Attachment 7 RFI Questions and Responses.pdf
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- REPAIR AC PAVING
- Solicitation number
- W50S74-26-Q-A020
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Department of the Army National Guard
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This is a Questions and Answers (Q&A) document for a federal contract opportunity titled "Repair AC Paving" at March Air Reserve Base in California, solicitation number PGPG262483. The document does not establish specific response dates, award dates, pricing terms, or set-asides, as it serves solely to clarify scope and technical requirements through contractor inquiries and government responses.
The project encompasses multiple cost line items (CLINs) involving asphalt concrete (AC) paving repairs and related work across multiple buildings at the air reserve base. Key scope clarifications include: the contractor is responsible for field verification of quantities (with specific square yardage corrections provided for individual CLINs); parking areas may be closed per the contractor's schedule with government providing alternate access; existing concrete pads and government property must remain in place and be protected; wheel stops and bollards protecting transformers are to remain; and van-accessible parking stalls must measure 9 feet wide by 18 feet long with a 9-foot passenger-side access aisle. Environmental requirements mandate bale surround and storm drain protection for stockpiled materials. The contractor must submit a phasing plan for crack seal and slurry seal operations. Civil 3D drawings for removal work must be furnished by a licensed Civil Engineer and stamped. Type II road slurry is specified for parking lots for durability. Additional work includes grinding AC to ¼-inch depth at 12-inch width adjacent to flush Portland cement concrete (PCC) surfaces, providing slurry seal operations, re-striping at existing locations, and performing a 2-hour anti-terrorism training course. The project has a 120-day period of performance with no liquidated damages assessed.
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REPAIR AC PAVING
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RFIS
PGPG262483
GENERAL
1. Are the duties of a Superintendent, Quality Control Manager, and Site Safety and Health Officer able to be performed by one individual for this project?
Response: Yes
2. Are the SY quantities shown in the SOW bid quantities, or is the contractor responsible for field verification/final measured quantities?
Response: Contractor is responsible for quantities.
3. Can individual parking areas be completely closed, and for how long?
Response: Paving areas will be closed as required per Contractor Schedule.
4. What minimum vehicle/building access must remain operational?
Response: Government will provide alternate access.
5. Are there mission-specific blackout periods or facilities that cannot lose access?
Response: No
6. Who is responsible for relocating Government vehicles before each phase?
Response: Contractor to cone off areas a day prior to work and identify unmoved vehicles.
7. Are there known underground utilities or irrigation systems within the replacement area?
Response: Government to provide approved Work Permit identifying utilities.
8. How will unforeseen pavement/base failures outside the designated replacement limits be handled?
Response: Inspector to provide assessment to Government.
9. What constitutes Government acceptance of each inspection hold point.
Response: Acceptance identified in Contractor Meeting Minutes.
10. What notification period is required before requesting Government inspection?
Response: Identify inspection dates in Schedule. Inspector is on site.
11. Are temporary striping or traffic markings required between phases?
Response: No
12. Can milled pavement remain open/closed overnight, or must overlay be completed the same shift?
Response: Can remain open.
13. Are there restrictions on stockpiling RAP/millings onsite?
Response: Stockpile locations approved by Government.
14. What environmental/BMP requirements apply to slurry operations, paving, sawcutting and milling?
Response: Stockpiles will need bale surround and storm drain protection.
15. Are street sweeping/FOD-control requirements more stringent in any portions of the work area?
Response: No
16. Will Government provide existing utility/as-built drawings?
Response: Utility drawings exist and available but are not as-built.
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17. Are there any planned projects in these same areas that could conflict with the 120-day POP?
Response: No
18. Are there discrepancies between the depicted paving limits and the Government's intended scope that should be clarified by RFI before proposal?
Response: The drawings paving limits are estimated for bidding.
19. For bidding purposes, please establish linear footage of crack filling to consider per location, as it will be hard to determine the extent of this work at bid time.
Response: Government cannot provide linear footage
20. Please provide a striping plan.
Response: Restripe at existing locations.
21. Confirm that the pavement striping and markings scope for this project is limited to road striping and parking areas with existing striping and markings. Unless otherwise specified, any new striping will match the existing striping location, color, format, etc.
Response: SOW1.2B.1 Parking shall be double stripe at existing typical single line parking stalls.
22. Confirm sizes of new van accessible parking stalls.
Response: 9’ wide stall+9’ wide passenger side access aisle x18’long
23. Confirm that the government will be responsible for moving and storing items and equipment within project sites prior to any demolition and construction work.
