RFI_Responses.xlsb

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Attached to: Railroad Bridges Federal contract opportunity
Solicitation number: FA4686-18-R-0006
Issued by: Department of the Air Force Air Combat Command

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	Question/Clarification	Flight Assigned	Response
1	Can you provide the study that gives the 100 year flood data?	CE	100 year flood plain will be provided. Refer to the Hydraulic Analysis Report for the Wheatland Bridges
2	Per the site walk a lesser requirement for elevation of the bridge was to be considered, will this be amended?		This will not be amended. At this time a lower elevation requirement is not being considered.
3	Is there any Geotech evaluation data available in the project vicinity?		Limited Geotechnical data from the adjacent bridge projects is available and will provided.
4	Is there any environmental assessment information available that could help in developing need environmental reviews for permits.	CE	Contractor's responsibility as per SON Section 5.8, and 5.9.
5	Per the site visit the civil engineer offered to provide as built information and any available geotechnical reports available from the information and any available geotechnical reports available from the information and any available geotechnical reports available from the adjacent road bridges constructed last year.		Available documents from the Wheatland Bridges Project will be provided
6	The solicitation did not include a copy of AF IMT 813 can a copy of this document be provided.		Copy of AF IMT 813 will be provided.
7	Due to the limited scope of this project will an initial and final design be acceptable vs. 35%, 65%, and 100%. The approach of two design submittals provides value and lessens the schedule by a review and response period.provides value and lessens the schedule by a review and response period. This value is seen in a lower design cost.		No changes will be made.
8	Per L-2.6 Discrepancies is the statement found in section L-3.1.2.3 SOW to be ignored.? Fulfil all requirements including but not limited to to be ignored.? Fulfil all requirements including but not limited to asbestos abatement, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, and LEED requirements the solicitation does not indicate LEED , abatement or any HVAC can we assume this is not to be addressed?		HVAC and LEED are not required for this project. Contractor is responsible for all the tests listed in SON section 5.11.
9	The POP was stated as complete by November of 2018 if permitting is required and the contractor is to provide the permit forms and studies to the Air Force will this date be held?		Yes, The project has to be completed by Dec-01-2018. No extension will be permitted.
10	Statement of Work, Section L-3.1.2.3, Subfactor 2 (page 40 of 58) states "In addition, Plumbing, HVAC, Electrical and LEED requirements," are stipulated. Where is this work or is this a misprint?		Refer to Line 10
11	With regards to plumbing, does the Government have as-built plans, requirements, or general knowledge or information with regards to the waterline attached to the current bridge?	CE	Government will provide schematic drawings. Government doesn not have as-builts and hence, none will be provided.
12	Does this waterline require relocation, protection in place, or replacement?	CE	Wastewater lines must be kept operational with a maximum outage time of 24 hours. Options to be provided by the contractor
13	Does this waterline require continuous function? If not, what interruptions are acceptable?		Wastewater lines must be kept operational with a maximum outage time of 24 hours. Options to be provided by the contractor
14	With regards to the "red paint" on the waterline, does the Government have knowledge of lead paint contamination?	CE	Water lines were installed prior to 1978, therefore lead based paint is suspected.
15	Does the Government have as-built information or plans on any utilities near or in the vicinity these bridges?	CE	Schematic drawings will be provided.
16	What is the rail weight required by the Government? What is the length of rail to be replaced beyond the bridges ? Is there a minimum ?	CE	Rail wt. 112 lbs/Y. Length of rail to be replaced will be as needed to accommodate bridge repair and smooth transition.
17	What is the operational speed of the track facility?		25 MPH
18	Do the new bridges have to restore direct fixation or is it at the discretion of the designer ? Does the Base have a preference ?	CE	Industry standards shall dictate
19	The statement of need requires span lengths equal or greater with a flow area equal or greater. Why is this a requirement if a cold hydraulic analysis show otherwise and the structures can be optimized separately ?	CE	The span lengths shall be equal to or greater than existing.
20	Does the government have any vernal pool, biological survey or any information whatsoever on the environmental components as it relates to these two (2) bridge locations? Has any survey whatsoever been performed in the past or for this solicitation?	CE	Maps will be provided showing available environmental reference information. All information to be field confirmed.
21	What will be the role of the Base Environmental?	CE	Base Environmental will assist with coordination and submittal of permits.
22	What is the review time for the environmental? (In order for the Contractor to provide a schedule, review periods should be specified.) (14 days was specified on the structural plans, does this apply to all specialties such as H&H, geotechnical, structural or track plans separately ?)	CE	Yes, 14 days apply to all specialities.
23	Will the Base be submitting the permits as the "Agency of Record"?	CE	Yes, base will be submitting the permits as the "Agency of Record"
24	Are application and environmental fees paid by the Government or the Contractor?	CONS	Application and environmental fees will be paid by the Contractor.
25	Will the Base be taking responsibility of environmental reporting after project acceptance?	CE	The Base will be taking responsibility of environmental reporting after project acceptance.
26	Section M criteria, please provide a definition or example of the type of information you require to meet the following two resume requirements: (1) Involvement of key personnel for this project; and (2) List of alternative personnel sources.	CONS	Answer as follows: Eg: Primary Superintendent, NAME, Alternate Primary Superintendent, NAME, Etc.
27	As this information is being provided through an upload to the governments PPIT and then printed hardcopy from the PPIT output, we no longer have the ability to electronically redact this document for the copy volumes. Is it the government’s intent that we use a black marker to redact information and then scan document?	CONS	Redact as appropriate, electronically or physically.
