0003_QA_2013_04_11.pdf

AG-0116-S-13-0003 Phase One Yakutat Employee Housing Design-Build

Questions and Answers April 11, 2013

The following questions and answers are provided for the benefit of all prospective offerors. They do not amend the solicitation.

Q.1. Section 02050: Can you provide photos and additional information about the existing structures that are to be demolished under Specifications section 02050?

A.1. We regret any confusion. There are no structures to be demolished.

If there were, Specifications section 02050 would provide guidelines for the work.

Q.2. We find the [deleted] design to be problematic, given Yakutat’s [deleted]. Is an alternate design acceptable?

A.2. You will want to refer to the paragraph at the top of page 4 of the letter solicitation:

Wherever an offeror’s approach conflicts with a specification or other requirement, the offeror’s proposal should identify its approach and the conflicting specification or other requirement. This will allow the Forest Service to consider amending the specification or other requirement before issuance of the Phase Two solicitation. If an offeror has an approach that it thinks has merit and will meet our needs, we do not want that offeror to no-bid solely because of such a conflict. The Forest Service may or may not see merit in the approach, and may or may not amend the specification or other requirement for Phase Two, but we want to invite all reasonable approaches for the Phase One evaluation.