36C24827Q0004_1.pdf

1. SOLICITATION NUMBER 2. TYPE OF SOLICITATION 3. DATE ISSUED PAGE OF PAGES

4. CONTRACT NUMBER 5. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER 6. PROJECT NUMBER

7. ISSUED BY CODE 8. ADDRESS OFFER TO

a. NAME b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (Include area code) (NO COLLECT CALLS)

10. THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THESE DOCUMENTS (Title, identifying number, date)

12a. THE CONTRACTOR MUST FURNISH ANY REQUIRED PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS?

(If "YES," indicate within how many calendar days after award in Item 12B.)

12b. CALENDAR DAYS

13. ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION REQUIREMENTS:

STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 8/2014) STANDARD FORM 1442

Prescribed by GSA-FAR (48 CFR) 52.236-1(d)

SOLICITATION, OFFER,

AND AWARD

(Construction, Alteration, or Repair)

SOLICITATION SOLICITATION

IMPORTANT - The "offer" section on the reverse must be fully completed by offeror.

9. FOR INFORMATION

CALL:

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations "offer" and "offeror" mean "bid" and "bidder".

SEALED BID (IFB)

NEGOTIATED (RFP)

11. The Contractor shall begin performance within ____________ calendar days and complete it within ____________ calendar days after receiving award, notice to proceed. This performance period is mandatory negotiable. (See _____________________________).

YES NO

a. Sealed offers in original and ___________________copies to perform the work required are due at the place specified in Item 8 by _____________ (hour) local time _____________________ (date). If this is a sealed bid solicitation, offers must be publicly opened at that time. Sealed envelopes containing offers shall be marked to show the offeror's name and address, the solicitation number, the date and time offers are due.

b. An offer guarantee is, is not required.

c. All offers are subject to the (1) work requirements, and (2) other provisions and clauses incorporated in the solicitation in full text or by reference.

d. Offers providing less than _______________________ calendar days for Government acceptance after the date offers are due will not be considered and will be rejected.

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36C24827Q0004

08-01-2026

516-26-117

36C248

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8)

Tampa FL 33637

DAVID HERNANDEZ 813-893-3904

PROJECT TITLE: BB Repair Steam Piping in Manhole Near Building 1

PROJECT NUMBER: 516-26-117

LOCATION: Bay Pines VAMC 10000 Bay Pines Blvd. St Petersburg FL 33744

NAICS:236220 COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

SERVICE CODE: Z1DA MAINTENANCE OF HOSPITALS AND INFIRMARIES

MAGNITUDE OF THIS PROJECT: Between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Contractor shall completely prepare the site for repairs, purchase, install and test all required steam pipes to repair the leak.

An organized site visit is scheduled for 08/13/2026 at 10:00 AM EST.

The cutoff for submission of RFIs was 8/21/2026 at 2:00PM EST, email to david.hernandez1@va.gov.

All VA Medical Facilities are smoke free. Smoking is not permitted anywhere on the Bay Pines VAMC

AT THE TIME OF QUOTE SUBMISSION, interested contractors MUST be actively registered in the following databases:

Small Business Search https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ and System for Award Management: SAM.gov | Home

THIS REQUIREMENT IS SET-ASIDE FOR VETCERT CERTIFIED, SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES (SDVOSB)

10 270

X X

1:00PM EDT

09-04-2026

14. NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR 15. TELEPHONE NUMBER

16. REMITTANCE ADDRESS

CODE FACILITY CODE

17. The offeror agrees to perform the work required at the prices specified below in strict accordance with the terms of the solicitation, if this offer is accepted by the Government in writing within __________ calendar days after the date offers are due.

AMOUNTS

18. The offeror agrees to furnish any required performance and payment bonds.

19. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS

AMENDMENT

NUMBER

DATE.

20a. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN OFFER 20b. SIGNATURE 20c. OFFER DATE

21. ITEMS ACCEPTED:

22. AMOUNT 23. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

24. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN ITEM 25. OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION PURSUANT TO 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)( ) 41 U.S.C. 3304(a) ( )

26. ADMINISTERED BY 27. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY

PHONE: FAX:

28. NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT 29. AWARD Your Contractor agrees offer on this solicitation is hereby accepted as to the items listed. This to furnish and deliver all items or perform all work requirements identified award consummates the contract, which consists of (a) the Government on this form and any continuation sheets for the consideration stated in solicitation and your offer, and (b) this contract award. No further cont-this contract. The rights and obligations of the parties to this contract ractual document is necessary.

shall be governed by (a) this contract award, (b) the solicitation, and (c) the clauses, representations, certifications, and specifications incorporated by reference in or attached to this contract.

30a. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTOR OR PERSON AUTHORIZED 31a. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER

TO SIGN

30b. SIGNATURE 30c. DATE 31b. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 31c. AWARD DATE

BY

OFFER

AWARD

STANDARD FORM 1442 (REV. 8/2014) BACK

(Include ZIP Code) (Include area code)

(Include only if different than Item 14.)

(Insert any number equal to or greater than the minimum requirement stated in Item 13d. Failure to insert any number means the offeror accepts the minimum in Item 13d.)

(The offeror acknowledges receipt of amendments to the solicitation -- give number and date of each)

(Type or print)

(4 copies unless otherwise specified)

(Type or print) (Type or print)

(Contractor is required to sign this document and return _______ copies to issuing office.)

