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Inquiry #1: Please designate areas for contractors use. Will the contractor be allowed to set up an onsite crusher, a concrete plant for JPCP, and a plant for JPCP-RSC?
Inquiry submitted 09/30/2020

Response #1:There is no designated area for contractors use.
Response posted 09/30/2020



Inquiry #2: Specification section 40-1.02C(4) requires stainless steel dowels, ties bars, and stainless steel basket wire. The cost for stainless steel is at least 5 or 6 times that of conventional epoxy coated steel. Several prior Caltrans projects along the coast specified stainless steel and all of them switched to conventional steel bars with green or purple epoxy after the project was awarded. To ensure a level playing field for contractors, please consider removing the stainless steel requirement and allow conventional steel with epoxy coating for dowels and tie bars.
Inquiry submitted 09/30/2020

Response #1:Bid as per the specification, no modifications to the specification.
Response posted 09/30/2020



Inquiry #3: The various staging plans show 1 foot of clearance behind the temporary barrier rail. Per the standard plans for the placement of the temp rail, this rail will need to be pinned. In addition the 1 foot of clearance is not enough room for the tracks on the concrete pavers. Can the staging plans be revised to give 2' of clearance? This would avoid the expensive pining operation and give clearance for the tracks on the concrete pavers to run.
Inquiry submitted 10/13/2020

Response #1:Bid per plans, no modifications to plans.
Response posted 10/13/2020



Inquiry #4: Could the State please provide information regarding where Bid Item #46 (Isolation Joint Seal Preformed Compression goes on this project? Nothing is shown on the plans. When doing a takeoff between Paving Section #1 and the existing lane that's remaining in place we come up with a qty of 35,175' not 73,600'. Please revise typical cross sections to show where Isolation joint goes.
Inquiry submitted 10/14/2020

Response #1:
Response posted 10/14/2020


Response #2:Isolation Joint quantity 73,600? is correct.
Isolation joints are between lane 1 and lane 2, and lane 2 and lane 3, both in the northbound and southbound direction.
Isolation joints per standard plans.

Response posted 10/14/2020



Inquiry #5: Bid Item #48 Grind Existing Concrete Pavement is not shown on the plans. Could the State please provide information regarding where this is and how wide the grinding will be.
Inquiry submitted 10/14/2020

Response #1:Please refer to addendum No.3 issued on 10/22/2020.
Response posted 10/14/2020



Inquiry #6: • The project just north of the bid cannot permit a portable concrete plant site due to various organizations disapproval, including the California Coastal Commission. Please confirm if Caltrans ROW will allow the setup of a portable concrete plant and portable crusher within the project’s limits.
Inquiry submitted 10/15/2020

Response #1:There is no designated area for contractor use.
Response posted 10/15/2020



Inquiry #7: • To piggy back on a question asked earlier regarding stainless steel reinforcement. Similar projects along the same corridor also specified stainless steel reinforcement, but changed the design to only to use epoxy coating. It is also highly likely the project estimate would not fall under the Engineer’s Estimate. In an additional attempt to level the playing field, please confirm that a VECP post award will be disallowed for the substitution of Stainless Steel Reinforcement for Epoxy coated bars or revise specifications to include epoxy coating on the reinforcement.
Inquiry submitted 10/15/2020

Response #1:Bid per specifications. Stainless steel reinforcement is required as project site is 1000ft of marine life.
VECP post award will not be allowed for the substitution.
Response posted 10/15/2020



Inquiry #8: • Project’s Special Provisions include standard detail P7 (Dowel Bar Retrofit) but no where in the plan set it Dowel Bar Retrofit mentioned. Please identify where this is to be applied or remove standard detail from the special provisions.
Inquiry submitted 10/15/2020

Response #1:Relevant details to the project will be applied. Bid per contract documents.
Response posted 10/15/2020



Inquiry #9: • Special Provisions list standard plan P3B. Per the detail, between Lane 1 & 2 is isolated with expansion joint material, and between lane 2 & 3 is tied with tie bars. Summary of quantities indicate isolation joint is installed between 1&2 and 2&3. Is the isolation joint between 2 & 3 temporary? Will tie bars need to be drill and bonded between 2 & 3 in between stages?
Inquiry submitted 10/15/2020

Response #1:The isolation joint between lane 2 & lane 3 is not temporary. No tie bars will be required.
Response posted 10/15/2020



Inquiry #10: • There is a missing sheet necessary for the sequence of Stage 2A between pages SC-35 and SC-36. Please issue a plan sheet for the missing area.
Inquiry submitted 10/15/2020

Response #1:Please refer to addendum No.2 for sheet SC-36 issued on 10/16/2020.
Response posted 10/15/2020



Inquiry #11: Section 5-1.33 of the special provisions is requiring Renewable Diesel for this project. Does Caltrans have a list of sources for Renewable Diesel who could service this project?
Inquiry submitted 10/15/2020

Response #1:Caltrans does not have a list of sources for Renewable Diesel.
Response posted 10/15/2020



Inquiry #12: Refer to Section 14-11.08 regarding regulated materials containing ADL. There are areas in the project that are within the same stationing footprint (or possibly outside those areas referenced) require excavation for other scopes of work. Please confirm all scopes of excavation within those areas will require ADL mitigation and the method of payment will be in the respective ADL bid items.
Inquiry submitted 10/16/2020

Response #1:ADL mitigation only required in areas identified in contract document.
Response posted 10/16/2020



Inquiry #13: Refer to plan sheets 200 and 201 (bid item 104). Please clarify the [RC] note that points to an existing sign near new sign 39241. Confirm the complete overhead sign and foundation removal is covered in a separate bid item.
Inquiry submitted 10/16/2020

Response #1:RC on electrical sheets covers the removal of the electrical items, such as illumination and wires.
Bid Per Contract Documents.
Response posted 10/16/2020



Inquiry #14: For Item 19, is the temporary cover comprised of fabric or will it be around 2 inches of soil material?
Inquiry submitted 10/26/2020

Response #1:The temporary cover is comprised of fabric.
Response posted 10/26/2020

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.