Amendment 1 - Acoustic Clouds - 36C24425Q0899.pdf

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36C244

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 4 Wilkes-Barre VAMC 1111 East End Blvd Wilkes-Barre PA 18711 Commodities 1

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To all Offerors/Bidders

36C24425Q0899

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** HOUR & DATE for Receipt of Offers is EXTENDED to: 09-08-2025 16:00 EDT

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The purpose of this amendment is to provide vendor questions and answers to all bidders and to extend the solicitation due date.

The due date for this solicitation is hereby extended from 09/03/2025 at 16:00 EST to 09/08/2025 at 16:00 EST.

See continuation pages for question and answer.

ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REMAIN UNCHANGED.

Melvin Moore Contracting Officer

Question & Answer

Solicitation: Mercer Acoustical Clouds – 36C24425Q0899

Question 1: I am inquiring about the above notice and was wondering if you could provide any drawings of the building where the Acoustical Clouding will be going?

Answer: Yes please see attachment “Mercer_ACC”

Question 2: Are there are site visits for this project?

Answer: No building is currently being built

Question 3: Requesting pictures of where the Acoustical Cloud ceiling will be going in order to provide me with a better quote.

Answer: Unable to provide as the building is currently being built

Question 4: Is there a pdf of the furniture layout / room is available, or an AutoCAD drawing?

Answer: Yes please see attachment “Mercer_ACC”

Question 5: Also, do you have the ceiling height?

Answer: 9’-0”

Question 6: What is the style of the clouds (2D or 3D) as the specified type comes in both

Answer: 3D

Question 7: What is the height and composition (ceiling tile/drywall etc.) of the ceiling where these clouds will be installed?

Answer: 9’-0” / Drop Ceiling / Attaching to the Grid

Question 8: Para 4.0 Submission of quotation has several requirements that I believe are N/A or need clarification and are listed below with corresponding letter from the RFQ paragraph.

a. Drawings (floorplans, isometrics, shop drawings, typicals, etc.) - Floor plans were not provided in RFQ for bidders to include this requirement.

a. Attached Drawings (Mercer_ACC)

b. Bill of materials tagged by CLIN/room number/department, etc. - There is only 1 CLIN for materials listed and no room numbers, departments, or floor plans provided in RFQ for bidders to include this.

a. Attached Drawings (Mercer_ACC)

e. Physical finish samples. - The RFQ specifies Carnegie Xorel/Sahara Matte/6089 619 with a PET topper in color 551. Please verify these specifications and the fact that a physical

Answer: sample is not needed to provide quote.

a. physical samples can be due upon award not at time of quote for final verification prior to manufacturing vs at time of quote.

Question 9: can you can tell us how high the ceilings are in this facility? The installers need to know to provide a quote?

Answer: 9’-0”

Question 10: Ceiling conditions & mounting

• Please confirm ceiling type in the install areas (gypsum vs. suspended ACT/grid) and ceiling height.

Answer: Suspended Ceiling

• Is there any structural/above-ceiling access limitation we should plan for (e.g., hard lid, plenum congestion)?

Answer: No.

• Any seismic bracing or special anchorage requirements for these locations?

Answer: No

Question 11: Layout / prints

• Could you provide the reflected ceiling plans and cloud layout/prints identifying the four cubicle sets (8 clouds each) and two printer areas (2 clouds each), totaling 36 clouds? (SOW notes 24" circular clouds, suspended 6–9 inches below ceiling. )

Answer: please see attachment “Mercer_ACC”

Question 12: Coordination with building systems

• Please confirm minimum clearances to sprinklers/lighting to use (e.g., NFPA/VA standard distances).

• Any local fire marshal or VA safety review we should factor into schedule?

Answer: 18” from heads

Question 13: Labor standards

• Please confirm Davis–Bacon/prevailing wage applicability and provide the wage determination (county) for Hermitage, PA.

Answer: No Davis-Bacon/prevailing wage. This is a commodity purchase.

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