Onsite Duckabush Industry Day Q and As.pdf
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- W912DW24R0032
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This document is a set of questions and answers from an industry day event for the Duckabush Estuary Restoration project in Washington. The project is being solicited by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and involves the construction of a new 1,613-foot long, 34-foot-wide elevated bridge to replace a section of U.S. Highway 101, as well as ecosystem restoration work to improve tidal and riverine processes and support salmon spawning and other wildlife.
Key details include that the solicitation will be a best value tradeoff with technical, small business, and price criteria, and that funding will be incremental over the course of the project. WSDOT is providing design support and quality assurance, and the USACE will be the contracting agency overseeing construction. The solicitation period is anticipated to be 60 days, and a project labor agreement will be required. The estimated construction price range is between $100-250 million, with an estimated 1,050 calendar day period of performance.
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Duckabush Industry Day Questions
1. Will proposals be price based, or include technical criteria? How much will technical criteria be weighted? What are the anticipated areas of technical criteria to be?
a. Solicitation will be Best Value Tradeoff. Anticipated Source Selection Evaluation Criteria include technical, small business commitment, and price proposal criteria.
Technical criteria will most likely include technical approach and schedule, past performance, and key personnel.
2. Do you anticipate 100% funding or staged construction with multiple phases? How much is currently funded?
a. Single contract in one phase.
3. What FY is funding anticipated in?
a. Incremental funding is anticipated over the course of the project.
4. What is WSDOT’s role in the project?
a. Preaward, WSDOT is providing design of US101, Duckabush Road, and Dark Road.
As part of the solicitation package, WSDOT is providing cost estimate assistance, specification drafting, and plan sheet packages for WSDOT Design Features. During construction, WSDOT is also providing assistance with quality assurance and inspection through QA side-by-side testing and DOT-related subject matter expertice .
5. Where are the staging areas in relation to the existing alignment?
a. Staging areas for contractors are still being discussed but staging areas are anticipated at the WDFW parking area and on private land accessed via Dark road.
6. Where is the proposed alignment in regard to the existing UNT culvert?
a. The proposed US 101 alignment is approximately 4 ft west of the existing alignment
US 101 in this location. The new culvert alignment is in a similar location to the existing culvert alignment.
7. What is USACE’s role in the project?
a. USACE is soliciting the construction contract and overseeing the construction contract. USACE will have the contract with the design-bid-build contractor and lead construction management with a team including the Procuring Contracting Officer, Administrative Contracting Officer, Contracting Officer Representative, and Quality Assurance Representatives.
8. What is the solicitation time period anticipated? (Note: three contractors specifically mentioned that the complexity of the project logistics would justify a 90-day solicitation, with two others mentioning concerns about being able to refine it sufficiently in a 60-day period)
a. Solicitation time period has not been finalized but a 60 day period is a possibility.
The Government is planning on releasing a draft solicitation for industry input prior to the official solicitation release.
9. Will the utility pole near the unnamed tributary (UNT) be relocated?
a. Pole to the west of the UNT will remain.
10. What material is called out in the typical section for the temporary work platforms?
a. Quarry Spalls
11. Why quarry spalls, (regarding to temporary work platforms) why not other material?
a. The temporary work platforms, shown in the WSDOT plans, is a conceptual plan.
The temporary work platforms will be contractor-designed. The contractor may choose any material they would like, as long as they meet requirements from environmental permits.
12. Will comms be moved before construction?
a. Yes
13. How far off from the existing alignment does the bridge go?
a. It varies, but about 110’ north of the south bridge and 90’north of the north bridge (measured from existing alignment to proposed alignment)
14. Will temporary signals be used?
a. Temporary signals are shown in the Traffic Control Plans at certain stages of construction.
15. Will there be means and methods for pile removal?
a. Pile removal means and method are left to the contractor, following EPA Region 10
Best Management Practices.
16. Will all fill on the South Parking Lot be cut from the existing causeways that are being demolished?
17. Will all woody debris for the engineered log jam come from this site?
18. What is the clearance from the tidelands to the concrete girders?
a. Defer to plans
19. Will all com lines be relocated before the project starts?
20. Will the whole causeway that the 101 runs on currently be removed as part of this project?
a. Most of the causeway, refer to plans
21. Can the contractors build temporary platforms to span the width of the main channels?
a. No, the temporary platforms adjacent to the existing 101 are to be the main access points.
22. Will the temporary platforms be a contractor designed element?
23. Will the shellfish access platform be a contractor designed element?
24. What are the exact locations of the piers?
a. Defer to plans
25. Will a Project Labor Agreement be required?
a. Yes, currently, this is a requirement.
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