Question and Answers 36C78622R50041-1.docx

Question and Answers 36C78622R50041

1. Q1: Is Beverly the cemetery to be focused on or Beverly Crossing?

a. Answer 1: The location for the place of performance is Beverly Crossing National Cemetery 916 Bridgeboro Road, Beverly, NJ. 08010

2. Q2: Where can I get a layout of the burial sections (map)?

a. Answer 2: Please see Amendment 0001. Attachment B-Beverly NC Map

3. Q3: Why is it not more clearly specified what needs to be done in each section? How can you know you delivered the expectation when it is so open ended? What we think needs to be done vs what cemetery may be different.

a. Answer 3: The solicitation has a table of content, and it has sections. The other additional attachments are also on the solicitation notice.

Pages 6-37 include the SOW. The General Requirements are outlined in the scope of work.

4. Q4: Who is the COR?

a. Answer 4: Richard McNulty

5. Q5: Is there a functional irrigation system at the cemetery that covers all of the property?

a. Answer 5: No, there is not.

6. Q6: If you have an irrigation system, is below or above ground?

a. Answer 6: Not applicable.

7. Q7: Is contractor able to use irrigation system to water grass?

a. Answer 7: Not applicable.

8. Q8: How much grass area in the cemetery sections to be resodded is your watering system able to cover?

a. Answer 8: Not applicable.

9. Q9: Is there a location map for all the fire hydrant available for use to water turf?

a. Answer 9: Will look into locations.

10. Q10: When was the last time the cemetery was sodded?

a. Answer 10: Upcoming October 2022.

11. Q11: When was the last time the headstones were aligned?

a. Answer 11: Summer 2021

12. Q12: To complete the headstone process within one year, can some work be scheduled for weekends?

a. Answer 12: Yes.

13. Q13: Are you aware that the local area may not be able to supply 90+ acres of requisite grass requiring grass to come from a further location with higher cost to obtain?

a. Answer 13: Not applicable.

14. Q14: Are All Terrain Vehicles allowed in and around the gravesite?

a. Answer 14: Yes.

15. Q15: Is there a place to put a storage container on site?

a. Answer 15: Yes.

16. Q16: How much does the water cost per gallon? Is difficult to estimate without this variable.

a. Answer 16: Not applicable.

17. Q17: Are there sprinkler heads within the areas to be rejuvenated or have sod replacement?

a. Answer 17: Not applicable.

18. Q18: Are there any utilities underneath the areas to be rejuvenated/resodded?

a. Answer 18: No there are not.

19. Q19: Who is the current supplier of sod for the cemetery?

a. Answer 19: No current supplier for sod.

20. Q20: Is there a required number of soil tests per section?

a. Answer 20: No.

21. Q21: The specified sod blend (70% tall fescue & 30% perennial ryegrass) does not appear readily available locally. Please confirm the specified blend is currently, or most recently, installed at the cemetery.

a. Answer 21: 90% Tall Fescue and 10% Kentucky Blue Grass can used.

22. Q22: Is there a staging (lay down) area available for contractors to use on site?

a. Answer 22: There is a staging area available (see picture below). There is a chance that multiple construction projects may be occurring at the same time. At this time there is one 20ft shipping container placed in the dead-end roundabout (orange rectangle below).

23. Question 23: Is there an irrigation system or water service (hydrant) at the section for irrigation use?

a. Answer 23: There is no irrigation on site; however, there are five total fire hydrants. 4 around the perimeter (2) Bridgeboro Rd. (2) Green St. and 1 within the site. (See below for approximate locations). Moreover, there may be more room for staging in the maintenance yard (orange outlined area below).

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25. Question 24: The period of performance is from 9/16/22 to 9/15/23, sod installation is not recommended (pg. 7 / note #7) until early September 9/23, with the amount of sod to be installed (430,000 SF +/-) and a 60 day maintenance period will an extension of time or modification of performance time be granted?

a. Answer 24: All modifications will need to be requested and approved through the Contracting Officer.

26. Q23: Where on the site would the contractor's staging area (for equipment and material storage) be located? And approximately what size of area would it be?

a. Answer 26: Please see the map on answer 22.

27. Q27: Several of the sections to be restored also have at least a few flat markers (quite a few in some sections). These are generally at the perimeters of the sections and near the curb line and thus likely in the area of the turf that will be disrupted and require being restored/replaced. Are these flat markers also to be reset (many need it) and are they included in the headstone count?

a. Answer 27: No.

28. Q28: Are you aware that the local area may not be able to supply 90+ acres of requisite grass requiring grass to come from a further location with higher cost to obtain?

a. Answer 28: The total acres of the cemetery is only 65 acres.

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