Amendment 0003 (SAM)_08-28-24.pdf

ED 20-060

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

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

30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

APPROVED BY OIRM 11-84

STANDARD FORM 30 (Rev. 10-83) Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

The subject solicitation for Calcasieu River and Pass, LA, Channelside Stone Foreshore Protection, Confined Disposal Facilities 7, 10, & 11, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (ED 20-060) is hereby amended as follow s:

1) Provides follow -up responses to bidder(s) questions submitted prior to the established deadline and limited to Government responses provided in Amendment 0001 and Amendment 0002 only.

It is anticipated that this w ill be the last amendment for this requirement. No further questions w ill be addressed at this time. The bid submission deadline of 3 September 2024, 10:00AM, local time, as w ell as the virtual bid opening date and time of 3 September 2024, 1:00PM, local time, remains unchanged.

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.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

1 8

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA15C. DATE SIGNED15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of Contracting Officer)(Signature of person authorized to sign)

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street , County, State and Zip Code) X W912P822B0051

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

15-Aug-2022

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

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

Offer 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 1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

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 you 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.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

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

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

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)

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

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

10A. MOD. OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.

5. PROJECT NO.(If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY

3.EFFECTIVE DATE

CODE

CONTRACTING DIV- CHIEF

7400 LEAKE AVENUE, ROOM 172

NEW ORLEANS LA 70118-3651

W912P8 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

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***PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AMENDMENT AND SUBMIT WITH YOUR BID***

28-Aug-2024

SECTION SF 30 - BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

The following have been added by full text:

AMENDMENT 0003

Bidders Questions and Government Responses

W912P822B0051

Pages 15 and 16/40. Delete the Contractor Questions and Government Responses in their entirety and replace with the revised attached responses, therefore:

Within the solicitation document A21_W912P889B0051.PDF (PG232 of the PDF) 1.22 Flotation Channel and Access Corridor states: “No measurement will be made for construction of floatation channel(s) or access corridor (s)\. Payment will be made at the applicable contract job price for “Flotation Channel Access & CDF 7”, “Flotation Channel Access @ CDF 10 – OW1”, if Optional Work 1 is exercised, and “Flotation Channel Access @ CDF 10

– OW2” if Optional Work 2 is exercised. Price and payment shall constitute full compensation for accessing the work; including excavating and maintaining the flotation channel and access corridor(s) placement of earthen material; stockpiling of materials, backfilling, light loading of barges, removing obstacles, segregating and disposing of debris, and other work incidental thereto; as specified herein. No payment shall be made for re-excavation of the flotation channel or access corridors.” Related questions:

Please confirm no additional cost to owner or schedule allowance to remove subsurface obstacles, if encountered / required, to dredge flotation channel and access corridor.

Correct.

Please confirm anticipated debris to be removed may include but not necessary be limited to stumps, log, remnant timber structures, etc. as referenced further on PG 228 of specifications.

Correct.

Please confirm no landside access will be allowed / made available by owner and as further described in (Amendment+0001_(SAM)_08-07-24, PDF PG 3, paragraph 3).

Confirming that the worksite cannot be accessed by land, considering the CDF sites are surrounded by water and therefore can only be accessed by floating vessels. However, the contractor is allowed access to the CDF sites over the duration of the project contract.

Please confirm this bid item is to include both the initial access and maintenance throughout the life of the project. No additional cost to owner or schedule allowance for determining additional efforts if required due to variations of water depth, surges due to typical tides in the area, fluctuations of available water depth, and seasonal draft restrictions if necessary or applicable which may vary from plan drawings.

Correct.

Please clarify if side casting material in order to create flotation channel access will be acceptable and if side cast material must then be placed back into flotation channel access at end of project duration verified through professional survey or what is intended?

Flotation dredged material is to be placed landward of stone dike. Disposal placement onto the corresponding CDF sites is allowable. The language referenced in this comment was included in the original solicitation, but adjusted via amendment.

Please confirm methods and locations of handling, transfer, and disposal of materials, wastes, effluent, trees, trash, garbage, oil, grease, chemicals, etc., within the right-of way limits shall be such that harmful debris will not enter lakes, ditches, rivers, bayous, canals, groundwater, waterways, or reservoirs by erosion, and thus prevent the use of the area for recreation or present a hazard to wildlife at no additional cost to owner or schedule allowance as further described in (Amendment+0001_(SAM)_08- 07-24, PDF PG 4, paragraph 4)

Confirmed.

