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This document contains a pre-solicitation notice and related questions and answers file for an upcoming construction project at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain, Michigan. The project involves installing new potable water risers and associated isolation valves to cold, hot, and hot water return piping. The construction period is 270 calendar days with a budget between $1 million and $5 million. The pre-bid conference will be held the week of October 25-29, 2021 and bids are due by December 2, 2021. The project is set aside solely for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. The awarded contractor will be responsible for all labor, materials, equipment, testing, and construction services required in the drawings and specifications to complete the potable water riser upgrades.
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Upgrade Potable Water Risers 585-19-118 at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center, Iron Mountain, MI
PROJECT NUMBER: 585-19-118
SOLICITATION NUMBER: 36C25221B0032
Pre-Bid RFI / Questions and Answers
Q. Is this a tax-exempt project?
A. Yes
Q. If tax-exempt, will the government be providing a tax-exempt certificate to the Prime Contractor for use by subcontractors and vendors?
A. Yes. A MI tax forms will need to be requested after award.
Q. Can the Superintendent be shared across multiple projects, or should they be dedicated full-time to this project and this project only?
A. Refer to Specifications 01 35 26 Safety Requirements and 01 45 00 Quality Control.
Q. Can the Superintendent fulfil multiple roles? If so, can they also fulfil the Quality Control role? What about the SSHO role?
A. Refer to Specifications 01 35 26 Safety Requirements and 01 45 00 Quality Control.
Q. Please confirm there are no ICRA requirements on this project.
A. There are ICRA requirements. Refer to Specifications 01 35 26 Safety Requirements.
Q. Does the VA anticipate this project will require off hours work? If so, what trades or scopes will be required to perform off hours work?
A. Yes, Refer to Specification 10 00 00. Normal working hours are from 7:00am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday. All corridor work and work in occupied areas shall be completed outside these normal business hours.
Q. Is the VA’s intent to reuse as much of the existing ACT as possible instead of replacing with new tiles?
A. Ceiling tiles need to come down for the trades work; the intent (typically, unless noted otherwise) is to re-install those same tiles back where they came from. Any damaged during work will be required to be replace by the Contractor.
Q. Various drawings, what is “GE”?
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Upgrade Potable Water Risers 585-19-118 at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center, Iron Mountain, MI
PROJECT NUMBER: 585-19-118
SOLICITATION NUMBER: 36C25221B0032
A. GE is the partition type which can be found on the cover sheet per Plan General Note 3.
Q. PD103, what is the scope of work?
A. PD103 shows demolition work and new points of connection in the Basement East.
Q. Several of the plumbing demo drawings have what appears to be scope of work, but the keyed note indicates “NOT USED”. Please advise because we don’t understand what is being conveyed.
A. Plan Keyed Notes are consistent and the same on each sheet complied from a master list of notes. If the keyed note doesn’t apply to the drawings, it is listed as “not used” and note can be disregarded.
Q. PD105, there are several areas with what appears to be scope of work, but no notes. Example, near room Consulting 1218B. These are lines that are bolded, but no notes, sizes, indication of line service, etc. Please clarify.
A. Piping shown dashed is to be removed. Coordinate with notes for floor plans (demo and new) below-Basement PD103/PP103 and floor above-2nd PD107/PP107.
Q. PD110, there are various items bolded in the drawings indicating they are new, but there are no keyed notes pointing to them. Please advise if these bolded items are new work. If new work, please clarify scope of work.
A. PD110: Piping shown dashed is to be removed, also shows new points of connection to existing piping - Note #9. See Plumbing Symbols on sheet PD101. This also includes the work shown in the ICU wing which is currently under construction for a different project (shown hatched). New scope of work on 4th floor shows up on sheet PP110 which also includes the work in the ICU wing (shown hatched).
Q. PD112, what product are we to patch the concrete with? Are there specs?
A. Sheet G001: General Note No. 2.; General Note No. 1 on the floor plan sheets; Specification Section 03 30 53 Cast-In-Place Concrete.
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