a registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of PA.

Question 3: Will the selected CM be required to cover all archeologic areas including the Burial sites or will SEPTA have Richard Grubb & Associates cover that area.

Answer 3: Richard Grubb & Associates will be on site to monitor the 29 foundations which are considered the most sensitive to possibly uncovering human remains (historical burial area). When working in areas outside of the recognized historical burial ground, the selected

CM will be required to notify SEPTA of any findings that would require Richard Grubb &

Associates to return to the site for investigation. The selected CM will be required to keep all records and uphold the proper written protocols in all archaeologically sensitive areas, including the burial area.

Question 4: The RFP indicates that a trailer site will be provided please confirm the selected CM will need to fit-out and cover all utility costs.

Answer 4: Confirmed, the CM will need to fit-out the contents of the trailer and cover all utility costs for the trailer, as per the language of the RFP.

Question 5: Under SECTION 2 METHOD OF COMPENSATION Part III METHOD of

PAYMENT will SEPTA consider reducing the retainage from 10% to 5% as no design deliverables are to be provided.

Answer 5: No, not for this project.

Question 6: Will the Insurance Certificates need to indemnify and also cover Amtrak and to what levels.

Answer 6: See CM for 30th Street Project - Insurance Requirement Document (IRD) (PDF) for project insurance requirements.

Question 7: Does SEPTA have a Right of Entry permit from Amtrak for work and access across

Amtrak property or will the Selected CM be required to obtain.

Answer 7: SEPTA will not be applying for a Right of Entry permit from Amtrak and does not see any need for the Selected CM to apply for such. Any awarded Construction

Contractors performing work for the 30th to K Project for SEPTA will be required to obtain a Right of Entry permit directly from Amtrak.

Question 8: Will SEPTA coordinate for Amtrak and CSX flagging support or will the CM perform this function.

Answer 8: There is no CSX flagging support needed. SEPTA will be coordinating with

Amtrak for overall support needed, however the CM team must assist in monitoring and managing the Amtrak support personnel’s daily activity, as directed by the SEPTA PM team.

Question 9: If the CM Safety Manager and CM have OSHA 30 hour and First Aid/CPR Training is it acceptable that other field staff have OSHA 10 hour training.

Answer 9: All CM field staff must comply to the safety training requirements listed in

Section 4.I.C. of the RFP document.

Question 10: Consequential damages. Will SEPTA consider a mutual waiver of consequential, indirect, and incidental damages (including lost profits and loss of use)? The §23 indemnity and

§19 currently require the Consultant to indemnify SEPTA for consequential damages.

Answer 10: SEPTA will agree to waive consequential damages for Section 23 but not Section

19.

Question 11: Limitation of liability. The Agreement does not include any limitation of, or cap on, the Consultant’s aggregate liability. Will SEPTA confirm whether it will consider an aggregate limitation of liability (e.g., commensurate with the Consultant’s fee), or confirm that no such limitation is available?

Answer 11: See CM for 30th Street Project - Insurance Requirement Document (IRD) (PDF) for project insurance requirements.

Question 12: Design errors and omissions cost-sharing (§35). Please clarify how a Consultant’s share of design-error costs is to be calculated, and whether the Consultant’s financial responsibility is subject to any cap or to the professional standard of care rather than a “sufficiently clear, complete, and correct” expectation. Will the Contract Administrator’s “final” determination be subject to any neutral review?

Answer 12: This question only applies to the EOR, not to the CM or the Construction

Contractor.

Question 13: Duty to defend (§23, §19). Will SEPTA confirm that the Consultant’s obligation is to indemnify (reimburse) rather than to “defend” at its sole cost, given that a contractual duty to defend is generally not covered by professional liability insurance?

Answer 13: TBD

Question 14: Proportional indemnity (§23). Will SEPTA confirm that the Consultant’s indemnity obligations are limited to losses to the extent caused by the Consultant’s negligent acts, errors, or omissions, across all indemnity prongs (including the subcontractor/materialman defense obligation)?

Answer 14: Agreed.

Question 15: Workers’ Compensation §303 waiver (§23). Please confirm the intended scope of the waiver of the Consultant’s statutory immunity under §303 of the Pennsylvania Workers’

Compensation Act (77 P.S. §481(b)).

Answer 15: Confirmed.

