36C10F18R0679-A00006002.pdf

23. Can you confirm that a Class III ICRA is required when the workers will not be inside the hospital/around patients? Please confirm that the VA intends for the contractor utilize critical barriers or construction barriers and maintain negative air pressure through the course of this work within the Central Utility Plant.

Government Response: ICRA controls will not be required in the Central Utility Plant.

Patients should not be exposed to dust or other airborne debris from work in the Central

Utility Plant.

24. General Requirements section 01 00 00-page 27 paragraph 1.25 references SD10000-02 however, this file could not be located in the TIL - please provide this detail.

Government Response: Please see the attachment for SD10000-02 located in the TIL.

This document was posted in amendment A00006

25. Does the rental boiler have to be equipped with all safety devices required in VA/BEI safety manual 5th edition as this would increase rental cost by at least 30%?

Government Response: All offerors shall submit their offers in accordance with VHA

Boiler and Associated Plant Safety Device Testing Manual 5th edition. The 5th edition shall replace the 4th edition as referenced throughout the solicitation.

26. Does the rental boiler have to be inspected and tested in accordance with the above-mentioned manual before putting it in operation?

Government Response: Yes, the devices that are their will need to be tested and pass the

VA testing requirement, if the device isn’t present we will need to discuss how to achieve equivalent level of safety.

27. What permits are required for rental boiler?

Government Response: The Boilers Rental Company must comply with all city, state and federal rules and regulation etc. to be issue a permit which is not limited to the

Installation Permit and the Pressure Vessel Operating Permit.

28. What does VA want to happen to the removed burners?

Government Response: Contracting Officer shall direct the Contractor where the burners and appurtenances shall be removed and stored. All existing burners and appurtenances shall be stored on site as a spare until all the burners are replaced. During the period of performance, the Contracting Officer shall issue follow-on direction to properly dispose of all unusable and waste material in accordance with all city, state and federal laws etc.

29. Clarify desired location of rental boiler.

Government Response: Offerors shall use the recommended hookup points designated by the Contracting Officer outside the rollup doors. The VA will retain other options is designation points are not available during the time of construction.

30. Will we be able to park job trailer and/or rental dumpsters close to CEP?

Government Response: The job trailers and dumpsters cannot be parked in a fashion that would impede normal staff parking, access by emergency vehicles and/or disrupt the facility normal traffic flow. Job trailers can be located in the gravel lot South of the

RE/police trailer. Dumpster, based on size, will be placed as conveniently as possible to the project site location.

31. Request for Additional Site Visit

a. At the time of the initial site visit, the drawing package and solicitation narrative, for this project, did not match. We respectfully request that the VA schedule an additional site visit for after the correct drawing package is issued.

Government Response: – The Government will hold an additional site visit. The designated time/date will be issued through separate amendments.

32. Does the VA intend to clarify the specification on the burners and economizers? The current specification is incomplete and could lead to either a wide range of bids based on nearly 100% discretionary choices by the contract or a situation that forces all bidders to give the VA the most inexpensive, but not necessarily the best, solution due to the inability to assure a level playing field on the equipment.

Government Response: – this is a performance specification. Please specify items considered incomplete.

33. At the site visit it was made clear that bid options on equipment will not be considered? Will the VA reconsider this position due to the points brought up in option 1?

Government Response: – not sure what is being referenced by option 1?

34. Will the VA require the general contractor to perform a calibration per the VHA Safety

Device Manual as part of the new equipment commissioning? If so can this be done by the installing contractor or will a third-party tester be necessary?

Government Response: – Contractor will be required to provide commissioning services the VA will also provide its third-party testing service will be required.

35. The specification calls for adherence the VHA 4th Edition Manual. The current manual in force is the 5th edition. Will the VA clarify which manual is to be used?

Government Response: – All offerors shall submit their offers in accordance with VHA

Boiler and Associated Plant Safety Device Testing Manual 5th edition.

36. Will the VA supply the current service and repair contractor for the VA’s Hays control system?

Government Response: – Yes, this will be supplied separately

37. Will the VA verify that the drawing attached for this solicitation are not intended to represent the mechanical work to be performed under this scope?

Government Response: – The drawings represent the as-built condition via the cut sheets submitted by the construction contractor and are presented for information purposes.

38. If current plant safety devices do not meet the standards of the VA boiler directive or the

VHA safety device manual will the contractor be required to modify them to standard?

Government Response: – If directly connected with the burner function and safety. For example, the loss of fires sequence.

39. Can existing control system be used on the new burner?

Government Response: – The Hayes Cleveland boiler controls and plant controller shall be reused to the greatest extent possible. See section 8. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED

EQUIPMENT (GFE) / GOVERNMENT FURNISHED INFORMATION (GFI) 0n page

14 of the solicitation.

40. Does burner have to be UL listed? OPEN ACTION

Government Response: - This question will be responded in Solicitation 36C10F18R0679

Amendment A00007 with the corresponding provision/clause incorporation if required by FAR and VAAR for the this solicitation.

41. Does BEI commissioning need to be included in this bid?

Government Response: -See Project Requirements page 10 of the solicitation.

42. Are there any specifications for the new burners?

Government Response: – See Project Description and other sections of the solicitation for the performance specifications.

43. Are there any control systems or burners that the VA will not accept?

Government Response: – The VA has not eliminated any systems.

44. How long do we need to have a temporary boiler? Start and end date, who determines these dates contractor or customer?

Government Response: – See Project Requirements page 10 & 11

45. Will the VA accept a burner that is not 10:1 turndown?

Government Response: – No, reference Statement of Bid Item(s), page 6

46. Does the VA intend to clarify the specification on the burners and economizers? The current specification is incomplete and could lead to either a wide range of bids based on nearly 100% discretionary choices by the contract or a situation that forces all bidders to give the VA the most inexpensive, but not necessarily the best, solution due to the inability to assure a level playing field on the equipment.

Government Response: – See response for #32

47. At the site visit it was made clear that bid options on equipment will not be considered? Will the VA reconsider this position due to the points brought up in option 1?

Government Response: – See response for #33

48. Will the VA require the general contractor to perform a calibration per the VHA Safety

Device Manual as part of the new equipment commissioning? If so can this be done by the installing contractor or will a third-party tester be necessary?

Government Response: – See response for #34

49. The specification calls for adherence the VHA 4th Edition Manual. The current manual in force is the 5th edition. Will the VA clarify which manual is to be used?

Government Response: – See response for #35

50. Will the VA supply the current service and repair contractor for the VA’s Hays control system?

Government Response: – See response for #36

51. Will the VA verify that the drawing attached for this solicitation are not intended to represent the mechanical work to be performed under this scope?

Government Response: – See response for #37

52. If current plant safety devices do not meet the standards of the VA boiler directive or the

VHA safety device manual will the contractor be required to modify them to standard?

Government Response: – See response for #38