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BUCKTHORN, Questions & Answers, 14 March Question: (Reference WORK ITEM #14 HULL PLATING FREEBOARD, PRESERVE-PARTIAL: 3.6 Coating application TABLE 2 STEP 2 Top Coat; top coat all primed and abraded surfaces: apply "Epoxy Polysiloxane" White (17925)). Shouldn't that be Black (17038)? The vessel is currently painted black

Answer: Yes, Freeboard Top Coat should be Black (17038).

Question: (Reference WORK ITEM #15 DRY DOCK: 3.8 Fleeting not required). If fleeting is not required. We won't be fleeting for the 100% preserve underwater body For Work Item #11?

Answer: Correct, Fleeting is not required and the U/W body surfaces defined in preservation WIs 11-13 “exclude areas covered by docking blocks.”

Question: (Reference WORK ITEM/S # 27-32 HULL AND STRUCTURAL PLATING (GENERAL): 3.2 Renewal The contractor shall renew up to 4 square feet of the steel plating. Attachment 1 Schedule of supplies/services: for those work items they are asking for the price of 1 square foot). Are these work items going to be based upon CFR's and CIR's and implemented as per the square footage required?

Answer: Work Item will be bid on price of 1 square foot, and expanded, as necessary, via CFR and change requests. The Work items should read “1 square foot increments.”

Question: (Reference WORK ITEM #37 PROPULSION SHAFT PACKING, RENEW: The vessel is currently equipped with a Wartsila dripless shaft seal. Shaft packing does not exist). Will this work item be deleted from the solicitation?

Answer: WI 37 should actually be Wartsilla seals and WI needs to be changed from packing to drip less seals also GFE should reflect this.