SA+97+Addendum+1+7-29-24+Sealed.pdf

ADDENDUM NO. 1

NAWS Pipeline Condition Assessment, Ward and McLean Counties, ND Contract SA 97

Date of Issue: July 29, 2024

Date of Bid Opening: August 21st, 2024 @ 1:30 p.m.

Location of Bid Opening: Virtual

NOTICE TO ALL PLANHOLDERS:

Please insert this Addendum into your copy of the project Contract Documents.

The following changes and/or additions to the Contract Documents for the project are issued by the Engineer and shall have the same force and effect as though part of the original issue.

GENERAL CLARIFICATIONS:

1. See attached Pre-Bid Conference notes.

REVISIONS TO THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS:

1. Invitation For Bid form Page 1 of 17 – Change the Bid Response Deadline date from August 7, 2024 to August 21, 2024.

2. Invitation For Bid form Section 1 Bidders Instructions, Item 10 Bid Response Held Firm – Revise 2nd sentence from “Bidders must hold their Bid Responses firm for 30 days, unless otherwise specified by the Procurement Officer in writing.” to read, “Bidders must hold their Bid Responses firm for 90 days, unless otherwise specified by the Procurement Officer in writing.”

3. Invitation For Bid form Section 1 Bidders Instructions, Item 11 Bid Response Opening – change the date from August 7, 2024 to August 21, 2024.

4. Invitation For Bid Form Section 5 Specifications, remove page 11 of 17 and replace with the enclosed Page 11 of 17 located immediately after the Addendum.

5. C-430 Bid Bond Form – Change the Bid Due date from July 30, 2024, 2 P.M. to August 21, 2024, 1:30 P.M.

REVISIONS TO THE CONTRACT FORMS

1. C-520 Agreement – Paragraph 4.02 A., change “….will be substantially complete on or before November 30, 2024.” to “….will be substantially complete on or before May 15, 2025.”

REVISIONS TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE CONTRACT:

NONE

REVISIONS TO THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

SECTION 01 29 00 – MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT:

Delete Paragraph 1.2.A.1 and replace with:

1. Lump Sum Bid Price Pressure Testing price includes all mobilization, equipment, tools, labor and materials to perform the full pressure testing procedure for each segment, to include dewatering all air release and blowoff vaults if water is present, inspecting and exercising all plug, butterfly, ball and gate valves included in those vaults, drain and inspect the air release valves for operability, and general inspection of all pipe and fittings present in the vaults and removal of any debris or fouling of air valves. If leaks are discovered and repaired, retesting of any segment will be paid for at the unit price bid for Segment Pressure Re-test in Bid Schedule B.

Add the following as Paragraph 1.2.A.4:

4. Leak Detection and Location will be paid for at the unit price bid for all efforts to detect and locate any leaks discovered during the pressure test. Bid price shall be full payment for all mobilization, equipment, tools, labor and materials to detect and locate leaks discovered during pressure testing. Leak Detection and Location will be paid for on a per day basis to locate leaks with full crew and equipment. Any leak detection requiring less than 6 hours to locate the leak will not be paid for separately and will be included in the unit price bid for pressure testing. Leak Detection and Location does not include topsoil stripping and excavation required to reach the pipe for the investigative efforts, and the excavation necessary will be paid for at the unit price bid for Topsoil Stripping and Common Excavation.

Add the following to Paragraph 1.2.B.:

Owner reserves the right to remove segments from the pressure testing regimen. Any such removal of segments shall not constitute a basis for any claim.

REVISIONS TO THE PROJECT MANUAL APPENDICES:

NONE

All other requirements and stipulations of the plans and specifications shall remain in effect.

The receipt of this addendum shall be acknowledged in the Bidder's Proposal.

HOUSTON ENGINEERING, INC.

By:

Kevin E Martin, P.E.

ND Reg. No. 3837 kmartin Submittal Project

SECTION 5

BID RESPONSE FORM

Actual quantities in Schedule B may vary significantly based on the number of leaks, if any, that are discovered.

No claims or adjustments in price will be considered based solely on bid item quantity or elimination.

SPECIFICATIONS

Drawings and specifications for this project are included as Attachment 1.

Delivery Address: ND Department of Water Resources, 1200 Memorial Highway, Bismarck, ND 58503-5262 Delivery Date Time Required: August 21, 2024 1:30 PM CDT Billing Address: Same as Delivery Address as Specified in the Order

Bid Schedule A: CONTRACT NO. 1 – PRESSURE TESTING

Lump Sum Bid Price Pressure Testing Segment 1 $ Lump Sum Bid Price Pressure Testing Segment 2 $ Lump Sum Bid Price Pressure Testing Segment 3 $ Lump Sum Bid Price Pressure Testing Segment 4 $

