Culvert_Replacements_Pre-bid.pdf

Pre-Bid Meeting for:

Culvert Replacement Two Phases

Solicitation: AG-82D7-S-16-0007

Holy Cross Ranger District

24747 US Highway 24

Minturn, CO 81645

Attendees Affiliation

Dylan Crane Precision Excavating, Inc.

Roby Forsyth RPM Construction

Pete Viglia PV Consulting, Inc.

Jake Spriggs American West Construction

Preston Mease Colorado West Contracting, Inc.

Judson Kipp Nezhoni Construction

Mike Coleman ACA Products, Inc.

Miles Barkhurst White River National Forest

Q: On the solicitation form 1442, is a bid bond required?

A: No, a bid bond is not required.

Q: On solicitation form 1442, government acceptance to review and make an offer is 0 days?

A: If the question is referring to 13.d: Offers providing less than 0 calendar days for Government acceptance after the date offers are due will not be considered and will be rejected. This is saying that late Request for Proposals will not be considered.

Q: Can you post the Geotech report for the Muddy Creek site? Are there other geotech reports for East

Fork Eagle?

A: Yes, find the Muddy Creek Geotech report in the amended solicitation. There is no Geotech report for

East Fork Eagle or for the two other road-stream crossings replaced previously on the East Fork Eagle.

Per Sheet 3 on the plans, the Allowable Bearing Pressure is 4000 PSF.

Q: Are there restrictions on the timeframe for the work?

A: Yes, the in-stream, fisheries work window is designated in Section 107 of the Forest Service

Supplemental Specifications: East Fork Eagle – August 15 - October 15 and Muddy Creek – August 1 -

September 30.

Q: What will the flows be during the fisheries work window?

A: Typically, the creeks are at their lowest during the in-stream work window. Because stream flows are highly dependent on weather patterns, predicting what the flows will be during construction is not feasible. However, Sheet 3 on the plans lists has the predicted flows, depths, and velocities for a two-year storm and for a one hundred-year storm.

Q: Will there be timber sales hauling out of the Muddy Pass/Red Sandstone Road?

A: There is currently no timber sale. Road maintenance will be occurring this year and there may be a timber sale awarded next year.

Q: Who owns the East Fork Eagle gas line and will it be in the way of the structure?

A: Xcel Gas owns the gas line (see Sheet 3 of the plans) that serves the Town of Vail. The contractor is responsible for protecting the utility in place.

Q: What is the backfill requirement for the structure?

A: Structural backfill is required for backfiling the structure. See FP03 specification section 208 and the

Forest Service Supplemental Specification 208.

Q: What is the depth of the gas line at East Fork Eagle?

A: The depth of the gas line is unknown at this time. Xcel Energy may know this information.

Q: Is there funding for both sites?

A: Yes, there is funding for both sites.

Q: Are there any prohibitions to working on both sites at the same time?

A: There are no prohibitions in the contract for working on both sites at the same time.

Q: What is the Price Range of the Government Estimate?

A: The government price range is between $200,000 and $350,000.

Q: Will the Forest Service inspect the precast footings at the concrete plant?

A: This will be determined based on the precast submittals and based on the precast manufacture selected.

Q: What type of rebar is required in the footings?

A: Sheets 3 –All reinforcing shall be black.

Q: Having unexploded ordinances (UXOs) near a gas line is concerning? Has any clearing been done?

A: Army Corps of Engineers has been clearing the Camp Hale area for years. The gas line was put in without incident as were the triple culverts at the road-stream crossing. Two other structures have been installed on the East Fork Eagle at road-stream crossings. The road system has been the access to the area and it is unlikely that there are UXOs in the road prism.

Q: Will Army Corps have someone on site during excavation?

A: Army Corps will in the area. They will brief the contractor prior to excavation. Army Corps will not have anyone onsite observing excavation.

Q: Has the Army Corps 404 permit been completed?

A: Both sites fall under Army Corps Nationwide Permit 3a under road maintenance or replacing a structure to standard. A Preconstruction Notification is not required per Forest Service conversations with the Army Corps.

Q: Are there endangered fish in the streams?

A: No, a Categorical Exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act has been completed. Wildlife surveys, archaeology surveys, and biological assessments/biological evaluations have been completed for both sites.

Q: Will the Forest Service verify that the control points on the ground are marked?

A: Currently the Forest Service has not verified that the control points are marked at the sites. The East

Fork Eagle survey is older than 5 years so it is hard to say, without looking whether the control points are marked and still in the ground. All of the information is on the plans for the control points including longitudinal and latitude coordinates.

Q: Are there bridge restrictions to Easy Fork Eagle?

A: The bridge at the main entrance is not signed with a weight restriction; however the bridge is narrow so either Old Highway 24 or the Pando entrance are option or heavy load access.

Q: Will there be any water releases in the streams during construction?

A: It is not anticipated that water will be released during construction.

Q: Special Rock Embankment on East Fork Eagle, what is it?

A: The Forest Service Supplemental Specification is in section 705.04.

Q: Will the fish biologist dictate where the rocks in the stream are placed?

A: The fish biologist will not have any contract authority on these two site. Fisheries was included on the front end of design and is in support of the design.

Q: Is there a detail for the Special Rock Embankment?

A: Special Rock Embankment is detailed on Sheets 4 and 8 of the East Fork Eagle plans.

Q: Is there a designated staging area at East Fork Eagle?

A: Typically, it works best to use the roadway for staging. There is less restoration work when the roadway is used.

Q: Do we anticipate extending the clearing limits at East Fork Eagle?

A: No.

Q: Will we require the willows to be saved?

A: If willows are easy to remove, we prefer them to be stockpiled and replanted. This is not a requirement.

Q: What is done with the culverts to be removed?

A: Sheets 3 of the plans – Culverts become property of the contractor.

Q: Why did we choose an aluminum box culvert for East Fork Eagle and not a steel arch?

A: Due to the road profile over the creek crossings, using a low-rise box culvert over a higher rise steel arch eliminates having a vertical curve in the road and allow the road profile to match existing.

Q: Where does East Fork Eagle Road go? Does it dead end?

A: The East Fork Eagle Road is a back way to Climax mine. It is a dead-end road.