28	252.228-7004 BONDS OR OTHER SECURITY (DEC 1991) (a) Offerors shall furnish a bid guarantee in the amount of $100% of the bid amount with their bids. The Offeror receiving notice of award shall furnish (1) A performance bond in the penal amount of $ ; and FAR subpart 28 1-.101-2 states bid guarantee amount at least 20% of the bid price not to exceed $3,000,000. Is 100% bid bond required?	CONS	Solicitation amended to reflect the correct amount.
29	With a site visit scheduled for 1-31-18 the remaining work days to complete a 15% design, proposal, and estimate total 12 work days not including weekends. The 19th is also a federal holiday. Would you consider adding time to the proposal due date to allow a design concept to be developed and priced.	CONS	Because of the time line, no additional time will be added. The proposals will be due the next business day (Feb-20-2018)
30	Given that questions/RFI’s are cut off tomorrow when do you plan on providing the answers? Will a bid extension of 1 week be granted to allow pricing and design changes once the questions have been answered.	CONS	Due to time constraints time extension will not be granted.
31	If the award is anticipated in March 2017 with the requirement to hold bid prices for 180 days be waived? Per the site walk the target completion of November 2018 could not be achieved if award is 6 months after the proposal date.	CONS	Award is anticipated by March 2018. Dec-1-2018 will be the completion date.
32	The instructions in the Past Performance Information form note: “Explain how your performance on this contract is relevant for each applicable factor or subfactor, as instructed under Past Performance in Section M of the RFP. Include any unique aspects that demonstrate relevancy in this effort. Provide evidence to support such relevance to the requirements as described in the RFP.” Would the government confirm that the factors and subfactors referred to in this paragraph are the following from page 53 of the RFP? . Within last 5 years · Design and Construction of Bridges and Rail Bridges · Completed with acceptable quality		Yes, please provide relevant information on all three (3) categories.
33	In section L-3.1.2.2 item 4 and 6 both reference drawings item 4 has an “and” followed by not other text. Can you clarify the intent of what the expectation is for drawings? Is there concept drawings as part of the narrative and two sets of drawings required in addition?	CE	Concept drawings must convey 15% design. Two (2) sets are required.
34	Please clarify when the link for the PPI Tool will be available for Upload in the FBO solicitation all files sections.	CONS	Will be posted with RFIs.
35	Page 41 of 58 in the solicitation has the following statement: “Highlights expected warranties and guarantees in addition to the standard 1 year warranty of construction period” Is this a betterment? Is this part of the evaluation? Please clarify the intent of this statement in a LPTA procurement.	CONS	It is for betterment only. Will not be a part of evaluation creteria.
36	How will LD’s be assessed if permitting is required that cannot be accomplished in the given time period.	CONS	See the Liquidated Damaged FAR Clause 52.211-12.
37	For the prime contractor the period of past performance is 5 years but Key subs is limited to 3 years. Can this be extended to 5 years?	CONS	No changes will be made.
38	Will the sign in sheet from the site walk be shared? This would help all the subcontractors identify the general contractors and allow bid submittal.	CONS	The sign-in sheet for site visit will not be posted.
39	At the site walk it was mentioned some environmental surveys were completed for the adjacent vehicular bridges. Will this information be made available?	CE	Yes, available reports for the Wheatland Bridges project will be provided
40	Are their any geotechnical reports and/or boring logs available?	CE	Refer Question 5
41	For design purposes, can you provide the average box car load and the desired design speed?	CE	Refer to SON for laoding reuirements. Desired design speed is 25MPH.
42	Please confirm that the area between the bridge and the road can be utilized for staging and construction.	CE	Utilities located between the road and the rail road may exclude certain equipment. Potential Staging/Laydown Area is shown on the Bridge 228 Utility Map
43	Can the existing rails be re-used with the replacement bridge?	CE	No, the existing rails may not be re-used with the replacement bridge
44	Is there an approved on-site disposal area for the demolition debris?	CE	No on-site disposal. Contractor is responsible but recyclable material and hazmat to be coordinated through the Government.
45	During the site walk a waterline was observed at both bridge locations. Is this to remain in place or to be removed? If it is to remain how long can the service be shut down for construction purposes?	CE	Wastewater lines must be kept operational with a maximum outage time of 24 hours. Options to be provided by the contractor.
46	I would like to request that the list of attendees be provided on the website as soon as possible. As a potential subcontractor we would be interested in identifying the potential General/Prime contractors. Likewise the interested GC will be looking for potential subcontractors or suppliers in order to put together a team and a proposal pricing.	CE	List of attendees from site visit will not be provided.
47	Also request to have related Soils report and utilities location related to the project to be provided allow a reasonable time to organize design-build team together, comply with the requirements of the proposal and provide a reasonably priced proposal for the project.	CE	Yes, available reports for the Wheatland Bridges project will be provided
48	I was hoping you could tell me or not, if soils reports were available for this job?	CE	Yes, available reports for the Wheatland Bridges project will be provided
49	Could you please let me know if there is a DVBE goal for this solicitation.	CONS	No DVBE goal for this solicitation.
50	Request to also extend the proposal bid date for another 2 weeks to allow a reasonable time to organize design-build team together, comply with the requirements of the proposal and provide a reasonably priced proposal for the project.	CONS	An extension will not be allowed.
51	I am hoping you can help me out with locating the PPI Tool for the Beale AFB solicitation FA4686-18-R-0006. I went to FBO and the link for the file ppitool.accdb doesn’t seem to be there. Is it not yet available for use?	CONS	The PPI Tool will be posted with the response.
52	Section L-2.1 (second paragraph page 33 of 58) stipulates quantities of original and copies of proposals. Furthermore, such copies are required to be void of all company CAGE code designations and other names of company or its individuals.

