VA OPC Tri-Cities - Questions and Answers - Feb 20 2024.pdf

# Question RLP Section or Document Answer

1 Will there be a 2-week extension to the due date granted for the RLP? RLP VA is not considering an extension at this time.

Lease Section 3.08.E requires a “certified physical security consultant”. Appendix A5 - FSLII does not require a “certified physical security consultant”, “blast design engineer” or “electronic security systems engineer”. Please confirm if any of the roles in question are required. Lease

Per Section 3.08 E, a certified physical security consultant shall be a part of the offerors team, as well as the additional professional specialists identified.

Lease Section 3.14.A.4 states “The Lessor is encouraged to purchase at least 50 percent of the Government tenant’s electricity from renewable sources.” Please confirm the 50% renewable electricity is not a requirement. Lease

Confirmed, 50% of Government tenants electricity does not have to come from a renewable source but it is encouraged. This will also be a consideration for Technical Evaluation Factor 1 - Area of Consideration 3.

Lease Section 3.45.A Security for New Construction states “DESIGN-BASIS THREAT - The Lessor is responsible for providing countermeasure provisions outlined in the attached FSL document.” Please confirm that all items listed in the FSL Document are not Shell and that the ASR notation of Shell versus TI is correct. Lease

Items listed in the FSL document as shell must be provided as part of the offeror's shell rental rate.

Lease Section 3.48 Green Building Rating for New Construction and 3.49 Green Building Rating for Tenant Interiors. If the Offeror is proposing new construction and includes Section 3.48, please confirm if both Sections 3.48 and 3.49 are required. Lease

Yes, both 3.48 and 3.49 would be required for an offeror proposing new construction.

Lease Section 3.51 Systems Commissioning Paragraph D calls for additional agency specific commissioning requirements. Please confirm all the TI specific Commissioning listed in Paragraph D are TI Costs. Lease

No, these would be shell costs as they are in Section 3 of the lease which is for the building shell.

The Appendix A2 Lease Design Narrative includes some Shell and TI Designations. Please confirm unless included in Lease Section 3, all items noted in the Appendix ASR and Lease Design Narrative are TI Costs unless designated as Shell Costs. Concept Plan

As outlined in Section 5.01 of the Lease, for pricing, only those requirements designated within this Section 5, or designated as TIs within the attached agency requirements and Security Requirements, shall be deemed to be TI costs.

RLP Section 3.06 Items S and T require Green Globes for New Construction (S) and Sustainable Interiors (T). If the Offeror is proposing a new building, please confirm that only Section S - Green Globes for New Construction deliverables are required. RLP

Offerors proposing new construction must meet the Green Globes requirements for both New Construction and Sustainable Interiors.

RLP Section 3.06.AC calls for a Project Schedule. Please provide a “Lease Award Date” for the offerors to utilize for the Project Schedules. RLP

Please use a July 2025 award for the schedule.

Appendix A5 Facility Security Level II Section 1.11 Vehicle Barriers as a “(Shell)” Cost at pedestrian locations but does not provide a quantity per location or define a pedestrian location.

a. Are these required at every entrance to the building or just the main public entrances?

b. Are these required if there is a 25’ landscape buffer? Is a 25’ Buffer Required?

c. Please provide additional information regarding required QTY. Appendix A.5 FSL

Barriers are required at all pedestrian entrances.

A 25' setback is not a requirement. Offerors shall meet all site security criteria.

Quantity is dependent on the offeror's proposed building & site. Offeror to meet all site security criteria.

Appendix A5 Facility Security Level II Section 2.1 Blast Resistance-Windows and 2.2 Blast Resistance: Façade and Structure are listed as Shell Costs. Typical GSA/VA FSL II Buildings don’t require blast resistance including Blast Resistance Windows.

a. Since this is a FSL II Building please confirm if Blast Resistance is a requirement or if this cost is included in the TI Costs?

b. For the Blast Resistance: Façade and Structure if Concrete and Reinforced Masonry are used for the skin materials are additional engineering or blast modeling required? Appendix A.5 FSL

All blast resistance requirements identified in the lease, including the attached Facility Security Level II are required.

Offerors shall work with their blast consultant to ensure the building meets the requirements of the lease and appendices.

Appendix A5 Facility Security Level II Section 2.3 Blast resistance: Progressive Collapse notes that the structural framing system must have “inherent ductility and are able to respond to load reversals (e.g., cast-in-place reinforced concrete and steel construction).” Are there any additional design parameters for progressive collapse above and beyond providing a building structure consisting of reinforced concrete and/or structural steel? Appendix A.5 FSL

Full blown “progressive collapse” that is the prevention of progressive collapse from a loss of a single structural member is not a requirement of this Lease. However new construction leases requires the use of ductile construction materials to comply with the FSL and Lease requirements.

Appendix A5 Facility Security Level II Section 3.3 and 3.4 Access Control are listed as “Shell”.

ASR Section 4.8.8.6 Access Control System states that Access Control is a TI Cost. If the Building Offered is a Single Tenant Building, please confirm all Access Control Systems are TI. Appendix A.5 FSL

Access control systems & requirements listed in the FSL II as shell are shell.

Additional access control, cameras, etc., above the FSL requirements (which may be identified during post-award design) shall be TI.

14 Are you planning on bringing patients into the facility via ambulance? N/A No. Ambulance would only pick up patients from the clinic in the event of an emergency.

15 Is there any planning for mobile imaging in the future? N/A No.

VA OPC Tri-Cities, WA | RLP No. 36C10F23R0036 | Questions and Answers

*The above Q&A is meant to clarify or support Offeror's understanding of the requirements but, unless an RLP Amendment is issued, does not supersede any of the requirements in the RLP Package.

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