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626A4-24-502 Replace Bldg 2 Flooring and Lighting RFIs and Responses

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(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 626-24-1-4209-0002 626A4-24-502 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 9 (90C)

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1639 Medical Center Parkway, Suite 204 Murfreesboro TN 37129 90C Network Contracting Office 9 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (90C) 1639 Medical Center Parkway Suite 204 Murfreesboro TN 37129 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C24924B0002 11-02-2023

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626-3640162-4209-854200-3223 23NRNR000

x The purpose of this amendment is to provide the questions and answers for this project. Also, attached is the site visit sign in sheet.

Jeannette Morphew Contracting Officer

1. Please clarify if a superintendent can be a dual hat to cover the requirements of SSHO?

Yes

2. If no to the question above, will the SSHO need to be full-time for this project?

See question 1.

3. Please clarify if a superintendent can be a dual hat to cover the requirements of QA/QC?

Yes

4. If no to the question above, will the QA/QC need to be full time for this project?

See question 3.

5. Can a superintendent be a triple hat to cover the requirements of SSHO and QA/QC?

See first 4 questions.

6. Is the use of temporary plastic wall panels (such as STARC panels) acceptable?

Yes

7. Who is responsible for the terminal clean of the project area?

Contractor will clean.

8. Can the VA provide a count of the existing furniture and equipment to be relocated by the contractor as part of this project?

Bldg. 2 Approximately 36 desk, 15 bookshelves, 16 tables, 2 conference tables, and associated chairs.

Bldg.147 approximately 10 desk, 4 bookcases, and associated chairs.

Any computers, monitors, and printers will be removed by VA before contractor begins those areas.

9. Please clarify if this project will be required to be phased.

Rooms will be given that can be completed during a shift. Rooms will be functional between 0600-1700 Monday thru Friday.

10. If phasing is required, please identify the minimum number of rooms committed by the VA to be included in each phase.

See question 9.

11. Is the contractor to assume that all existing flooring to be removed in Building 2 contains asbestos?

Yes.

12. The drawings do not reference a scale and there are no dimensions to scale them. Please provide a scale to ensure our estimate is accurate.

SF has been provided.

13. The specifications call out 4400 square feet of ACM in building 2. The plans do not indicate rooms with ACM. Can the VA provide room numbers for asbestos abatement or a hazardous materials report identifying all areas with ACM?

Every room you are doing in Bldg. 2 has abatement, tile, mastic, or tile and mastic.

14. Do the other buildings contain any other ACM to be abated?

Only Bldg. 2 in this project tile and mastic..

15. Spec 08 71 00 Hardware Set 1.0 calls out an electrified strike. Does the opening for the door shown to be replaced already have power and PACS or do we need to install new?

It will not have pacs or electrified strike.

16. A. There do not appear to be ICRA barriers shown on the plans. This will be determined by the areas in which we can work concurrently. Will ICRA Will the signs need to be removed and reinstalled after the walls are painted?

Signs will be put up for duration of the activity.

B. Will ICRA barriers be needed at each room, or at the end of the corridor?

Will depend on how you phase it.

C. Will starc panels be accepted in lieu of hard ICRA barriers?

Yes

17. Will the signs need to be removed and reinstalled in order to paint the wall?

Signs will be outside the work area.

18. Are there any other items on the walls that will need to be removed or salvaged and reinstalled after painting?

All items will need to be removed and reinstalled.

19. This Note reads "Coordinate furniture and equipment removal with COR."

A. Will the VA be moving the furniture?

No, VA will only move computers , monitors and printers.

B. If moving furniture is the contractor’s responsibility, please identify the rooms with equipment, furniture, etc., the items to be moved, the location they will be moved to, and whether these items will be moved back.

All contents inside of area will be contractor’s responsibility to move in and out of space.

Location will be provided close by areas being worked.

20. With the ceilings getting removed in most areas of work, what should be done with any ceiling mounted devices such as fire alarm, security, WAP’s, etc?

Contractor will support them in place until new ceiling is installed,

21. According to note 7 on sheet 002, the contractor is to patch all walls. Please clearly define patch. Is this referring to damage from execution of this contract, or pre-existing damage?

Bldg. 2 will be all walls patched of any defections. Other walls will be patched only if contractor damages walls.

22. Note 1 on sheet 003 calls out rooms 105E and 105H as having gypsum ceilings to be painted. However, room 105H appears to have ACT not gypsum ceilings. Please confirm which rooms have hard ceilings requiring painting.

Both have hard ceilings and will be repainted.

23. Room 105D is shown on sheet 002 to receive new flooring. However, sheet 003 does not indicate ceilings to be replaced or painted. Please provide more details.

Will just be replacing flooring in this room.

24. A. It appears on sheet 005 that existing ceilings are to remain in the two rooms in bldg. 147. Is it the intent of the project to replace floors and ceilings in bldg. 2 but to only replace floors and no ceilings in bldg. 147?

Yes B. If ceilings are to be replaced in bldg. 147, what are existing ceilings?

Not replacing

25. A. Should the existing HM doors and frames be repainted?

Frames will be repainted.

B. If so, which doors are HM and which are wood?

26. Are all existing lighting conduit, conductors, and breakers to be reused?

Means and method

27. Will all existing HVAC grilles, register and diffusers be left in place and reused with the new ceiling system?

Yes

28. What is the door size in Bldg 1 room G11 to be replaced?

42”

29. There were areas that were inaccessible to the contractors during the site visit of BLDG 2 which made it difficult to count the amount of exact light switches and what they controlled exactly. Also, we did not verify if some lights were controlled by more than one location. Can you provide a legend with switches that denotes what lights they control? that way we can have a precise number to add to our estimated and provide the VA our best price possible.

Plan for 2 switches per room and each hallway and 6 switches in media room. Extra switches will be shelf stock for VA..

30. Also, what areas are the critical areas of operation in the hospital limited to the project scope? Are there offices or corridors that take priority over others?

No all areas will have to be operational M-F 0600-1630.

31. During site visit, COR stated that contractors were responsible for moving furniture. This section of the spec sheet states that VA personnel are responsible for moving furniture and items out of work area, can you please clarify which it is? (section 02 82 13.19 Asbestos Floor Title and Mastic Abatement; PART 2 - Products 2.2 Containment Barriers and Coverings in the regulated area A.General.2 Contractors are responsible for moving furniture.

32. Also, COR stated that contractors are limited to ONLY working either nights or weekends to avoid disturbing working operations. However, for the flooring abatement portion of this project, the entire carpeted floor of building 2 work area will be abated; will these offices/media rooms be vacated for the duration of the project and personnel be relocated to other office areas of the hospital?

No these offices will be operational M-F 0600-1630.

33. Sections referring to "Outside Utility Lines" but nowhere in the specs or scope of work mentions any explicitly utility line. There are no drawings of such said outside utility lines and during the site visit we were inside and saw no outside utility lines whether they were gas/water/electric. Can you please specify what utility lines are subject to the demo criteria?

None for this project.

34. In Bldg2: drawings call for two types of tiles in some areas. Is there a specific pattern/layout desired?

Will be provided during submittals for ID.

35. In Bldg2, pg 2 of drawings: Can we assume all floors getting replaced will contain asbestos and require abatement?

Yes

36. In all buildings: Does the VA plan to operate under full occupancy throughout the course of work, or shall phasing be in place?

Will operate under full occupancies.

See attached document: Site Visit Sign In Sheet.