NE_PreBidQuestions.docx

NE Timber Sale Pre-Bid Questions.

1. Question - Who owns Passaconaway Road? Answer - The Town of Albany.

2. Question - There is a bridge on Passaconaway Road with a restrictive load limit. How are site contractors going to get equipment and materials to the site? Answer - We have been told that the town will give the contractor permission to exceed the load limit on the bridge.

3. Questions - After the area has been logged is the site contractor responsible for removing temporary culverts? Answer - No.

4. Question – Who owns the two temporary bridges after the contractor installs them. Answer – The timber purchaser.

5. Question – Who is responsible for cutting the trees for the road, drainage, and bridge construction areas? Answer – Site contractor.

6. Question - Who owns the trees after they are cut? Answer – Timber purchaser. Site contractor shall deck logs (per Spec. 203…) for purchaser to obtain after road work is completed.

7. Does the site contractor have to coordinate with the timber contractor for road construction sequencing? Answer – No.

8. Question - There are large rocks and/or ledge on Routes 28 and 28A that need to be removed to construct the roads; in the schedule of items what line item should the cost be assigned to? Answer – Item number 20305 Removal of Obstructions and item 20415; unsuitable excavation.

9. Question – On Passaconaway Road there is a wood rail over the road that obstructs traffic, is the site contractor responsible to remove and reinstall it? Answer – Yes, the site contractor is responsible to remove and reinstall the wood rail.

10. Question – During road construction the wood rail over Passaconaway Road will be down, who is responsible if damage is done to the covered bridge once this protective obstacle is removed? Answer – The Forest Service.

11. Question – If the all bids received by the Forest Service are greater than the Forest Service estimate will the project be awarded? Answer – The project will have to reviewed to determine if funding is available to award the project.

12. Question – The Forest Service has staked all four roads. Is the site contractor responsible for staking out the three roads as outlined in the plans sets? Answer – Yes the site contractor must stake out the three roads as outlined in the plan set.

13. Question – Can large rocks on site be processed and used on the project? Answer – Yes as long as they are near the project area and not in a waterway, the processed material must meet the required specifications.

14. Question – What happens to the organic duff generate from the site? Answer - Spread on disturbed slopes.

15. Question – On Route 28 there is a bridge at station 42+30, what is happening with the bridge. Answer – The hand rails are to be removed and a temporary bridge installed over it per the plan set.

16. Question – Are the bridge abutments for the bridge on Road 28 at station 42+30 to be removed? Answer – No.