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Inquiry #1: 1. Is there any Mandatory Jobwalk/meetings for this project?
2. Are there any prequalifications?
Inquiry submitted 10/11/2024

Response #1:1. No pre-bid job walk or meeting is scheduled.
2. Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 10/18/2024



Inquiry #2: Plan Sheet L-2 has two HMA Misc Areas that are called out as RHMA. Please clarify if this is RHMA or HMA. Also, do these areas require any base?
Inquiry submitted 11/13/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/14/2024



Inquiry #3: Per the Drainage plans, sheet D-1, we are to remove a 30" CMP. How is the contractor planned to be payed for this work?
Inquiry submitted 11/13/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/14/2024



Inquiry #4: Per the Drainage plans, sheet D-1, we are to remove a 30" CMP. How is the contractor planned to be payed for this work?
Inquiry submitted 11/13/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/14/2024



Inquiry #5: Plan sheet IP-2 and IP-6 shows 2" Master Valves. Please provide a bid item for these master valves.
Inquiry submitted 11/14/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.


Response posted 11/14/2024



Inquiry #6: Per section 20-10.03C(3) of the special provisions. Please provide the species of the 48-inch box tree to be planted to replace the tree originally transplanted.
Inquiry submitted 11/15/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/20/2024



Inquiry #7: Please advise if the utility provider is removing the 15kV overhead transformers?
Inquiry submitted 11/15/2024

Response #1:Please see general notes on EE sheets. Please bid per the current contract documents.
Response posted 11/19/2024



Inquiry #8: Please identify if the utility provider is doing the drops from the service pole to the new transformer pads?
Inquiry submitted 11/15/2024

Response #1:Please see general notes on EE sheets. Please bid per the current contract documents.
Response posted 11/19/2024



Inquiry #9: Are the primary conductors provided by the utility company? If not pleases advise on the size of the conductors.
Inquiry submitted 11/15/2024

Response #1:Please see general notes on EE sheets. Please bid per the current contract documents.
Response posted 11/19/2024



Inquiry #10: There isn't control drawings provided in the plans and specifications. Please confirm if the water treatment building will or will not require controls?
Inquiry submitted 11/15/2024

Response #1:Please see plans SS0-1 and SS0-9. Please bid per the current contract documents.
Response posted 11/18/2024



Inquiry #11: The plans do not show any details for the SCADA. Is the Water treatment building not going to be integrated into the county/city system?
Inquiry submitted 11/15/2024

Response #1:No, there is no SCADA on this project. Please see W sheets for connection to MWD raw water pipeline. Please bid per the current contract documents.
Response posted 11/18/2024


Response #2:No, there is no SCADA on this project. Please see W sheets for connection to MWD raw water pipeline. Please bid per the current contract documents.
Response posted 11/18/2024



Inquiry #12: The plans contain notes for fiber and cameras, however there aren't drawings for these components. Is this component design build or will plans come in and addendum?
Inquiry submitted 11/15/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/18/2024



Inquiry #13: Please confirm if all boulders and site furnishings require anti-graffiti coating.
Inquiry submitted 11/15/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/19/2024



Inquiry #14: Please provide the color of the HDPE Edging.
Inquiry submitted 11/15/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/19/2024



Inquiry #15: Please provide size of armod-clad wire sleeve. Sleeve note on sheet IQ-1 indicates size of lateral line sleeve only. There is no information for the wire sleeve conduit sizes.
Inquiry submitted 11/15/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/19/2024



Inquiry #16: please clarify if all wires need to be installed in one sleeve or separated sleeve in cases when lateral lines and wires are both under paving at the same location.
Inquiry submitted 11/15/2024

Response #1:Please bid per the current contract documents.
Response posted 11/19/2024



Inquiry #17: Per the Notice To Bidder, there are 300 working days to complete the work, excluding plant establishment, 1050 working days to complete the work including plant establishment, and to complete the plant establishment within 1000 working days. Please advise the duration as these don't add up.
Inquiry submitted 11/15/2024

Response #1:Review NSSP 20-4 and planting plans and notes to clarify the working days /plant establishment days. Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/19/2024



Inquiry #18: Reference to section 20-2.01B(7), valve box must be precast concrete and comply with ANSI/SCTE Tier 22 load rating. Nevertheless, only polymer concrete material can meet ANSI/SCTE Tier 22 requirement. Please advise.
Inquiry submitted 11/15/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/19/2024



Inquiry #19: Please provide any IID service plan and details that may be used to determine the installations by the contractor. The 'EE' plans refer to the installations but there is insufficient information for that work to determine the cost.
Inquiry submitted 11/18/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/19/2024



Inquiry #20: Please provide concrete pad details as referred to on plan sheet 467.
Inquiry submitted 11/18/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/19/2024



Inquiry #21: Please provide conduit and conductor sizing as well as quantities for all incoming and interconnecting IID locations like what is shown on sheets EE0-12 and EE0-52.
The notes show using IID requirements but upon looking in the documents provided, there is no inclusion of these in bid package. Please provide information or provide the Standards in reference ASAP.
Will IID be pulling conductors between their equipment?

