36C25218C0199-P00001001.pdf

JUSTIFICATION OF IN-SCOPE WORK

Contract Number: 36C25218C0199 Contractor: Troop Contracting, Inc

Purchase Order: 578-C80211 Project # and Title: 578-17-043 Repair Steam Distribution in Building 1 - Sections E, F, and G (Mod 1) Type of Change Order request 1 through 6:

[ ] 1. Change due to Customer Request [ ] 2. Change due to FM Request [ ] 3. Change due to Director/Associate Director Request [ ] 4. Change due to A/E errors or omissions [X] 5. Change due to unforeseen site conditions [ ] 6. Change due to delays caused by the VA

Brief Description of Change:

Contractor shall remove existing asbestos containing material (ACM) insulation from 2 each, approximately 2-inch diameter conduits in the steam tunnel crawlspace. Contractor shall also remove all ACM that has come loose from the conduit and is resting on floor, ledge, or elsewhere in the tunnel.

Contractor shall also remove loose ACM from the steam pipe riser in the G Section, and encapsulate ACM to remain.

Brief Synopsis of Why Change is Within Scope:

The scope is to be provided as per the contract. This modification to the scope of work is unaccounted for in the bidding documents.

Brief Synopsis of A/E Liability; decision to recover or not recover costs due to design deficiency None.

Certification of In-Scope Change:

I certify that the additional work identified in the justification is a Bona Fide need of the Department of Veterans Affairs, that the additional work identified above was not known and could not have been known prior to the design completion date, that these changes are within scope of the project, and that the statements included are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

_______________________________ September 6, 2018___ COR (Date)

Chief of Engineering Services – Richard Colby (Date)

Director/Associate Director (If Applicable) (Date)

Contracting Officer (Date)