Questions_and_Answers_21_April_2017.pdf

Questions and Answers, as of 21 April 2017

Question: What’s the difference between «subgrade» (Line no. 3 of Price List) and «subbase»?

Answer: Please see Specifications: Division 32 and its Unified Facilities Guide Specifications

(UFGS).

Question: In Line no. 3 of Price List what does «grade» (Place/Grade/Compact) stands for?

Answer: Please see Specifications: Division 32 and its UFGS.

Question: In Line no. 12 of Price List what’s the difference between no. 0012B («Airfield Grade (over 300 tons)») and 0012D («Airfield Grade (over 300 tons)»)?

Answer: 0012B is “under 300tons”. Please see revised Bid Schedule.

Question: What’s the difference between 0012A («Roads and Parking Lots») and 0012B/0012D («Airfield Grade (over 300 tons)»)?

Answer: Please see Specifications: Division 32 and its UFGS.

Question: What’s the difference between Line no. 15 (Striping) and no. 29 and 30 (Pavements Painting)?

Answer: 15 refers to paint removal or stripping. There was a “p” missing, please see revised Bid Schedule.

Question:What does the Pavement Design (Line no. 17) implies? Does it imply layout design or does it imply layout and calculation? Can you please specify the requirements for «Pavement Design»?

Answer: See “1.01 DEFINITIONS:” and “SD-05 Design Data” of the Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) Statement of Work (SOW).

Question: In Line no. 21 (Joints) can you please specify these items: a. «Route Asphalt»;

(0021C) b. «Route Concrete» (0021D) Answer: The routing process refers to the joint treatment procedure before joint is executed, for concrete and for asphalt.

Question: What’s the difference between Line no. 29 and Line no. 30? Only the location and traffic?

Answer: One are paintings for Airfield pavements and the other for Road Pavements, the requirements may differ, the information about the characteristics of each is contained on the Specifications list and in the Paving BOA SOW (see Specifications: Division 32 and its

UFGS).

Question. What’s the difference between Line no. 31 and 32? Both items description and unit of measure are the same. Can you please clarify this?

Answer: This section was rectified. Please see revised Bid Schedule.

Question: What does LFFES stand for? (Items 0033A, 0033B and 0033C) Answer: Lajes Field Facilities Excelence Standards.

Question: What does S.P.S.T. means? (Item 0034F) Answer: Single Pole Single Throw

Question: Can you clarify what these «Unit Measure» stand for?; CM = Cubic Meter?; M = Meter?; SM = Square Meter? Lot.;TON = Ton?; EA = Ea. = Each?

Answer: Please see bottom of the revised schedule

Question: Should we consider the dimensions of «Standard Storm Manhole» and «Standard Sanitary Manhole» drawings (Details – page 2 and 3) as the dimensions intended for the manholes or as merely representative? If the dimensions of the manholes can vary, what are the minimum and maximum dimensions of the M/H and their iron cover?

Answer: They are representative, the information about the characteristics of each is contained on the Specifications list and in the Paving BOA SOW (see Specifications: Division 33 and its UFGS).

Question: Under page 25 C.1. (b) it states “Insert proposed unit and extended prices in Section B for each Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) or attached Bid Schedule.” If we just include the Bid Schedule we comply with the RFP requirements? Or we need to complete section B also?

Answer: The bid schedule information will be sufficient.

Question: Under page 25 C.1. (d) it states “A letter of authorization for the contracting officer to verify offeror’s financial responsibility (Attachment 3)….”. Please provide the attachment 3 mentioned above.

Answer: The attachment reference was erroneous, and it is being removed in Amendment 1. The letter being requested is a simple informational reference with bank point of contact information.

Question: Regarding Line No. 11 – TIE‐DOWS, can you please give us more information about the «Airfield/ Parking Aprons» intended? Characteristics, material, dimensions, etc…?

Answer: These are "Mooring and Grounding Points for Aircraft", Tie ‐down is a technical term. Basically is where you anchor a parked airplane. The characteristics, materials, dimensions for "Metals", "Copper Conductors", "Grounding Connectors", "Reinforcing Steel", etc. and the standards they must oblige to are described in the mentioned UFGS. Bid schedule was revised to show “Tie‐down”.