Attachment 2 Questions and Answers N0040622R0040.pdf

Questions and Answers:

1) Is powder coating acceptable as a substitution for painting?

Answer: Yes

2) CLIN 1 – 40-yard

i. The Slider65 per Stellar can haul containers 16’ to 22’ in length – what is the desired length of container?

Answer: 22 feet in length

ii. What is the desired thickness of the wall and floor material?

Answer: 10 gauge floor and 12 gauge walls (body)

iii. What is the desired type of door latch?

Answer: See picture named “CLIN 1 Door Latch Picture 1” and “CLIN 1 Door Latch Picture 2” of the government desired door latch. The government will accept similar types of door latches. The government requires a single swing door with heavy duty hinges (see pictures named “Heavy Duty Door Hinge Picture 1” and “Heavy Duty Door Hinge Picture 2”) located on the passenger side of the container and door latch located on the driver side on CLIN 0001 and CLIN0005.

CLIN 1 Door Latch Picture 1:

CLIN 1 Door Latch Picture 2:

Heavy Duty Door Hinge Picture 1:

Heavy Duty Door Hinge Picture 2:

iv. Will the government accept an alternative to the steel lid in CLIN 0001?

Answer: No

3) CLIN 2 – 8-yard

i. What is the desired thickness of the wall and floor material?

Answer: 12 gauge for both wall and floor.

ii. What are the overall dimensions?

Answer: See picture named “CLIN 2 Packer Box measurements”. The government will provide the measurements of the width (left to right) container only, the width of the fork pockets and the overall width of the container including the fork pockets.

The government requires the manufacture to determine the rest of the measurements and build an 8 yard capacity front loader packer container that will be used by a front loader packer truck.

CLIN 2 Packer Box measurements:

iii. Are fork pockets underneath required?

Answer: No

iv. Is a Lid Lock bar required?

Answer: No

v. Can one of CLIN 2, 8-yard, be loaded inside one 40yd on CLIN 1 for shipping?

Answer: The government encourages the winning contractor to reduce the number of loads required to ship all CLINS. This can be in the means of loading smaller containers into larger containers. The government requires that when the contractor loads the containers, either single, stacking or loading containers into other containers, that the contractor does so in a way that will not cause any damage to the container during loading operations, transporting and unloading of all containers.

4) CLIN 4 – Multi-sort recycle

i. What is the Hook height desired for the A-frame for the Stellar Slider26 – 36” or 54” or 62?

Answer: 36”

5) CLIN 5 – 15-yard OCC

i. The Slider 26 per Stellar can haul containers 12’ to 16’ in length – what is the desired length of container?

Answer: 16 foot

ii. What is the desired thickness of the wall and floor material?

Answer: 10 gauge floor and 12 gauge walls (body)

iii. Do the cardboard openings require covers?

Answer: No

iv. What is the Hook height desired for the A-frame for the Stellar Slider26 – 36” or 54” or 62?

Answer: 36”

6) CLIN 6 – Three Recycle Sort

i. What is the desired thickness of the wall and floor material?

Answer: 10 gauge floor and 12 gauge walls (body)

ii. Photo P14 shows fork pockets underneath, are they required?

Answer: No

iii. Photo P13 shows a slanted floor with a measurement of 42” – is the measurement from the subframe?

Answer: The slant floor starts at the bottom of the door opening to allow material to easily slide out of the container and slants up to the right or driver side of the container.

iv. Photo P9 shows the top center height of 78”, a height of 72” on the left and right peaks at 72” and a lower peak height of 48” - what is the distance horizontally between each dimension?

Answer: See picture named “3 PACK EV #P9”. This is the updated picture and shows the measures to answer this question.

3 PACK EV #P9: