Construction of Route 50 and Everfield Drive Roundabout, RFQ 690002

COUNTY OF LOUDOUN, VIRGINIA - IFB RFQ 690002 - ATTACHMENT 7
CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUTE 50 AND EVERFIELD DRIVE ROUNDABOUT
SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS
DIVISION I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
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SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS
cn100-000026-07 GENERAL PROJECT REQUIREMENTS, SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS
(SSs), SPECIAL PROVISIONS (SPs) AND SPECIAL PROVISION COPIED
NOTES (SPCNs)
This project shall be constructed according to: the plans; the Virginia
Department of Transportation Road and Bridge Specifications, dated 2020; the
Virginia Department of Transportation Road and Bridge Standards, dated
2016, with revisions issued online as of the advertisement date for this project
incorporated; the 2011 edition of the Virginia Work Area Protection Manual
with Revision Number 2.1 incorporated, dated November 1, 2020; the 2009
edition of the MUTCD with Revision Numbers 1 and 2 incorporated, dated May
2012; and the 2011 edition of the Virginia Supplement to the MUTCD with
Revision Number 1 dated September 30, 2013; and the Supplemental
Specifications, Special Provisions and Special Provision Copied Notes in this
contract. The status in the Contract of each of these documents will be
according to Section 105.12 of the Specifications.
Special Provision Copied Notes in this contract are designated with "(SPCN)"
after the date.
The information at the top and left of each Special Provision Copied Note in
this contract is file reference information for Department use only. The
information in the upper left corner above the title of each Supplemental
Specification and Special Provision in this contract is file reference information
for Department use only.
5-13-21 (SPCN)
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CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUTE 50 AND EVERFIELD DRIVE ROUNDABOUT
SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS
SS101-002020-01 March 24, 2020
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
2020 ROAD AND BRIDGE SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS
SECTION 101 - DEFINITIONS OF ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, AND TERMS
SECTION 101 - DEFINITIONS OF ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, AND TERMS of the Specifications
is amended as follows:
Section 101.01 - Abbreviations and Acronyms is amended to include the following:
ATSSA American Traffic Safety Service Association
ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems
MASH Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NTPEP National Transportation Product Evaluation Program
VAC Virginia Administrative Code, when referencing a legal code
Section 101.01 - Abbreviations and Acronyms is amended to replace the following abbreviations:
VAC Volts Alternating Current when used to define an amount of electrical potential.
Section 101.02 - Terms is amended by inserting the below terms and definitions:
Internet. The electronic communications network that connects computer networks and
organizational computer facilities around the world.
Match-Cure. A process where concrete test specimens are cured at the same temperature as the
product by monitoring the concrete temperature in both the product and the test specimens and
applying heat to the test specimens to match the temperature of the concrete.
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CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUTE 50 AND EVERFIELD DRIVE ROUNDABOUT
SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS
SP102-000120-00 [formerly SP102-010100-00] January 10, 2017
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SPECIAL PROVISION FOR
NON-DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND CONTRACTING PRACTICES
I. Description
This Special Provision implements Executive Order 61, ensuring equal opportunity and access for
all Virginians in state contracting and public services.
II. Non-Discrimination
The Contractor shall maintain a non-discrimination policy, which prohibits discrimination by the
Contractor on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender
identity, age, political affiliation, disability, or veteran status. This policy shall be followed in all
employment practices, subcontracting practices, and delivery of goods or services. The Contractor
shall also include this requirement in all subcontracts valued over $10,000.
III. Measurement and Payment
Conformance with this Special Provision will not be measured for individual payment, and will be
considered incidental to the Work.
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CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUTE 50 AND EVERFIELD DRIVE ROUNDABOUT
SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS
SS105-002020-01 August 13, 2019
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
2020 ROAD AND BRIDGE SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS
SECTION 105 - CONTROL OF WORK
SECTION 105 - CONTROL OF WORK of the Specifications is amended as follows:
Section 105.10(b) - Plans is replaced with the following:
Plans will be furnished to the Contractor electronically without charge.
Plan revisions issued while the project is under construction will be furnished to the Contractor
electronically.
The Contractor shall keep one complete set of plans, standard drawings, Contract assemblies, and
Specifications available on the project at all times. For maintenance projects, certain sign projects,
and other projects having no field office or on which the Contractor has no office, the Contractor
shall keep one complete set of plans, Contract assemblies, and Specifications with him while
prosecuting the Work. In the event items of Work are required as per the Standard Drawings, the
Contractor shall also keep the appropriate Standard Drawings on the project during the
performance of that work.
Plans consisting of general drawings and showing such details as are necessary to give a
comprehensive understanding of the work specified will be furnished by the Department. Except
as otherwise shown on the plans, dimensions shown on the Plans are measured in the respective
horizontal or vertical planes. Dimensions that are affected by gradients or vertical curvatures shall
be adjusted as necessary by the Contractor to accommodate actual field conditions and shall be
specifically denoted as "field adjusted" on the Working Drawings. Failure on the part of the
Contractor to so denote field adjustments on the Working Drawings shall not relieve the Contractor
of the responsibility to accommodate and incorporate such existing conditions into the finished
work.
Section 105.14(a)3 Flagging Traffic is replaced with the following:
Flagging Traffic: Flaggers shall be able to communicate to the traveling public in English while
performing the job duty as a flagger at the flagger station.
Certification for flaggers will be awarded upon a candidate's satisfactory completion of an
examination. Proof of certification shall be carried by flaggers while performing flagging duties.
