Santa Cruz - RFI Responses_100126.pdf

Santa Cruz CBOC (36C24W26R0077): Offeror RFI Questions and Answers

# Question Answer

Area Table 1.1 in the ASR does not list all rooms shown in the

Conceptual Floor Plan. Are we to follow the Area Table or the

Conceptual Floor Plan?

Offerors should follow the revised Area Table 1.1 for required rooms and square footage. The

Conceptual Floor Plan is for illustration only and shows one possible layout.

Reference attached file: Area Table 1.1_Rev1_093026

The Conceptual Floor Plan notes the need for a Mobile Medical Unit parking space, but it is not specifically requested elsewhere in the

ASR. Is a Mobile Medical Unit parking space required?

No, a Mobile Medical Unit parking space is not required.

The Conceptual Floor Plan notes an Ambulance Pick-up, but it is not specifically requested elsewhere in the ASR. Is an Ambulance Pick-up required?

Yes, VA requires that area sufficient to accommodate an ambulance pickup be provided at a secondary entrance or service entrance. The purpose of this function is to allow a patient in distress to be transported to the ambulance without needing to use the front or main entrance to the clinic.

The Conceptual Floor Plan notes the need for a ramped Receiving &

Shipping Dock, but it is not specifically requested elsewhere in the

ASR. Is a ramped Receiving & Shipping Dock required? If so, what size truck are we required to accommodate?

VA requires only a loading area that can accommodate a box truck making deliveries of supplies. A loading dock or a ramped receiving and shipping dock are not requirements for this project.

Area Table 1.1 includes an Electrical and Mechanical Room that appear to be included in the ABOA square footage. Please confirm if these spaces are intended to be included in the ABOA or Lessor spaces.

The Lease defines ABOA under ANSI/BOMA Z65.1-2017 as Occupant Area (Tenant Area plus

Tenant Ancillary Area). Electrical and mechanical rooms that serve the base building are Lessor space and are not counted in ABOA. Rooms that serve only VA equipment within the Premises may be counted in ABOA.

Reference attached file: Area Table 1.1_Rev1_093026

Please provide clarity or additional direction on exactly what equipment and spaces are required to have emergency backup.

Paragraph 6.0.4 of the ASR references 'mission critical' sections, however in past experience of similar VA projects, few, if any spaces

(beyond OIT) are actually determined to be mission critical.

Reference attached file: Conceptual Floor Plan With Epower locations_093026