Amendment_0002.pdf

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment your desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. CONTRACT ID CODE

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

FACILITY CODE

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION

NO.

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended, is not extended.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO.

IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15C. DATE SIGNED

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

16C. DATE SIGNED

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

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6. ISSUED BY CODE

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code) (X)

CODE

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

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W912P8

The above numbered solicitation for Calcasieu River and Pass, LA, Maintenance Dredging, Mile 5.0 to Mile 17.0 and Devil's Elbow, Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes, Louisiana is amended as follows:

1. Questions and Answers are included.

2. Bid Opening Date is hereby postponed indefinitely and will be reestablished by amendment.

USACE, CONTRACTING DIVISION

ATTN: CEMVN-CT-W, ROOM 172/184

7400 LEAKE AVENUE

NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118-3651

SEE ITEM 6

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W912P8-16-B-0029

07/01/2016

Questions and Answers

QUESTION 1. Item 12b on the Standard Form 1442 requires the Contractor to furnish any required performance and payment bonds within 5 calendar days after award.

RESPONSE: Performance and Payment bonds are due within 5 calendar days after award.

QUESTION 2. Paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of clause 252.236-7004 state:

(1) Eighty percent (60%) of the lump sum price upon completion of the contractor’s mobilization at the work site.

(2) The remaining twenty percent (405) upon completion of demobilization.

RESPONSE: The correct breakdown for Mob and Demo is Sixty percent (60%) for Mobilization and Forty percent (40%) for Demobilization.

QUESTION 3. The specs state if option work Items 0004 and 0005 are awarded, the required completion date will be extended 35 days and if option work Items 0006 and 0007 are awarded, the required completion date will be extended 40 days. The bid quantity on item 0004 is almost double that of item 0005 but has almost the same amount calendar days. Why is this?

RESPONSE: The above durations are correct. Reason is that the same disposal areas required for the base work could also be used for the work associated with Options Items 0004 and 0005, if invoked, and the required dike construction under 0005 could be performed concurrent, whereas the dike work for Item 0007 is totally independent of the Base work and dredging work associated with Option Item 0004.

QUESTION 4. Section 0700 para. 8 on page 6 states the MOB/DEMOB payment is 60/40. FAR 252.234 – 7004 states MOB/DEMOB payment is “Eighty (60%) / Twenty (40%)” which not only contradicts itself but para. 8 as well. What is the correct percentages on the MOB/DEMOB payment?

RESPONSE: The correct breakdown for Mob and Demo is Sixty percent (60%) for Mobilization and Forty percent (40%) for Demobilization.

QUESTION 5. Section 35 20 23.00 12 Para. 1.2.4 states the contractor is allowed to take after dredging sections as soon as the station is completed behind the dredge. If the contractor chooses to do half channel cuts until the 2,000’ acceptance reach is completed, is the contractor allowed to take after dredging acceptance sections on half channels?

RESPONSE: The 1st sentence of paragraph 1.2.4 states "For the purpose of acceptance, the completed work will be accepted in reaches of 2,000 linear feet along the channel centerline over the full bottom width, as specified and shown on the contract drawings.” Therefore, the Contractor may dredge half channel, and perform BD and AD surveys accordingly, but BD's and AD's and ACCEPTANCE will only be based over the full channel width and along the entire acceptance reach.

QUESTION 6. Section 35 20 23.00 12 Para. 3.1.4 states that dredging shall commence near Mile 5.0.

Does this mean that the dredge will be required to work upriver and against the current?

RESPONSE: The Calcasieu River is more of a tidally influenced channel, with currents that can be affected by wind driven waves. In any case, the Order of Work in the advertised solicitation simply states that dredging is to commence and proceed upstream from Mile 5.0.

QUESTION 7. Disposal area E is not available to use. Can the foreshore dike area of Disposal Area E be used for disposal of dredge material?

RESPONSE: No. The area adjacent to Disposal Area E, which is not hatched nor labeled disposal area, is not available for disposal as it is currently being filled with material being degraded from Disposal area

QUESTION 8. Will the contractor be required to perform all hydrographic surveys on low frequency?

RESPONSE: Yes. The low frequency range specified in the contract is required for all hydrographic surveys