Questions and Responses.pdf

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training & Evaluation Unit TWO

Solicitation N0018926QL133 – INDIG Village Demolition

Questions and Responses

CUI

1. Question: The PWS states that foundations and below-grade structures are to be removed and excavations restored; however, no specific backfill specification was identified.

Please confirm:

• Required backfill material type (common fill, structural fill, borrow fill, select fill, crushed aggregate, etc.).

• Whether imported material is required or if suitable on-site material may be reused.

• Compaction requirements

• Testing requirements and responsibility for geotechnical verification

Response: Structural fill; onsite material may be reused as long as compaction requirements are met;

compaction requirements are 2,500 lbs. per sq. ft. of barring capacity; provide customer verification of testing

2. Question: The PWS references grading and stabilization but does not provide detailed specifications.

Please confirm:

• Required final stabilization method:

o Seed and straw o Hydroseed o Temporary seed o Permanent turf establishment o Erosion control matting o Other

• Required seed mix specifications.

• Topsoil requirements, if any.

• Required stabilization timeframe following demolition activities.

Response: Leave area bare, no stabilization preference.

3. Question: Please confirm that all existing building with concrete slabs and paved surfaces are to remain in place unless specifically noted otherwise.

Response: Correct, please refer to site map attachment.

4. Question: The solicitation documents do not appear to include an asbestos survey, hazardous materials assessment, or abatement report.

Please provide:

• Existing asbestos survey reports.

• Hazardous materials assessment reports.

• Lead-based paint survey reports (if applicable).

• Confirmation that all hazardous material identification and abatement has been completed prior to contractor mobilization.

If no reports are available, please confirm that no asbestos-containing materials (ACM), lead-containing materials, PCB-containing equipment, or other regulated hazardous materials are present within the contractor’s scope of work.

Response: No reports available and no awareness of any asbestos, lead or PCB containing material within the contractor’s scope of work.

5. Question: Please clarify the status of all above-ground and below-ground fuel storage systems.

Please confirm:

• All tanks will be emptied, cleaned, disconnected, and certified safe prior to demolition activities.

• The Government will remove all fuels, oils, and regulated contents before contractor .

• The existing fuel tank identified during the site visit is to remain in place and is excluded from demolition.

• Any associated piping, dispensers, monitoring systems, or electrical equipment associated with the fuel system that are to remain.

Response: No fuel tanks or lines being removed.

6. Question: Please confirm that all utilities serving the structures have been disconnected and rendered safe prior to demolition, including:

• Electric

• Water

• Sewer

• Telecommunications

• Gas/Fuel

• Fire protection systems

Please identify any active services that must remain operational during construction.

Response: There are no utility services to the compound.

7. Question: Please verify that of the 23 Structures and 6 wall sections all consist of wood excluding foundation and footings. Specifically, there are 6 large "Concrete" Structures in the rear that are not included in the Solicitation, nor any other loose item other than the 23 and 6 Wood structures.

Response: The concrete structures remain, please refer to site map attachment.

8. Question: Please verify there are no underground utilities required demolition attached to foundations designated Demo structures?

Response: No underground utilities.

9. Question: PWS number 7. States No debris is left on site which could impede grading, verify debris is referencing only debris of the 23 and 6 structures not debris for the entire site?

Response: Debris refers to the 23 and 6 structures.

10. Question: Material left inside structures such as dummy ammo must be turned in through proper DOD procedures verify Customer will clear any simulated ammo on site prior to work beginning?

Response: Buildings will be cleared by EOD prior to demolition.

11. Question: PWS Number 8. States COMPREHENSIVE grading of the ENTIRE site (a.) Please verify

Entire site i.e. Fence to fence or only demo area of structures? (b.) Please verify Comprehensive grading without set of engineered plans with established elevations and bench. Simply rough grading to allow for good drainage of rain fall is not comprehensive. Please verify if the Customer will provide their desired elevations and gradients to meet the task stated?

Response: a) only demo area of structures b) grading needs to be level to current grade and compaction requirements at 2,500 lbs. per sq. ft. of barring capacity.

