Walnut_Amendment_1_Q As.docx

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USCGC WALNUT (WLB 205)

FY16 DRYDOCK AVAILABILITY

Amendment 1 Questions & Answers

1. Will the Coast Guard accept bids for single Work Items, or will the bidder be required to accomplish all work items within the PWS?

Answer: No. The contractor must complete all work items. Any bid where all work items are not priced will be considered incomplete.

2. With respect to Work Item #69, will the Coast Guard consider replacement of the incinerator vice overhaul and repair?

Answer: The Coast Guard will not consider replacement vice overhaul and repair of the incinerator.

3. D-39 Temporary Messing

The statement of work is silent regarding the performance period for the Temporary Messing to apply. Please provide work items that will trigger the requirement for this task.

Answer: This work item is optional and may not be turned on. Please price for 7 days of optional meals. Please see specification for required meal details.

4. O-40 Scuttles, Upgrade

In the 1.1 Intent it mentions “to replace 13 flush hatches”, in the table below the 1.1 Intent it lists 11 flush hatches, in the 1.2 GFP table it lists 10 flush hatches.

How many flush hatches are actually being replaced?

What is their location?

What is their description?

Will all flush hatches being replaced, be GFP?

Answer: How many flush hatches are actually being replaced?

Total of 11 hatches

What is there location and description?

Please see 1.1 location and description

Will all flush hatches being replaced, be GFP?

All 11 hatches are GFE.

5. D-48; Para: 3.3.2 Sewage Piping, Renewal

Piping repair area #1 directs the contractor to accomplish pipe repairs using the attached figure for guidance. It is clear that the pipe terminates as a flange, mating to the overboard valve. The drawing is silent regarding its origin. Can the contractor assume that it originates at the discharge opening of valve V900?

Answer: Per PARA 3.3.2.1, repair area #1 includes the entirety of sewage discharge piping from the holding tank to the starboard discharge hull valve (V013-1).

6. D-55 & D-59; Para: 3.3.3 Tank Vents, Renewal

Specification is silent regarding the extent of replacement pipe. Can the contractor presume that the repairs are limited to the pipe above the weather deck, and a connection would be made immediately below the deck?

Answer: Per PARA 3.3.2 of Work Items 55 and 59, the proposed cut shall be on the buoy deck level (above the deck), as close to the deck as possible. Repairs are limited to piping above the weather deck but do not include the actual penetration.

Per PARA 3.3.2 of Work Items 55 and 59, the proposed cut shall be on the buoy deck level (above the deck), as close to the deck as possible. Repairs are limited to piping above the weather deck but do not include the actual penetration.