James J Peters VAMC Responses 2.docx

For the James J. Peters question response, you stated that a 7G license is required. 7G is cooling tower and not applicable to domestic water. However will be applicable to the cooling tower. Can you confirm this answer was meant for the cooling tower and not domestic water treatment?

Response: Yes, we can confirm the 7G license is meant for cooling towers and is not necessary for treatment of domestic water. However, a Class C small water systems license is required to treat domestic water in this facility.

For James J Peters - New York City article 141 is the applicable regulation for adding chemical to drinking water. This requirement states that the company must have a New York City Permit to add chemical to drinking water §141.11 (a). Is this certificate required and should this certificate be provided with the bid submittal?

Response: Yes, please submit your certifications to treat domestic water in your bid submittal.

For James J Peters - New York City article 141 is the applicable regulation for adding chemical to drinking water. This requirement and states that the onsite operator for the company holding the certificate must meet the requirements of New York State Subpart 5-4 of the State Sanitary Code §141.11 (c). Subpart B classifies the facility as a small water system and requires the operator to be a class c operator license holder. Is this license required and should the license holder proof be provided with the bid submittal?

Response: Yes, this qualification is newer so it may have been overlooked. It is required to stay up to code in NYC. Please submit all certificates in the bid submittal.

For James J Peters – for the previous question answer response, “The quarterly written electronic log seems redundant. If we supply a service report each visit instead of quarterly will this satisfy the requirement? Can we give operator access to the facility and/or consultant to be able to trend data the information as they choose? The point of the quarterly report would be to confirm the data with our water treatment consultant, to see if chemical usage or water usage has changed over time.” If we can provide charting and our system access to all of the data for the quarterly time frame, that will give the consultant the visual of the changes, will this be an acceptable means of providing the data as we could provide for any time frame requested?

Yes, this is acceptable. As long as you can have those quarterly meetings with the water treatment consultant and can review your quarterly findings with them, then it is ok.