QUESTIONS_ASKED_KATHERINE_WALKER.doc

QUESTIONS ASKED.

QUESTION 1 - Table 1 of paragraph 3.2, Item 7 directs the contractor to Renew all Hydraulic Fluids IAW STD SPEC 5000, paragraph C2.1. Table 2, paragraph 3.3 directs the contractor to Renew all Hydraulic Fluids IAW STD SPEC 5000, paragraph C2.1when a Change Request has been authorized. Which paragraph will the fluids be renewed under? Please delete one requirement.

ANSWER: The fluids will be renewed under Table 1 of paragraph 3.2 Item 7 IAW SFLC STD Spec 5000, paragraph C2.1.

QUESTION2: - Paragraph 3.3, Circuit Breaker Testing directs the contractor to complete the tests listed below to include the “Rated Hold-In Current Test”. The item say to “Perform this test only on the circuit breakers which are tripping under normal load condition. The Coast Guard Inspector will identify the circuit breakers”. The contractor cannot price testing an unknown amount of breakers for this test. Please identify the breakers to be tested or delete this test requirement and consider it as growth after award.

ANSWER: The cutter is not currently having any issues with any of the breakers tripping under normal load. Tests of the Rated Hold-In Current breakers will be handled as growth.

QUESTION3: Paragraph 3.4.1 and 3.4.2 of Item 14 direct the contractor to “remove and dispose of all fluids and or residues”. Work Item 39, paragraph 3.2 and Work Item 40, paragraph 3.2 also direct the contractor to complete the same task. What work item should the cost of removal of fluids be inserted in? Obviously the contractor will not complete this task three times

ANSWER: Work Items 39 and 40 are Optional items based on the inspection in Work Item 14. The contractor needs to remove all fluids under paragraph 3.4.1 and 3.4.2 of Work Item 14.

QUESTION4: Work Item 37 has been inserted into the contract specifications to preserve the Chain Locker. The government did not include an item to “Clean and Inspect” which would have pressure washed and pumped out this space prior to preservation. The contractor requests that the requirement to pressure wash, clean and pump the Chain Locker be inserted in to the work item or specification package.

ANSWER: Cleaning requirements for the Chain Locker, Preserve, Partial have been included into the revised specification.

QUESTION5: Work Item 66, paragraph 3.3.3 directs the contractor to “weld repair the corrosion pits and hole in the area described in paragraph 3.2 in accordance with SFLC STD SPEC 0740, the contractor shall crop and renew the tunnel plating, as per Coast Guard Drawing 175 WLM 568-002 and SFLC STD SPEC 0740”.

The government has failed to identify the scope of the repair required for a fixed price item. Please identify the areas of clad welding to be completed and the total square feet of tunnel plating to be renewed.

ANSWER: Paragraph 3.3.1 is sequentially and procedurally before the actions of paragraph 3.3.3.

QUESTION6: Paragraph 3.2 references” Bilges, Cofferdams, and Forepeaks, Steel, in STD SPEC 6310, Appendix A (Cutter and Boat Exterior Painting Systems”. The contractor believes that the government referenced the exterior paint systems in error. The correct reference would be Appendix B, Interior Painting Systems as the spaces are all interior. Please correct the reference.

ANSWER:

QUESTION7: Paragraph 3.2.1.2, weld repair – the government does not supply the amount of weld repair to be completed. The contractor cannot price this task.

Paragraph 3.2.2.1, knife-edge repair, the government does not supply the amount of weld repair to be completed. The contractor cannot price this task. Also please complete the sentence, “If the knife-edge is more than 1/8 inch too high or too short, it must be repaired in accordance with.” With what?

Paragraph 3.2.2.2, build-up, straighten knife-edge. The government does not supply the amount of repair to be completed. The contractor cannot price this task.

Paragraph 3.4, “Perform all necessary modifications to ensure a proper fit.” The contractor has no way to determine the level of effort required to “ensure a proper fit”. This is a fixed price task, not time and material or cost, plus. Please remove this statement from the work item, or provide some tangible level of repairs required to be priced.

