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SCOPE OF WORK FOR RFP

6th Floor East Floor repair and remediation 1

"For Official Use Only"

PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION:

6th Floor East Floor repair and remediation Erie VA Medical Center (Station 562) 135 East 38th Street Erie, Pennsylvania 16504

PROJECT NUMBER:

562-18-411

DATE:

May 10, 2018

1. DESCRIPTION OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED

Provide all personnel, labor, supervision, materials, tools and equipment necessary to remove the existing flooring, prepare the sub-base, install new LVT flooring and bases, install new door hardware where required, make improvements to existing doors, install hold down clips at acoustical ceilings, and other related jobs at the “6th Floor East Floor repair and remediation” project, as shown in the provided drawings. Scope of work to include, but is not limited to the following:

· The Contractor shall visit the Project location to familiarize himself with the existing conditions, prior to delivering his Proposal.

· Install ICRA partitions and maintain negative air in the work site as required by the ILSM specifications.

· Remove existing VCT, LVT and epoxy flooring, within the project limits. (Ceramic tile flooring in the existing showers area, identified as room 604 in the provided drawings, shall remain.)

· Remove all standard rubber bases, profiled rubber bases and epoxy cove bases within the project limits.

· Ensure that all mastic, adhesives and loose leveling materials are removed down to a suitable concrete substrate – use mechanical methods if necessary. COR shall approve substrate prior to proceeding.

· The Contractor shall provide Asbestos abatement on the whole existing vinyl flooring area, with the exception of the two areas that actually have LVT flooring (to be removed), identified as rooms 605 and 612 in the drawings provided. These two areas had already been abated. For all other areas to be abated, the Contractor shall consider the vinyl tiles and also the mastic beneath them, as part of the abatement. The Contractor shall follow VA specifications, on this procedure.

· The Contractor shall perform the flooring installation over sound existing concrete substrate and notify COR of any “hollow” or questionable areas.

· The Contractor shall apply a Portland cement based, self-leveling underlayment to provide a sound level surface for the LVT flooring installation.

· Repair as needed, all segments of gypsum board walls that get damaged from the existing rubber base removal.

· The Contractor shall inform the COR of any existing conditions that prevent him from performing the job as specified, and if any adjustments have to be done to the flooring installation, because of these existing conditions.

· Provide and Install new LVT flooring, following manufacturer’s recommendations. (Manufacturer, colors, models and patterns as specified in the provided drawings.)

· Provide and Install new profiled rubber bases, following manufacturer’s recommendations. (Manufacturer, model and colors as specified in the provided drawings.)

· Paint retouching on segments of walls that had to be repaired, because of the removal of the existing rubber bases.

· Provide and install new door hardware as shown in drawings. Repair existing wood doors, paint existing frames and metal doors, and perform all work related to the existing doors and frames, as described in the provided drawings, schedules and notes.

· Provide and install ceiling hold down clips, as shown in drawings.

· Provide and install handrails, as shown in drawings. Remove existing handrails and, patch and paint any damage to gypsum board walls that result from the removal of the existing handrails. This portion of the work shall be submitted as a Bid Option, and not considered as part of the Base Bid.

· Coordinate all work with Erie VAMC authorized personnel.

· Work to be performed on regular working hours, unless otherwise specified by the Erie, VAMC.

2. PRIVACY TRAINING

· VA Privacy and Information Security Awareness Course must be completed by all Contractors and Subcontractor employees assigned to VA Projects, prior to delivery of service.

· To complete the training modules, access courses electronically through EES at the following website: https://www.ees-learning.net/librix/loginhtml.asp?v=librix

◦ After you have gained access to the site, follow procedures to register if you are a new user, login using your username and password.

◦ Click “Available Courses” (left hand column).

◦ Enter FY11 in the “Keyword” from the “Advanced Search” section (center of page).

◦ Click “Search”.

◦ Select “VA Privacy and Information Security Awareness, and Rules of Behavior FY11”.

◦ Review the text version of the training modules and complete the certificates found at the end of the training modules.

◦ Provide to the COR, a copy of the completed training certificate(s).

3. CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE

• The Contractor will have sixty (60) calendar days from the “Notice to proceed” to complete all activities necessary to perform the construction job, as described in this Scope of Work. The sixty (60) days include receipt and approval of all submittals.

4. SECURITY BADGES/BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

• All prime contractor personnel and subcontractor personnel will be required to obtain a Flash Badge (Day Pass) prior to reporting to the jobsite. Within ten (10) business days prior to the personnel arriving at the work site, the General Contractor to whom award is made will be responsible for all personnel and subcontractor personnel completing the Background Investigation Request Worksheet and the VHA Service Center Contractor PIV Sponsorship Form and submitting it to the Personnel Security Officer at the Erie VA Medical Center. Badges will be issued to qualified personnel and must be worn and visible at all time while in VA property. The General Contractor will be responsible for completion of the VHA Security Center PIV Credentials Turn-In Inventory Report and forwarding it to the Contracting Officer at the end of the construction project. General Contractor is responsible for obtaining and turning in ALL badges.

5. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• The following technical specifications are considered part of the construction documents:

◦ Spec. 00 01 10 Table of Contents

◦ Spec. 01 00 00 General Requirements

◦ Spec. 01 33 23 Shop Drawings, Product Data and Samples.

◦ Spec. 02 82 13.19 Asbestos Floor Tile and Mastic Abatement.

◦ Spec. 08 71 00 Door Hardware

◦ Spec. 09 05 16 Subsurface Preparation for Floor Finishes.

◦ Spec. 09 65 13 Resilient Base and Accessories

◦ Spec. 09 65 19 Resilient Tile Flooring.

◦ Spec. 10 26 16.13 Handrails

6. PROVIDED DRAWINGS AND SCHEDULES

• The following drawings, schedules and notes are considered part of the construction documents:

◦ 6th Floor Dom. Flooring Layout 18x24

◦ Floor Plan with Project Limits 11x17

◦ A-1 Sixth Floor Arch. Plan – Additional Work 11x17

◦ A-2 Door Schedule – Legend and Notes 11x17

◦ A-3 Hardware Schedule 11x17

◦ A-4 Sixth Floor Reflected Ceiling Plan – Additional Work 11x17 image1.jpeg