12. Question: PWS Number 10. Is very vague in that preparing of sub grade prior to a future "Phase two" without knowing if there will be required material needed such as fill; specifically, without known elevations or known SPECIFICATION. Will the Customer provide the required specification?

Response: Grading needs to be level to current grade and compaction requirements at 2,500 lbs. per sq.

ft. of barring capacity.

13. Question: In the original solicitation packet Period of Performance on page 6 states over 90 days, please verify Contract is for 60 days?

Response: The period of performance is from date of award through 60 days after award. Once awarded, these dates will reflect the exact 60 days.

14. Question: The Performance Work Statement states the period of performance is from date of award through 60 days after award. The delivery schedule also lists a period from 18 June 2026 through 30

September 2026. Please confirm the required completion date that offerors should use for scheduling and pricing.

Response: The period of performance is from date of award through 60 days after award. Once awarded, these dates will reflect the exact 60 days.

15. Question: The PWS describes the 23 training buildings as wood structures with wood flooring. During the site visit, Brute observed that some of the wood buildings appear to include steel framing, steel supports, or other steel components supporting or reinforcing the structures. Please confirm whether these steel components are included in the demolition scope as part of the 23 training buildings.

Additionally, if the Government has any available building schematics, prefab manufacturer drawings, typical details, as-built drawings, photos, or other construction information for the training buildings, please provide them so offerors can accurately evaluate demolition means, equipment, labor, debris handling, and disposal requirements.

Response: All parts of the 23 buildings are to be demolished, including steel components. There are no drawings available.

16. Question: During the site visit, Brute observed what appeared to be a steel aboveground storage tank, or

AST, located near one of the garage-type training structures. Based on the written scope, Brute does not interpret this AST as part of the base scope of work, since the PWS identifies demolition of the 23 training buildings, 6 wall sections, and associated foundation/anchoring systems. Please confirm whether the AST is excluded from the scope of work.

If the Government intends for the AST to be removed, please confirm whether it should be included in the base quote or priced separately. Please also confirm whether the AST has ever been used to store fuel, petroleum, oil, hazardous materials, or any other regulated material, or whether it was placed at the site only as a training prop/visual feature for the village. If the AST has been used, or if its use history is unknown, please provide any available documentation confirming its contents/status, cleaning history, and whether sampling, cleaning, inerting, transportation, or regulated disposal would be required.

Response: The AST will remain and is not part of the demolition.

17. Question: Please confirm whether any steel buildings, garage-type structures, metal enclosures, metal training props, steel supports, or other non-wood structures/features are included in the 23 buildings to be demolished, or whether the scope is limited to the wood structures, associated supports, and six wall sections specifically identified by the Government.

Response: All buildings with concrete slabs will remain, all other structures will be demolished. The 23 structures consist of wood and steel components.

18. Question: Please confirm whether the Government will provide a marked site plan, photo log, or written list identifying the 23 buildings and 6 wall sections to be removed. If no plan will be provided, please confirm that the post-award joint site walk with Government/command representatives will be the controlling method for identifying the exact structures and wall sections included in the work.

Response: Please refer to site map attachment.

19. Question: Please confirm whether miscellaneous training props, site appurtenances, signs, poles, fencing, gates, targets, mock utilities, mechanical/electrical items, tanks, drums, containers, or other items not specifically identified as one of the 23 buildings or 6 wall sections are excluded from the base scope unless specifically identified in writing by the Contracting Officer.

Response: All buildings being demolished will be cleaned out prior to demolition.

20. Question: The PWS requires extraction of all foundation elements, footings, and anchoring systems associated with the demolished structures. Please provide any available information regarding the type, size, depth, and construction of these items, including whether reinforced concrete, slabs, piers, posts, grade beams, driven anchors, helical anchors, or other below-grade elements are anticipated. Please also clarify whether foundations are to be removed to full depth or to a specified depth below final grade.

Response: EOD does not have original drawings and no knowledge of the foundation of these buildings.

If found, please remove to full depth.

21. Question: Please confirm whether the Government has completed any hazardous building material survey, environmental survey, or regulated materials assessment for the structures, wall sections, foundations, and surrounding soils. Please provide any available reports or records related to asbestos-containing materials, lead-based paint or lead-containing coatings, treated wood, creosote/preservative-treated lumber, PCBs, mercury-containing devices, universal waste, petroleum impacts, contaminated soil, or other regulated materials.

within the contractor’s scope of work.