ANSWER: Paragraph 3.2.1.1 is sequentially and procedurally before the actions of and 3.2.2.2. Paragraph 3.2.2.1 is in error and should read:

3.2.2.1 Inspect the knife-edge for paint, dirt, rust, or nicks and proper height. A block of aluminum cut to the specifications is an effective gauge. If the knife-edge is more than 1/8 inch too high or too short, it must be repaired in accordance with paragraph 3.2.2.2. Remove paint and rust with #320 grit aluminum oxide abrasive cloth. Be sure to remove the abrasive grit with a clean rag to prevent the grit from getting embedded in the gasket.

Paragraph 3.2.1.1 is sequentially and procedurally before the actions of and 3.4 Exterior Painting Systems has been changed to Interior Painting systems in Paragraph 3.2 of Work Item 49 QUESTION8: Work Item 7, paragraph 3.2 directs the contractor to renew “up to 04 square feet” of 7.5# (3/16”) plate. The sizing indicated is incorrect. Steel plate, 3/16” thick is classified as 7.65# plate. The contractor reviewed the scantling drawing provided as a reference and cannot find any 7.5# plate.

Work Item 8 correctly directs the contractor to renew 7.65# plate. Please delete work item 7.

ANSWER: Work Item 7 is an Option Item. Please price accordingly but understand that Option Item 7 will more than likely not be activated. Government will provide specification feedback to remove item for future specifications.

QUESTION9: Paragraphs 3.5 thru 3.5.2 direct the contractor to preserve both sides of “the new hatch assembly”. There is no requirement in specification item 72 to install a new hatch assembly. Please clarify the intent of not only paragraphs 3.5 thru 3.5.2, but also the entire work item.

ANSWER: Paragraph 3.5 is in error, it should read: 3.5 Preservation. The Contractor shall preserve both sides of the repaired hatch assembly, including all disturbed surfaces, to match existing adjacent area as follows: (SEE REVISED SPECIFICATION) QUESTION10: Paragraph 3.4 , Additional Tasks, directs the contractor to complete the tasks marked with an “X” in Table 2. The table indicates that the contractor shall “disassemble and inspect the hand pump assembly” on all cross deck winches. It also indicates that the contractor shall “renew the hand pump assembly” on all cross deck winches. Is it the government’s intent to complete both items?

ANSWER: SEE REVISED SPECIFICATION.

QUESTION11: Paragraph 3.2.2 directs the contractor to “crop and renew stanchion insets and covers where necessary at the locations described in Table 1” as recommended by the inspection completed in paragraph 3.2.1. The contractor assumes that the renewal of stanchion insets and covers will be the subject of a change request since it is impossible to determine prior to inspection which items need to be renewed. Please clarify.

ANSWER: Please see revised specification. Coast Guard Inspector will identify the which Stanchion Inserts and Covers will need to be replaced QUESTION12: Paragraph 3.4.1 says, “The antenna shall be mounted on the Pilothouse Top, at Port side, Item No. 7 in accordance with the drawing 175-WLM-405-001”. CG Drawing 175 WLM 405-001 was not provided on the CD of references. Please provide this drawing ANSWER: Drawing will be provided.

QUESTION13: Paragraph 3.6 says, “The contractor shall perform designated routine dry docking work in accordance with SFLC Std Spec 8634, paragraph 3.4.4”. The government has not “designated” any work, and the Standard Specification does not have a paragraph 3.4.4. Please clarify

ANSWER: Please see revised specification. The work being referenced is mentioned in paragraph 3.5.4

QUESTION 14 For items 003 thru 008 repair up to 4 sqft of steel plate – will the repairs be done in one increment? If there are small increments, what is the minimum plating size?

ANSWER: Please see revised specification

QUESTION 15 Buoy Crane Main Winch, CT Function, Remove. Please, confirm SOW is removal and installation of a new one GFP.

ANSWER: GFP Main Winch will only be provided if it is discovered that the existing Main Winch is beyond repair QUESTION16 . Item 67 Oily Water Separator, Replace. Could you please, provide contact info for a Tech Rep?

ANSWER: We do not have a Tech Rep POC / contact information