(Contractor is not required to sign this document.)

(Must be fully completed by offeror)

(To be completed by Government)

CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL COMPLETE ITEM 28 OR 29 AS APPLICABLE

36C248

Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8)

8875 Hidden River Pkwy Tampa FL 33637

Financial Services Center

P.O. Box 149971 Austin TX 78714-9971

DAVID HERNANDEZ

VA-VHA-RPOE-2026-0021

Table of Contents

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

A.1 SF 1442 SOLICITATION, OFFER, AND AWARD (Construction, Alteration, or Repair) . 1

A.2 SF 1442 SOLICITATION, OFFER, AND AWARD (CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION,

OR REPAIR)– BACK

A.3 PRICE/COST SCHEDULE

ITEM INFORMATION

A.4 DELIVERY SCHEDULE

INSTRUCTION TO OFFERORS

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS TO BIDDERS/OFFERORS

2.1 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (NOV 2025) (DEVIATION)

2.2 52.222-5 CONSTRUCTION WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS—SECONDARY SITE OF

THE WORK (NOV 2025) (DEVIATION)

2.3 52.225-10 NOTICE OF BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENT—CONSTRUCTION

MATERIALS (MAY 2014)

2.4 52.228-1 BID GUARANTEE (SEP 1996)

2.5 52.228-17 INDIVIDUAL SURETY—PLEDGE OF ASSETS (BID GUARANTEE) (FEB

2021)

2.6 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

2.7 52.240-90 SECURITY PROHIBITIONS AND EXCLUSIONS REPRESENTATIONS AND

CERTIFICATIONS (NOV 2025) (DEVIATION)

2.8 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB

1998)

2.9 VAAR 852.228-72 ASSISTING SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED AND

VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES IN OBTAINING BONDS (DEC 2009)

2.10 VAAR 852.233-71 ALTERNATE PROTEST PROCEDURE (OCT 2018)

REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

3.1 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (OCT 2018)

3.2 52.209-13 VIOLATION OF ARMS CONTROL TREATIES OR AGREEMENTS—

CERTIFICATION (NOV 2021)

GENERAL CONDITIONS

4.1 52.203-14 DISPLAY OF HOTLINE POSTER(S) (NOV 2021)

4.2 52.204-19 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIONS AND

CERTIFICATIONS (DEC 2014)

4.3 52.211-12 LIQUIDATED DAMAGES—CONSTRUCTION (SEPT 2000)

4.4 52.219-14 LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING (NOV 2025) (DEVIATION)

4.5 52.219-28 POSTAWARD SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REREPRESENTATION (NOV

2025) (DEVIATION)

4.6 52.222-36 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES (NOV 2025)

(DEVIATION)

4.7 52.222-40 NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER THE NATIONAL LABOR

RELATIONS ACT (NOV 2025) (DEVIATION)

4.8 52.222-90 ADDRESSING DEI DISCRIMINATION BY FEDERAL CONTRACTORS

(DEVIATION APR 2026)

4.9 52.225-9 BUY AMERICAN—CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (DEVIATION) (NOV

2025)

4.10 SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

4.11 52.240-91 SECURITY PROHIBITIONS AND EXCLUSIONS (NOV 2025)

(DEVIATION)

4.12 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

4.13 52.236-21 SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS FOR CONSTRUCTION (AUG 2025)

(DEVIATION) ALTERNATE II (APR 1984)

4.14 VAAR 852.204-72 PERSONNEL VETTING AND CREDENTIALING (DEVIATION)

(MAR 2026)

4.15 VAAR 852.219-73 VA NOTICE OF TOTAL SET-ASIDE FOR CERTIFIED SERVICE-

DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES (JAN 2023) (DEVIATION)

4.16 VAAR 852.219-75 VA NOTICE OF LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING—

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION (JAN 2023)

(DEVIATION)

4.17 VAAR 852.236-71 SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS FOR CONSTRUCTION (APR

2019)

4.18 VAAR 852.236-79 CONTRACTOR PRODUCTION REPORT (APR 2019)

4.19 VAAR 852.236-80 SUBCONTRACTS AND WORK COORDINATION (APR 2019)

4.20 VAAR 852.242-70 GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT

ADMINISTRATION (OCT 2020)

4.21 VAAR 852.243-70 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CHANGES—SUPPLEMENT (SEP

2019)

4.22 MANDATORY WRITTEN DISCLOSURES

4.23 IT CONTRACT SECURITY

A.3 PRICE/COST SCHEDULE

ITEM INFORMATION

ITEM

NUMBER

DESCRIPTION OF

SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

1.00 JB ______________ ______________

516-26-117 Repair Steam Piping in Manhole Near Building 1 - This project shall repair/replace the jacked steam line and or compromised condensate lines in the manhole near building 1.

The objective of this work is three-fold.

First is to order long lead time Rovanco Underground steam piping.

Second is to install two (2) rental boilers in B71 and 101 to provide hot water for these buildings during the repair once the long lead pipes are delivered. These are the only buildings fed by this steam leg that houses patients overnight and therefore the primary focus of heating requirements. Even with preordering the exterior piping before shutting down the steam to this manhole, this repair will take weeks to complete. These boilers will need to be powered from diesel powered generator(s) as there is not sufficient available electrical power in the buildings.