22. Question: Please confirm that unknown or concealed regulated materials, including but not limited to asbestos, lead paint, petroleum-contaminated materials, regulated tank contents/residue, contaminated soil, or other hazardous/regulated waste encountered during performance, will be handled as a differing site condition or otherwise addressed by the Government through direction from the Contracting Officer prior to removal/disposal.

within the contractor’s scope of work. If found, please stop work and notify Ryan Caldwell at 757-510-

9704.

23. Question: Given that the work is located within a training area, please confirm whether any unexploded ordnance, munitions and explosives of concern, munitions constituents, range residue, pyrotechnic materials, ammunition-related items, or other military training-related hazards are known, suspected, or anticipated within the work area, structures, walls, foundations, or soil. Please also confirm the required stop-work and notification procedure if any such item is encountered.

Response: The buildings will be cleared out before demolition and no unexploded ordnance, munitions and explosives of concern, munitions constituents, range residue, pyrotechnic materials, ammunition-related items, or other military training-related hazards will be present. If found, please stop work and notify Ryan Caldwell at 757-510-9704.

24. Question: Please confirm whether all utilities serving or crossing the demolition area have been disconnected, abandoned, or otherwise made safe prior to demolition. Please also confirm whether the

Government will provide utility drawings, utility clearance, dig permits, or locate support, and whether the

Contractor is required to perform private utility locating or soft-dig verification prior to foundation removal and grading.

Response: Dig permits will be up to the contractor and no drawings provided. No utility services run to the compound, so the assumption is no underground utilities.

25. Question: The PWS requires comprehensive grading, drainage gradients to prevent water pooling, and compaction of the soil sub-base for the future Phase 2 multi-level target complexes. Please provide the required compaction standard, lift thickness, testing method, moisture requirements, proof-roll requirements, and whether third-party density testing is required. If testing is required, please confirm whether it is to be provided by the Contractor or the Government.

Response: Grading needs to be level to current grade and compaction requirements at 2,500 lbs. per sq.

ft. of barring capacity. #57 rock is government preferred method but not a requirement.

26. Question: Please confirm whether imported fill, select structural fill, topsoil, seed, mulch, stone, geotextile, erosion and sediment controls, or temporary/permanent stabilization are required. If imported material is required, please provide the material specification and estimated quantity, or confirm that offerors should include an allowance.

Response: Structural fill. Unknown amount of material needed, offeror should include allowance in estimate.

27. Question: Please confirm whether the Government will provide final grades, spot elevations, drainage plans, or grading limits. If no design elevations will be provided, please confirm that the requirement is to return the area to a smooth, free-draining condition acceptable to the Government during final inspection.

Response: No design elevation will be provided. Just need grading to be level to current grade and compaction requirements at 2,500 lbs. per sq. ft. of barring capacity.

28. Question: Please confirm whether all demolition debris, assuming no regulated materials are identified, may be disposed of as standard construction and demolition debris at a licensed off-site disposal facility.

Please also confirm whether weight tickets, disposal receipts, recycling tickets, manifests, or closeout documentation will be required.

Response: No requirements for disposal. Contractor will be responsible for all disposal processes with no documentation needed by the government.

29. Question: Please confirm whether the Contractor may retain any incidental scrap metal or recycling proceeds generated from the demolition debris, including incidental fasteners, anchors, steel supports, metal components, or other recyclable materials. Alternatively, please confirm whether any salvage or recycling proceeds must be credited back to the Government and, if so, how that credit should be reflected in the quote and documented during performance.

Response: No proceeds credited back to the government. Contractor can dispose/recycle how they see fit.

30. Question: Please confirm allowable work hours, haul routes, staging areas, roll-off/container locations, equipment parking areas, and any restrictions on demolition, loading, hauling, or grading operations due to adjacent active training areas.

Response: Standard work hours are 0930-1800 but can be adjusted if worked in advance. The big area to the left of the compound can be used as laydown/staging area. No restrictions for demo, loading, hauling. All trucks and workers will need base access and come through Gate 8.

