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US Department of Veterans Affairs Animal Trailers Disposal and Site Restoration James J. Peters Bronx VA Medical Center Project #526-18-134

Statement of Work Project #: 526-18-134 Animal Trailers Disposal and Site Restoration (Main Campus Grounds) The Contractor must furnish all labor, materials, tools and supervision to complete the following:

The coordination of the disposal of the animal trailers and site restoration of the surrounding area. The site is approximately 12,000 S.F. in front of Building 105 at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center. The work includes but is not limited to the excavation and demolition of the utilities (plumbing, electrical, fire alarm, security), the demolition of wooden walkway, the coordination of the removal of the trailers, the excavation and demolition of the concrete footings, the demolition of the security fencing around the perimeter, the demolition of the sidewalks inside the perimeter of the security fencing, the casting of new concrete sidewalks, and the grading and reseeding of the site.

The work will comprise of:

· The excavation and removal of the 1-1/2” water line feeding the trailers. Contractor is expected to disconnect the water line from the hose bib at the exterior of the research building and at the tie-in point to the trailers, cap at the trailers’ tie-in point, excavate until the water line is exposed, remove the water line and heat tracing wires, and backfill.

· The excavation and removal of the 4” sanitary line serving the trailers. The contractor is expected to disconnect the sanitary line from the trailer tie-in and cap, excavate until sanitary line is exposed, disconnect sanitary line from manhole tie-in, demolish the sanitary line, seal manhole penetration with similar material, and backfill.

· The excavation and removal of the electrical and data/phone lines from the trailers to the entrance of Building 105, along with the electrical panels with disconnect switch, transformer, and concrete pad. The contractor is expected to:

· Safely lock and tag out the electrical lines going to the trailers.

· Excavate on the side of the main entrance of Building 100 to find the rigid metal conduits that stub out from the building and transition to PVC. Reseal around the penetrations on the side of the building to stop water infiltration.

· Disconnect the transformer, disconnect switch and electrical panels that are on the concrete pad from all wiring and conduit, remove them from the pad, and turn them in to the VA.

· Demolish the concrete pad.

· Install a weatherproof underground electrical pull box in the location of the demolished concrete pad, connect to the service side conduits, pull wires that were feeding the demolished equipment into the pull box, and seal it.

· In a location close to the electrical pull box, locate the low voltage data conduit and carefully cut it to allow for any data cables present (if any) to be pulled back to break point without being damaged. Install a new weatherproof underground data pull box at the break point on the service side conduit, pull the data cables going to the trailers back into the pull box and seal it.

· Excavate and demolish the rest of the electrical/ data conduit and wires from the concrete pad location to the Trailers.

· Backfill all locations.

· Demolish the fire alarm system and security system. The contractor is expected to recover all fire alarm devices and security cameras, demolish all wiring and conduit, hire Simplex to remove the fire alarm devices from the main fire alarm software, and hire Vantage Security to reconfigure security system.

· Demolish the wooden support walkway and accessories. The contractor is expected to demolish the approximately 1,700 SF wooden walkway connecting Building 105’s main entrance canopy to the trailers, remove all light fixtures (about 9), light sensors, receptacles and electrical conduit back to the electrical panels in the Trailers.

· Keep the area surrounding the trailers clear and coordinate with purchaser of the Trailers to allow purchaser to pick them up.

· Excavate approximately 4 feet or more down around each 36” diameter concrete footing and demolish footing. Backfill afterwards.

· Demolish the security fencing in the surrounding area. Excavate as necessary to remove the fence posts and any footing that might be present. Backfill afterwards.

· Demolish the approximately 2,500 SF of sidewalk within the perimeter of the security fencing and pour a new concrete sidewalk. The new sidewalk must be constructed according to the details on the drawings.

· Grade the area in accordance to surrounding area. Reseed dirt areas.

All proper infection control and life safety measure will be provided and coordinated with Infection Control and Safety Officer.

Work is expected to be completed within 90 calendar days from NTP.

Bid Form April 15, 2013