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Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

E. IMPORTANT:

is extended,

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning __________ copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY is not extended.

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is required to sign this document and return ___________ copies to the issuing office.

is not, A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

15C. DATE SIGNED

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

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Contractor

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 558-318 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 ATTN: Billie Kindschuh 3518 Westgate Drive Durham

NC

27707 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 ATTN: Billie Kindschuh 3518 Westgate Drive Durham

NC

27707 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C24619R0025 06-10-2019

X X X

3:00PM EDT 9 August 2019 X This solicitation is hereby amended. See the following pages for Request For Information responses, and additional corrections to this solicitation.

The purpose if this amendment is to:

A. Provide responses to the submitted Requests For Information. See below.

1. QUESTION: Please provide the manufacturer/contractor for the existing parking control equipment.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE: Federal ADP equipment

2. QUESTION: Please provide the manufacturer for the existing emergency telephone/call stations.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE: Call stations are Code Blue equipment

3. QUESTION: Please provide the manufacturer for the existing video surveillance.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE: ATLAS SOUND Rack SFD24 Rack; A-to-D Encoder blade, AXIS Q7436, 6-port; Power Supply, ALTRONICS R2416ULCB, 16 Channel; Switch, HP 1905-24-PoE; APC Pro 1500

4. QUESTION: Please provide the manufacturer for the existing lightning protection.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE: Commercial Lightning Protection

5. QUESTION: Please confirm that Simplex is the manufacturer for the existing fire alarm.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE: SimplexGrinnell equipment

6. QUESTION: Section 28 26 00 Electronic Personal Protection System and Section 27 52 31 Security Emergency Call, Duress alarm and Telecommunications appear to address the same scope of work. Please advise which specification should be utilized or how to differentiate between the two specifications.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE: Specification 28 26 00 governs. Specification 27 52 31 will be removed from the contract bid document.

7. QUESTION: The Structural Drawings indicate earthquake design data, but no seismic restraint specification exists. Is seismic bracing for MEP required?

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE: Yes, seismic restraint is required. See specifications. Specification 13 05 41 added.

8. QUESTION: According to GC101 Note 11, “Contractor shall refer to the Specification for information covered by the drawings. In case of conflict between drawing and specification, the most stringent requirements shall govern.” This is in conflict with the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Please advise on whether this drawing not or the FAR governs.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE: Drawing note governs.

9. QUESTION: Please provide the deck coating specification. It is shown in the table of contents but the specification does not exist.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE: See the attached specification, 07 18 00.

10. QUESTION: On sheet S1003, a special inspector is required to be hired by the General Contractor and approved by the building official and structural engineer but no definitive qualifications are provided. Please provide an objective minimum criteria that could be utilized to vet the qualifications and competence of the required special inspector.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE: Minimum of 10 years’ experience with similar size and type of construction contracts for the listed construction.

B. Extend the closing date for proposals from 25 July 2019 to 3:00PM EDT 9 August 2019.

C. Provide a corrected Exhibit A – Past Performance Questionnaire Request Letter correcting the due date from NLT January 26, 2018 to NLT 9 august 2019.

D. Correct the type of source selection from LPTA as identified on Page 8 under NOTICE #2 from Lowest Price Technically Acceptable to Best Value Tradeoff as identified on Page 22 under Section M, M.1 Evaluation Criteria (b) BASIS FOR CONTRACT AWARD BEST VALUE TRADEOFF source selection.

E. The following Specifications are provided.

F. The following Specification is hereby removed from the list of attachments.

1. Specification 27 52 31

See attached document: S02 Exhibit A - Past Performance Questionnaire.

See attached document: Specification 13 05 41.

See attached document: 07 18 00 Traffic Coating Specs.