Philip Street_Addendum_Number 1.pdf

TOWN OF MEDFIELD

ADDENDUM NO. 1

BRIDGE NO.: M-11-017 (79K)

PHILIP STREET SUPERSTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT

The bid opening date is Thursday 03/22/18 at 10am.

SPECIFICATIONS

Bidding and Contracting Requirements Section 00020 Invitation for Bids paragraph 8 shall be removed in its entirety and replaced with the following:

All General Bidders shall be pre-qualified by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation in the Bridge Construction or the Bridge Culverts categories. An award will not be made to a Contractor who is not pre-qualified by the Department prior to the opening of Proposals.

Bidding and Contracting Requirements Section 00100 Instructions to Bidders, Article 21 shall be removed in its entirety and replaced with the following:

All General Contractors must submit a Certificate of Eligibility from Massachusetts Department of Transportation for pre-qualification in the Bridge Construction or Bridge Culverts categories.

Special Provision Section 7.00 Legal Relations and Responsibility to Public shall be modified as follows:

The final paragraph under the Public Safety and Convince heading on SP-8 shall be removed in its entirety.

The second paragraph under the heading Erosion and Sedimentation Control on SP-19 shall be removed in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Dewatering of excavated areas for the installation of storm drainage piping, structures and/or other facilities may be required for the installations to be completed “in-the-dry.” Temporary sedimentation basin(s) or other appropriate treatment practices necessary to comply with the NPDES permit program shall be installed to control discharges from the dewatering operations from directly entering surface waters.

The final paragraph under the heading Erosion and Sedimentation Control on SP-19 shall be removed in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Payment for temporary soil erosion and control work, including preparation of any necessary Construction Dewatering Plan and NPDES Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan, will be considered incidental to the Contract.

QUESTIONS

The following questions were submitted to the Town of Medfield. Bidders shall utilize this information in preparing their bid.

Question 1: Are pre-qualified bridge contractors that do not have a certificate of eligibility from the Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM) eligible to bid on this project?

Answer: Yes, the notice to contractor and project specifications have been updated such that the DCAM requirements have been removed. The successful bidder shall be pre-qualified in Bridge Construction or Bridge Culverts categories.

Question 2: How is the bridge anticipated to be delivered to the jobsite (i.e. single or multiple units)?

Answer: The bridge will be shipped in several panel sections that will need to be assembled by the Contractor on-site in accordance with specifications provided by the Fabricator. It is anticipated that the bridge will be shipped to the job site in eight (8) 3’-0” x 14’-0” panel sections.

Question 3: When will the bridge panels be delivered to the jobsite?

Answer: It will be the responsibility of the Contractor to coordinate delivery of the bridge panels with the Fabricator.

Question 4: Please clarify the extent of granite masonry repairs. Will all stones in place need to be grouted?

Answer: Please refer to Special Provision 690. The extent of granite masonry repairs will be determined in the field by the Resident paid for under the 690.2, 690.21, and

690.22 Pay Items as applicable. Special Provision 690 sets fourth the criteria and procedures for different kinds of repairs. It is not anticipated that all stones will need to be grouted in place.

Question 5: What is the intended repair procedure for the concrete repairs at the existing abutments?

Answer: Please refer to Special Provision 989.1 for the concrete repair procedure. The extent of repairs will be determined in the field by the Resident. The 10% of exposed backwall area assumed for quantity purposes on the Plans is expected to encompass the needed repairs.

Question 6: Please confirm if the existing steel joint armor is required to be removed and replaced.

Answer: The existing steel joint armor on the existing abutment backwalls shall remain.

The fabricator will provide a new seal that will be installed by the Contractor using the existing steel armor.

Question 7: Please confirm the proposed anchor bolts will not conflict with the existing (to be cut flush) and provide the number of anchor bolts that will need to be installed.

Answer: The Fabricator has detailed the proposed bridge anchors to avoid conflicts with the existing anchors. Each of the eight panels will have four anchor bolts resulting in 16 total anchor bolts for the bridge.

Question 8: Please confirm that the Town of Medfield has procured any in water permits per 3.7.3 of the General Conditions of the Contract for Construction.

Answer: All necessary environmental permits have been submitted.

Question 9: Are erosion controls required for the project?

Answer: Please refer to Special Provisions (SP-18 and SP-19) for erosion and sedimentation control measure requirements. Payment for erosion control is addressed in the Specifications section of this addendum.

Question 10: Please confirm all fasteners, hardware, and grouting material is to be provided by the Fabricator.

Answer: All hardware will be provided by the Fabricator. It will be the responsibility of the Contractor to provide an accepted grouting material.

Question 11: Is there an engineer’s estimate for the cost of the project?

Answer: An engineer’s estimate will not be provided as part of the bid process.

The total number of pages included with this addendum is Three (3).

All bidders are requested to acknowledge the receipt of the Addendum No. 1 by signing below and faxing, or emailing, this sheet to Maurice Goulet, Director of Public Works, at 508-359-4050, or mgoulet@medfield.net.

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March 16, 2018

Very truly yours, TOWN OF MEDFIELD

Maurice Goulet Director of Public Works