Q&A_4-25-18.pdf

ID PFH 21(7)

Warren Wagon Road

# General Technical Question Answer Date 1 X Will a final set of plans be issued before the bid date of May 2nd or are we to base our bids on the preliminary plans?

Plans are issued in Amendment A001.

4/3/18

2 X

Is it possible to get a copy of the bid schedule in either Microsoft excel or word format to help facilitate import into our bidding system?

We cannot provide the Bid Schedule in this format.

4/3/18

3 X Will CADD design files be made available to bring into our takeoff systems?

No. CADD files will not be furnished during the solicitation period.

4/3/18

4 X

Is ( 62302‐0100 ‐ Line A1500) SPECIAL LABOR, SLOPE SCALING ‐ 1,550 HOUR measured by the crew hour or Man hour?

Man Hour. See SCR Subsection 623.04 last paragraph. This will be clarified in a forthcoming Amendment 4/4/18

5 X

Is any information that would give us an idea what the optimum emulsified asphalt content is and what percentage of cement/lime one could expect to meet the specifications in Table 408‐ 1?

Please see Plan sheet C.1 “information only Quantities“ and percentages for lime and emulsified Asphalt. 4/11/2018

6 X

Is there a way to obtain a sample of the existing asphalt to determine what these parameters would be Samples of existing asphalt are not available 4/11/2018

7 X Is there a design we can obtain from a similar project with the same criteria? Example mix designs are not available. 4/11/2018

8 X Do you have electronic surface files or pdf cross section files that I can get?

Electronic surface files are not available.

PDF cross‐section files and earthwork data listings will be furnished as physical data in a forthcoming Amendment. 4/16/2018

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9 X

Section 157.05 (d) states: “Limit the combined grubbing, grading, excavating , borrow, and fill within the construction limits to 8 acres (3.2 hectares) of exposed soil at one time.” Are we to assume that once the existing asphalt is milled off that the surface below is considered “soil” and counts toward the 8 acres?

Subsection 157.05(d) is clearly stated.

Please coordinate your work accordingly. 4/24/2018

10 X

Section 156.04 (a) Allowable Closures are we allowed 4 hour closures for the duration of the project paragraph (1)?

4‐Hour Roadway Closures are allowed according to Subsection 156.04(a)(1), and all work is limited according to Subsection 108.01. 4/24/2018

11 X

Section 156.04 (a) under paragraph (2) are we allowed 2 weeks of weekday closures (Monday

– Friday) of full 24 hour closure and are we allowed to do that twice as long as it is not consecutive?

Subsection 156.04(a)(2) does not allow two 1‐week closures that are not in consecutive weeks. 4/24/2018

12 X

There does not appear to be any bid items to cover the water line work as called out in section 611, how with the payment for this work be handled? See Plan Sheet P.3 4/25/2018

13 X

There does not appear to be any bid items to cover the installation of future conduit sleeves for private utilities as called out in section 636, how with the payment for this work be handled? See Note 4 on Plan Sheet P.13 4/25/2018

14 X

Is the cost of the Public Information Officer called out in 107.03.A to be paid by the contractor or the department? See Subsection 109.05(b) of FP‐14 4/25/2018

15 X

The Final Geotechnical Report identified potential waste areas on page 25, Appendix F‐1 and Appendix F‐2. In contacting the Idaho Department of Lands it appears that neither of the potential areas is available for use a waste area. Have any other potential waste areas been identified? No 4/25/2018

16 X

Both Fog Seal and Tack coat are called out in the typical sections on top of the Cold Recycled Asphalt Base Course. The Fog Seal is also called out in the Cold Recycle spec. What is the intent for the Tack Coat and when would it be applied? See Subsection 401.06 of FP‐14 4/25/2018