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CEFOP Lodging Buildings Questions and Answers SAQMMA-17-R-0040

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1 A-07 Schedules on drawing A-07 “Architectural Detail Doors, Blinds, and Door Schedule” show that all these elements shall be fabricated of aluminum. In all the previous projects these elements have been manufactured of cold rolled metal with aluminum color finish. Considering the big difference in cost between aluminum and cold rolled metal, please, confirm the material door and windows shall be manufactured of.

Contractor shall refer to Attachment 3A Architectural drawings A-07 and the revised Attachment 1 Specifications

Lodging Caucasia section #08 11 16 to confirm the material of the Doors, Blinds, and Door. These shall be fabricated in aluminum.

2 E-03 Details on drawing E-03 “Lightning Protection” do not show the characteristics of the conductor to supplied/installed. Please, clarify the conductor material (aluminum or copper) and its gauge (dimension).

Contractor shall refer to Attachment 3C Electrical drawings E00 and the revised Attachments 1 Specifications Lodging

Caucasia section 26 20 00 and 26 41 00.00 40.

3 General Is it necessary to carry out project procedures and the designs to present to EPM for the project feasibility and the respective approval?

The actual permits are the responsibility of the CNP (Colombian National Police) however it is up to the contractor to support the CNP with all technical documentation required for the CNP to obtain the project feasibility and permits including designs, shop drawings and technical information as well as surveys and any other requirement of the EPM.

4 General How many overhead primary 13,2 kV structures are necessary? The contractor shall estimate the number of overhead and submit their shop drawing to the local power company, Empresas Publicas de Medelin (EPM). Once the drawing gets approved by EPM, the contractor shall submit the approval from EPM along with the appved shop drawings to the COR.

5 Attachment 2 All items and chapters that are established in the Attachment 2_lodging Caucasia Bid chart must be quoted?. This is due to the fact that some activities such as chapter 6

WOODS, PLASTIC, AND COMPOSITES, 061000 ROUGH CARPENTRY are not included in the information of plans sent and others as plumbing can be included in other chapters as in chapter 331100- WATER DISTRIBUTION and 333000 -

SANITARY SEWER.

All the items included in the Bid chart shall be included as part of the scope of the project. The Contractor shall refer to the information stated in the drawings and in the technical specifications, in which the scope of each item is detailed.

6 In the plans do not establish the type of locks to quote, please clarify this point. Contractor shall refer to the revised Attachments 1 Specifications Lodging Caucasia section 08 71 00 Door Hardware of the solicitation technical package.

7 The planes do not establish the thickness that must have the glass doors and windows in aluminum, please clarify.

Contractor shall refer to the revised Attachments 1 Specifications Lodging Caucasia sections 08 11 16 (Aluminum Doors and Frames), 08 51 13 (Aluminum windows) and 08 81 00 (Glazing_ of the solicitation technical package.

8 In the documents and plans do not indicate the specification of the safety film that must have the glasses, please clarify

Contractor shall refer to the revised Attachments 1 Specifications Lodging Caucasia section 08 87 23.13 Safety film of the solicitation technical package.

9 Within the works to be executed in the chapter called Multifuntional Court, are two courts to build or one.

As shown in Attachment 3A Architectural drawing A-01, only one Multifunctional Court shall be included as part of the contractor proposal. The other Multifunctional Court is shown as Not Included in this Contract.

10 Please clarify which activities correspond to chapter 13 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION, 134800, Siesmic Protection Miscellaneous Equipment indicated in Attachment

2_lodging Caucasia Bid chart

Anchoring of Mechanical and electrical Equipment as well as sway bracing for ceiling mounted items such as piping and lighting fixtures.

11 In the information of this solicitation, the sections of earth movements, do not appear to be able to determine the amounts of excavation and fill to construct the part of

Multifuntional Court, please indicate in which plans that information.

Contractor shall refer to Attachment 3F Sewage drawings S-01which includes section 1 that shows the detail section of the building foundation. The approximate height of the backfilling of the facilities is between 40 - 60 cm.

12 In the drawings of this application the sections of earth movements to calculate the amounts corresponding to chapter C EXTERIOR WORKS

Refer to answer to Question 11.

13 In PDF there is no drawings E15 y E16. Please provide Attachment 11 E15-E16 has been added as an attachment

14 In case of conflict between drawings and specifications please indicate order of prevalence between them.

Contractor shall refer to solicitation paragraph H.22 order of Precedence.

15 Is it required to install “vapor barrier” under floor concrete slab??? If so, please indicate thickness of that barrier.

Refer to the revised Attachments 1 Specifications Lodging Caucasia Concrete Division 03 and the Earthwork Division 31.

16 Is it required any special finish on floor concrete slab?? Any special treatment like

“floor hardener”?

No special treatment for concrete floor required. Refer to revised Attachments 1 Specifications Lodging Caucasia Concrete

Division 03 for concrete specifications.

17 It is required for masonry walls to be weatherproofed??? Weatherproof is required for bathrooms and wet areas specified in the drawings.

18 Specification 099600. Where applies??? Contractor shall refer to the specification charts in the Attachment 3A Architectural drawings A04 - A05 - A06 in which high performance coating is indicated.

19 On the subject of track, the structure provides for a geotextile. That specification is that geotextile?...... whether it is tissue or no tissue and that reference, usually these geotextiles are used for separation of layers and that it does not mix the ground of the subrasante with layers granular. The most common is the NT 1600 but there is to confirm.

In accordance to the information in the Soil Studies in the revised Attachments 1 Specifications Lodging Caucasia Division

31 - Earthwork, the reference for the Geotextile shall be NT 1800.

20 Which is going to be the final provision of the material that came out from the excavations?...... if the project involves an area for waste, dumps or on the contrary the contractor seeks its botadero. This in order to establish the cost of the transport of the material of excavation.

The Contractor shall refer to revised Attachments 1 Specifications Lodging Caucasia Earthwork Division 31 section 31 00

00 paragraph 3.2 General Excavation (page 559).

21 In the sector of the multiple courts, specifies a fill but these courts shall be synthetic or its final finish is in particular?

Contractor shall refer to Structural drawing in the Attachment 3F Sewage drawing, S03 for the detail of the concrete slab for the Multifunctional court.

22 In the Theme architectural heritage, the scope of the contractor is to place the furniture?

Furniture is not part of the Scope of the actual project.

CEFOP Lodging Buildings Questions and Answers SAQMMA-17-R-0040

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23 In the white work and/ or finishes, that type of tile will be used in flooring and wall for bathrooms, paintings, etc...

In the cost structure of the basic material and subbase, the contractor includes the cost of transport in the cost of materials or specified in an item by a part of hauling (km-m3)

Contractor shall refer to the specification charts in the architectural drawings Attachment 3A Architectural drawings A04 -

A05 - A06 in which the tiles for the floor and walls is indicated.

According to the Solicitation Section B.3 This is a firm-fixed-price contract; no additional sums will be payable on account of any escalation in the cost of materials, equipment, services or labor, or because of the contractor's failure to properly estimate or accurately predict the cost or difficulty of achieving the results required by this contract. nor will the contract price be adjusted on account of fluctuations in the currency exchange rates. Changes in the contract price or time to complete will be made only due to changes made by the Government in the work to be performed, or delays caused by the

Government.

24 Could you gave the specifications of the septic wells. No septic well is part of the scope of this project. The sewage system for the building shall connect to an existing General sewage system of the CNP Base Area.