MARYLAND STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION           
OFFICE OF HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT           
DESIGN TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION           
707 NORTH CALVERT STREET           
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21202           
           
January 28, 2016           
           
Contract No.:  MO1885177           
F.A.P.  No.:  N/A           
Description:  I-495 Inner Loop – From I-270 Spur to Seminary Road           
           
ADDENDUM NO. 1           
           
To All Purchasers of Contract Documents:           
           
Please be advised that the Bid Opening date for this contract is still scheduled for            
February 11, 2016.           
           
The attention of prospective bidders is directed to the following revisions, additions and/or            
deletions to the Invitation for Bids booklet and the Contract Plans.           
           
INVITATION FOR BIDS BOOKLET           
           
Page No.	Description           
           
47-55	REPLACED Special Provision “NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR”.           
           
56	DELETED this page.           
           
56A-K	ADDED approved permits – “MDE Authorization to Proceed” and “MDE Water            
	Quality Certification”.           
            
56L-BB	ADDED approved permit – “Maryland State Programmatic General Permit”.           
           
109-111A	REPLACED Special Provision “308 – EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL”.           
           
321	DELETED duplicate Roadside Tree Permit (RTP).           
           
376	REVISED Drawing DD-06 notes: “EROSION & SEDIMENT CONTROL            
	NOTES FOR INLET CONSTRUCTION”.           
           
376A	ADDED Drawing DD-06A.           
           
376B	ADDED Drawing DD-06B.           
           
377	REVISED Drawing ES-01 sequence of construction (Sta. 104+45 to Sta. 114+00).            
           
           
           
INVITATION FOR BIDS BOOKLET (continued)           
           
Page No.	Description           
           
377	ADDED notes “EQUIPMENT ACCESSING THE SITE” and “IN-STREAM RESTRICTIONS”.           
           
378	REVISED Drawing ES-02 legend.            
           
379	REVISED Drawing ES-03 dewatering note and legend.           
           
380	REVISED Drawing ES-04 note and legend.           
           
	ADDED one new note.           
	           
	REMOVED stabilized construction entrance.           
           
	REVISED limit of disturbance (LOD).           
           
381-387	REVISED legend note.           
           
388	REVISED Drawing MT-01 note: “TYPICAL APPLICATION”.            
           
SCHEDULE OF PRICES           
           
Note: For your convenience all revised Schedule of Prices pages have been posted on the            
eMaryland Marketplace Website at https://emaryland.buyspeed.com/bso/, under “Open            
Bids”, under “Public Works, Park Equipment, and Construction Services”, and under the            
associated “Bid Number” and “Alternate ID”.           
           
Page No.	Description           
           
413	DELETED Item No. 3005 (301006) 50 TONS of “STABILIZED            
	CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE”.           
           
	DELETED Item No. 3006 (301007) 50 TONS of “REHABILITATE            
	STABILIZED CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE”.           
           
428	REVISED Listing for “AGGREGATE AMOUNT AT UNIT PRICES           
	ALTERNATE A IS USING BID.”           
           
           
CONTRACTOR QUESTIONS           
           
INCLUDED IN THIS RESPONSE ARE CONTRACTOR QUESTIONS RECEIVED AS OF            
1/21/2016           
           
The following questions were received from plan purchasers. The responses are provided for            
clarification to all bidders in bold after the questions:           
           
Q 1:	It appears as though the SPI for Section 605, Metal Traffic Barriers, is the wrong            
	specification for this project. Please clarify because the spec reads that all of the            
	landscaping construction and materials are incidental to the traffic barrier items. This            
	spec was deleted last year. Also, there are bid items in this project for Topsoil, Seed and            
	Sod which will be used in the area of traffic barrier replacement, see the details on Sheets            
	DD-02 and DD-05           
           
A1:	All landscaping items (topsoil, sod etc.) will be considered incidental to traffic            
	barrier w-beam pay item.           
           
Q 2:	Bid item 1024 is for 1,200 lf of Temp Conc. Barrier. Per the detail on sheet MT 01 of 01,            
	there are only two locations, one with 365 lf and the other with 1,425 lf. Both areas will            
	not be done at the same time.           
           
A2:	There are total three (3) areas that will require the use of temporary traffic barrier.            
	Please refer to the dwg. MT-01 (changes have been included in this addendum).           
           
Q3:	Bid item 1015 is for resetting 1,500 lf of Temp Conc. Barrier. Again, only two areas, see above.           
           
A3:	Please see the response to question no. 2.           
           
Q 4:	Bid item 1019 is for remove and resetting of Temp Crash Cushion, 38 each.  The initial            
	set of these is item 1017 has a quantity of 19 each. Again, there are only two areas and            
	should only be one resetting of the cushions.           
           
A4:	Please see the response to question no. 2.           
           
Q5:	On plan Sheet ES-03 of 100, in the Legend, it says that a dewatering pump is incidental            
	to “Class I excavation for shoulder reconstruction”. The quantity table for Class I on page            
	288 does not include this shoulder excavation in the proposed quantity. How is this            
	excavation paid?           
           
A5:	The excavation required for shoulder reconstruction will be incidental to pay item            
	for “Full Depth Patching” as shown on pavement details (page no. 313 note 5). In            
	addition the legend on E&SC control plans has been revised to read “Dewatering            
	Pump (Incidental to Full Depth Patching).           
           
           
           
Questions relating to this Addendum No. 1 may be directed in writing to:           
           
Mr. Brian Young            
District Engineer, District 3           
9300 Kenilworth Avenue           
Greenbelt, MD 20770           
ATTN: Ms. Angela Strevig           
           
If time is of the essence, handwritten questions may be transmitted to FAX No. 301-513-7490.            
All questions are to be addressed to Ms. Angela Strevig, and the Contractor must identify the            
source of the question and the contract number.           
           
           
           
GREGORY I. SLATER, ACTING DEPUTY ADMINSTRATOR FOR PLANNING,            
ENGINEERING, REAL ESTATE, AND ENVIRONMENT.             
            
THIS ADDENDUM IS ISSUED TO CLARIFY, ADD TO, DELETE FROM, CORRECT            
AND/OR CHANGE THE BID DOCUMENTS TO THE EXTENT INDICATED AND IS            
HEREBY MADE PART OF THE SAID BID DOCUMENTS ON WHICH THE            
CONTRACT WILL BE BASED.  COMAR 21.05.02.08 REQUIRES THAT ALL            
ADDENDA ISSUED BE ACKNOWLEDGED; THEREFORE, PRIOR TO SUBMITTING            
YOUR BID, ATTACH THE ADDENDUM RECEIPT VERIFICATION FORM TO THE            
FRONT OF THE PROPOSAL FORM PACKET.  FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT            
IN THE BID BEING DECLARED NON-RESPONSIVE.