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CALVERTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

GRAVESITE DEVELOPMENT & CEMETARY IMPROVEMENTS

DESIGN BUILD DEVELOPMENT

STATEMENT OF WORK

The purpose of this Contract is to secure the services of a General Contracting firm, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, to provide design and construction services for development of the project entitled, “Calverton National Cemetery Gravesite Development & Cemetery Improvements (805CM2048),” located at 210 Princeton Boulevard, Calverton, NY 11933.

This Statement of Work (SOW) describes the work required necessary to the project for the VA Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM), 425 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20001.

1.0 Project Background:

This project will continue the services provided by an established and existing national cemetery in provide burial facilities for eligible veterans in the New York metropolitan area. This proposed development will provide continued service to an estimated FY 2016 veteran population of nearly 587,000 who have been served by this open national cemetery since September 1978. Without this project NCA is projecting gravesite depletion of casketed gravesites in July 2023 and in-ground cremation gravesites February 2025. This project will provide for sufficient in-ground casket and cremation burial inventory until FY 2034; no columbarium niches will be constructed within this project since existing capacity is projected to extend beyond FY 2034.

2.0 Program Requirements:

In accordance with the master plan that was prepared for the entire cemetery, this Gravesite Expansion & Cemetery Improvements project will develop approximately 35 acres of the undeveloped 443 acres remaining at the Calverton National Cemetery. This project will utilize national cemetery design criteria specified within documents including the VA program Guide (PG-18-15, Volume D), A/E Submission Instructions for National Cemetery Projects, as well as the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) Facilities Design Guide.

This project will be competitive bid using a design-build procedure resulting in a firm fixed price contract.

This investment will develop approximately 27,000 gravesites, including casket, cremation sites in new burial sections and repairs to existing structures.

3.0 Scope of Work:

The Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment and supervision for the design and construction of the following improvements:

(a) Interment Areas (Burial Sections, including Early Turn Over area):

(1) Casketed Remains:

- approximately 24,242 pre-placed crypt full casket gravesites (1.1) Oversized/ Private Vault Casket Burial Section:

- approximately 175 oversized pre-placed crypt full casket gravesites

- approximately 175 triple depth pre-placed crypt full casket gravesites

(2) Cremated Remains:

- approximately 2,000 garden niche, or terrace sites

The scope of services to accomplish this project includes furnishing all labor and materials to prepare the schematic design, design development and construction drawings, specifications, and record drawings for all project elements constructed under this contract. This contract will require submission of Schematic Design (SD-1 & SD-2), Construction Documents (CD-1 & CD-2), Final Construction Documents and Record Drawings. Specific information on submission requirements for deliverables is prescribed in VA Program Guide PG-18-15, Volume D, A/E Submission Requirements for National Cemetery Projects (Dec 2011) (http://www.cfm.va.gov/til/ae/aesubcem/). All work shall be consistent with the Design criteria contained in the NCA Facilities Design Guide which will give the A/E an understanding of the unique requirements of cemetery operations and of each of the Elements or Features that make up a national cemetery. (http://www.cfm.va.gov/til/nca.asp).

Architect-Engineer (A/E) services will consist of those services performed by the successful Offeror, Offeror’s A/E, their employees and sub-consultants as required to prepare the documents.

The Offeror’s A/E is responsible for the quality, accuracy and completeness of the documents and is required to meet or exceed the scope of this document. Requirements contained herein are minimums; all work should be at the level of accepted work for professional disciplines performing this type of work. The Offeror’s A/E is responsible for coordinating the documents to eliminate errors and omissions and for producing a complete set of drawings in accordance with standard professional practices. Complete and accurate coordination between the disciplines and quality control of sub consultants’ work is required. All drawings will require a professional license seal and signature by the discipline responsible for the work.

4.0 Deliverables:

All deliverables shall be submitted both as a hardcopy and electronically, pdf and native file format. Deliverables shall be submitted to the Government’s project manager via common carrier and email. Depending upon the file size and type of document, the Contractor’s ftp site may be used. Deliverables shall include but not necessarily be limited to all documents required according to VA Program Guide PG-18-15, Volume D, A/E Submission Requirements for National Cemetery Projects (Dec 2011).

6.0 Provided by the VA:

VA shall provide pdf copies and CADD files (where available) of the following drawings from previous projects at Calverton. NCA does not guarantee the accuracy of any information contained therein.

Aerial Survey Drawings Gravesite Development project Construction Drawings Crypt Installation project Construction Drawings Columbarium Expansion project Construction Drawings VA will provide customer representation, and access to maintenance staff and engineering staff as needed.

VA will provide a separate funding obligation to be used for crypts to be installed by the construction contractor. Precast concrete crypts will be itemized and invoiced as a separate CLIN in the construction contract.

Topographic Survey: VA shall provide a topographic, boundary, and site surveys for the entire the site prepared for previous development projects. The Offeror shall validate and develop any additional current topography necessary for the design and construction of this project.

NEPA Documentation – Environmental Compliance: VA is in the process of preparing environmental documentation for NEPA compliance that is necessary for the proposed gravesite expansion project. The Offeror shall be responsible for environmental compliance under NEPA. The EA will be complete in pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing NEPA (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] 1500--1508), and VA regulations (38 CFR 26.4 [a]). Development of the national cemetery must be in compliance with applicable federal statutes, Executive Orders, and state and local regulations establishing environmental standards. This project shall accommodate any biological and/or cultural resources including historical, archeological, architectural and landscape resources that were identified during the EA process. Appropriate mitigation measures outlined in the Final EA will be addressed and incorporated in the Master Plan.

Record Drawings: VA will provide record documents for all previous construction phases in CAD format.

Geotechnical Investigation: It shall be the responsibility of the offeror to provide all necessary to professional work required by this scope of work.

7.0 Design Criteria:

In addition to specific design criteria contained in the Statement of Work and Bridging Documents supplied for the Part 2 submission, the following design and general guidance applies to the project. It can be accessed from the VA web site at the following URL:

8.0 WORK COORDINATION AND REVIEWS:

The CFM Project Manager (PM) is the liaison with the Offeror. All work will be coordinated and approved through the PM.

Each submittal will be reviewed by VA and comments provided to the Offeror according to the agreed schedule (typically 2-3 weeks). All comments from various VA entities and changes will be coordinated through the CFM Project Manager. If the Offeror makes changes or modifications based on comments from VA entities other than the Project Manager, the Offeror is “at-risk” and at their own expense will revise the change(s). The Offeror must respond in writing to all comments within ten (10) calendar days of receiving VA comments. Subsequent work and changes made shall reflect the VA comments and the outcome of the review.