Pre Bid Inquiries.pdf
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- 12363N23Q4035
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Department of Agriculture Forest Service
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This document outlines a solicitation for a California Forest Engineering and Road Maintenance Blanket Purchase Agreement. The agreement will cover various road maintenance and construction work on California federal forests from 2023 through 2033. Services include tasks such as road blading, drain dip construction, cattle guard and gate installation. The Forest Service will furnish materials for gates but other items require contractor-supplied materials. Quotes are due by March 15, 2023 and should be emailed to the points of contact listed. The agreement has a NAICS code of 237310 with a $45 million size standard and is set aside exclusively for small businesses. Successful offerors will support projects across California forests as called upon to repair infrastructure damaged by recent storms.
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PRE-BID INQUIRIES (PBI’S) FOR CONTRACT BIDDING
PBI-001
Line item 1.5 construct earthen barricade. Is there a drawing that can be referred to for the earthen barricade?
Answer: Yes, see attached drawing Earthen Barrier.
PBI-002
Line 3.5 construct drain dip. Is the contractor to supply materials for these or is this to fix existing drain dips?
Answer: Construct Drain Dip is for “new” construction of a drain dip, where possible existing material or identified stockpile material on site should be used.
PBI-003
Line 3.2 install cattle guards. Is this to just replace the decks supplied by the government? Or is this to install a brand new cattleguard where there is not an existing cattleguard, if so, will the government supply the cattleguard?
Can a standard drawing be provide for cattleguards?
Answer: Install Cattleguard – will be to install a whole new cattleguard that is government furnished material. Install per the FP-14.
PBI-004
Line 3.4 pothole patching, will the 1 ton be used in the same general are due to temperature control of the asphalt?
Answer: In general work will be within the same vicinity/corridor to maintain asphalt temperatures, submit pricing accordingly.
PBI-005
What materials can the government supply or does the contractor assume all materials & supplies?
Answer: For commerical pricing on the schedule of items and for this solicitation assume all material is Government Furnished. Future call orders will indicate GFM in the schedule of items or list FS material sources if applicable.
PBI-006
It is stated that “a pre-set limitation is not established regarding the number of BPAs…” Can the USFS provide an estimated number of BPAs that are expected to be awarded?
Answer: Approximately 80 contractors, this number could be more or less. The goal is to increase competition and have an adequate pool of contractors for each forest in State of California.
PBI-007
How will rate escalations be addressed within the BPAs (e.g., Consumer Price Index [CPI]or other) from year to year since the life of the BPAs extends through 2033?
Answer: Initial commercial pricing will be based on current market conditions. Individual call orders will reflect future pricing which will capture the current market pricing at time of call order issuance. Initial pricing is not set for future call orders and will be used for evaluation purposes developing award pools.
PBI-008
Can the USFS provide a total contract budget for this RFP?
Answer: No, Disaster Recovery funding will support projects as a result of numerous fires the last few years in Arizona. Funding will depend on the number of projects for each forest.
PBI-009
What is Compaction A listed in Item No. 1.1?
Answer: Compaction A refers to a type of blading where you would not need a roller or a water truck. Generally there are three passes made. One pass pulls dirt from the ditch to the center for one side, the second pass pulls the dirt from the ditch to the center for the other side, and the final pass is made to smooth and even the surface.
Compaction methods are defined in FSSS under section 301.05. You can find that here on page 47:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd670225.pdf
PBI-010
Re Item 3.2 Install Cattleguard – should Contractor assume the GFM for this item will be a concrete cattleguard, or a steel cattleguard?
Answer: The Government Furnished Material will be a steel cattleguard.
PBI-011
Re Item 3.5 Install Steel Gate - should Contractor assume the GFM includes all required materials to install the gate? (ie., middle post and/or locking post, Sono tube, concrete for post footers) Or should Contractor include pricing for those expected supplementary material items in their unit price?
Answer: All material will be provided to install the steel gate. We are looking for installation costs only for bidding purposes, not materials.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd670225.pdf
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