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CONTRACTOR'S INQUIRY RESPONSES
September 9, 2008
CONTRACT NO. 04-207774
EXPAND EXIST MAINTENANCE STATION
County Route: ALA-5706
The responses to contractors' inquiries, unless incorporated into a formal addenda to the contract, are not a part of the contract and are provided for the contractor's convenience only. In some instances, the question and answer may represent a summary of the matters discussed rather than a word-for-word recitation. The responses may be considered along with all other information furnished to prospective bidders for the purpose of bidding on the project. The availability or use of information provided in the responses to contractors' inquiries is not to be construed in any way as a waiver of the provisions of section 2-1.03 of the Standard Specifications or any other provision of the contract, the plans, Standard Specifications or Special Provisions, nor to excuse the contractor from full compliance with those contract requirements. Bidders are cautioned that subsequent responses or contract addenda may affect or vary a response previously given, and any such subsequent response or addenda should be taken into consideration when submitting a bid for the project. Inquiries submitted within seventy-two (72 ) hours of the bid opening date might not be addressed.
The Caltrans District 4 Office is located at 111 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612. Send Contractor Inquiries via email to the Duty Senior at Duty_Senior_District04@dot.ca.gov. The mailing address is P.O. Box 23660, Oakland, CA 94623-0660. The Duty Senior's telephone number is (510) 286-5209 and the fax number is (510) 622-1805. All inquiries must include the contract number.
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1.0 |
I am working on the DVBE Good Faith Effort. Does the Dept. of Transportation have a list of DVBE's that we are required to solicit for this project? | See "Notice to Bidders and Special Provisions", "Amendments to the Standard Specifications, Dated July 1999", Section 2, "Proposal Requirements and Conditions" (replaced with Section 2, "Bidding"), Subsection 2-1.06, Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises. The list of Certified DVBE Contractors can be obtained from the following website: https://www.apps.dgs.ca.gov/OSDCSearch/OSDCSearch.aspx |
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2.0 |
Can under slab power, lighting, and communication branch conduits that do not leave the building footprint be PVC? Can PVC be installed in CMU walls? | No. Refer to Section 12-16-02: BASIC MATERIALS AND METHODS of the Special Provisions. |
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3.0 |
a) Is there a pre bid walk? If so is the pre bid walk mandatory? b) Is there PLA requirements? c) Are plans available in Full Size? |
a) There is no pre-bid walk. b) There is no PLA requirements. But prevailing wages are required on this Contract. You can obtain the wage rates at the CA Dept. of Industrial Relations Web site, http:///www.dir.ca.gov. c) Contact California Department of Transportation, Plans and Bid Documents, Room 0200, P.O. Box 942874, Sacramento, CA 94272-0001, telephone (916) 654-4490 |
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4.0 |
Drawing EE1-3 sheet note #3 requires us to connect air duct smoke detectors provided by the HVAC contractor. The drawings and specifications do not require the electrical contractor to provide a fire alarm system. Is a fire alarm system required for the new office bldg. and mechanic shop? If so please provide specifications and drawings indicating the system Caltrans requires. | There is no fire alarm system in this project. |
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5.0 |
Drawing EE1-3 sheet notes require us to provide telephone cables from each telephone symbol to the TTB. The drawings and specifications do not require the electrical contractor to provide telephone devices. Is the electrical contractor to provide a complete telephone system in the office bldg. and mechanic shop? If so please provide specifications and riser diagram indicating the devices required by Caltrans. | Plan Sheet EE1-3 shows conduits, cables and telephone outlets. No other telephone device is required. Bid per the current contract bid documents. |
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6.0 |
There are no there are no brand names furnaces and condensing units. Do we get to bid whatever brand we choose? | Bid per the current contract bid documents. |
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7.0 |
No lengths are shown for the radiant heaters. | Bid per the current contract documents. |
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8.0 |
I am inquiring about page 8 of the bid form for the project 04-207774 Fremont Maintenance Station. Is the bid item Number the section that our subs are bidding on? Do we need name, telephone #, and certification along with the $ amount be the bid time? This is a lot of information that will be coming in the last ½ hour before the bid is due and we have someone sitting at your office to transfer the data onto the form. We are concerned with getting all the info on time. We also will have some unsolicited bids on bid day. Also page 12 for the small business, could we put name, city and certification and $ amount and get the address and phone number later? Are we required to include in the bid a bldrs risk policy or is it provided by the owner? |
The Bid Item No are from page 3 of the Bid Book. Yes, we'll need the name, telephone number and certification at time of bid. |
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9.0 |
On the Utility sheets the stated scale is 1:400. What does the 400 mean? | Submitted for consideration. |
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10.0 |
a) Please confirm the wide flange beam designations shown on sheets ST1-2, ST-3-2 are in the in the following format: W (height in Millimeters) x (Kilograms/Meter). b) Please confirm that the American Standard Beams ASTM A6 (Imperial units) can be substituted as provided for in the specification. |
a) Yes. b) Yes. |