L15PS00204_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

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Refer To:

1510 (OC-664) May 13, 2015

Subject: SOLICITATION L15PS002004 – COTTONWOOD FIELD OFFICE

REPLACEMENT AMENDMENT 002 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

PRE-BID SITE VISIT NOTES

Introductions of John Kelley, Contract Specialist (not present); Contracting Officer Representative, Tanya Pardy; and Steve Janzen, Project Manager.

Primary Contact is John Kelley / jakelley@blm.gov / 303-236-2626.

Discussed general solicitation requirements, including:

Type of Contract: Construction, Firm Fixed Price, Single Award Contract

Magnitude: $1,000,000 - $5,000,000

Set-Aside: Total Small Business

Questions Due: May 19 th

@ 2:00 pm local pacific time

Proposal Submittal Due: May 28 th

@ 2:00 pm local pacific time

Award Selection Process: Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable (LPTA)

Period of Performance: 405 calendar days, with 45 - 60 calendar day with no work for office transition; probably occur in January – March

Submit pricing per bid schedule, payments will be made per value schedule

Performance bond at 25% or $640,000, whichever is less; and payment bond required

Work includes demolition of all existing buildings and site features; new water main;

new buildings, utilities, and site features; existing sewer main is good

Davis bacon wages north of 45 parallel apply

Employees will be occupying site during entire construction period, and safety fencing will need to be installed to delineate construction area to keep people out.

All demolition/salvage becomes property of contractor. No sale, burning, or burying of demolition material on site.

Conducted tour of complete site, including all buildings.

Asbestos – Base proposal on what is specified in ACM reports; report was performed on visible identification. ACMs may be covered up in similar locations in all buildings, and many have been removed over time. The BLM will do any additional testing of materials found during construction, as needed, if materials other than what is assessed in the reports are uncovered.

BLM will move hazmat building to a more convenient location prior to start of contract (just east of the main office building). Contractor is required to move it from this location to final location after new office building is constructed.

mailto:jakelley@blm.gov

Clarify air monitoring and sampling required during asbestos abatement. THIS WILL BE

CLARIFIED ON A SEPARATE AMENDMENT.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM PRE-BID SITE VISIT

Q1: Has the project ever been bid before?

A1: No.

Q2: Are state inspections or permits required?

A2: No. BLM will take care of any inspections, if needed.

Q3: Are all houses on north side of gate BLM?

A3: No, two private residences.

Q4: What is the proposed start date?

A4: June 8 th

Q5: Is there any natural gas to site?

A5: No.

Q6: Which power poles remain? Which go?

A6: See Demolition Note 22 on Sheet C101 for power pole removal/relocation.

Q7: Who is the power company?

A7: Avista.

Q8: Have all below ground oil tanks been removed?

A8: Yes.

Q9: What is required for subcontractors past performance? Resumes? Recent/Relevant projects?

A9: See Section L & M for requirements.

Q10: Is there a detail for the hazmat building foundation?

A10: See Detail 39 on Sheet S505 for hazmat building slab detail.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO PRE-BID SITE VISIT

Q1: The solicitation includes wage decision ID51, Idaho, HEAVY CONSTRUCTION. This typically includes water and sewer line construction and heavy construction projects on treatment plants, power plants, manufacturing plants, processing plants, etc…Shouldn't the wages be wage decision ID24, Idaho, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION?

A1: An amendment was released for solicitation L15PS00204 that included ID24, as well a couple of other changes.

Q2: We found a flagpole foundation detail but need the flagpole specification to provide a quote on this project. Kindly direct me accordingly.

A2: There is no additional specification other than what is stated per Detail 1, Note 1 on

Sheet L108, 1-15’ tall flag pole – satin finish (Contractor to submit cut sheet to the CO of flag pole for final approval).

Q3: During review of the contract documents there appears to be some conflicting documents regarding payment method and the payment means and methods is confusing. Are we going to be paid for work completed for bid items 1 through 8 on monthly progressive payments via “Applications for Payment” or by lump sum? Please advise.

A3: The SF-1442 price schedule is for bidding/proposal purposes. The Contractor shall include in his/her fee proposal each bid item cost, either lump sum or unit price as stated. Per

Section 012000 Unit Prices, the awarding Contractor will be required to submit a Schedule of

Values after award. This is a breakdown of the lump sum pay items to facilitate in making progress payments. Bid items may be as a Lump Sum, but progress payments can/will be made monthly on the Lump Sum items as long as a Schedule of Values is submitted with enough detail to determine progress/payment due.

Q4: I do not see any specifications for the insulation U-values on the new warehouse/storage building? Idaho adopted the 2012 IECC, I have attached a copy for your reference. Please let me know if this building will be conditioned.

A4: The drawings currently call for the Storage Building to be insulated with R-20 in the roof and R-13 in the wall for the entire building (see A100). This was in accordance with the

2009 IECC when the building was designed. The Storage Building was designed with the middle area as the fully conditioned space, the east Shop area as heated only and the Boat Storage area with no heating or cooling. The thought was to insulate the whole building for some level of thermal comfort with the option to add heat to the Boat storage in the future if desired. The code switched to the 2012 IECC on Jan. 1 st , three weeks before the final stamped drawings were submitted. The 2012 IECC requires an R-28.6 for the roof and an R-19.2 for the wall.

Amendment the R-Values called out on the metal building assembly details on Sheet A100 to comply with the 2012 IECC values of R-28.6 for the roof and R-19.2 for the wall.

Q5: Solicitation pg. 45 M.5 Volume 3: Factor 2: Past Performance at paragraph (a) states

"...recency is defined as work completed or ongoing during the five (5) years prior to issuance of this solicitation." At Paragraph (b) it states ...."Projects deemed not recent (greater than 3 years) will be disregarded." And at paragraph (c) (1) it says "Relevant projects within the last three (3) years." Please clarify if relevant projects are projects within last 3 or 5 years.

A5: Recency should be within the last 5 years. Change all references of 3 years to 5 years.

Q6: Is there detectable warning on this project and, if so, what is the quantity?

A6: Yes, there is detectable warning for the handicap ramp at the building entrance. Per detail E on Sheet C501, there is a 2 foot by 4 foot section.