Attachment 13 - Section 01010 General Conditions.pdf

SECTION 01010

GENERAL CONDITIONS

06/06

1. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION:

1.1 The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer's technical representative, Base Civil Engineering Contract Management Section, Phone No. 951-655-3787/4562.

1.1.1 At least 72 hours before work is to start.

1.1.2 When a work stoppage of more than 48 hours duration is

anticipated.

1.1.3 At least 48 hours in advance of returning to work after a work stoppage.

1.1.4 At least 5 working days in advance of required utility outages for individual facilities and 14 working days if outage affects multiple facilities, unless otherwise noted in the contract documents.

1.1.5 At least 3 working days in advance of any cuts in roadways.

1.2 The Contractor shall notify the Contract Administrator, Operational Contracting Office, Building 2313, Phone No.

951-655-3227/4331.

1.2.1 At least 5 working days in advance of desired time for final inspection. Coordination of time for final inspection shall be made 72 hours in advance.

1.3 The failure to make the arrangements specified in paragraph 1.1 through 1.2.1 above may result in non-acceptance of work.

1.4 No bid submitted shall be invalidated by the failure of the bidder to be licensed in accordance with the laws of this state. However, prior to award of the contract, the contractor must be properly licensed in accordance with the laws of this state in the appropriate classification for the work performed

2. AS-BUILT DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS AND ADDENDA: The Contractor shall maintain, at the job site, one set of full size contract drawings marked in red to show any deviations which have been made from the contract drawings. After completion of work, the Contractor shall submit final as-built drawings to the Contracting Officer. The job will not be accepted until the as-built drawings are submitted. Copies of

Specifications and all Addenda will also be required at the job site.

The Contractor shall insure that all subcontractors also have copies of specifications, drawings, and all addenda.

3. REAL PROPERTY RECORDS DD FORM 1354 SUBMISSION: The Contractor shall fill out and provide DD Form 1354 IAW UFC 1-300-08 to the Real

Attachment 13 to FA466421B0002

Property Officer. This includes an Interim submission prepared after substantial completion of construction, in preparation for the facility transfer on the Date Available For Use and before, or coincident with, beneficial occupancy. This also includes a final version submitted within 10 days of the effective date and before occupancy.

4. MATERIAL, SCRAP, DEBRIS AND EQUIPMENT: All material, equipment, scrap and debris removed from the construction site and not indicated on the contract drawings or in the Technical Provisions to be relocated or reused, shall become the property of the Contractor and disposed of at an off base site. The Contractor acknowledges that allowance in the contract price has been made for the value, if any, of the materials and equipment that are salvaged.

5. REGULATIONS: The Contractor will be briefed on applicable regulations at the pre-performance conference. Base agencies involved will include Civil Engineering, Fire Department, Law Enforcement, Safety, Bio-Environmental and Flight Operations, as applicable.

Regulations covered include, but are not limited to, base entry passes, traffic speed, theft reporting, fire reporting, emergency hospital care, procurement authority, civil engineering inspection, and airfield precautions.

6. MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR: Where the drawings and specifications indicate that repairs are to be made, but do not show in detail the materials or methods to be used, the Contractor shall make all repairs in accordance with good practices of the trades involved.

7. CONSTRUCTION PERMIT: The Contractor shall obtain a Civil

Engineering Construction Permit, AF Form 103, from the Base Civil

Engineering Construction Management Section, Building 2403. Prior to start of construction Contractor shall process this permit by obtaining the appropriate coordination from base agencies and final signature of the Engineering and Contract Programs Flight Chief.

8. UTILITIES: The Government will furnish such fresh water and electric current at existing outlets as may be required for the work to be performed under this contract at no cost to the contractor. Any temporary connections or lines that may be required will be installed, maintained and removed by the Contractor at contractor's expense and in a manner satisfactory to the Contracting Officer or his/her authorized representative. Removal of such connections or lines will be accomplished prior to final acceptance of the construction.

9. WELDING: Any Contractor performing welding or soldering with open flame is responsible for obtaining a welding permit from the Base Fire

Department. A licensed welder shall perform the work. Also, the use of flame producing devices such as tar kettles, blow torches, etc., will require a burn permit from the Base Fire Department.

10. UTILITIES NOT SHOWN: If the Contractor encounters, within the construction limits of the entire project, utilities not shown on the plans and not visible as of the date of this contract, and such utilities interfere with construction operations, immediately notify the Contracting officer as to the necessity for removal or relocation.

Utility maps for gas, water, sewer and electrical lines will be made available to the Contractor at the March ARB CE office.

11. PROTECTION OF EXISTING UTILITIES: Special precautions shall be taken in the vicinity of underground utility routes. Excavation shall be performed carefully be hand digging in any areas within 3 feet of indicated or suspected utility routes whether shown in drawings or staked out. Only after the utility lines have been exposed by hand digging, will mechanical means of excavation be allowed in the vicinity.

12. AVAILABILITY OF WORK AREA: When applicable, phasing of the work will be coordinated with the Contracting Officer or their duly authorized representative who will determine availability of areas for stockpiling of materials, ingress/egress to/from site, and the specific location where the work will be performed. The Contractor shall restrict employees to the immediate area wherein the work required under this contract is to be accomplished. For airfield projects, each day prior to commencing work, the Contractor shall notify Base

Operation, Phone No. 951-655-4404, of the number of personnel, equipment, and vehicles that will be working on the airfield runways, and shoulder. The project inspector shall also be notified.

13. ROAD CLOSURES: Where work requires cutting of asphalt or concrete paved roads for trenches or any other purpose, the Contractor shall provide a temporary cold mix asphalt patch within 24 hours of backfilling and compaction. For all roads where trenches must remain open outside of construction hours, the Contractor must cover the opening with steel traffic plate and post warning signs and pylons, unless otherwise directed by the Contracting Officer. Also, all road closures will be reported to the Base Fire Department at least one day prior to closing and will be reported when re-opened to normal traffic flow.

14. OPERATIONAL READINESS INSPECTION AND PRACTICE EXERCISE

OCCURRENCES: At any time during the construction period, one or more

Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) and/or practice exercise may be held at March ARB. If the ORI does not involve the work area, contractor may be allowed to continue work. If the ORI involves the work area, contractor's operations will be controlled in accordance with the standard security procedures and may be required to cease work in the affected area. The maximum duration of an ORI is 7 calendar days while that of a practice exercise is 2 calendar days. The

Contractor shall be entitled to extension of the time for the completion of the work as the Contracting Officer shall determine to be just and proper; provided, however, that such claim for such extension of time is made by the Contractor in writing to the Contracting Officer within one week from the time when any such cause for delay occurs.

15. WORK SCHEDULE: Working hours for the contractor will normally be between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Federal holidays. If the contractor desires to work during periods other than listed above, notify the Contracting Officer five days in advance of intention to work during other periods. Approval by the Contracting Officer is required prior to working hours other than those listed above.

16. SUBMITTALS: The Contractor shall forward to the Contracting

Officer for approval all submittals required by the technical sections of the specifications. Contractor shall use AF Form 3000 when making submittals. Cross reference the submitted items by listing the technical section number and paragraph requiring submission.

17. STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP): The Contractor shall acquire and submit a SWPPP permit from the California Regional

Water Quality Control Board – Santa Ana Region Office when the project or task order disturbs more than an acre and forward to the Contracting

Officer a approved original.

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