36C25018B0081-00002001.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

36C250-18-B-0081

PROJECT NUMBER: 610-15-100 Please ensure that before submitting questions or requests for clarification that you thoroughly read the solicitation, specifications, drawings and other pertinent documents. When submitting questions on this project the Government requires contractors to specifically identify the specification and/or solicitation section(s) or drawing number(s) in reference to the question or request for clarification submitted. No question or request for clarification will be answered by the Government unless the above requirements are met. Failure to comply may prevent the Government from responding in a timely manner.

PROJECT TITLE:

Demolish Bldgs.

7,10,11,18,24,60 and Connecting Corridors

PROJECT LOCATION:

Department of Veterans Affairs VA Northern Indiana HCS 1700 E. 38th Street Marion, IN 46953

TO:

Felecia Beamen, Contracting Officer Department of Veterans Affairs Network 10 Contracting Office 8888 Keystone Crossing, Suite 1100 Indianapolis, IN 46240 Felecia.Beamen@va.gov

RFI NO.: 008 DATE: 12/26/2017

SPEC/DWG. REFERENCE(s):

02 82 11 & 02 82 13.41

REPLY NEEDED BY: 01/05/2018

INFORMATION NEEDED:

Neither the Traditional Asbestos Abatement or Asbestos Abatement for Total Demolition Project specifications address the requirement for demolishing ACM and RACM in place due to buildings 11, 18, 24, and 60 being unsafe to perform any interior abatement. Please address what procedure the contractor should follow when demolishing Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) or Regulated Asbestos Containing Materials (RACM) in place.

REPLY:

SEE ATTACHED RESPONSE

REPLY FROM: DATE:

SUBMITTED BY: Redline Contractors CITY/STATE: Lowell, Arkansas

PHONE: 479-419-4100

mailto:Felecia.Beamen@va.gov VHANINElkinS Typewritten Text 610-15-100 Pre-Bid RFI 22

610-15-100 Pre-Bid RFI 22 Buildings 11-18-24 and 60

Demolition Procedure When Demolishing ACM and RACM In Place

1) The demolition contractor awarded the work would also need to be licensed as a State of

Indiana asbestos contractor or subcontract the work to a licensed asbestos contractor. The name of both entities would need to be listed on the Notification of Renovation/Demolition filed with the IDEM Office of Air Management. A copy of the Keeler Webb Associates report dated

June 2016 indicating that the buildings are not safe for entry is to be included with the notification filed with IDEM. A copy of the Keeler Webb report is contained within the specifications.

2) On the Notification of Renovation/Demolition, the name of a State of Indiana licensed asbestos inspector employed by the demo contractor or its approved subcontractor is to be listed and an estimated quantity of regulated asbestos not to be removed within the buildings prior to demolition listed. This would include vinyl floor tile and associated mastic, contaminated soil, contaminated pipe insulation, contaminated plaster/drywall, contaminated ceiling tile, and asphalt based roofing materials. Estimated quantities are contained in attached documents:

a) Bldg. 11 Asbestos In Place

b) Bldg. 18 Asbestos In Place

c) Bldg. 24 Asbestos In Place

d) Bldg. 60 Asbestos In Place

3) All workers involved in hand demolition of the structures is to be State of Indiana licensed asbestos workers equipped with proper respiratory protection and protective clothing. The structures are required to be kept thoroughly wet during demolition to prevent visible emission of dust from the work area as required under the EPA NESHAP Standard for Asbestos (EPA 40

CFR 61 Subpart M). The work area is to be demarcated with appropriate asbestos warning signage.

4) During the demolition process, all demolition debris is to be placed in lined dumpsters and labeled as regulated, asbestos-containing debris prior to removal from the site. If the demolition contractor wishes to segregate non-asbestos contaminated material from the site prior to transport (i.e. brick, concrete, wood, steel), the materials is to be free from visible asbestos debris. This determination of decontamination is to be made by an on-site State of

Indiana licensed asbestos supervisor. Cost of the supervisor is to be included in the project bid cost.

5) Demolition workers operating heavy machinery would not need to be licensed as asbestos workers. However, per Indiana Department of Labor requirements, initial asbestos exposure monitoring is to be conducted to verify worker exposure to airborne asbestos fibers is below the

Permissible Exposure Limit of 0.1 fibers per cubic centimeter or air, eight hour TWA during the demolition activities. The initial exposure monitoring would establish whether workers operating heavy machinery are required to wear appropriate respiratory protection (i.e. negative pressure respirators equipped with high efficiency particulate air (HEPA filters) and protective clothing.

6) Per IDEM requirements, at the completion of the demolition of the structures, a Certificate of

Visual Inspection prepared by a State of Indiana licensed asbestos supervisor is to be submitted to VA personnel indicating that the work area, including all operating machinery, is free of “visible asbestos debris”.

7) All above requirements are the responsibility of the contractor.

VHANINElkinS

Bldg. 11 Asbestos In Place

Bldg. 18 Asbestos In Place

Bldg. 24 Asbestos In Place

Bldg. 60 Asbestos In Place