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Attachment No. 1
Solicitation No. 140R2026R0018
Bradbury Dam Outlet Valve Replacement
Offeror Questions and Answers
1. Question: SF 1442 specifies that an offer guarantee is required. What is the Offer Guarantee Amount?
Response: The offer guarantee indicator on SF 1442 was selected inadvertently. An offer guarantee is not required for this Request for Proposal. 2. Question: Will the 365 day period of performance include the full outage from September 1 March 31? At a minimum we would request that the period of performance include September 1, 2027 - December 31, 2027.
Response: See revised period of performance in Section H. 3. Question: How is the penstock unwatered and who is responsible for unwatering and sealing the penstock?
Response: The Government will be responsible for placing the clearances for the penstock interruption of service and closing the high pressure gate as shown on informational drawing number 368-D-99. The Government will attempt to achieve a full seal, however leakage of approximately 1 cubic foot per second (cfs) should be expected. See specification Section 35 22 25, paragraph 1.04.G.
4. Question: What is the amount leakage that the contractor should expect to have to manage in the penstock pipes?
Response: See response to Question 3.
5. Question: What is the reason for the December 15, 2027 date that mandates that the facility shall be able to control and release water through the new fixed cone valves? Response: Reclamation has commitments with downstream partners and fisheries to fulfill. 6. Question: For a job of this size having 3 full time and 1 part time supervisors onsite seems excessive, please confirm that the Contractor supervision can dual or triple hat. i.e. Can the Contractor Site Superintendent also serve as the Onsite Safety Representative and/or Quality Control? Can the Onsite Safety Representative and Safety Professional roles be filled by the same individual?
Response: See revised Specification Section 01 35 30. The specifications do not prohibit the Safety Professional, Onsite Safety Representative, or Quality Control personnel from having collateral duties, such as Site Superintendent, provided they have the required qualifications for the duties being performed.
7. Question: Section 01 78 30, 1.02.A.3 states that there is 10% retainage from progress payments (exclusive of mobilization and preparatory work), can you please confirm that all other work will

Attachment No. 1
Solicitation No. 140R2026R0018