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Amendment to a Previous Combined Solicitation

Amendment to a Previous Combined Solicitation

GENERAL INFORMATION

Network Contracting Office (NCO) 10 Dayton VA Medical Center 3140 Governor’s Place Blvd. Suite 210 Kettering OH 45409-1337

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Officer Mary Jane Crim maryjane.crim@va.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Chillicothe VA Medical Center

17273 State Route 104

Chillicothe OH

COUNTRY

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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The purpose of this solicitation amendment is to provide vendor questions with answers, located below.

- Do you have an existing one line diagram that we can use to build a quotation from?

Yes, Attached to solicitation amendment.

- As part of the scope of work, will you require data collection services to allow us to perform the Arc flash study?

Perform arc flash analysis in accordance with IEEE Std 1584-2018. For each bus analyzed, determine the following: Flash Hazard Protection Boundary, Incident Energy Level, Required Personal Protective Equipment Category, Type of Fire Rated Clothing, Limited Approach Boundary, Restricted Approach Boundary, Prohibited Approach Boundary, and any other required information per NFPA. Present the data from the arc flash analysis in tabular format and submit the preparation of arc flash warning labels for each piece of electrical equipment, showing the date of issue for each.

- Will an electrician from the VA be available to open panels for us?

Yes

- We will provide AF labels in the format requested, will you affix the labels to the panels or would like us to do it?

Labels shall be machine printed, with no field markings. Contractor shall provide and install Arc flash labels in the following manner:

For each 600, 480 and applicable 208 volt panelboard, one arc flash label per panelboard section.

For each motor control center, one arc flash label per section.

For each low voltage switchboard, one arc flash label per section.

For each switch gear, one flash label per section.

For medium voltage switches one arc flash label per section.

For each machine control panel, one arc flash label per section.

For each horizontal bus duct, one hanging arc flash label 8.5"x 5.5" every 30'.

For each vertical bus duct, one arc flash label 4"x4".

All labels shall be field installed by the contractor performing the engineering analysis. Equipment to be labeled shall include all panels and transformers, down to the last disconnect. Remove existing labels.

- In order to rate the health of the equipment, do you have an existing format that you would like us to use?

Table format

Mary Jane Crim Contracting Officer maryjane.crim@va.gov

See attached document: Pages from B18 Machine Room As-builts.

See attached document: B26 As-Built Drawings - Electrical.

See attached document: B31 Secondary.

See attached document: B26 As-Built Drawings - Electrical (1-lines and Schedules).

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Amendment to a Previous Combined Solicitation