ADDENDUM 1 serves to answer questions from vendors.

PURPOSE:
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation (DPOR) is soliciting proposals for the fabrication of a new 33 ft. X 10.5 ft. multi-purpose vessel for delivery to Kodiak, Alaska.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE AND MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

In order for offers to be considered responsive offerors must meet these prior experience and minimum requirements:

• The offeror must demonstrate they have a minimum of five years of experience in aluminum vessel fabrication.
• The offeror must demonstrate that they have successfully completed a minimum of five vessels of similar design.
• The offeror must provide a project summary of the last two similarly completed projects. The project summary must include original proposed budget and final completed budget, original proposed completion date and final completion date, and include pictures of the vessels.
• The offeror must demonstrate the vessel can be fully designed, engineered, and modeled in 3D.
• The offeror must provide welding qualifications for the persons welding the vessel.
• The offeror must have a suitable fabrication facility that is both sheltered and heated.

Offerors must detail in their proposal how they meet the prior experience and minimum requirements above. Offerors that fail to identify in their proposals how they meet the prior experience, and minimum requirements above will be deemed non-responsive.

ADA: The State of Alaska complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Individuals with disabilities who may need auxiliary aids, services, and/or special modifications to submit a proposal should contact the DNR Procurement Section via; email to tamra.czerny@alaska.gov; telephone at 1 (907) 269–8665; or TTY/TDD at 711 (Alaska Relay) not later than 10 calendar days prior to the RFP closing date to make necessary arrangements.