Response: Confirmed
24. Please confirm that landscaping is not part of the scope of work.
Response: Confirmed
25. Google Maps was used to note approximate dimensions of existing parking stalls and respective striping and markings. Although existing parking stalls are 9’ Wide throughout, parking line lengths range from 16’ to 19’. Please confirm if the contractor must repaint based on approximate existing dimensions or establish a parking stall size to consider throughout, for example a 9’ x 18’ parking stall.
Response: 9’ wide x 18’ long parking stall typical
26. Confirm all existing wheel-stops need to be removed and replaced with new ones. If so, please confirm wheel-stop size to consider.
Response: Wheel stops to remain.
27. Confirm the size of the existing planter islands.
Response: Government unable to confirm exact sizes.
28. Show areas where the grinding of 12” of AC surface adjacent to flush PCC paving is required.
Response: All areas showing AC adjacent to PCC are flush conditions.
29. Confirm anti-terrorism training is required. How many hours?
Response: 2 hour course.
30. Clarify if a stop sign and post need to be installed adjacent to every surface ‘STOP’ marking.
Response: Existing stop signs to remain. Provide STOP markings at all stop signs.
31. Please confirm the liquidated damages for this project.
Response: None.
32. Confirm that existing canopies within the project sites need to be protected and remain in place.
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Response: Protect in place all government property.
33. Confirm that existing concrete pads within project locations will remain and additional work is not required.
Response: All PCC to remain. Grind AC at flush PCC as specified.
34. At the site walk it was recommended that CLIN 1 Bldg 2283 1000 SY be Slurry III not Overlay.
Response: Revise to Slurry III.
35. How will crack seal and or slurry seal be phased? Can we do multiple parking lots in one move?
Response: Companies are to submit phasing plan in schedule, yes, multiple parking lots can be done in one move.
36. Does the removal lot 3050 that requires Civil 3D drawings, are they required to be furnished by a Civil Engineer and be stamped?
Response: Yes, they are required to be furnished by a Civil Engineer, surveyed and stamped.
37. Per Statement of work 1.2.A.1.a, states that abutting asphalt to fluch PCC must be grinded ¼” at 12” width. Does this need to be performed at every concrete location that is flush?
Response: Yes
38. Why type II road slurry in parking lots?
Response: Type II to be provided for durability.
CLIN 0001
BUILDING 2278
39. Confirm all items will be moved and stored by government personnel.
Response: Government will move all government property as required typical.
40. Confirm the bollards protecting the transformer do not need to be replaced.
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Response: Confirmed. Typical
CLIN 0002 (Option 1)
BUILDING 2276
41. There’s a discrepancy between the quantity listed in the Cost Line Items and that shown on the drawings (940 SY vs 890 SY). Please confirm which quantity the contractor must consider.
Response: 890 SY
CLIN 0005 (Option 4)
BUILDING 2315
42. Confirm the items/equipment shown below will be moved and stored by the government.
Response: Confirmed
43. Should the contractor re-stripe the following lines or provide approximately three (3) new parking spaces in their place.
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44. Response: Provide standard parking stalls.
CLIN 0006 (Option 5)
BUILDING 2274
45. There’s a discrepancy between the quantity listed in the Cost Line Items and that shown on the drawings (7,220 SY vs 6,790 SY). Please confirm which quantity the contractor must consider.
Response: 6790 SY
CLIN 0007 (Option 6)
BUILDING 2275
46. Confirm approximate depth of the slurry seal for the locations shown below.
Response: All doors and storefront have flush PCC aprons. Grind AC as specified.
47. Area where van-accessible parking is required will need to be designed and constructed as the current space is approximately 300 SF and the drawings call for a space of 200 SY (1,800 SF);
however, this is not stated in the scope of work and goes beyond the work in the Cost Line Items.
Please clarify.
Response: Increase AC paving area to 23’ x 18’ providing 5’ access path to PCC walk.
48. Address the PCC depressed vee gate track shown crossing drive
49. Response: Clean and slurry fill. Typical of 3.
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CLIN 0008 (Option 7)
50. Will canopy and components stay in place during repair work of the road?
Response: Canopy to remain. Government will remove equipment.
CLIN 0009 (Option 8) - Reconstruction of Lot adjacent to 2283
51. To establish a fixed scope for all bidding contractors, please confirm where and how much the existing parking lot must be extended, as the scope of work states that the extension must be between 5’ to 120’.
Response: Increase parking lot depth to south ~5’ to a total dimension of 120’. Provide 4 parking rows, 9’x18’ stalls, and two 24’ wide aisles.
| Response: Increase parking lot depth to south ~5’ to a total dimension of 120’. Provide 4 parking rows, 9’x18’ stalls, and two 24’ wide aisles. |
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