Third is to purchase, install and test/commission all required steam piping to repair this leak including the Rovanco piping sections. This will include digging up the ground at least 6 foot away from this manhole to replace 2 sets of pipes that go into and come out of this manhole as well as replacing all piping and fittings inside the manhole.

Contract Period: Base POP Begin:

POP End:

PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: Z1DA - Maintenance of Hospitals and Infirmaries

GRAND

TOTAL

A.4 DELIVERY SCHEDULE

ITEM

NUMBER SHIPPING INFORMATION QUANTITY

DELIVERY

DATE

0001 SHIP TO: C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center. 10000 Bay Pines Blvd St. Petersburg, FL 33708 8200

USA

1.00 270 Calendar days After NTP

MARK FOR: Wade Maclaren

(727) 398-6661 ext 10404 Wade.Maclaren@va.gov

FOB: DESTINATION

INSTRUCTION TO OFFERORS

ISSUE DATE: 08/03/2026 PROPOSAL DUE DATE: 09/04/2026 at 1:00PM EST.

PROJECT TITLE: BB Repair Steam Piping in Manhole Near Building 1

PROJECT NUMBER: 516-26-117

LOCATION: Bay Pines VAMC 10000 Bay Pines Blvd. St Petersburg FL 33744

OFFICE ISSUING THIS REQUEST:

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 8

Point of Contact (POC): David Hernandez

Email: David.hernandez1@va.gov ; Phone: (813) 893-3904

PROJECT SUMMARY: This project contractor shall completely prepare site for building operations, including demolition and removal of existing structures, and furnish labor and materials to complete the BB Repair Steam Piping in Manhole Near Building 1 as required by SOW, drawings and specifications, following these steps:

The objective of this work is three-fold.

First is to order long lead time Rovanco Underground steam piping.

Second is to install two (2) rental boilers in B71 and 101 to provide hot water for these buildings during the repair once the long lead pipes are delivered. These are the only buildings fed by this steam leg that houses patients overnight and therefore the primary focus of heating requirements. Even with preordering the exterior piping before shutting down the steam to this manhole, this repair will take weeks to complete. These boilers will need to be powered from diesel powered generator(s) as there is not sufficient available electrical power in the buildings.

Third is to purchase, install and test/commission all required steam piping to repair this leak including the Rovanco piping sections. This will include digging up the ground at least 6 foot away from this manhole to replace 2 sets of pipes that go into and come out of this manhole as well as replacing all piping and fittings inside the manhole.

PART I – GENERAL INFORMATION

1. All references to “Bid” or “Bidder” shall be understood to mean “Offer” or “Offeror”.

2. MAGNITUDE OF THIS PROJECT: Between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00

3. SITE VISIT: An organized site visit is scheduled on 08/13/2026 at 10:00 AM EST. Meet at

Bldg. 24 Facility Management Services (FMS) 3rd Floor entrance adjacent to the elevators to be escorted by the COR into the facility. Please contact Chief of Maintenance and Operations Wade Maclaren at Wade.Maclaren@va.gov to confirm attendance. Technical questions are not allowed during the site visit. Please record your questions and submit them to the Contracting Officer as an RFI by the date indicated in #5 below.

4. OFFER ACCEPTANCE PERIOD: Offers providing less than one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days for Government acceptance after the date offers are due will not be considered and will be rejected.

5. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION: Requests for Information (RFIs) shall be submitted by the prime contractor, through the Point of Contact (POC) email David.hernandez1@va.gov No mailto:David.hernandez1@va.gov mailto:Wade.Maclaren@va.gov telephone RFIs will be accepted. The cutoff for submission of RFIs was 8/21/2026 at 2:00PM EST, email to david.hernandez1@va.gov.

6. SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS: All applicable specifications and drawings, if available, will be provided electronically in SAM.gov as attachments to this RFP. No hard copies will be made available to proposing contractors.

7. Any reference contained within contract specifications and/or drawings to the “VA Engineer”, “Resident Engineer”, “Senior Resident Engineer”, “Project Manager”, Contracting Officer Technical Representative, or their abbreviations are to be replaced with “Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)”.

8. SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS VERIFICATION:

Subsequent contracts are 100% set asides for verified SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN- OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB). The award of this requirement shall not be delayed due to loss of SDVOSB verification. PROPOSALs submitted by non-certified by Small Business Search https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ shall be excluded from award consideration.

8.1 Small Business Verification: The Government will review Small Business Search https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ to confirm SDVOSB status verification for the submitted PROPOSAL. Evaluations will be performed on PROPOSALs submitted by verified SDVOSB only. The Contracting Officer will use the UEI to verify that the Offeror has an active Federal Government contracts registration in SAM. IAW FAR 52.204-7(b)(1)(iii).

9. LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING (Reference Contract Clause VAR 852.219-75 for further information) Please, fully complete and return the LIMITATION ON

SUBCONTRACTING.

10. FUNDS. Funds are not presently available for this contract. (Reference Contract Clause FAR 52.232-18)

11. BONDS (Reference Contract Clause FAR 52.228-15 for further information on applicability). A payment and performance bond shall be provided. The penal sum shall be one hundred percent (100%) of order price. Bonds and other payment protection shall be provided within ten (10) calendar days of award of the Contract. Notice to proceed will not be issued until the Contractor provides sufficient bonding to cover the work being performed

12. OFFER GUARANTEE: BID BOND – (SUBMIT WITH YOUR PRICE PROPOSAL USING

FORM SF24) per FAR Clause 52.228-1 -Bid Guarantee, the amount of the bid guarantee shall be 20 percent of the bid price or $3,000,000, whichever is less. Provide with PRICE PROPOSAL.