Question 16: Standard of care. Will SEPTA confirm that the Consultant’s services are to be performed in accordance with the standard of care ordinarily exercised by members of the same profession, and that no warranty, guarantee of results, or “fitness for purpose”/“defect-free” obligation is intended (§2, §33, §35)?

Answer 16: TBD

Question 17: Payment timing and interest. Within what period will SEPTA pay undisputed invoice amounts, and will interest accrue on late payment of undisputed amounts?

Answer 17: Interest will not accrue on late payment of undisputed amounts. As per

Appendix 1, Section 8.b., Payments due to the Consultant under the Agreement shall be made within thirty (30) days after approval of Consultant’s invoice by SEPTA’s Project

Representatives.

Question 18: Suspension for non-payment. Does the Consultant have any right to suspend services for SEPTA’s failure to pay undisputed amounts, and if so, under what notice procedure?

Answer 18: Please refer to Appendix 1, Section 34. Disputes.

Question 19: Payment disputes (§34, Method of Payment). Given that payment and dispute determinations rest with SEPTA’s Project Manager/AGM as “final and conclusive,” what recourse is available to the Consultant for a disputed payment determination?

Answer 19: Please refer to Appendix 1, Section 34. Disputes.

Question 20: Mediation (§34). Will SEPTA consider a mediation or neutral dispute-resolution step before litigation, rather than a determination by SEPTA’s AGM that is “final and conclusive”?

Answer 20: No.

Question 21: Termination for cause – payment (§22). On a termination for cause, will the

Consultant be paid for services satisfactorily completed through the termination date, notwithstanding language stating no further obligation to Consultant?

Answer 21: Amounts owed shall be resolved through Section 34 Disputes.

Question 22: Termination for convenience – settlement (§21). Will the Consultant’s convenience-termination settlement include demobilization/close-out costs and amounts owed to lower-tier subconsultants, in addition to costs and profit on work performed?

Answer 22: Section 21 provides that reasonable costs shall be paid in accordance with 48

CFR Subpart 31.2.

Question 23: Force majeure / excusable delay. Given “time is of the essence” and the 850-day term, will the Consultant be entitled to an equitable adjustment of schedule (and, where applicable, compensation) for delays beyond its reasonable control?

Answer 23: Delays in schedule are to be submitted to SEPTA’s Project Manager with

PCO’s. Any changes shall be made in accordance with Section 18.

Question 24: Changes in law. Will the Consultant be entitled to additional compensation and time if a change in law, regulation, or code during performance increases its costs or affects the schedule?

Answer 24: Any changes shall be made in accordance with Section 18.

Question 25: Copies of policies / sample policy. The RFP requires certificates plus “copies of policies or endorsements” and a sample Professional Liability policy. Will SEPTA accept certificates of insurance and endorsements evidencing the required coverages in lieu of complete policy copies?

Answer 25: Yes

Question 26: Primary and non-contributory. Please confirm the “primary and non-contributory” requirement applies only to policies affording SEPTA additional-insured status and does not extend to the Professional Liability or Pollution Liability policies.

Answer 26: Confirmed

Question 27: Completed operations (12 years). Please confirm the basis for the 12-year completed-operations insurance requirement and whether coverage for the required 12-year period is commercially available.

Answer 27: The twelve years comes from Pennsylvania’s statutory of repose.

Question 28: Railroad Protective Liability. Please confirm that SEPTA will furnish Railroad

Protective Liability coverage at no cost to the Consultant and its subconsultants for the full term, as stated.

Answer 28: RPL is provided to contractors doing work for SEPTA.

Question 29: Key personnel substitution. Will SEPTA confirm that approval of a Consultant Key

Personnel substitution will not be unreasonably withheld and that no penalty attaches to a necessary substitution?

Answer 29: Any Key Personnel Substitutions must be submitted to the SEPTA Project

Management team in writing for approval. SEPTA will not approve any consultant personnel substitutions that do not comply with the personnel qualifications as specified in the RFP. The CM must allow the SEPTA PM Team up to 14 days to approve or deny any submitted personnel substitutions.

Question 30: Assignment (§15). Will SEPTA agree that it will obtain the Consultant’s prior written consent before assigning the Agreement, as is required of the Consultant?

Answer 30: No, SEPTA is the Client.