Inquiry submitted 11/18/2024

Response #1:Please see general notes on EE sheets. Please bid per the current contract documents.
Response posted 11/19/2024



Inquiry #22: WB/EB men's and women’s comfort stations (M1.1 thru M1.4, M2.1 thru M2.2) do not have details on the exhaust fan or exhaust duct required for bathroom ventilation. Do you have a specification on the fans required and their locations?
Inquiry submitted 11/18/2024

Response #1:Please see section 99-15050 and Architectural plans. Please bid per the current contract documents.
Response posted 11/18/2024



Inquiry #23: WB water treatment building M3-1 No details on the ventilation fan required. Do you have a specification?
Inquiry submitted 11/18/2024

Response #1:Please see section 99-15050. Please bid per the current contract documents.
Response posted 11/18/2024



Inquiry #24: Specify manufacturer and model for the trash / recycle receptacles.
Inquiry submitted 11/18/2024

Response #1:Please see section 99-10802B. Please bid per the current contract documents.
Response posted 11/18/2024



Inquiry #25: Please provide SIZE and QUANTITY of Imperial Irrigation District Electrical conduits and conductors shown/not shown on sheets EE0-12(note 2) and EE0-52 (note 6). Can you also indicate whether they will be providing the conductors as well along with their equipment?
Or are they running that entire portion, and we are to include stub outs from transformer pads?

Inquiry submitted 11/19/2024

Response #1: Please see general notes on EE sheets. Please bid per the current contract documents.
Response posted 11/19/2024



Inquiry #26: For Bid Item 0092 401050 Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement.
1. Where the new pavement is placed against the existing JPCP, is an isolation joint required or will the pavement be tied with #6 Tie bars.
2. Is joint sealant required on the new pavement joints? If so, will the joints be the same as the current adjacent project?
Inquiry submitted 11/19/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/20/2024



Inquiry #27: Per specification 99-02587B(1), exposed pipe and fittings shall receive an AWWA C210 coating. Does this apply to the skid mounted piping within the water treatment building?
Inquiry submitted 11/19/2024

Response #1:Please see section 99-02587B(1). Please bid per the current contract documents.
Response posted 11/19/2024



Inquiry #28: Sheet W3-8 shows an ultrasonic level sensor on the disinfection tank. There is no specification for the ultrasonic level sensor. Is this sensor required? If so, please provide a specification.
Inquiry submitted 11/19/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/20/2024



Inquiry #29: Specifications 99-02668 (Fire water storage tanks) and 99-02669 (Water storage tanks) both reference AWWA D103-19 for bolted steel tanks. The steel tank drawings appear to show welded steel tanks. Please confirm if the tanks should be bolted or welded.
Inquiry submitted 11/19/2024

Response #1:Please see section 99-02668 and 99-02669. Please bid per the current contract documents.
Response posted 11/19/2024



Inquiry #30: Have the existing buildings been cleared for existing asbestos in need of abatement? The plans and specifications do not answer this question.
Inquiry submitted 11/19/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/20/2024



Inquiry #31: Please show on the plans where the temporary irrigation system should go.
Inquiry submitted 11/19/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/20/2024



Inquiry #32: Please confirm if it is the intent to apply the topcoat of emulsion to the decomposed granite annually. This creates a significant cost increase to the bid as we are needing to incorporate the topcoat for construction and maintenance for a total of 5 years.
Inquiry submitted 11/19/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/20/2024



Inquiry #33: Please confirm where new TPAS equipment is to be installed. The plans and specifications appear to have conflicting equipment call outs and information.
Inquiry submitted 11/21/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/21/2024



Inquiry #34: Section 87-1.03AE indetifies Streetsmart as the existing software provider. Our vendor and we have not been able to make contact with them to identify key particulars for this work inlcuding compatiable equipment, if any. Unless otherwise informed, we will bid it as we see and interpret the contract documents.
Inquiry submitted 11/21/2024

Response #1:Please bid per current contract documents.
Response posted 11/21/2024

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.