NOTE: A scanned copy of the original is acceptable. Bond Seal must be visible.

13. SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD (SUBMIT WITH PROPOSAL): Offerors shall submit information that specify the contractor in question has no more than three serious, or one repeat, or one willful OSHA or EPA violation(s) in the past three (3) years and has an Experience Modification Rate (EMR) that shall not exceed 1.0. If there is no EMR, state the reason way no EMR is available. EMR greater than 1.0 will not be acceptable. Offerors are required to complete and submit attached Past safety and environmental record or any other form that provided the above information. Offerors with an EMR greater than 1.0 will be considered ineligible and will not be evaluated.

14. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE PERIOD: Refer to SF1442, Block 11, for contract performance period. Performance period shall be commenced upon receipt of written Notice to Proceed (NTP) performed in concurrent or sequential phases as indicated or required.

15. WAGE DETERMINATION: Wages for all contractors and subcontractors must comply with Davis Bacon Wage Determinations. The current Davis Bacon determination is General Decision Number: FL20260222 dated 05-18-2026. Be advised that the determination that is current at the https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ time of the Contract award is the determination that will apply for the project. Current determinations are always available at: https://sam.gov/wage-determinations.

16. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 270 calendar days after receipt of written Notice to Proceed performed in concurrent or sequential phases as indicated or required. If you anticipate long lead times for project materials, state this in the technical PROPOSAL with your anticipated lead time for the specific item

II. PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND EVALUATION INFORMATION

1. PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTION: To ensure timely and equitable evaluation of

PROPOSALs, offerors must follow the instructions contained herein. In order for PROPOSALs to receive full consideration for award, offerors should ensure that the information furnished in support of the PROPOSAL is factual, accurate, and complete, and directly responds to the requirements of this RFQ.

NOTE: Your PROPOSAL shall be submitted as portable data files (pdf), and documents submitted shall be no larger than 7 Mega Bytes (MB) in size. Send document in separate files as deemed necessary. If separate files are submitted for specific submission, offeror shall include in the subject line right after required subject title, email number followed by the emails total to be submitted for specific submission.

2. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: All PROPOSALS shall be submitted by the prime contractor no later than (NLT) 09/04/2026 at 1:00PM EST. (subject to amendment) through the Point of Contact email David.hernandez1@va.gov . NO OTHER FORMS OF SUBMISSION WILL BE

ACCEPTED.

Undeliverable emails due to an offeror’s PROPOSAL size, using wrong email address, or other transmission errors, is not the responsibility of the Government.

NOTE: To be considered and accepted as timely the PROPOSAL must be received in its entirety prior to the deadline. Failure to provide a PROPOSAL in its entirety prior to the deadline will result in the proposal will not be evaluated.

A. BASIS FOR AWARD: “The Government will award one firm-fixed-price contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal conforms to the solicitation and represents the best value to the Government.

The source selection process will utilize FAR Parts 15.103-1 (Tradeoff). considering the factors set forth below:

Factor 1 – Technical/Management Approach Factor 2 – Specialized Experience Factor 3 – Schedule Factor 4 - Past Performance Factor 5 – Price

All non-priced factors are equally important. All non-priced factors (Factors 1-4) when combined are approximately equal to price (Factor 5).

The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without conducting discussions with offerors. However, the Government reserves the right to hold discussions if the Contracting Officer determines them to be necessary.

B. PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: The following must be included in the offeror’s PROPOSAL:

mailto:David.hernandez1@va.gov

Cover Page with: Bid Build Project, RFP (Solicitation) Number, Project Title and Project Number, Company Information (Primary points of contact, email, address, phone numbers (including area code), DUNs number, Cage code, EUI, etc.)

Table of Contents Signed SF 1442, with Blocks 14-20C completed including acknowledgement of any

Amendments issued.

Completed Experience Modification Rate (EMR) Form Completed Bid Bond (FORM SF24)

VETS 4212 FORM

Completed and signed VAAR 852.219-75 (The formal certification must be completed, signed and returned with the offeror's bid, quotation, or proposal. The Government will not consider offers for award from offerors that do not provide the certification, and all such responses will be deemed ineligible for evaluation and award.)

Required Submittals for Factor 1 – Technical/Management Approach Required Submittals for Factor 2 – Specialized Experience Required Submittals for Factor 3 – Schedule Required Submittals for Factor 4 - Past Performance Required Submittals for Factor 5 - Price

COMPLETED PRICE SCHEDULE (Total of Proposed Price of each CLIN). The price PROPOSAL shall be submitted separate from the technical PROPOSAL. The proposed prices will be analyzed for reasonableness. No pricing information shall be included in the technical submittals.

PRICE EVALUATION: The Government will initially review pricing independently from the factor evaluation. “Price will be evaluated for reasonableness using one or more of the techniques set forth in FAR Part 15.404-1(b).”

FACTOR I - Technical/Management Approach. Narrative: 5-page maximum (excluding EMR documentation)

1. In a narrative format, diagrams and/or drawings describe in detail how the offeror intends to meet or exceed all performance areas stated in the solicitation/statement of work/attachments for Project 516-26-117: Repair Steam Piping in Manhole Near Building 1. Provide technical methods and procedures that reflect a construction approach unique to the site and facility.