Bid Schedule B: CONTRACT NO. 2 – LEAK REPAIRS

Item Description Unit Estimated Quantity Bid Unit Cost Bid Price

A. Mobilization, Demobilization, Bonds, Insurance – GC

LS 1 $___N/A___ $__________________

B. Contractor Coordination LS 1 $___N/A___ $__________________ C. Traffic Control and

Signage

LS 1 $___N/A___ $__________________

D. Erosion Control LS 1 $___N/A___ $__________________ E. Ductile Iron Pipe Repair

1. Topsoil Stripping CY 50 $__________ $__________________

2. Common Excavation CY 200 $__________ $__________________

3. Topsoil Placement CY 50 $__________ $__________________

4. Seeding and Mulching AC 1 $__________ $__________________

5. 30” Pressure Class 200

Restrained Joint DI Pipe

LF 20 $__________ $__________________

6. 30” Repair Fittings EA 2 $__________ $__________________

7. 36” Pressure Class 200

Restrained Joint DI Pipe

LF 20 $__________ $__________________

8. 36” Repair Fittings EA 2 $__________ $__________________

9. Segment Pressure Re-test

EA 1 $__________ $__________________

10. Leak Detection and Location

DAY 5 $__________ $__________________

Total Price – Bid Schedule B $___ _________________

TOTAL PRICE – Bid Schedule A plus Bid Schedule B

(use words) (use figures)

PRE-BID CONFERENCE - notes

NAWS Pipeline Condition Assessment – Ward and McLean Counties, ND

North Dakota State Water Commission Project 237-4, Contract SA 97

1. Introductions

a. Owner – North Dakota Department of Water Resources (Sindhuja S. Pillai-Grinolds, Travis

Johnson, Perry Weiner)

b. Engineer – Houston Engineering (David Schwengler)

2. Sign-In Sheet: Virtual

3. Required Attachments to the Bid: Follow Section 1 of Invitation to Bid

a. Bid Bond form is in Attachment 1. Required Bid security in the form of Bid Bond (in the exact format specified by the OWNER, an example of which is included in the Bidding Document, with notarized Acknowledgement of Surety and Acknowledgement of Principal). The 5% Bid Bond, Power of Attorney, Acknowledgement of Surety, and Acknowledgement of Principal shall be in a separate envelope attached to the outside of the bid envelope. Both pages of the Bid Bond form must be included in the separate envelope attached to the outside of the bid envelope. Bids not complying exactly with these instructions will not be opened.

4. Addenda Update

a. There will be an Addendum issued addressing:

i. Invitation For Bid form Section 1 Bidders Instructions, Item 10 Bid Response Held

Firm – Revise 2nd sentence from “Bidders must hold their Bid Responses firm for 30 days, unless otherwise specified by the Procurement Officer in writing.” to read, “Bidders must hold their Bid Responses firm for 90 days, unless otherwise specified by the Procurement Officer in writing.”

ii. Bid Bond form – Bid Due Date should be August 7th, 2024, 1:30 P.M.

b. Do contractors have anything they feel needs to be addressed by addendum.

i. None

5. Bid Opening Date/Time/Location – 1:30 pm, August 7th, online via Microsoft Teams (link in the Invitation For Bid, Item 11 on page 5.

6. Bid Schedules: Bidder must bid on both bid schedule A and B.

7. Construction Phasing Constraints – At this time the only constraint is contractors working on portions of the project that would impede pressure testing at this time.

8. Construction Progress Meetings – TBD

9. Insurance Requirements: See GC-6.02, 6.03 and SGC-6.02, 6.03

10. Subcontractors: Must possess ND Contractor License prior to beginning work

11. Working Hours: Monday – Friday, weekend work requires prior approval from Owner

12. Specific Construction Topics

a. Site Security and access – Coordinate with Owner and/or Engineer

b. Protection of existing facilities

c. Check and inspect Air Release Valves are functioning and Blowoff Valves are closed. Water may need to be pumped from vaults prior to accessing.

d. Segment 1 will be priority and 1st segment tested.

e. Contractor shall contact Landowner and execute a Contractor-Landowner agreement form with copies provided to the Owner and Engineer PRIOR to using any existing field access approaches.

13. Q & A

a. Wasn’t the line tested previously, yes 2 years ago.

b. Bid Schedule B is only in the case there is a leak.

c. How does it work if they spend 2 weeks looking for a leak? DWR will take a look at it on a case by case basis.

d. Is the pipe full of water? The pipe is partially filled at this time and will be mostly filled by the time this work is performed.

Substantial Completion – November 30, 2024 Final Completion – June 30, 2025

NAWS SA 97 Prefid Conference - Page 1 of 1

PREBID CONFERENCE SIGN-IN SHEET

SA 97 NAWS PIPELINE CONDITION ASSESSMENT, WARD AND MCLEAN COUNTIES, ND

NORTH DAKOTA STATE WATER COMMISSION – TELECONFERENCE MEETING

July 25, 2024, 2:00 p.m.

NAME COMPANY PHONE E-MAIL

Sindhuja S. Pillai-Grinolds ND Department of Water Resources 701-328-2750 spillai@nd.gov

Perry Weiner ND Department of Water Resources 701-527-2962 pweiner@nd.gov

Travis Johnson ND Department of Water Resources 701-328-1050 tgjohnson@nd.gov

Dave Schwengler Houston Engineering 701-852-7931 dschwengler@houstoneng.com

Lonnie Kern BEK

Rob Bartz BEK

Josh Loosmore Peritiacon Consulting spillai@nd.gov mailto:pweiner@nd.gov tgjohnson@nd.gov mailto:dschwengler@houstoneng.com