Flaggers found not to be in possession of their certification card shall be removed from the flagging
site and operations requiring flagging will be suspended by the Engineer until a certified flagger is
on-site to perform flagging duties in accordance with the requirements herein. Flaggers performing
duties improperly will have their certifications revoked.
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cq107-000130-00
DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE- The Contractor shall:
* Provide a Drug-Free Workplace for the Contractor's employees.
* Post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, a statement
notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, dispensation, possession, or use
of a controlled substance or marijuana is prohibited in the Contractor's workplace and specifying the
actions that will be taken against employees for violations of such prohibition.
* State in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by or on behalf of the Contractor that
the Contractor maintains a Drug-Free Workplace.
* Include the provisions of the foregoing clauses in every Subcontract or purchase order of over $10,000,
so that the provisions will be binding upon each Subcontractor or vendor.
For the purposes of this provision, "Drug-Free Workplace" means a site for the performance of work done
in connection with the Contract. The Contractors employees, and those of his Subcontractors, shall be
prohibited from engaging in the unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, dispensation, possession, or use
of any controlled substance or marijuana during the performance of the Work.
7-3-19 (SPCN)
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COUNTY OF LOUDOUN, VIRGINIA - IFB RFQ 690002 - ATTACHMENT 7
CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUTE 50 AND EVERFIELD DRIVE ROUNDABOUT
SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS
SS107-002020-01 October 2, 2020
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
2020 ROAD AND BRIDGE SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS
SECTION 107 - LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES
SECTION 107 - LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES of the Specifications is amended as follows:
Section 107.14 - Equal Employment Opportunity is replaced with the following:
The Contractor shall comply with the applicable provisions of presidential executive orders and the
rules, regulations, and orders of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity.
The Contractor shall maintain the following records and reports as required by the Contract EEO
provisions:
* Record of all applicants for employment
* New hires by race, work classification, hourly rate, and date employed
* Minority and non-minority employees employed in each work classification
* Changes in work classifications
* Employees enrolled in approved training programs and the status of each
* Minority subcontractor or subcontractors with meaningful minority group representation
* Copies of Form C-57 submitted by subcontractors
If the Contract has a stipulation or requirement for trainees, the Contractor shall submit semi-annual
training reports in accordance with the instructions shown on the forms furnished by the
Department. If the Contractor fails to submit such reports in accordance with the instructions, his
monthly progress estimate for payment may be delayed.
The Contractor shall cooperate with the Department in carrying out EEO obligations and in the
Department's review of activities under the Contract. The Contractor shall comply with the specific
EEO requirements specified herein and shall include these requirements in every subcontract of
$10,000 or more with such modification of language as may be necessary to make them binding
on the subcontractor.
(a) Required contract provisions:
1. Required by 2.2-4201 of the Code of Virginia: During the performance of this
Contract, the Contractor agrees as follows:
a. The Contractor shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for
employment because of race, religion, color, sex, or national origin, except
where religion, sex, or national origin is a bona fide occupational qualification
reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the Contractor. The
Contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and
applicants for employment, notices setting forth the provisions of this
nondiscrimination clause, including the names of all contracting agencies with
which the Contractor has contracts of over $10,000.
b. The Contractor shall, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees
placed by or on behalf of the Contractor, state that such contractor is an equal
opportunity employer. However, notices, advertisements and solicitations
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placed in accordance with federal law, rule or regulation shall be deemed
sufficient for the purpose of meeting the requirements of this chapter.
c. If the Contractor employs more than five employees, the Contractor shall (i)
provide annual training on the Contractor's sexual harassment policy to all
supervisors and employees providing services in the Commonwealth, except
such supervisors or employees that are required to complete sexual
harassment training provided by the Department of Human Resource
Management, and (ii) post the Contractor's sexual harassment policy in (a) a
conspicuous public place in each building located in the Commonwealth that
the Contractor owns or leases for business purposes and (b) the Contractor's
employee handbook.
The Contractor shall include the provisions of subdivisions a, b, and c in every
subcontract or purchase order of over $10,000, so that such provisions shall be
binding upon each subcontractor or vendor.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to empower any agency to
require any contractor to grant preferential treatment to, or discriminate against,
any individual or any group because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
on account of an imbalance that may exist with respect to the total number or
percentage of persons of any race, color, religion, sex, or national origin employed
by such contractor in comparison with the total number or percentage of persons
of such race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in any community or in the
Commonwealth.
2. Required by Executive Order 61-2017: The Contractor shall not discriminate, in
employment practices, subcontracting practices, and delivery of goods or services,
on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender
identity, age, political affiliation, disability, or veteran status. The Contractor shall
include this paragraph in every subcontract or purchase order over $10,000, so
that the same provisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor
providing labor or materials to the Project.
(b) EEO Officer: The Contractor shall designate and make known to the Department an EEO
Officer who can effectively administer and promote an active Contractor EEO program and who
shall be assigned adequate authority and responsibility to do so.
(c) Dissemination of Policy:
1. Members of the Contractor's staff who are authorized to hire, supervise, promote, and
discharge employees or recommend such action or are substantially involved in such
action shall be made fully aware of and shall implement the Contractor's EEO policy and
contractual responsibilities to provide equal employment opportunity in each grade and
classification of employment. The following actions shall be taken as a minimum:
a. Periodic meetings of supervisory and personnel office employees shall be conducted
before the start of work and at least once every 6 months thereafter, at which time the
Contractor's EEO policy and its implementation shall be reviewed and explained. The
meetings shall be conducted by the EEO Officer or another knowledgeable company
official.
b. New supervisory or personnel office employees shall be given a thorough
indoctrination by the EEO Officer or another knowledgeable company official covering
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