2. Describe any technical difficulties that may be encountered in a project of this type. Provide a narrative of preventative measures or potential solutions to overcome these issues that are included in the offeror’s proposal and your firm’s approach to risk analysis and mitigation.

3. Organizational Chart and Narrative – Clearly describe the prime responsible firm (or firms if a J/V) and individuals as well as the roles and responsibilities of individuals proposed as key consultants and subcontractors. Provide a list of all consultants and all proposed major subcontractors, including telephone number, address, and name of contact.

At a minimum, At a minimum, key personnel for this job shall include:

Site Superintendent Quality Assurance Manager Site Safety and Health Officer Project Manager

4. The narratives for the Site Superintendent, Quality Assurance Manager, Site Safety and Health Officer, and Project Manager must show a minimum of five (5) years’ experience for each respective discipline on a project of similar size, scope, and complexity. The Quality Assurance Manager may be the same individual as either the superintendent or project manager but must show the minimum of five (5) years’ experience for each respective discipline.

5. Describe your firm’s approach to infection control, quality control, and construction safety for the proposed project. Submit your current Experience Modification Rate (EMR), which compares your company’s annual losses in insurance claims against its policy premiums over three years.

6. EVALUATION CRITERIA – TECHNICAL/MANAGEMENT APPROACH: The information provided will be used to evaluate the depth of each offeror’s technical understanding of the project and its management abilities.

More credit will be given for approaches that meet or exceed the project requirements.

Proposals which fail to demonstrate the minimum experience for each respective discipline will result in the proposal being removed from consideration and the proposal shall be ineligible for award.

Your EMR shall not exceed 1.0. This information shall be obtained from the bidder’s/offeror's insurance company and be furnished on the insurance carrier’s letterhead.

An EMR of more than 1.0 will result in no further consideration of the proposal. Failure to submit an EMR rating will result in no further consideration of the proposal.

FACTOR II – Specialized Experience. Narrative: 5-page maximum.

1. The offeror is required to submit a minimum of three (3) but no more than five (5) example projects demonstrating your firm’s experience and capability similar to BB Repair Steam Piping in Manhole Near Building 1. These demonstrations in similar experience and capability shall be in a healthcare environment with trade coordination work and display the firms’ experience with cost control, quality of work, adaptability, and compliance with performance schedules on a project of similar scope and size. These examples shall include:

The prime and/or subcontractors proposed team that they were involved in the submitted projects, and the tasks carried out by each.

The original and final costs and periods of performance of the projects, with an explanation of any differences.

How the submitted example is similar to this project.

2. Offeror shall provide example projects that best represent the Offeror’s work experience and capability required on this project, completed within the past five (5) years from the issuance date of this solicitation, or that are currently ongoing and substantially complete (at least 75% construction progress completed). These examples shall include the prime and/or subcontractors proposed for this project that were involved in the submitted projects and the tasks carried out by each.

3. Offerors are responsible for providing project descriptions in sufficient detail to permit evaluation of project relevancy to this procurement and shall explain how the submitted example is similar to this one.

4. In this context, “Offeror or Offeror’s” refers to the proposed prime contractor, and all proposed major subcontractor(s).

5. If the project is older than five (5) years, it will be considered less relevant.

6. Definitions:

a. Size – A high pressure steam/condensate piping repair contract valued greater than $3M. All submitted project experiences must meet this requirement.

b. Scope – A project to repair buried jacketed high pressure steam piping and or condensate system (s).

c. Complexity – A project that requires a level of activities (labor, subcontracting, coordination of trades, equipment, materials, management, supervision, etc.) and construction efforts that are similar to those required for this solicitation’s project scope. The offeror’s submitted projects should demonstrate similarity in the interrelated work features required in executing multiple construction activities.

Similarities in features include, but are not limited to, architectural, structural, electrical, and mechanical design, as well as construction project elements such as high-pressure certified welding.

7. EVALUATION CRITERIA – EXPERIENCE: The information provided will be used to evaluate the relevancy and depth of each Offeror’s specialized experience.

The more recent and relevant experience, the more credit will be given.

The Government will place greater importance on projects performed as a prime contractor than as a subcontractor.

The Government will place greater importance on projects that were performed at a VA

HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT, depending upon overall role and relevant considerations.

FACTOR III – Schedule

1. The proposal shall provide a proposed progress schedule. The progress schedule will be in a time scaled bar graph format. The horizontal axis will be scaled for time beginning with the Notice to Proceed and concluding with contract completion.

2. The vertical axis SHALL shows the milestones and major portions of the contract work.

Milestones SHALL include such items as material submissions, submittal acceptance, partial and final inspections, punch list completion, testing, etc. All scheduled items SHALL show a start date and a completion date, and the critical path shall be clearly identified on the schedule.

The detailed schedule SHALL indicate specific tasks with dates for each step of the process including: Mobilization; Demolition; Construction; Provisions for overtime or shift work; Timing of relocation of existing utilities; Commissioning; Tests and final inspection. Task durations shall be expressed in calendar days.

The Offeror shall specify how much allowance has been made for bad weather or other unforeseen delays, the days of the week and the hours of construction operations during each phase of the work, and the percentage of contract completion that SHALL be achieved at the end of each month of the contract. If there is a long lead time for materials, please note this in your proposal.

In a narrative, the contractor shall highlight any potential problems that could affect the project schedule and provide possible contingency plans or potential solutions to avoid such issues.

