36C25023B0027 0004.pdf

36C25023B0027 – 0004 – 506-20-102 – Upgrade Basement Building 1W – Ann Arbor, MI VAMC

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0004 05-12-2023

506-20-102

36C250

Department of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office (NCO) 10

5500 Armstrong Rd., Bldg. 9 Rm. 105

Battle Creek MI 49037

36C250

Department of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office (NCO) 10

24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr. Lobby M2200

Ann Arbor MI 48105

To all Offerors/Bidders

36C25023B0027

05-12-2023

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The purpose of this Amendment is:

1. To provide responses to the Request for Information (RFIs).

2. To provide a Bid Specifications update.

3. To provide the 2nd Pre-Bid Site Visit Attendance Log and Agenda.

End of Amendment 0004

SCOTT D. BRENNAN

Contract Specialist

NCO1115LE--09620962

Question 17: Are the medical procedures and testing for required certifications done at VA facilities at the Government’s expense or are they to be born by the contractor? If this is to be paid by the contractor, how much should the contractor or individual anticipate?

Answer 17: There is currently no requirement for medical surveillance of contractor’s employees at this facility for infectious diseases.

Question 18: Drawing PD101, Is the water shown on this page underground ~250 LF or hung please

Answer 18: The water piping shown to be removed on sheet 1-PD101 is hung. As a rule, all the piping with the prefix “UG” is underground and piping without that prefix is hung.

Question 19: We note that there are two slightly different copies of Section 01 00 00 – General

Requirements and two slightly different copies of Section 01 32 16.15 in the Specification

Manual or Project Manual. Which one applies?

Answer 19: See Attachment for revised Specifications

Question 20: We note that no general class of Infection Control is stated for this project in

Section 01 35 26. Normally there is a general class stated with exceptions. What class should be considered for this project?

Answer 20: Please reference Specification Section 01 35 26, the end of Paragraph 1.12 B.

which states “The primary project scope area for this project is: Class III”.

Question 21: The points listed on drawing M703 for the fluid cooler, FC-1 , calls for an emergency shutdown BI point. What initiates this emergency shutdown and where is it located?

Answer 21: The point is provided as a placeholder for safeties provided with system equipment. This point may be omitted during construction if no such points exist.

Question 22: Drawing M702 shows a building differential pressure AI point with reference to the outside and one to the building interior. Please provide the location for the interior reference point within the building.

Answer 22: Please locate the interior reference point on the outside wall of the Mechanical

Room A1002 (i.e., in the electrical workshop space SPA 1001) directly south of the 1-AHU-2.

Question 23: Drawing 1-M104 shows the location of the new DOAS-1 unit in the 4th floor mechanical space. A new DDC panel will be provided by Siemens to control this unit. Please provide the location of the nearest IT closet so that this new DDC panel can be added to the VAs building network.

Answer 23: The nearest IT closet is Room A437 on the 4th Floor of Building 1W. This room is not labeled on the Drawings, but its outline is shown on Sheet 10M104, at the cross section of column line M and column line 6.

Question 24: Drawing M701 detail 2 for DOAS-1 shows a supply air static pressure transmitter, SPS. What room should the supply static pressure transmitter be referenced to?

Answer 24: Suggest Viewing FG100A (below where the SPS is shown) unless the controls contractor recommends otherwise.

Question 25: The sequence of operation for the processed chilled water system om drawing M703 under the heading of pump speed calls for the pump speed to be controlled via a pressure differential sensor. The piping diagram for this system does not show this device.

Please provide this device's location.

Answer 25: Please install in the mains at Canteen Retail BB07.

Question 26: The points list on drawing M703 for the process chilled water system calls for an emergency shutdown BI point. What initiates this emergency shutdown and where is it located?

Answer 26: The point is provided as a placeholder for safeties provided with system equipment.

This point may be omitted during construction if no such points exist.

Question 27: please confirm whether items 20, 38, and 39 on page AE111 are by the VA or part of the millwork scope.

Answer 27: Item 20 – It’s shown as Contractor Furnished and Installed (CC) on the drawings.

Item 38 and 39 – Per General Note D, all items not specifically called out as VA furnished or VA installed is in the scope of the contractor to provide.

ATTACHMENTS:

See attached document: BID SPECIFICATIONS 2023-0510 Update - 506-20-102.

See attached document: S04 - Pre Bid 2nd Site Visit Attendance Log - 506-20-102 signed.

See attached document: S04 - Pre-Bid 2nd Site Visit Agenda - 506-20-102.