KI-622-210-003.Addendum.#2.pdf

ADDENDUM # 2

Date: November 19, 2020

STATE OF MARYLAND

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES

Ellington E. Churchill Jr., Secretary

PROJECT NO. KI-622-210-003

Tank Abandonment

This Addendum is issued to clarify, add to, delete from, correct and/or change the bid documents to the extent indicated and is hereby made a part of the said bid documents on which the construction contract will be based. Acknowledge receipt of the Addendum by inserting its number and date on the

Invitation to Bid Form. Failure to acknowledge receipt of this Addendum may subject offer to disqualification. All questions should be addressed to the Procurement Officer, Christine.Stenhouse@maryland.gov

This Addendum includes the following:

Revisions/Addition to specification:

a. Removing all fuel, petroleum residue, and water from the tank (assume

2,568 gallons of fuel, sludge and water for disposal).

b. All work shall be coordinated with the CMOS Jarred Cooke at the work initiation meeting. Work shall be completed in 60 calendar days after notice to proceed is given. The hours of operation are weekdays from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm. Access to the facility prior to 7:30 a.m., or after 4:00 p.m., must be coordinated with the CMOS Jarred

Cooke a minimum of 48 hours in advance.

c. UNIT PRICES

Description of Requirements

A. This section specifies administrative and procedural requirements of unit prices.

B. A unit price is an amount proposed by Bidders and stated on the bid Form as a price per unit of measurement for materials or services that will be added to or deducted from the Contract Sum by Change Order in the event the estimated quantities of work required by the Contract Documents are increased or decreased.

C. Unit prices shall include all necessary labor, materials, overhead, profit and applicable taxes.

D. Actual usage of Unit Prices will be verified by the State or State’s

Representative.

LIST OF UNIT PRICES General: Provide a cost for each unit price item on the Bid Form. All unit price work shall conform to the requirements of the Contract

Specifications.

A. Unit Price No. 1 – Soil Contamination Test

1. Provide the following soil contamination test.

a. Perform 8015B TPH-DRO /GRO, 8260 Full Suite VOC’s including fuel oxygenates, and 8021 BTEX MTBE TBA.

b. Work shall include obtaining, transporting, testing, and analysis of sample to meet the requirements of that particular test.

Soil Contamination Tests: Provide the following soil contamination tests, unit pricing above is for additional testing required by MDE

2. ESTIMATED QUANTITY = 2 Test x Cost per Test

B. Unit Price No. 2 – Contaminated Soil Removal

1. The Contractor shall include a unit price for the removal and disposal of soil contaminated by petroleum product leakage with Engineered Fill in accordance withall Federal, State, and local requirements. Extent of removal and disposal shall be as directed by the Maryland Department of the

Environment (MDE). Price shall include all necessary labor, equipment, transportation, dewatering, sheeting, shoring, bracing, and all other incidentals necessary to complete the work. Quote unit price in $/Ton.

2. Contaminated materials shall be transported and disposed of by the

Contractor in accordance with all Federal, State, and local requirements.

3. This work shall be performed only upon written direction of MDE, and written authorization of the Department of General Services (DGS).

4. Payment will be made for the actual number of cubic yards of fill material in place.

5. Total to be assumed for bid: Contaminated Soil Removal Total (including testing, excavation, loading and unloading of truck, transportation, soil treatment, and all associated costs):

ESTIMATED QUANTITY = 1 Cubic Yard x Cost Per cubic yard

C. Unit Price No. 3 – Selected Backfill

1. The Contractor shall include a unit price for the furnishing and placing of selected backfill material to provide satisfactory replacement in areas of contaminated soil removal as approved by the Department of General Services

(DGS) and as directed by MDE. Price shall include all necessary labor, equipment, materials, transportation, and other incidentals to complete the work. Quote unit price in $/Cubic Yard.

2. Payment will be made for the actual number of cubic yards of fill material in place.

3. Total to be assumed for bid: Selected Backfill Total to replace contaminated soil (including necessary labor, equipment, materials, transportation, and all other incidentals necessary to complete the work):

ESTIMATED QUANTITY = 1 Cubic Yard x Cost Per cubic yard

Requirements – All unit price work shall conform to the requirements of the contract specifications.

Questions and Answers:

1) Question: Will staff be able to use the facility restroom? Answer: .No, contractor should provide their own portable restroom for their staff.

2) Question: Can you please provide the MDE case letter? Answer: see attachment #1

(Sign-in sheet, MDE Dated May 13, 2020 and MDE Facility Summary.

3) Question Can you please provide the most recent tank test results and/or monitoring well sampling results (water level measurements and analytical results)? Answer:

Not available.

4) Question The bid documents indicate that soils may be impacted. How does the facility request that we estimate (e.g., as change order for corrective action to remediate soil and groundwater) that in our bid? Answer: Please see added unit pricing in Addendum #2.

5) Question Is the facility on municipal water or does it use water from an on-site water well and where is the well located relative to the tank? Answer: There is a

7,000 underground water tank. Please see attachments.

6) Question Do you know the groundwater elevation for this site? Answer: It was

8.5’ below land surface on 11/20/19.

7) Question Is there a concrete pad under the 1 0,000-gallon tank? Answer: Yes, Please see attachments.

8) Question We are required to collect three (3) soil samples 2' below the bottom of the tank. After the tank has been clean inside, we can drill holes in the bottom of the tank to collect these samples. If there is a concrete pad below the tank or if water starts to come in after holes are drilled, we won't be able to collect those samples. MDE would approve the geo pro be method of collecting these samples. How do you want these sample s to be collected?

Answer: Soil samples have been collected and provided to MDE we don’t anticipate additional testing. Please see added unit pricing in Addendum #2.

9) Question How many tons of contaminated soil should we allow for?

Shouldn't this be a line item? Answer: Please see added unit pricing in

Addendum #2.

10) Question MDE requires us to s submit a 30-day notice for a tank removal or abandonment. We also need to get an engineer's letter of abandonment in order to get approval from MOE to do an abandonment. You are allowing

45-day completion on this project, which is cutting things very close. Can the completion time be extended to 60-days instead? Answer::Please Addendum

#2.

11) Question The scope of work allows for the removal and disposal l of 500-gallons of tank contents. As of yesterday, there was 29" or 2,568-gallons.

Will the additional fuel be used or re moved before the start of the project?

Answer::Please Addendum #2.

All other terms, conditions and specifications remain unchanged.

END OF ADDENDUM NUMBER: 2

Issued by:

Janice L. Howell

Department of General Services State of Maryland

301 West Preston Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201