Barnes_Snow_Questions_Set_2.docx

QUESTIONS SET #2 FROM POTENTIAL BIDDERS

CONTRACT FOR SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL AT THE BARNES BUILDING COMPLEX, BOSTON MA

AUTHOR: Raymond Prisk, Director of Public Works USAG Fort Devens on 12/20/2017

1. Is sidewalk clearing included in the shoveling per inch pricing? Or is it billed separately under item # 0006 Snow & ice removal by hand?

RESPONSE: Sidewalk clearing by vehicle or heavy equipment is included in the per inch pricing. Sidewalk clearing by shovel or by a man pushed machine is billed under item #0006.

2. Item # 0006 snow & ice removal by hand also mentions AFTER the city of Boston has plowed, so is this to be used as like an after storm work charge item?

RESPONSE: At times, the City of Boston will clear snow from the streets and the snow will pile back onto the sidewalks after the contracted snow clearance work has been completed. Item #0006 will be billed when it is necessary to return to the site to reclear the sidewalks

3. Are there any sidewalk measurements completed?

RESPONSE: The measurements follow:

BARNE BUILDING

Summer Street sidewalk in total is 845 linear feet. That includes the frontage along the building and the frontage along the triangle shaped parking area (Parking Lot 1) . In segment the sidewalk along the building is 488 linear feet and the sidewalk along Parking Lot 357 linear feet. The total area of sidewalk along Summer Street is 563 square yards.

The total length of sidewalk along the face of the Barnes Building at "D" Street is 132 linear feet. The total area of this sidewalk is 117 square yards.

PARKING LOT #1 (TRIANGLE LOT)

There is 164 linear feet total of sidewalk along the south side of "E" Street at the Triangle Parking Lot. The total area is 146 square yards.

PARKING LOT #3

Total length of sidewalk at “D" Street is 602 linear feet. Total length of sidewalk at the Fargo Street is 225 linear feet. The total area of both sidewalks combined is 551 square yards.

PARKING LOTS # 4 and #5

The total length of sidewalk along the South side of “E" Street at the Parking Lot Frontage is 921 linear feet. The area of this sidewalk is 614 square yards.

4. Since this project is such a large area, are we able to submit our invoices as we provide service throughout the month, or do we have to do it at the end of each month? I'm asking because it's such a large project for a "small business" to perform that if we provide service on 2/1 and we can only bill on 3/1, that it could take us up to 60 days to get paid from services provided.

RESPONSE: Invoices can be submitted the day after the snow event.