Question 31: Reliance on SEPTA information / site conditions. Will the Consultant be entitled to rely on information and data furnished by SEPTA without independent verification, and to an adjustment for differing or undisclosed site conditions it could not reasonably ascertain?

Answer 31: The Consultant will be provided with information and data furnished by SEPTA and SEPTA’s EOR, however, the Consultant’s Scope of Services includes verification of field conditions. See Appendix 1, Section 4. Data Available to Consultant and see also 3.A.4, 3.F.8, and 4.A.15 of the RFP Scope of Services.

Question 32: Confidentiality – employee restriction (§12). Please clarify the scope of the 3-year restriction barring Consultant employees from accepting assignments that use project information, particularly as applied to unrelated future work.

Answer 32: Though SEPTA stands by what is written in Appendix 1, Section 12, once the term of the agreement has ended, Consultant employees must seek written approval from

SEPTA to share any information related to the 30th to K Project.

Question 33: In Section 7 Part V. Management of Cost Estimates – please define who the

Independent Cost Estimator (ICE) is, i.e. part of the Contractor or CM Team.

Answer 33: The Independent Cost Estimator is part of the SEPTA team. The CM team will be responsible for assisting the SEPTA PM team when requested, as stated in Section 7, Part

5.

Question 34: The RFP states that a Construction Manager, Field Inspector, and Geotechnical

Engineer are required for each work shift. The RFP also states that the CM shall exercise its best judgment in determining appropriate staffing levels to perform the Services, subject to SEPTA review and approval. Can SEPTA confirm whether all three positions must be present for the full duration of every shift, or whether the CM may adjust staffing levels based on the activities being performed, subject to SEPTA approval?

Answer 34: The Construction Manager and Field Inspector are required to be on site during all work activities. The Geotechnical Engineer must be on site during all drilling activity to determine bearing stratum, competent bedrock, and other work as specified in the RFP

Scope of Services. The CM may adjust staffing levels based on the activities being performed, subject to SEPTA approval. Planned staffing levels must be presented to SEPTA at weekly progress meetings. Any staffing level changes must be approved by SEPTA seven (7) days in advance of the requested change.

Question 35: Can qualified inspection staff provide continuous drilled shaft inspection, with the

Geotechnical PE providing oversight and approval prior to concrete placement, or is the

Geotechnical PE required on site for the full duration of each work shift?

Answer 35: The Geotechnical Engineer must be on site during all drilling activity to determine bearing stratum, competent bedrock, and other work as specified in the RFP

Scope of Services.

Question 36: During the 20 anticipated work weekends, does SEPTA require a Construction

Manager, Field Inspector and Geotechnical Engineer for each consecutive shift throughout the 56-hour work window?

Answer 36: See Answer for Question 34.

Question 37: Please confirm that the CM is responsible for providing all field office furnishings, equipment, supplies and services listed in the RFP, with these costs reimbursed through the

ODC/Project Office Allowance.

Answer 37: The CM is responsible for providing all field office furnishings, equipment, supplies and services listed in the RFP. These costs will not be reimbursed through the

ODC/Project Office Allowance. RFP Section 7, II.C.7. “NOTE” has been revised.

Question 38: If the proposal is printed double-sided and a blank page is required at the end of a section for formatting purposes, does that blank page count toward the 40-page limit?

Answer 38: No, they do not.

Question 39: Can SEPTA confirm whether the CM may use their discretion to perform administrative and office-related responsibilities during daytime hours, rather than during scheduled nighttime construction shifts, provided that required field coverage is maintained?

Answer 39: SEPTA can confirm that the CM may work daytime hours when consecutive shifts must be staffed by the CM team. Please refer to the answer for Question 34 regarding staffing changes.

ADDENDUM NO. 1

ADDENDUM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM

RFP No. 26-00233-AKQC

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR THE 30th STREET WEST

CATENARY REPLACEMENT PROJECT - PHASE 1A

The attached addendum to the Contract Documents is hereby part of the same and is incorporated in full as part of the Project. Proposer shall acknowledge Addendum No. 1 by signing and returning this Acknowledgement Form with the Technical Proposal.

FIRM NAME (typed or printed): __________________________________________________

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE: _____________________________________________________

NAME (typed or printed): _______________________________________________________

TITLE: ________________________________________________________________________

DATE: __________________________

ADDENDUM NO. 1 INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

Questions and Answers

RFP - Rev 1