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Port Gardner Storage Facility Volume 7 Attachment O <br /> Page 6 <br />CITY OF EVERETT ⋅ 3200 Cedar Street ⋅ Everett, WA 98201 ⋅ (425) 257-8800 ⋅ Fax (425) 257-8882 <br /> <br />Q23 – With reference to spec section 00 21 13, 1-02.4(1) 3. Please confirm that Bidder <br />may base their bid on information provided by the city without performing additional <br />testing on site as suggested in this clause. <br />The City is not permitting physical testing of the Site prior to bid. <br />Q24 – For the specification, Fabricated Slide Gate Spec Section 40 05 59.23” under <br />point 2.01.A, it calls for Fontaine, but the Orange, MA address is for Rodney Hunt. GA <br />Industries bought Rodney Hunt in 1995 and Fontaine in 2009 and merged them in 2011. <br />Later in 2015, Fontaine and Rodney Hunt were sold to different companies. Perhaps <br />this is an old spec, but will you please confirm that Rodney Hunt is acceptable as a <br />named manufacturer under Spec Section 40 05 59.23? If not, Rodney Hunt respectfully <br />requests to be named as an acceptable manufacturer under this specification section. <br />See Section 01 25 00 1.6.B.3 for non-proprietary product selection procedures. <br />The named candidate manufacturers within the specifications, including those <br />with no equal, served as the basis of design for this project. Any other submitted <br />manufacturers to be considered as “or equals” when allowed under the <br />specifications, and those for which a substitution request is made, will need to <br />follow the substitution procedures provided in Section 00 72 00 General <br />Conditions and Section 01 25 00 Substitution Procedures. Or equal <br />determinations and substitutions requests will be considered after contract <br />award and will not be considered during the bid period per Section 01 25 00, <br />Paragraphs 1.6.B and Paragraph 1.7.C. <br />Q25 – To assist in logistics planning and interpretation of design intent, can the design <br />CAD/BIM files be issued for reference only to the bidders? <br />CAD/BIM files will not be issued during the project bid period. <br />Q26 – Spec Section 33 46 59 describes the stormwater treatment system as a <br />proprietary system called Bioscape by Contech. It also refers to the installation methods <br />and materials for the system. Keynotes 7 and 8 on Sheet indicate that the underdrain <br />piping and media are to be installed under a separate contract. Bid Item 11 – <br />Stormwater Treatment Equipment Area 40 is a Lump Sum Item. Please clarify that Bid <br />Item 11 is for materials only (furnished by the Contractor) and the materials installation, <br />start-up and warranty will be included in a separate contract between the Owner and a <br />different Contractor. <br />As shown on Drawings D-40-1003 and D-40-1004, the Area 40 stormwater <br />treatment system is designed with eight parallel cells that will contain treatment <br />media, underdrain piping, and associated materials necessary for the treatment <br />of stormwater. Per Section 33 46 50, Keynote 8 on Drawing D-40-1004, and 01 22 <br />13 Measurement and Payment 1.8.K, Bid Item 11 includes furnishing, installation, <br />startup, and warranty of all components of the stormwater treatment system in <br />the two northern cells of the Area 40 stormwater treatment structure.