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Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

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is extended,

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning __________ copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE

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SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 578-21-4-6985-0300 578-21-028 36C252 Department of Veterans Affairs Great Lakes Acquisition Center (GLAC) 115 S 84th Street, Suite 101 Milwaukee WI 53214-1476 36C252 Department of Veterans Affairs Great Lakes Acquisition Center (GLAC) 115 S 84th Street, Suite 101 Milwaukee WI 53214-1476 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C25221B0025 07-19-2021

X X X

The purpose of this amendment is to incorporate the following:

1) Provide COVID guidance for attending VA hosted meetings.

2) Provide RFI responses.

3) Provide update to Wage Determination.

The bid due date remains unchanged on August 18, 2021 at 11:00 AM (CST)

Kristi Kluck Contracting Officer

SOLICITATION 36C25221B0025

AMENDMENT 0002

08/11/2021

PROJECT: 578-21-028

LOCATION: Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, IL

Amendment 0002 hereby incorporates the following clarifications/change(s) into the solicitation package:

A. COVID Guidance for In-Person Attendance at Meetings Hosted by the VA.

In-person attendees at any meetings, conferences, and events hosted by a VA facility, regardless of size, must be asked to provide information about vaccination status.

· In-person attendees who are not fully vaccinated or decline to provide information about their vaccination status must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test completed no later than the previous three days and comply with masking and physical distancing requirements for individuals who are not fully vaccinated.

· In-person attendees must wear a mask in public indoor settings regardless of vaccination status.

B. VENDOR QUESTIONS:

1) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Please confirm personnel requirements for this project. Can (1) superintendent fulfill SSHO requirements? Or does (1) superintendent and (1) SSHO need to be on site full-time?

VA REPLY: One (1) superintendent can fulfill SSHO requirements

2) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Please confirm work hours for this project. Are there any specific tasks or trade division that must be on overtime (01 Infection Control, 02 Demolition, 02 Abatement)? Are there any areas of work that must be on overtime (Hallways, Occupied Areas, Etc.)?

VA REPLY: Reference SOW section H.1.

3) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Please confirm who has roofing warranty and provide point of contact for the facility.

VA REPLY: GC Warranty letter is made out to Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital.

4) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Please confirm if contract has material staging location at facility. If so, where is it? Is prime contractor responsible for any costs associated with staging?

VA REPLY: Reference SOW section H.1.

5) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Please confirm order of precedence for the contract documents. Does SOW prevail over all documents?

VA REPLY: Reference SOW section N.8.

6) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Are there any phasing constraints? Can any phases run concurrently?

VA REPLY: Reference SOW H.2.

7) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Is a submittal exchange software owed by the prime contractor for this solicitation?

VA REPLY: No

8) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Please confirm requirements for scaffolding to temporarily protect walkways after the construction period VA REPLY: Reference SOW and Spec Book 07 51 13.11

9) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Please confirm if there are any drain downs or associated connection in the building for mechanical equipment. If so, please provide as builts or a description of this work.

VA REPLY: Reference SOW H.3. This will be coordinated with the AC shop and COR after the project is awarded.

10) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Will the VA allow for interim NTP to allow for prime contractor to procure material. The current POP will not allow enough time for procurement of material and construction.

VA REPLY: All offerors must be able to adhere to the schedule requirements listed in the SOW.

11) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Prime contractors can quantify the hammer sound testing prior to bid however until after the sound testing is complete, the contractor cannot quantify the extent of the repair work for the deck. Please indicate what percentage or sqft of repair prime contractors should assume for bid purposes.

VA REPLY: Building was constructed in the early 1950s. No additional information is available on condition of roof slab.

12) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Are the any photos of existing roofing conditions for existing roof deck condition.

VA REPLY: No

13) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Are roof ballasts to be removed and reinstalled or new to be installed.

VA REPLY: Removed and disposed of off-site, no installation of of ballast on new roof, see Detail 3 in Drawing A102

14) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Please provide a specification and basis of design for metal panels per sheet A102 VA REPLY: Reference 05 40 00 and 07 40 00

15) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Please provide a plumbing specification for type of drains to be use on this project.

VA REPLY: Reference 22 14 00, 2.5 (attached)

16) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Is ACT tile and grid to be removed and reinstalled or is prime contractor to provide new beneath skylight?

VA REPLY: Reference SOW, no installation or reinstallation to take place.

17) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Please provide equipment tags for existing mechanical equipment to be removed.

VA REPLY: Contractor’s were provided time to review equipment tags during the site visit.

18) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: Please confirm if the refrigerant in the existing mechanical equipment has been recovered. If not is prime contractor responsible for recovering refrigerant.

VA REPLY: To be coordinated with AC Shop after award per SOW.

19) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: The smaller parapet walls have a lot of asphalt and the higher parapet walls have brick that has been damaged. This wouldn’t be an acceptable substrate to flash to. Are you planning to have a mason clean the walls and repair/re-tuckpoint them or should we figure encapsulating the walls with ½” plywood as a suitable substrate to flash to?

VA REPLY: Reference 07 14 00 and the manufacturer’s installation instructions. This will be coordinated with the COR after award.

20) CONTRACTOR QUESTION: On the outside of the scuppers there is a face plate. The details only show a new scupper sleeve. At this point we are not sure if these interface with each other. Can you clarify if new face plates should be figured at all scupper areas or if we should be figuring the new scupper sleeve only as shown on the drawings.

VA REPLY: Reference detail provided in the drawings.

Attachments:

S06 - Att 01 - Wage Determination 07_30_2021.

S06 - Att 02 - 22 14 00.