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Inquiry #1: On SQ-10 there are 10 each remove sign panel on structure and 10 each install sign panel on structure, but there is no bid items for this work.
Inquiry submitted 10/02/2018

Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 10/02/2018


Response #2:See Addendum 2.
Response posted 11/14/2018



Inquiry #2: 1) How is Caltrans paid for the Removal and Replacement of the existing Concrete Barrier (Type 50) per detail show on plan sheet #467 to install the No.9 Pull Boxes? Please clarify.

2) How is Caltrans paid for the Removal and Replacement of the existing Bridge Concrete Barrier per details show on plan sheet #555 and 556 to install Electrolier Pedestal? Please clarify.
Inquiry submitted 10/31/2018

Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 11/01/2018



Inquiry #3: The project includes an item for Rdway Exc (Type Z-2) ADL. This item is specific to the excavation required for the Concrete Barrier Type 60 SD locations. The bid item does not allow for excavations that may be required for the Concrete Barrier Type 60M (4439'), or for excavations that may be required for the Vegetation Control Minor Concrete (14,200 SY).
The excavation/grading for each of these items will generate excess material, and this surface material is Z-2 ADL. How will the contractor be compensated for the removal of this additional Z-2 ADL material, or can this fill be left on-site adjacent to the excavation?


Inquiry submitted 11/05/2018

Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 11/08/2018


Response #2:The minor volumes of soil displaced by the construction of concrete barrier type 60M and vegetation control paving at specific project locations will be left on-site adjacent to the area of disturbance according to section 14-11.09 of the special provisions.
Response posted 11/09/2018



Inquiry #4: How is excavation for the curb ramps paid? For example, construction of pavement section 1 on sheet C-1 will require excavation of the existing pavement. How is this paid?
Inquiry submitted 11/06/2018

Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 11/08/2018



Inquiry #5: Bid items 28 & 29 are for Check & Test Existing Irrigation and Operate Existing Irrigation.
What do we check & test & operate?
There are no irrigation plans or quantities shown.
Please provide irrigation plans and/or as builts.
Also applies to bid item 31 Certify Existing Backflows
Inquiry submitted 11/07/2018

Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 11/08/2018


Response #2:See irrigation asbuilts below:

www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/construction/contracts/04-270104/IrrigationAsBuilts.pdf
Response posted 11/13/2018



Inquiry #6: Per the special provisions, additional advance flaggers are required. Please clarify when additional advance flaggers will be required.
Inquiry submitted 11/08/2018

Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 11/08/2018


Response #2:Item 066070 MAINTAIN TRAFFIC Covers the compensation for the contractor for 50% of the cost of furnishing flaggers, including transporting flaggers as specified for force account work and 100% compensation for other traffic handling equipment and devices ordered by the engineer. See Sections 12-1.03&12-3.01C.
Response posted 11/13/2018



Inquiry #7: Will temporary inlet protection be required? Is so, could you please add a bid item for it.
Inquiry submitted 11/08/2018

Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 11/09/2018


Response #2:For paving projects, drainage inlet protection is covered by jobsite management and no separate pay item is needed. See Standard Specs 13-4.03E(7).
Response posted 11/09/2018



Inquiry #8: Related to bidder inquiry #2, this work will require temporary krail and temp crash cushions/alternative crash cushions. How will these items be paid?
Inquiry submitted 11/12/2018

Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 11/13/2018



Inquiry #9: There is no bid item for Concrete Barrier (Type R) shown on Sheet L-6 and detailed on Structure plan sheets 9 & 10 of 11. How is this barrier to paid?
Inquiry submitted 11/12/2018

Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 11/13/2018



Inquiry #10: On plan sheet L-17, at Sta. N1 463+51.55, calls for a CRASH CUSHION (SMART). There is no bid item for this new crash cushion, it is not a relocate crash cushion. How is this crash cushion to be paid?
Inquiry submitted 11/12/2018

Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 11/13/2018



Inquiry #11: Please explain the work required under bid item 31. There does not appear to be information in the Standards or Special Provisions.

Inquiry submitted 11/13/2018

Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 11/14/2018


Response #2:See Caltrans Standard Specifications, Section 20.
Response posted 11/14/2018



Inquiry #12: Will the C47C(CA) signs be required to be "NEW" signs upon installation on this project or will used signs in acceptable condition be accepted for use? If used signs in acceptable condition can be used what is the determining factor for "ACCEPTABLE CONDITION"?

Inquiry submitted 11/28/2018

Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 11/29/2018


Response #2:You could use the used signs in acceptable condition.

For acceptable condition, the recycled construction area sign should be clean and free from graffiti.

Recycled sign " must be visible from 500 feet and legible from 300 feet at noon on a cloudless day and during the hours of darkness under an illumination of legal low-beam headlights by persons with 20/20 vision or vision corrected to 20/20." As stated in Standard plans Section 12-3.11B(1).

Response posted 11/30/2018



Inquiry #13: Addendum 4 added bid item 124 with a quantity of 21 ea. The project has over 300 drain inlets. Will the contractor be compensated for all inlets required to be protected under item #124?
Inquiry submitted 12/04/2018

Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 12/06/2018


Response #2:The 21 drainage inlet (DI) protections are intended for protecting the DIs when installing the drainage system. The other DIs should be protected according to Standard Specifications Section 13-4.03E(7) of “Job Site Management” since this is a paving project.
Response posted 12/06/2018

The information provided in the responses to bidder inquiries is not a waiver of Section 2-1.07, "JOB SITE AND DOCUMENT EXAMINATION" of the Standard Specifications or any other provision of the contract, nor to excuse the contractor from full compliance with the contract. Bidders are cautioned that subsequent responses or contract addenda may change a previous response.