Does this stipulation apply to all volumes? Volume II is past performance which is singularly identifying information. As well, Volume III, which is pricing with Team List (ITO 1.0) will include company and subcontractor designations in justification and estimation methods and software. Finally, Volume IV is Contract Documentation with various company information , officer designation and representations and certifications. Each Volume include a Team List ? Is the Team list to be generic ?

How are Volume I copies with key personnel and bonding information to remove company designations? How is the Team List to be filled out? Are we to use generic names for designers and subcontractors? Is the bonding information to be generic in Volume I?	CONS	Volume I does not need to be redacted. However, Volume II, and III need to be redacted.
	53	Does completed Form 1442 reside in Volume I or IV? Or as a separate submittal? See clarification # 8 please.	CONS	SF 1142 can be a separate submittal.
	54	Section L-1.0, Page 33 of 58 lists a period of performance from 1 March 2018 through 28 February 2019. However, FAR 52-211.10 states a completion date of 1 November 2018.	CONS	Estimated completion date is Dec-01-2018.
	55	Please confirm the date which the facility must be completed and open to operations.	CONS	Dec-01-2018
	56	Could Liquidated Damages be assessed even if the period of performance is not exceeded? How do these completion dates correlate with the SF 1442 box 11 which states 7 plus 240 calendar days to complete the work ?	CONS	Liquidated Damages will be assessed after the completion date noted in Notice to Proceed.
	56	Section L-2.11.12, Electronic Offers, requires source files for submittal. Does this apply to all information including price submittals? Can the offeror use PDF formats for the electronic submittal since in the case of pricing information, this information is proprietary and trade secrets which should not be available for modification or use, as well, much of the information source is in the form of PDF’s. Can all information be provided in secure pdf format documents since source files are modifiable?	CONS	Yes, information may be provided in PFD Format.
	57	Section L-2.11.11, Binding and Labeling, are all original binders and copies to be the same color? Is the binder to be colored or the spine and cover inserts? Are the binders with the copies to be the same color? Is each copy to have a CD or only the original?	CONS	Standard paper is fine and does not need to be differentiated by color.
	58	Form 1442 (Page 1 of 58) requires either the U.S. mail of CDs or the e-mail of the proposal. With the volume of information, e-mail will require compressed files or be too large for transmittal to military systems. As well, security verification may delay the e-mail. It is assumed that the proposal binders can be hand delivered before the deadline with the electronic offers on a CD included in the binders.	CONS	Yes, proposals may be hand delivered by the time noted in the solicitation.
	59	Section L-3.2.2.2, Past Performance Information Tool (PPIT)

