553-21-205 - RFI Answers .pdf
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- 36C25020B0073
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This document contains a Request for Information and related Federal contract opportunity notice. The RFI seeks clarification on the scope of work to replace steam stations at a VA medical center in Detroit, Michigan. Specifically, it requests details on additional components required, insulation needs, and responsibilities for system shutdown and drainage. The agency responses indicate all steam station components will be replaced except piping, new insulation is required for all piping and thermal jacketing for other items, and the maintenance staff will shutdown the system for contractors to complete work within an 8-hour window except for insulation activities.
The related Federal contract opportunity describes an upcoming Invitation for Bid for construction project 553-21-205 to replace a steam station at the same Detroit VA medical center. The solicitation will provide requirements to furnish all labor, materials, permits and supervision to complete the work per contract documents. The requirement includes replacement of all steam station componentry within a designated period. The NAICS code is 238990 for commercial and institutional building construction, size standard is $16.5 million, and award will be a firm fixed price contract within 120 days of bid receipt.
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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)
36C25018B0073 – Project 553-21-205 - John D Dingle VAMC – Detroit MI
(1) We are assuming that with the steam station replacements in the provided mechanical rooms we will be replacing the following on each steam station:
All PRVs complete with standard D pilots, tubing, and fittings
All relief valves
All globe valves
All gate valves requiring bypasses
All gate valves without bypasses
All globe valves
All wye strainers all steam traps
All piping spool pieces
All Pressure gauges with gate valves
Please provide a scope of missing items on each steam station that I missed or are additionally required or that are not required.
ANSWER: (1) All steam station componentry will be replaced except for piping.
(2) Will insulation be required including new thermal jacketing? Which Items require thermal jacketing?
ANSWER:
• New insulation shall be required for all piping.
• New thermal jacketing shall be required for all valves, wye strainers, and non-piping componentry
(3) Will the hospital maintenance staff be shutting down and draining the system(s) prior to the 8 hr window of completion?
ANSWER:
• The boiler-operators will shut down the system around 7:00 p.m. on the day the work commences. Draining the system will be the responsibility of the contractors.
• All work EXCEPT for insulation must be completed within the designated 8-hour period (8:00 p.m—4:00 a.m.). The contractor shall be onsite for as long as it takes to fully insulate all components.
The contractor may not leave the facility with exposed piping and components to return on a different day. All the work will be done in one contiguous time period.
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