Please clarify if the removal of wastes, effluent, trees, trash, garbage, oil, grease, chemicals, includes but not limited to, items created by contractor, existing items on site, and additional items that are added to the project location over the lifetime of the project from external sources or the environment.

Confirmed.

Please confirm material placed channel ward of the floatation channel will be required to be removed / degraded and placed into the adjacent floatation channel in order to restore areas as best as possible to pre-existing conditions as described on Addendum 1, PDF PG 78, General note 3.

Flotation dredge material is to be placed landward of the stone dikes, the option to store material channelward was removed from the scope of work via Amendment 1. An additional amendment will be posted to clarify the discrepancies related to the flotation dredge material disposal.

Section 00700

Page 2, paragraph 4. Delete this paragraph in its entirety and replace with the following revised paragraph, therefore:

“4. PHYSICAL DATA (FAR 52.236-4 - 1984 APR)

Data and information furnished or referred to below is for the Contractor's information. The Government shall not be responsible for any interpretation of or conclusion drawn from the data or information by the Contractor.

(a) The indications of physical conditions on the drawings and in the specifications are the result of site investigations by surveys and soil borings. Prospective bidders should note that hydrographic surveys upon which contract quantities and site access were based on were taken in July 2020. Field notes, boring logs, field and laboratory test results, and other data on which this information is based are available at U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans, Corps of Engineers, Attn: CEMVN-ED, 7400 Leake Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, and access thereto may be had upon request.

(b) Weather Conditions. Data on weather conditions may be obtained from the National Weather Service.

(c) Transportation Facilities. Floating plant may reach the work site via the Gulf of Mexico or GIWW to the Calcasieu River and into Calcasieu Lake. Excavation of access corridors and flotation channels in the immediate worksite vicinity and right-of-way will be allowed as depicted on the drawings. Before submitting a bid, each bidder should obtain necessary data as to access conditions that can be affected by weather, bridges, lockage, weight limits, draft restrictions, etc. The unavailability of transportation facilities shall not be a basis for claims for damages or time extensions for the completion of work.

(d) Channel Traffic. Traffic in Calcasieu River Ship channel consists of tugs, heavy barge tows, ocean going vessels, LNG and LPG tankers, and small boats. The US Coast Guard has issued special regulations concerning the passage of LPG tankers, which may result in construction delays. Information regarding the special regulations may be obtained from the Supervisor of Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment, Lake Charles, LA., at telephone: (337) 491-7800. Calcasieu Lake traffic consists of fishing boats and small pleasure craft.

(e) Obstruction of Channel. The Government will not undertake to keep the channel free from vessels or other obstructions, except to the extent of such regulations, if any, as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of the River and Harbor Act approved 8 August 1917. The Contractor shall conduct the work in such manner as to obstruct navigation as little as possible, and in case the Contractor's plant so obstructs the channel as to make difficult or endanger the passage of vessels, said plant shall be promptly moved on the approach of any vessel to such an extent as may be necessary to afford a practicable passage. Upon completion of the work, the Contractor shall promptly remove its plant, including ranges, buoys, piles and other markers placed by him/her under the contract in navigable water or on shore.

(f) Estimates of quantities involved in certain items of work for which bids are being solicited on a lump sum or job basis have been made for the use of the Government.

Copies of these quantity estimates may be viewed or obtained by contacting the Contract Specialist for this contract. It is expressly understood that the accuracy of these estimates is in no way warranted and that the furnishing of this information to a bidder will not relieve him of his responsibility to estimate the quantities involved.

(g) Real time stage hydrograph data obtained for the Calcasieu River at Hackberry (gage# 73600), and Lake Charles (gage# 73550), may be obtained from the New Orleans District Website at:

http://rivergages.mvr.usace.army.mil/WaterControl/new/layout.cfm

These hydrographs depict historical data, and no prediction is intended of future water stages. The successful offeror is expected to understand the fact that future water stages, despite any apparent historical patterns, are independent upon vagaries of nature and may differ drastically at any time from any historical patterns that might be inferred. A more complete history of river stages is available from the U.S. Army Engineering District, Vicksburg. Gaps in the stage hydrograph indicate no reading available.”

SECTION 01 78 02.00 10

Page 3, paragraph 1.3.1.2. Delete this paragraph in its entirety and replace with the following revised paragraph, therefore:

“1.3.1.2 Working As-Built and Final As-Built Drawings

The Contractor shall revise two (2) sets of paper drawings by red-line process to show the as-built conditions during the prosecution of the project. These working as-built marked drawings shall be kept current on a weekly basis and at least one (1) set shall be available on the jobsite at all times. Changes from the contract plans which are made in the work or additional information which might be uncovered in the course of construction shall be accurately and neatly recorded as they occur by means of details and notes. The working as-built marked prints and final As-Built drawings will be jointly reviewed for accuracy and completeness by the Contracting Officer and the Contractor prior to submission of each monthly pay estimate.

