L15PS00180_Amendment_002_Questions_and_Answers.pdf

United States Department of the Interior

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

National Operations Center

Denver Federal Center, Building 50 P.O. Box 25047

Denver, Colorado 80225-0047 http://www.blm.gov

April 20, 2015

AMENDMENT 002

Subject: L15PS00180 002 / Fairbanks District Office Storage Facility

The following questions and answers have been submitted by prospective contractors interested in providing a proposal for subject Solicitation L15PS00180 and have been answered by Bureau of Land Management staff.

QUESTION 1. The existing FACP is a discontinued, CP-35, Conventional system.

Any issue with generic, i.e. EST heat detectors, pull stations, horn-strobes, etc. as there is no U.L. requirement for a single manufacturer?

ANSWER 1. The generic devices will be fine as long as the system will be NFPA certified by the subcontractor at the end of the project.

QUESTION 2. In the Solicitation, Part IV. L.6, Proposal Submittal only indicates electronic copies to submit at bid time.. will hard copies be expected and if so how many copies?

ANSWER 2. Electronic copies is the only requirement and no paper copies are required.

Per the solicitation document “L15PS00180 FDO Storage Solicitation”, section L.6 –page 31), the offeror is to submit a fully compliant proposal to the following email addresses:

John Kelley / jakelley@blm.gov Jeane Steed / jsteed@blm.gov

QUESTION 3. On both S1.0 and A2.1 the drawings show trench drains and catch basins being installed. Are these to be connected to the sanitary sewer as I see no underground or above ground plumbing drawings?

Also, there is a Division 22 spec section that only discusses floor drains but I see none indicated on any drawings. Was the intent to have a floor drain installed in the mechanical room? The listed HRV on the mechanical schedule may require one after looking over the submittal.

ANSWER 3. The floor trenches and catch basin are not connected to the sanitary sewer.

No floor drain is to be constructed in Mechanical Room 102.

The Contractor shall provide HRV condensate drain as described in the attached bubble diagrams.

L15PS00180 FDO Storage Amendment 002

QUESTION 4. L15PS00180 FDO Storage Facility Solicitation.pdf (35 pages)

a) States on page 1 that proposal is due at 2:00pm Local Fairbanks time

b) States on page 31 that proposal is to be submitted to jakelley@blm.gov and jsteed@blm.gov

Sol L15PSoo180.pdf (3 pages)

c) States in box 13 that proposal is due at 2:00pm Local time in the place specified in box

8 (Denver).

d) States in box 13 that proposal is to be submitted in original and 1 copy to the place specified in box 8.

1. Please clarify if proposal is due at 2:00pm Local Fairbanks time or Denver time.

2. Please clarify if proposal is due in hardcopy original with one copy or is due in electronic format at two emails provided.

ANSWER 4. The proposal is due at 2:00pm Local Fairbanks, AK time. The proposals are required to be sent via email only according to section L.6 page 31 in the solicitation. The offeror is to submit a fully compliant proposal to the following email addresses: John Kelley / jakelley@blm.gov Jeane Steed / jsteed@blm.gov

QUESTION 5. On page 33 of the solicitation under volume 2.a.6. it states there is to be no pricing in Volume 2. However on page 35 under Volume 2.e. Factor 3 calls for a lot of information on pricing…

Which is correct?

ANSWER 5. Pricing is to be placed in volume 1 exclusively. The offeror is to use the instructions described on page 35 under Volume 2.e Factor 3 for submission of price in volume 1.

QUESTION 6. On sheet A4.1 the wall details do not show a vapor barrier on the inside of the wall under the GWB. Is one required?

ANSWER 6. No vapor barrier on inside of wall is required.

QUESTION 7. What centers are the 6” wall furring studs to be on?

ANSWER 7. Wood furring spacing equals wall stud spacing. Except as indicated otherwise, wall furring shall be 1x4 and attached to wall studs.