EVALUATION CRITERIA - SCHEDULE: The information provided will be used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, and any deficiencies in the schedule submission and narrative.

a) Schedules that do not meet the overall period of performance or other timelines outlined in the statement of work/specifications will result in the proposal being removed from consideration and the proposal shall be ineligible for award unless a firm justification is provided.

b) The exclusion of any major phases of work in the schedule will result in the proposal being removed from consideration and the proposal shall be ineligible for award unless a firm justification is provided.

FACTOR IV: Past Performance:

The vendor shall provide, at minimum, completed Past Performance surveys and/or CPARs for at least 3, but no more than 5 projects of similar scope, complexity, and cost. If available, PPQs/CPARs of the projects submitted in Factor 2 shall be included. Past performance information may be obtained from references provided by the offeror and from other sources known to the Government or learned during the course of the evaluation. Each offeror will be evaluated on its performance for similar type of projects.

The government will focus on information that demonstrates quality of performance relative to the size and complexity of the procurement.

A. In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance, in accordance with FAR 15.104(b)(3) Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance.

B. The prime contractor shall provide completed Past Performance surveys of and present documented proof that they have performed projects that required work similar in size and scope to this project in the past 5 years (These examples can be the same projects as in Factor 2 or different projects); This may include a past performance from a 1ST-tier sub-contractor. Note:

Any teaming or proposed sub-contractor arrangement you are submitting as part of this proposal for evaluation must remain intact through contract completion unless otherwise approved by the VA. It is required. The VA needs the consent to review/consider subcontractor information Consent Letters executed by each subcontractor, teaming partner, and/or joint venture partner, authorizing the release of past performance information to the Government. Failure to provide a consent letter will preclude the Government from considering the past performance information of the subcontractor. In addition to PPQs/CPARS, provide the following information for each example:

Project Number, Title, and location or facility performed (At least two (2) of the projects submitted must be the same or similar work to the project described in the solicitation) All projects submitted must be at least 75% complete.

Contracting Officer and COR Name and contact information, telephone, and email Total Project Value and duration.

List of subcontractors.

Initial/Final award amount.

State any change orders that occurred during the project performance and the reason behind the change.

Pictures of completed work.

Detailed description of work, including trades involved (identify the percentage of self-performed work).

Explanation of why the projects were selected as the same or similar and how the experience obtained on the submitted project is pertinent to the execution of this project.

EVALUATION CRITERIA – PAST PERFORMANCE: The information presented by the vendor, together with information from other sources available to the Government, will be the basis for evaluation under this factor. As part of this evaluation, VA will consider the relevancy of the projects submitted, to include the size and scope/complexity. The Government may contact references and contact parties other than those identified by the offeror, and information received may be used in the evaluation of the offeror’s Past Performance. The evaluation will consider Past Performance information regarding predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant experience, or subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement when such information is relevant to this acquisition. If multiple subcontractors are provided for the same discipline, the government will use the lowest rated subcontractor in the evaluation. The Government reserves the right to obtain and evaluate Past Performance information from any source it deems appropriate.

The Past Performance evaluation will consider the recency and relevancy of the past performance submissions as discussed above, and Offerors will be assigned an overall confidence rating based on the Government’s expectation the Offeror will successfully accomplish the current requirements. In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance, in accordance with FAR 15.104(b)(3) Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance.

“THE VA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER PAST PERFORMANCE FROM

OTHER VA STATIONS, CPARS AND OTHER SOURCES.”

Narrative – 5-page maximum CPARS/PPQ – No maximum page limit FACTOR V – PRICE – “Price will be evaluated for reasonableness using one or more of the techniques set forth in FAR Part 15.404-1(b).”

END OF SECTION

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

Repair and replacement of Steam pipes inside and outside of underground manhole structure at Bay

Pines VA medical Center.

POP 270-Calendar days

Authority & Governing Guidance This SOW is developed in accordance with FAR Part 36, FAR Part 11, VAAR Part 836, VAAR 852 construction clauses, and the VA Acquisition Manual (VAAM).

1. Background / Purpose Bay Pines VHA uses steam to create hot water used for heating buildings and to make domestic hot water. The pipes that carry this steam leave the boiler plant (Building #100F) and go underground out to locations where the steam is used. If there are locations where this underground steam diverges and goes to two separate buildings this is done in a manhole.

There is a steam manhole between buildings 1 and 111 on the Bay Pines VHA campus. This manhole is the junction point for the steam as it leaves the energy plant and splits to feed buildings 1, 22 and 23 via one pipe and buildings 71/101, 2, and 37 via another pipe. There is an active steam leak in this manhole.

The evaluation of this leak will rely heavily on facility drawings, facility Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and what can safely be assessed without shutting off steam in this area. Due to the extent of the leak, facility SMEs recommend only shutting off the steam once repairs are in progress otherwise it is unlikely that the steam line can be recharged without further extensive damage. Shutting down this steam line will leave no heat to the buildings listed above until the leak is fixed. It is anticipated this leak will take several months to repair due to long lead times expected for materials and the amount of work to be done.

The piping on the exterior of this manhole is a proprietary jacketed system.

To reduce the downtime for both the pipe inside and outside the manhole new sections of this pipe, valves and other anticipated fittings will need to be ordered to ensure all possible leak and repair situations are covered before shutdowns happen and repairs begin. This work is necessary to eliminate the safety risk posed by the active leak. Additionally, these repairs will enhance the reliability of the steam/condensate system at the facility.