31. Question: Please confirm whether a Government water source will be available for dust control, or whether the Contractor must supply all water required for dust mitigation.

Response: No water to the compound. Contractor will be responsible for water source.

32. Question: The solicitation includes Service Contract Labor Standards language and an equivalent federal hire classification of Janitor. Since the PWS includes demolition, heavy equipment operation, debris removal, foundation removal, grading, and compaction, please confirm the applicable wage determination and labor classifications offerors should use for pricing this work.

Response: Please see updated FAR 52.222-42 with Amendment.

33. Question: The solicitation states that contractors shall have valid base access at time of quote submission.

Please confirm whether this requirement applies to the prime contractor only at quote submission, or whether all subcontractors, trucking companies, roll-off drivers, disposal haulers, and equipment delivery personnel must also have established base access prior to quote submission. Please also confirm the process for coordinating access for approved subcontractors and haulers after award.

Response: PWS has been updated to read, “Contractor Personnel/Vendors shall be eligible to receive base access at time of award.”

34. Question: Are the concrete buildings included or not?

Response: No, please refer to site map attachment.

35. Question: Has there been any surveys conducted? If so, can we get copies?

Response: No surveys conducted.

36. Question: Are there any utilities on the site? There were ropes in some wires between buildings. Please clarify if active or ever active.

Response: No utilities on site and buildings will be cleared out prior to demolition.

37. Question: Do the oil tanks have any fuel or were they ever active and need to be considered hazmat?

Response: No, they are only used as training aids.

38. Question: Is there a bond required?

Response: No.

39. Question: Are limits on hours of work?

Response: Standard working hours are 0930-1800 but can be adjusted if worked in advance.

40. Question: Are there any tunnels between buildings?

Response: No.

41. Question: The Performance Work Statement (PWS) indicates that 23 training buildings are to be demolished within INDIG Village. However, there appear to be more than 23 buildings located within the village limits.

Request:

Please provide a site map, building list, or other documentation identifying the specific buildings that are included in the demolition scope. Additionally, please confirm whether any structures within INDIG

Village are to remain in place.

Response: All buildings with concrete foundations are staying. Please refer to site map attachment for buildings to be removed.

42. Question: The PWS states that, following complete structural and debris removal, the contractor shall perform comprehensive grading of the designated training area, eliminate depressions resulting from foundation removal, and establish proper drainage gradients to prevent water ponding.

Please provide the required final grading criteria, including:

• Required finished grade elevations and tolerances.

• Drainage design requirements and acceptable slopes/gradients.

• Backfill material specifications, including material type, gradation, and compaction requirements.

• Any applicable standards or specifications governing site restoration and grading activities

Response: Grading needs to be level to current grade and compaction requirements at 2,500 lbs. per sq.

43. Question: The PWS does not identify requirements for topsoil placement or site revegetation following grading activities.

Please confirm whether topsoil placement and seeding are required as part of the site restoration scope. If required, please provide:

• Required topsoil depth.

• Topsoil material specifications.

• Seed mix composition and application rates.

• Fertilization, mulching, and erosion-control requirements.

• Establishment/warranty period requirements, if applicable

Response: No revegetation required just need grading to be level to current grade and compaction requirements at 2,500 lbs. per sq. ft. of barring capacity. #57 rock is government preferred method but not a requirement.

44. Question: Considering the scope only includes wood buildings without concrete foundations, are you expecting import of material for grading or only leveling to avoid pooling?

Response: Need grading to be level to current grade and compaction requirements at 2,500 lbs. per sq.

45. Question: Please confirm the six walls within the scope. The group onsite agreed it was likely the stockpile sitting on the south end of the training area (picture attached). Is this accurate? If so, we will exclude the walls attached to buildings to remain.

Response: Please refer to site map attachment.

46. Question: In order to minimize airborne wall-foam debris, we are considering hauling the buildings away intact. Would the Navy have any infosec concerns with this method?

Response: Government would like the buildings to be demolished prior to disposal.

47. Question: Considering the training use-case of the site, we are currently assuming no hazardous materials or residue related to ordinance on-site. Please confirm if this assumption is accurate.

Response: This assumption is accurate.