This section requires a hard copy submittal, meaning that the PPIT database is printed.

Does this RFP require both the electronic filing AND the hard copy of the past performance in the PPIT tool kit? It appears that the Attachment L.1 is applicable to a MACC IDIQ project.

Please confirm the Past Performance submittal format. Are resume’s to be in standard form SF3000 ?	CONS	Yes, both hard copy and electronic filing is required. Attachment ITO 1.0 can be used. Please utilize the attached ppi tool for Past Performance. Resumes do not need to be on a SF3000. You may use your own format as long as it covers all the requested information.
	60	Section L3.4, Contract Documentation Volume

Kindly indicate where Sections A – J are located, where is the Model Contract?

Is this SF 1442 which is typical?	CONS	SF 1442 Solicitation, is considered a model contract. All provisions, clauses and required information needs to be filled out in the SF 1442 Solicitation.
	61	Section L3.4.2.3.1, Solicitation/Contract Form Section A

Please confirm that this SF 1442 is a stand-alone submittal not to be included in any binder? Or is it to be included in Volume IV? This section alludes to an

“original” under separate cover.	CONS	SF 1142 can be a separate submittal.
	62	Section L-3.4.2.3.3, Contract Clauses Section B

Is the price information described in this section to be included ONLY in Volume III or also in this Volume IV Contract Documentation Volume?

Volume III clearly states this is the only location of price information. Consequentially, in Volume III, Attachment 1.6 AND 1.7 are to be included in Volume III, and Section B remains blank? Please clarify. Do these costs require certification and notarization as described in the FAR Clauses for “Certified Cost” ?	CONS	Certified cost and pricing data is not being resquested per competitive procedures.
	63	Section L-3.4.2.4, Representations, Certifications, and other Statements of Offerors. Kindly indicate where Section K is located.	CONS	Instead of Section K, please use the FAR Clause 52.204-8.
	64	Page Limit in Subfactor 1 is limited to 10 pages. Page 40 requests 2 “sets” of drawings. Are the drawings counted in the page counts ? Are both sets counted in the page count ? Are the 2 sets to be included in this section or under separate cover ?	CONS	The drawings are not counted in the page count. Page count is 10 per set. Two (2) sets. Drawings half size. Each set of drawings need to be in a separate binder.
	65	What shall the Contractor assume as an “estimated” notice to proceed date? For purposes of its schedule submittal and resources.	CONS	Estimated NTP Date: 1 April 2018
	66	Statement of Work, Section L-3.1.2.3 Subfactor 2 (page 40 of 58) states asbestos abatement. Does the government have knowledge or suspect asbestos contamination on this project?	CE	Transite pipe suspected in at least one wastewater line.
	67	Box 11 of the 1442 page 1 of the solicitation states completion is 240 calendar days after NTP. In section L-1.0 page 33/58, is states contract will have one year performance period from 3/1/18 to 2/28/19, which is 364 calendar days. It is unclear what the contract performance period is as this is important due to the liquidated damages. Can you clarify the required period of performance?	CONS	Project shall be completed 01-Dec-2018. After 01-Dec-2018 Liquidated Damages will be assessed.
	68	Will permitting delays be considered in the overall period of performance? Contactor is to prepare the permits for the Government to submit per section 5.8 of the Statement of Need page 3	CE	Acceptions for delays are not contemplated at this time.
	69	It appears that the former contractor who built the adjacent bridges on the roadway has an unfair bid advantage in regards to permit information, flood studies, and geotechnical data for the adjacent work. This information should be made available to the other competitors in a reasonable time as it should be considered government property since the project is complete. Will this be addressed? Will you allow adequate time to respond once this is made available.	CE	Available documents from the Wheatland Bridges Project will be provided

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CE to provide
	Geotech report
	Environmental information from Dokken
	AF 813
	David to ID direct fixation - Discuss with

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