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This is a Questions and Responses document for solicitation 36C24726Q0443, a third-party Fire Protection and Life Safety (FLS) Reviews contract issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 7.

The solicitation requires independent FLS reviews for eight individual VA projects. Key clarifications include: only one Fire Protection Engineer (FPE) is required per project (not a second separate FPE), and offerors may quote all eight projects as a single line item or quote each project separately. The eight projects under review are: Repair/Replace Mechanical HVAC and AHU Deficiencies in Buildings 120 and 129 (152 pages); Replace Boiler Plant in Building 12 (235 pages); Renovate Building 10 (150 pages); Install Dual Parallel Piping for Domestic Water and Fire Protection in Buildings 2, 4, and 4A (17 pages); Replace Roofs in Buildings 19, 20, 50, 51, and 62 (23 pages); Replace Flooring and Repair Walls in Building 1 (45 pages); Replace Mechanical and Air Handling Equipment in Building 1 (69 pages); and Fourth Floor Interior Build-Out (147 pages). VA declined to provide construction values or specify total billable hours for additional support beyond the FLS reviews, stating that offerors must determine the effort required to meet minimum scope requirements. Design completion status and project descriptions were provided in a separate FLS Review attachment included with the solicitation.

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1. FPE Review Requirement (PWS Page 5, Item B.2.B.vi) The PWS states that reports must be reviewed by “another FPE.” We’re unclear whether this is intended to mean:

0. A second FPE separate from the FPE already assigned to this effort, or

0. The same FPE identified for this team performing the review role.

0. Page 5 notes that the FPE’s name must be listed on the review form, but the form on page 10 only has space for one FPE name.

0. Page 53 refers to “the FPE” (singular).

Only one FPE is needed

1. Page 10 & 11, Table B.3: Please confirm that Item Number 0001 for the 8 projects, is a roll-up summary for the detailed Item Numbers 0002-0009. YES, so you can quote it as 8 jobs in one price, or you can quote each project separately.

1. Page 10, Table B.3 indicates this project would be for reviews of the 8 listed projects. Please provide additional information on the projects to be able to provide a competitive price, including approximate construction value, number of drawing pages, the design milestone(s) for which the reviews would be completed, and brief project scope summaries. For example, if VA can ‘group’ the projects into Small (up to 50 drawing sheets), Medium (51-150 drawing sheets), or Large (150+ drawing sheets), that will help all bidders accurately price the work. There was an additional attachment with the solicitation labeled FLS Review that contained the description of the project and how much of the design was complete. The construction value is not something we can share.

619A4-19-104 – Repair/Replace Mechanical HVAC and AHU Deficiencies in Bldgs. 120 and 129 (152 pages) 619A4-22-101 – Replace Boiler Plant in Building 12 (235 pages) 619A4-23-105 – Renovate Building 10 (150 pages) 619A4-23-106 – Install Dual Parallel Piping for Domestic Water and Fire Protection in Buildings 2, 4, and 4A (17 pages) 6194A-24-102 – Replace Roofs in Bldgs. 19, 20, 50, 51, and 62 (23 pages) 619-24-103 – Replace Flooring and Repair Walls in Building 1 (45 pages) 619-25-101 – Replace Mechanical and Air Handling Equipment – Bldg 1 (69 pages) 26-382.25 – Fourth Floor (Level 5) Interior Build-Out (147 pages)

1. If additional support is expected beyond the FLS reviews (e.g., verification of incorporation of comments in subsequent reviews, or meetings to discuss comments), please verify the total number of VA requested hours per project

I can’t give a total number of hours of additional support per project. That is for the offeror to determine how much time they need to do the minimum required scope.

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