ESBD_383357_1736433764052_RFP 0719-LP Addendum No. 1.pdf

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TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NO. 0719-LP

Addendum No. 1

Coastal Construction Services for the Old Queen Isabella Causeway Removal & Artificial Reef

Construction

Cameron County, Texas

Class/Item Codes 912-40; 912-44; 959-35; 959-64; 959-65; 959-84

Release Date: December 5, 2024 Addendum No. 1 Issue Date: January 9, 2025

Deadline for Submission: February 7, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. CT

Solicitation Point of Contact: Linh Phan, CTCD, CTCM Linh.Phan@GLO.Texas.Gov

Any Addenda to this Solicitation will be posted to the Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD) website, http://www.txsmartbuy.com/esbd, under Agency Code 305 (General Land Office) and notification of such Addenda sent to all bidders in the relevant categories and regions listed on the Comptroller’s Centralized Master Bidders List (CMBL) at the time of the Solicitation. Each Respondent must check the ESBD website, or the means of communication established in its CMBL registration (if applicable) for any Addenda to this Solicitation. Failure to check for Addenda does not release any Respondent from its responsibility for complying with additional requirements or providing additional information listed in any Addenda.

mailto:Linh.Phan@GLO.Texas.Gov http://www.txsmartbuy.com/esbd

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RFP 0719-LP Questions and Answers

Question 1: 2.5 Liquidated Damages “If Contractor fails to achieve Substantial Completion within the Contract Time, Contractor shall be liable to the GLO for liquidated damages of $500.00 per day until the Contractor achieves Substantial Completion. The GLO’s damages for Contractor’s failure to perform its obligations under a contract resulting from this RFP are impossible or difficult to estimate and the amount of liquidated damages specified is a reasonable forecast of just compensation and is not a penalty.”

Exhibit B, 2.01(d) “Liquidated Damages: If Contractor fails to achieve Substantial Completion of the Project within the Contract Time, Contractor shall be liable to the GLO for liquidated damages of $1,000.00 per day until the Contractor achieves Substantial Completion of the Project. The Parties agree that: the GLO’s damages for Contractor’s failure to perform its obligations under this Contract are impossible or difficult to estimate;

and the amount of liquidated damages specified herein is a reasonable forecast of just compensation and is not a penalty.”

Which of these values will be used for liquidated damages?

Answer 1: Contractor shall be liable to the GLO for liquidated damages of $500.00 per day until the Contractor achieves Substantial Completion.

Question 2: 2.1 Scope of Services Requested “The Contractor shall perform all services required to complete the Project in accordance with the Project Manual, which includes furnishing all plant, equipment, labor, transportation, fuel, power, lighting, water to perform the work, in addition to any incidental related work, in strict accordance with Project Manual specifications for: marine demolition and removal of old causeway bridge concrete pile caps, concrete pilings, concrete railings, and concrete deck spans; removal of subsurface causeway debris and screening of said debris and sediment; backfilling screened sediment within the work area limits; and placement of removed structures and concrete debris from the work area to construct an artificial reef approximately 10.1 miles offshore from the Brownsville Ship Channel entrance jetties as shown in the Project Manual.”

Does “removal of subsurface causeway debris” include any debris that is present prior to our arrival on site or that is identified in our initial survey, or does this refer solely to debris created during demolition?

Answer 2: All debris within the limits prescribed by the Before Demolition Causeway Survey, existing prior to or resulting from the Contractor’s work to demolish the causeway, shall be removed from the bay bottom.

Question 3: Will Contractor be required to fill in the voids left after removing piles, or is the requirement simply to redistribute the sediment “within the work area limits” not exceeding 2 feet above preexisting levels?

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Answer 3: The Contractor is not required to backfill voids generated by pile removal; however, backfilling using existing submerged sediments, to the extent practicable, is encouraged.

END OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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Exhibit B, Sample Contract, Paragraph 2.01 (d), of the RFP is hereby replaced in its entirety with Exhibit B, Sample Contract, Paragraph 2.01 (d), below.

(d) Liquidated Damages: If Contractor fails to achieve Substantial Completion of the Project within the Contract Time, Contractor shall be liable to the GLO for liquidated damages of $500.00 per day until the Contractor achieves Substantial Completion of the Project. The Parties agree that: the GLO’s damages for Contractor’s failure to perform its obligations under this Contract are impossible or difficult to estimate; and the amount of liquidated damages specified herein is a reasonable forecast of just compensation and is not a penalty.

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In the submission of the Solicitation Response, the Respondent shall acknowledge receipt of this addendum; otherwise, the Solicitation Response may not be given consideration. The Respondent shall acknowledge receipt by returning a signed copy of this notice with the solicitation response.

RFP No. 0719-LP

Coastal Construction Services for the

Old Queen Isabella Causeway Removal & Artificial Reef Construction

Addendum No. 1

Respondent Name: ____________________________________________________________

Mailing Address: ____________________________________________________________

City/State/Zip: ____________________________________________________________

Signature: ____________________________________________________________

THIS HEREBY COMPLETES ADDENDUM NO. 1