If the Contractor fails to maintain the working and final As-Built drawings as specified herein, the Contracting Officer will deduct from the monthly progress payment an amount representing the estimated cost of maintaining the As-Built drawings. This monthly deduction will continue until an agreement can be reached between the Contracting Officer and the Contractor regarding the accuracy and completeness of updated drawings. The working and final As-Built drawings shall show, but shall not be limited to, the following information:

a. All information shown on the contract drawings and a record of all completed work, deviations, modifications, or changes from those drawings, however minor, which may have been incorporated into the work.

b. Total quantity (in tons) of stone placed, broken out by reaches of shoreline protection constructed, and distinguished by dates of placement.

c. Color coded plan view, depicting final alignment and reaches of construction accomplished.

d. Final cross sections of completed stone placement overlaid with mandatory construction template.

e. Reserved.

f. Layout of access and flotation channels utilized, including notation of flotation dredging if performed, and location of placed flotation material.

g. Vertical control utilized including any applicable conversions.

h. Utility locations as verified by owners, including station, C/L XY-coordinate, and minimum elevation.

i. Changes or modifications which result from the final inspection.

j. Modifications will be shown in accordance with the following procedures.

(1) Directions in the modification for posting descriptive changes shall be followed.

(2) A Modification Triangle shall be placed at the location of each deletion.

(3) For new details or sections which are added to a drawing, a Modification Triangle shall be placed by the detail or section title.

(4) For minor changes, a Modification Triangle shall be placed by the area changed on the drawing (each location).

(5) For major changes to a drawing, a Modification Triangle shall be placed by the title of the affected plan, section, or detail at each location.

(6) The Modification Triangle size shall be 1/2 inch on a side unless the area where the circle is to be placed is crowded. Smaller size circle shall be used for crowded areas.”

SECTION 35 31 19.03 12

1. Page 3, paragraph 1.2.2. Delete this paragraph in its entirety and replace with the following revised paragraph, therefore:

“1.2.2 Flotation Channel and Access Corridor

No measurement will be made for construction of flotation channel(s) or access corridor(s).

Payment will be made at the applicable contract job price for "Flotation Channel Access @ CDF 7", "Flotation Channel Access @ CDF 10 - OW1", if Optional Work 1 is exercised, and "Flotation Channel Access @ CDF 11 - OW2", if Optional Work 2 is exercised. Price and payment shall constitute full compensation for accessing the work; including excavating and maintaining the flotation channel and access corridor(s), placement of earthen material;

stockpiling of materials, light loading of barges, removing obstacles, segregating and disposing of debris; and other work incidental thereto; as specified herein. No payment shall be made for re-excavation of the flotation channel or access corridors."

2. Page 8, paragraph 3.3. Delete this paragraph in its entirety and replace with the following revised paragraph, therefore:

“3.3 FLOTATION CHANNEL AND ACCESS CORRIDORS

The area adjacent to the length of the work may require excavation of a flotation channel, access corridor(s), light loading of barges, or other means to access the dike alignment with equipment. In excavating the flotation channel and access corridor(s), no work shall be below elevation -7.0 North American Vertical Datum (NAVD 88) and the bottom width shall not exceed 80 feet. The flotation channel shall not be closer to the dikes than specified on the drawings. The Contractor shall maintain a 50 foot minimum clearance between all pipelines, unless otherwise directed by the COR, and any flotation channel or access corridor excavation or excavated material disposal. The Contractor may encounter obstructions during excavation, such as submerged stone, stumps, timber piles and other types of debris. All debris resulting from excavation of the flotation channel or access corridor(s) shall be separated from the earthen materials, removed from the site of work and disposed of in accordance with Section 01 57 20.01 12 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. All earthen material excavated from the access corridor(s) and floatation channels shall be disposed of land ward of the stone dikes and may be placed onto the corresponding CDF site. The Contractor is not restricted to the access corridors as long as excavation is not required. All deep waters of Calcasieu River maybe used for access."

DRAWINGS

SHEET IDENTIFICATION No. G-03. Delete this drawing and substitute with the attached revised drawing SHEET IDENTIFICATION No. G-03, therefore;