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Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

Building 1

508 Fulton Street

Durham NC

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 100 Emancipation Drive Hampton VA 23667

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Specialist Alice Custis Alice.Custis@va.gov

757.722.9961 ext 18670

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE

The Durham VA Health Care System (DVAHCS), 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC. has a requirement for a contractor to furnish all labor, material, tools, supervision, quality control, and certified inspectors necessary to repair, replace, increase access to, inspect and certify the fire and smoke dampers identified in the Scope of Work below.

General Scope:

· The contractor shall be responsible for all demolition work to gain access to the broken fire dampers.

· The contractor shall be responsible for the asbestos removal and inspections.

· The contractor shall remove all construction debris they generate from the hospital and maintain a neat and tidy work area daily.

· The contractor shall remove four (4) failed fire dampers and replace with new UL555 rated fire dampers to match existing fire rating.

· Upon completion of damper replacement, the contractor shall be responsible for all restoration work to the area. The restoration work shall match in uniformity and quality to that of the original existing construction.

· The contractor shall inspect and provide documentation of the new fire damper functionality.

· List of dampers needing replacement. The location on the drawings indicated (in parenthesis).

i. FD-10B-1B-06

ii. FD-10B-2B-007

iii. FD-10-5B-04

iv. FD-10-3B-08

· The contractor shall increase access to four (4) fire dampers.

· The contractor shall be responsible for providing and installing new access doors or replacing smaller access doors with a minimum of 24”x24” doors in ductwork as needed to allow a technician to reach the fire damper for inspection.

· The contractor shall relocate any infrastructure, utilities, or obstructions necessary for access to the fire damper access doors including but not limited to electrical conduit, sprinkler pipe, HVAC and domestic water piping, medical gases, fire alarm, and communications cable.

· The contractor shall inspect and provide documentation of fire damper functionality.

· The contractor shall provide a written safety plan to the COR for approval prior to the commencement of work. This plan shall describe the contractor’s general safety program and shall identify specific safety hazards incidental to the contract work.

· The contractor shall secure and follow all instructions of an Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) for any work behind walls or above ceilings.

· The contractor shall submit a work schedule and submittals within 14 days of notice to proceed.

· The Durham VAHCS shall have 20 workdays to review and approve submittals.

· The contractor shall conduct all work in accordance with applicable building codes and the VA Specifications.

· The contractor shall be responsible for providing their own access to building codes.

FAR 36.204 Disclosure of the magnitude of construction project: Between $25,000 and $100,000.

NAICS: 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction Size Standard: $45.0M Annual Revenue Project Completion: The duration of the project is currently estimated at 180 calendar days from the issuance of a Notice to Proceed.

This project will be procured as a Veteran Owned Small Business (VSA) Set-Aside. Solicitation material will be available on/about July 23, 2024. Any specifications, drawings and amendments will be posted on this web site. Quotes will be due approximately 30 days after issuance of the solicitation. A site visit will be scheduled, and the date/time/location will be provided with the solicitation.

This notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for proposals/quotes. The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation as a result of this notice. No other information is available until issuance of the solicitation. No bidder’s list is maintained. All interested vendors should register on this website. It is the offerors responsibility to check the web site periodically for any amendments/notices to the pre-solicitation/solicitation. Prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at the time of the offer and award, SAM.gov | Home. SAM and Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) registration must be current and active to be eligible for contract award.

Useful Websites:

VetCert database is located at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/ Contract Opportunities is located at https://sam.gov/content/home Any questions regarding this announcement and all future announcements regarding this project must be emailed to Alice.Custis@va.gov . NO TELEPHONE REQUEST FOR BIDDING MATERIAL WILL BE ACCEPTED.

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