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Port Gardner Storage Facility Volume 7 Attachment O Page 4 CITY OF EVERETT ⋅ 3200 Cedar Street ⋅ Everett, WA 98201 ⋅ (425) 257-8800 ⋅ Fax (425) 257-8882 The City will not issue pre-bid trade assignments as part of the bidding process. Contractors are expected to evaluate the scope of work and assign classifications in accordance with their proposed means and methods of performing the work, subject to state prevailing wage laws and PLA obligations. Q14 – The last sentences on page 2 of the WA State Dept of Ecology Stormwater Facility Specifications Insert in Vol 1 of the specs indicates “All prospective bidders must provide a list of the MBE/WBE subcontractors they intend to use during the project. This list must be provided with the bid package.” Is there a specific form we need to use to provide this information? If so, please provide the form as it is not currently included in the project specifications. Or are we to simply provide the information on our company letterhead? If we are to submit the information on our company letterhead, exactly what information should we include (e.g., subcontractor company name, scope of work, MBE/WBE certification #, etc.)? The list of MBE/WBE subcontractors shall be listed in the table provided in Part V of 00 45 30 RCW 35.22.650 Certification. Q15 - I am a manufacturer’s representative and noticed that Port Gardener Storage Facility is bidding. I represent 2 companies that I would like to get named via an addendum. What is the procedure to do this? See Section 01 25 00 1.6.B.3 for non-proprietary product selection procedures. The named candidate manufacturers within the specifications, including those with no equal, served as the basis of design for this project. Any other submitted manufacturers to be considered as “or equals” when allowed under the specifications, and those for which a substitution request is made, will need to follow the substitution procedures provided in Section 00 72 00 General Conditions and Section 01 25 00 Substitution Procedures. Or equal determinations and substitutions requests will be considered after contract award and will not be considered during the bid period per Section 01 25 00, Paragraphs 1.6.B and Paragraph 1.7.C. Q16 - Section 46 21 13 outlines a screen differential requirement of 9.6’. Based on the site plan sheet D-20-3004, there is a downstream weir with an approximate height of 6.97’. During peak flow, the downstream water level can be expected to crest over the weir at 105”. Please change the maximum differential requirement to 6.5ft as anything greater will require large supports behind the bar grid that will block flow and collect screenings. The default design approach is to use the differential between the channel floor and the bypass weir elevation, which is the differential indicated in the specification. However, after reviewing the actual maximum differential conditions, the Engineer has determined that the true maximum differential is between the bypass weir elevation and the screen channel weir elevation. Based on this a maximum differential of 6.5 feet is acceptable for structural integrity design of the screen.