2. SCOPE OF WORK

The objective of this work is three-fold.

First is to order long lead time Rovanco Underground steam piping.

Second is to install two (2) rental boilers in B71 and 101 to provide hot water for these buildings during the repair once the long lead pipes are delivered. These are the only buildings fed by this steam leg that houses patients overnight and therefore the primary focus of heating requirements. Even with preordering the exterior piping before shutting down the steam to this manhole, this repair will take weeks to complete. These boilers will need to be powered from diesel powered generator(s) as there is not sufficient available electrical power in the buildings.

Third is to purchase, install and test/commission all required steam piping to repair this leak including the Rovanco piping sections. This will include digging up the ground at least 6 foot away from this manhole to replace 2 sets of pipes that go into and come out of this manhole as well as replacing all piping and fittings inside the manhole.

SCOPE OF WORK (RENTAL)

NOTE: Before the rental systems are procured and put into operation, all new underground piping needs to be ordered from Rovanco. Planning for and obtaining of the items needed for the rental systems can be done to coincide with an anticipated delivery date of the pipe. Once these new pipes have been received on site is when rental systems can be installed and started up.

Communication of these events to VHA FMS staff is critical.

1. To keep heat and domestic hot water to the patient occupied buildings of the CLC (71 and

101) vendor shall provide all required systems and piping connections to provide heating hot water and domestic hot water to these buildings.

2. Vendor will provide/install electric powered hot water boilers. These boilers will be located inside the mechanical rooms of B71 and B101. During similar recent repairs of this line, a Lattner, S165 LW (16.5 HP) and a TB-209 (27.5 HP) boiler were used for this purpose.

a. It is responsibility of the vendor to verify the sizing of each of these boilers based on the heating hot water and domestic hot water heat exchanger sizes in the buildings as these temporary boilers will be used for both heating hot water and domestic hot water. The above can be used for reference.

b. Spool pieces of piping are available on site to be used to connect these boilers to the buildings heating hot water systems. Spool pieces are VA property and will be returned to the VA at the end of the rental period.

c. Final connection from the boiler to the spool piece needs to be done with high temperature rubber hose. Vendor will be responsible for fabricating and installing this hose for each boiler.

d. Vendor will be responsible for all required maintenance of these boilers for the duration of the rental.

e. In the event of a failure that is not repairable within 24 hours vendor will provide replacement boiler(s) within 36 hours.

3. Vendor shall provide/install a diesel generator(s) large enough to power these boilers.

a. Vendor is responsible for sizing of these generators to ensure they are the right size and power (Volts, amps, phase) for the boilers.

b. Vendor will NOT be responsible for keeping these generator(s) fueled. VHA staff will ensure the fuel level in these generator(s) is checked daily and filled as needed. This will include checking the oil level while the generator is off for refueling.

c. Vendor will be responsible for all other required maintenance of these generator(s) for the duration of the rental. Oil changes, coolant level inspections /changes and other preventive maintenance required by the manufacturer.

d. In the event of a failure that is not repairable within 12 hours vendor will provide a replacement generator within 24 hours.

4. Maintenance of the boilers and generators shall be planned to coincide with each other, when possible, to limit down time.

All planned maintenance shall be communicated to the COR for this project at least 1 week in advance and any emergency maintenance shall be communicated as soon as possible.

5. Vendor will provide all electrical power cords needed to safety go between generator(s) and boilers.

This will include any cable protection needed for areas power cords will cross walkways, roads, loading docks or other paths.

6. Vendor shall provide/install temporary fence around generator(s) for duration of the rental period. Minimum height: 6 feet. Double locked with vendor and VA lock to allow VA access.

7. Vendor will start up and verify full operation of this rental system. This start up can be done on a weekday.

All systems (generator and boiler) shall be tested for full operation before final connections are made to reduce downtime.

8. Once the rental systems to provide hot water (heating and domestic) are complete to B101 and B71 then the steam to the manhole can be shut down and Locked Out-Tagged Out

(LOTO).

9. Once the need for the rental system is complete, vendor will be responsible for disconnecting the boilers from the piping systems and restoring hot water systems to their original configurations. This cannot be done until steam line has been repaired and steam is restored to B71and B101 mechanical rooms.

SCOPE OF WORK (LEAK REPAIR)

NOTE: All piping, fittings, valves, welding and other associated work done for this repair shall follow VHA TIL specs associated with this Statement of work. There are other requirements throughout this section that are above and beyond these specs.

1. All HPS (high pressure steam) and PC (pumped condensate) pipes are being replaced.

This applies for pipes internal and external to the manhole. (External to ~6 feet of the manholes or to the anchors, whichever is further)

2. Investigations/assessments of the pipe outside the manhole are permissible before the steam system is shut down.

a. No shutdown of the existing system to investigate the inside of the manhole is allowed.

b. Investigation holes are not required to be back filled, install 6-foot-tall chain link fence around the investigation locations.

3. Vendor shall work with Rovanco piping company to obtain 4 pieces of jacketed pipe to be used to replace the pipe on the exterior of the manhole.

a. Pipe must match the pipe defined in Rovanco drawings in Appendix B located in drawings section of this package.

b. For the pipes that go to the West of the manhole (to Building 1) and to the North of the manhole (from B100) there is a concrete anchor (thrust block) within 5 feet of the manhole. Enough pipe will have to be ordered to allow this anchor to be replaced and these sections of pipe will need the anchor detail (from drawing set) to allow the anchor to be replaced.

