Amendment 002 - RFI.pdf
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- OSP Construction Services
- Solicitation number
- S-R33123-00015131
- Issued by
- Wasco County, Oregon
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Amendment #002 - RFI Responses is a Request for Information clarification document issued by Northern Wasco County Public Utility District addressing 12 questions submitted by potential bidders regarding a fiber optic installation and maintenance contract. The project involves aerial and underground fiber installation, system improvements, repairs, and line extensions within the district's service area. The contractor will begin work in December with an initial one-year contract term, renewable in one-year increments as state law allows. The contract scope includes fiber lashing in the communication space on both district-owned poles and potentially poles beyond district boundaries, underground installations in solid rock conditions, and maintenance of existing network infrastructure. No formal bidders' meeting or site visit dates are specified in this document.
Pricing is not subject to prevailing wage requirements, as individual jobs will fall under the $50,000 threshold, though the parties agree to work together should a specific job exceed this amount. The project is not BEAD-funded and has approximately $1 million available in the 2026 capital budget for system improvements, repairs, and line extensions. Contractors are not required to establish a staging area or yard, as the district will coordinate use of two to three county facilities. Bidders are instructed to complete unit cost pricing only in Exhibit C, column G, regardless of zero quantities listed. No backlog of orders exists; however, the district has a backlog of maintenance issues requiring correction.
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RFI Number Question Request Date Response
Is the aerial ADSS fiber being lashed and is it being installed in the energized space?
10/10/2025
All fiber will be installed in the Comm space. For new work orders, the construction prints will inform the contractor when lashing of fiber is required, which may not be in all instances.
2 Do you have an engineer's estimate or range for this project? 10/10/2025
There is approximatly 1 million dollars in the 2026 capital budget for system improvements, repairs, and line extensions.
3 Do you have a rush out timeline of start and completion 10/23/2025 Start in December with an initial one year contract and renew in one year increments a state law allows.
4 Is this BEAD project funded? 10/23/2025 No.
5 Will prices be based on prevailing wages? 10/23/2025 No. Prevailing wage law is for jobs under $50,000, which these jobs will be.
6 Is there a backlog of orders? 10/23/2025
There are no backlog of orders. There is going to be a backlog of maintenance issues that we are going to correct.
7 What happens if we get into a situation where the job is above $50,000? 10/23/2025 We will work with you.
8 Do we have an estimated number of units to build? 10/23/2025
We do not have an estimated unit quantity that you will perform in a year in regards to a budget. No, there is a capital budget associate with Qlife’s network.
9 Will the contractor need to establish a staging area or yard? 10/23/2025 We are not requiring this. There are 2 potentially 3 areas that are County facilities. We will work with you.
In regards to Exhibit C, there are quantities of zero right now the total cost won’t populate across unless there is a quantity of 1, should the quantities be changed to 1?
10/23/2025 No, we are asking you to fill out the unit cost, fill out column G only.
11 Is this only NWCPUD poles or will it be other poles in the area? 10/23/2025 This is hard to predict, we do foresee us moving beyond our own poles.
Underground for the rock, is it an adder? And if so, is that for cobble and solid rock?
10/23/2025 Yes. Sold rock.
Amendment #002 - RFI Responses
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