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Viewing inquiries for 10-1P4904
Submit new inquiry for this projectInquiry #1: Is the spec book only supposed to be 27 pages?
Inquiry submitted 11/21/2022
Response #1:Your Inquiry has been submitted for review.
Response posted 11/23/2022
Response #2:The specification book contains 27 pages. Please place your bid as per current contract documents.
Response posted 12/07/2022
Inquiry #2: Is there any chance that Caltrans would consider changing (Line Items 23-25) TWO-COMPONENT PAINT Traffic Stripe and Pavement Marking to PAINT (2-COAT) OR THERMOPLASTIC. This would allow more competitive bidding from Striping Subcontractors as there currently is only 1 contractor in California that has a truck for TWO-COMPONENT PAINT.
Inquiry submitted 12/07/2022
Response #1:Your Inquiry has been submitted for review.
Response posted 12/07/2022
Response #2:Duplicate inquiry.
Response posted 12/13/2022
Inquiry #3: Is there any chance that Caltrans would consider changing (Line Items 23-25) TWO-COMPONENT PAINT Traffic Stripe and Pavement Marking to PAINT (2-COAT) OR THERMOPLASTIC. This would allow more competitive bidding from Striping Subcontractors as there currently is only 1 contractor in California that has a truck for TWO-COMPONENT PAINT.
Inquiry submitted 12/07/2022
Response #1:Your Inquiry has been submitted for review.
Response posted 12/07/2022
Response #2:Duplicate inquiry.
Response posted 12/13/2022
Inquiry #4: Is there any chance that Caltrans would consider changing (Line Items 23-25) TWO-COMPONENT PAINT Traffic Stripe and Pavement Marking to PAINT (2-COAT) OR THERMOPLASTIC. This would allow more competitive bidding from Striping Subcontractors as there currently is only 1 contractor in California that has a truck for TWO-COMPONENT PAINT.
Inquiry submitted 12/07/2022
Response #1:Your Inquiry has been submitted for review.
Response posted 12/07/2022
Response #2:As per June 2, 2020, Longitudinal Pavement Marking Policy Memo, Attachment 2, two-Component Paint to be used in mountainous areas above 3,000 ft. Please place your bid in accordance with current contract documents.
Response posted 12/13/2022
Inquiry #5: Will advanced flaggers be required on this project?
Inquiry submitted 12/08/2022
Response #1:Duplicate inquiry.
Response posted 12/08/2022
Inquiry #6: will Advanced Flaggers will be required on this project?
Inquiry submitted 12/08/2022
Response #1:Your Inquiry has been submitted for review.
Response posted 12/08/2022
Response #2:Attention is directed to Section 12-4.02C(9)(c)(ii)(D) of the 2022 Standard Specifications. The cost of the work is included in Bid Item #04 "Traffic Control System". Please place your bid in accordance with current contract documents.
Response posted 12/13/2022
Inquiry #7: Other inquires presented have inaccurate information; therefore, Caltrans should disregard inquires #2-#4. There are contractors in Reno, Sacramento, and Redding that have a truck suitable to put down the two-component paint material. This allows for competitive bidding. Additionally, according to Caltrans AML for Two-Component Traffic Striping Paints, Two-Component Paint is more durable and sustains better on snowplowed roads compared to Waterborne Paint and Thermoplastic. In Caltrans' Guideline for Selecting Materials and Standard Special Provisions for Traffic Striping and Pavement Marking Version 3.0, in section: SSP 84-2, Two-Component Paint Traffic Stripe and Pavement Marking, states “two-component traffic paint (i.e., epoxy and polyurea) is recommended for striping lightly snowplowed roads due to its excellent abrasion resistance and bond strength to PCC pavement.†Also, General Advantages states that “two-component traffic paints (i.e., epoxy, polyurethane, polyurea) are more abrasion resistant than waterborne traffic paint or surface-applied thermoplastic striping when used on snowplowed roadways. Two-component traffic paint striping is generally brighter at night (higher retroreflectivity) than waterborne paint or thermoplastic striping†(12).
Inquiry submitted 12/08/2022
Response #1:Your Inquiry has been submitted for review.
Response posted 12/08/2022
Response #2:Please place your bid in accordance with the current contract documents.
Response posted 12/09/2022
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.