If exploratory digs are necessary to determine the exact location of these anchors and the amount of pipe to be ordered, that is allowed.

Holes will not have to be refilled, just will need to be protected by fencing. (6’ chain-link)

c. All pipes that go to the south of the manhole (to B71) do not need to be replaced.

d. The underground High Pressure Condensate pipes (From b100 into Manhole and from Manhole to B71) are not being replaced. They shall be labeled/marked and abandoned in place.

e. Rovanco will determine the amount of total pipe that needs to be ordered and the materials and procedures to be followed for installing these sections of pipe. Pipe will not be ordered from Rovanco without them creating a drawing set for this order with installation instructions.

f. These sections of pipe shall all have Rovanco manufactured above ground end seals on the ends going into the manhole.

Carrier pipe for each pipe section shall extend at least 3 foot past the end plate for connection of the piping inside the manhole.

g. This step (ordering the pipe) is critical to happen first. This pipe has a long lead time, and no other work can happen on this project until this pipe has an anticipated delivery date, or the pipe has been delivered to the site.

h. It is critical to follow all Rovanco handling and storage recommendations for this pipe. Damage to the pipe, rusting of the pipe, wet insulation will render this section of pipe unusable, and they will have to be replaced at vendors cost.

This includes unloading of the pipe, when the pipe is being stored on site and while it is being installed.

4. Vendor shall work with the COR to provide a LOTO procedure for the steam to the manhole. This shall include all HPS, HPC, PC and electrical sources of energy into that manhole.

LOTO procedure shall include photos of all valves that will be locked

5. The exterior work around this manhole will need a dewatering system to ensure water is removed from the excavations. Vendor needs to plan for that.

6. Once ends of the underground PC pipes are exposed vendor shall hydrostatically pressure test all pipes to 113 PSIG. These pipes are

a. the PC pipe from B100 towards Manhole

b. the PC pipe to B1 from Manhole

c. the PC pipe to B71/101 from Manhole

d. This test has to be done in conjunction with the FMS plumbing shop to prevent damage to systems. A work plan submission will be required for this test. (All valves from / to these buildings should be off and LOTO prior to work starting)

7. Vendor shall install four new sections of Rovanco pipe.

Care shall be taken to ensure water does enter the jacketed part of the pipe left underground, does not saturate the insulation of the pipe remaining in the ground and that debris or water does not enter steam or PC carrier pipes.

8. The contractor is required to coordinate having a Rovanco representative on site at least twice during the installation to inspect the installation. Once after the welding of the carrier pipe to inspect the weld and installation of the carrier insulation and once during the installation of the field applied foam insulation, HDPE split mold and Polyethylene wrap shrink material.

9. Replace all HPS and PC piping in the manhole. Piping shall meet all requirements of the 33 63 00 VHA Spec.

a. Details for existing piping in manhole can be found in the drawings section of this package.

b. No unions are allowed unless noted. Unions shall be done with flanges.

c. No cast iron pipe or fittings allowed

d. No A307 bolts are allowed for any part of the steam or PC piping system.

e. All pipe and fittings shall be manufactured in the USA

f. Replacement Piping can follow existing routing or be modified. New piping cannot block access to manhole structure via the existing manholes.

10. Replace all HPS and PC valves that exist on manhole now.

a. HPS valves shall be 300 GATE.

b. PC valves shall be 150 GATE

c. Gaskets shall be FLEXITALLIC

11. Add HPS and PC valves to the B101/71 pipes. If piping layout needs to be adjusted from original to allow these valves to not be tight to the exterior walls of the manhole, pipe layout shall be adjusted.

12. All HPC pipe in the manhole shall be removed.

a. HPC pipes coming into and leaving manhole shall have PC rated valves installed on it.

13. Replace the steam trap in the manhole along with associated strainer, check valve, and isolation valve. Use a bucket trap. Steam trap and union for it shall be threaded.

14. Install a sparge flash arrestor in the PC pipe to allow the condensate from the trap to be introduced into the PC pipe. Sparge flash arrestor shall have flanges on it. This unit shall be a Watson McDaniel FA Flash Arrestor or equivalent. Unit shall be SS.

b. Connect the steam trap to this sparge flash arrestor per the manufacturer’s specifications.

15. Replace all link seals for all pipes into and out of the manhole (including the HPC pipes and sump pump pipe.)

16. All welding shall follow ASME B31.1 and further comply with the following:

a. All butt welds on steam and condensate piping systems shall have GTAW root pass. Backing rings shall not be used.

This requirement is for all piping inside and outside of the manhole.

b. 100% of welds will be visually inspected.

c. 100% of all undergrounds welds shall be evaluated with ultrasonic testing

(UT) by phased array. All persons performing and evaluating ultrasonic examinations will be certified for NDT Level II as recognized by the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ANST). In lieu of UT, radiography testing can be performed, but this requires all persons within a 25 to 50 feet radius to be cleared out during the film exposure. This applies to carrier pipe only.

d. 10% or 2 welds (whichever is higher) of welds in the manhole shall be evaluated with ultrasonic testing by phased array.

17. All new HPS piping shall be hydrostatically pressure per 33 63 00 VHA Spec.

18. All new PC…