Questions_with_Answers_-_4_12_2019.pdf

1. Is there a camp layout Drawing, sketches or Photos of the installation site, showing the exact locations of electrical power points?

Information provided in Amendment 1 and 2 of the FBO Solicitation

2. What type of electrical connection will be provided?

See image at question 11, additionally, coordination will be made to have a Ft Hood DPW rep and/or a Dominion Energy rep on site at start of setup.

3. Our HVAC units have 3-phase 480V and I think the poles at the base have 3-phase 208 V. Is there someone we can talk to, to get more information about the electric??

Tom Whittington (thomas.l.whittington.ctr@mail.mil), Earl McCollum (earl.e.mccollum.civ@mail.mil) are points of contact for North Fort Hood. They should be contacted for questions about the training site, and site visits can be coordinated through them.

4. Do you have a diagram of what the inside of the tents with divided sections should look like?

Information provided in Amendment 1 and 2 of the FBO Solicitation

5. Will there be another other opportunities associated with this one?

Not that I am aware of.

6. Will the time line be lengthened with the added floor requirement? Last year the installation time line was 7 day without 4” raised floor

Coordination is being made to ensure contractors have access to training area on 10MAY19 to accommodate installation time line. However, rental charges shall not accrue until 19MAY19, when equipment set-up is to be complete & 38 Infantry Division personnel occupy for setup within the tents.

7. Will plywood be considered “slip resistant” enough?

Yes

8. What is the ground surface at the installation site? Asphalt, concrete, gravel, sand, etc.

“Field 1” ground surface is a “rock mixture”.

9. Are we able to stake the tents into the ground?

a) If we are staking, will North Fort Hood personnel be able to mark all underground utility lines?

“Field 1” has a standing dig permit, which 38 Infantry Division has an electronic copy of. Any buried utility lines will be identified by Ft Hood personnel prior to setup.

b) If we are staking in asphalt, do we need to fill the holes after removing the stakes?

Given the rock mixture ground surface at Field 1, the expectation is for contractors to “tamp the ground” after removing stakes. Contractors are not expected to bring additional material to fill holes.

10. What is the expectation for the walls used to divide the tent into separate spaces?

a) Is vinyl sidewall an acceptable divider wall?

Vinyl side wall is an acceptable divider wall for both main office walls [slide 7of tent layout] and further subdivision of main offices [slide 8 of tent layout] – insofar that hinged doors can be installed at exterior entrances & interior points as reflected on slide 8 within the “command room”.

b) Or does the client desire a portable divider wall or cubical wall?

c) Or does the client expect a solid framed walls with dry wall?

11. What type of connections are available at each power source?

12. What do we need to connect to the power?

See image at question 11, additionally, coordination will be made to have a Ft Hood DPW rep and/or a Dominion Energy rep on site at start of setup.

13. What is the expectation on the venting of the HVAC units into the tents? Comments about not putting duct work on the top or under sidewalls or between sidewalls. Is there a particular method that is preferred for the vent connects to the tent?

Venting of HVAC into tents should be run at tops of sidewalls.

14. What is the start date for the strike?

Tear down may begin on 28JUN19 and must be complete by close of business 1JUL19. Please notify ASAP if more time is required for tear down.