Site work and paving for a bridge / tunnel in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland. Completed plans call for site work for a bridge / tunnel.

Closing Time: 12:00 PM (NT) Question Deadline 06/24/2025 at 12:00 PM NT All enquiries related to the Open Call for Bids must be directed, in writing, to the Contract Administrator identified in the Open Call for Bids The Owner, in the first instance, shall decide on questions arising under Contract Documents and interpret the requirements therein. Such decisions shall be given in writing. Official bid documents must be obtained from www.merx.com and bid submissions must be done through the Merx platform. DESCRIPTION The Contractor must clear an area of a specified width along the project route, while salvaging all merchantable timber. Prior to commencing, the Contractor must obtain a Commercial Cutting Permit and Operating Permit from the appropriate Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture District Office. These permits are to be kept on the construction site while work is ongoing. CLEARING SPECIFICATIONS Clearing consists of harvesting merchantable trees and removing other vegetation along the proposed route prior to road construction. The following guidelines must be followed: _ Trees and other vegetation must be cut off as close to ground surface as possible (stumps must not exceed 15 cm in height). _ All merchantable timber must be salvaged in accordance with the Commercial Cutting Permit guidelines and will become property of the Owner. Salvaged timber should be neatly piled along the edge of the right-of-way and removed from the project site less than 60 days after final completion of the project, or it will be forfeited to the Crown. Securities will not be released until ROW wood is removed from site BRUSHMATTING SPECIFICATIONS _ Brush mats must be used as specified in the contract or identified by the Engineer or Resource Road Inspector. Further, should the Contractor encounter any additional areas where soft ground exceeds 0.6 m depth, brush mats must be constructed. The contractor will be responsible for determining the actual amount of brush mat, which will not be considered for extra payment and should be included in the price bid for Roadway Excavation. _ When constructing a brush mat, the Contractor should use non-merchantable stems, laying them in alternating top-butt fashion. If non-merchantable stems are not available, the Contractor MUST obtain approval from the Engineer or Resource Road Inspector to use merchantable stems. _ After road construction is complete, all excess brush must be trimmed to ensure road shoulders are compact and tidy PAYMENT Brushmatting is included in the roadway excavation section of the Contract and is not considered an additional cost DESCRIPTION This work will consist of the supply and placement of geo-textile/geogrid material as required to improve the load bearing capacity and traction along identified sections of roads that have poor subgrade material or identified sections of wet terrain. _ Place geo-textile/geogrid on top of the unbroken organic layer. _ Build sub-grade by placing well drained material on top of the geo-textile/geogrid. _ Continue to add fill until the wetland is crossed. If the sub-grade material is coarse, it will be. necessary to surface this section. _ Install cross drain culverts where necessary Payment will be based on the Contract price per unit. DESCRIPTION Area to be stripped will include road excavation area and ditches. Stripping consists of the removal and disposal of all stumps, large roots, surface boulders, and any other vegetation or debris. The following guidelines must be followed: _ Stripped material must not exceed one meter in height and should be topped with one meter of granular fill. _ Stripped material not used in the construction of the roadbed must be placed at the edge of the right-of-way in a tidy fashion, allowing machine access to adjacent forest land. These piles of stripped material must not exceed one meter in heights. _ Steep embankments greater than one meter do not require stripping. These embankments should be filled in with vegetation debris, compacted, and covered with one meter of granular fill. _ After stripping is complete, the contractor must lay out the road centerline before any further excavation occurs. This will ensure proper road alignment. PAYMENT Stripping is included in the roadway excavation section of the Contract and is not considered an additional cost